Storytelling tent
Stories and shows for our youngest festival-goers in the Storytelling Tent. All sessions are free. No booking is required – just turn up. The tent is located half way down the top path.
12:15 Pink Patsy Puppet Show
13:15 The Magic Wagon puppet show
14:15 Gathering Tree Theatre
15:15 Ilana Banana
16:15 Author Jason Korsner
17:15 Granny Franny stories
Please see below for profiles
12:15 Pink Patsy
Come join Pink Patsy for an adventure. She’s looking for the rainbow and she won’t give up until she finds it…
Pink Patsy came to life during lockdown when Margaret KM Andrews needed an outlet for her artistic drive. Her daughter Wendy Gallagher helped edit her story and the two set up their own publishing company, Magmay Books, and haven’t looked back!
13:15 The Magic Wagon
Jake Eiseman-Renyard and friends tell quirky original stories with puppetry, humour and audience interaction. Jake will be performing The Magic Wagon with his puppet friends.
14:15 Gathering Tree Theatre
Stories and music by children’s author Keilly Swift and Gathering Tree Theatre from their upcoming show
15:15 Ilana Banana
Lose yourself in Lanaland with a sing-along session for under 5s with shakers, rainbows, parachute and bubbles. All songs played live on ukulele. Funky, rhythmic, informal, joyful!
16:15 Jason Korsner
Jason has been a radio news reader for twenty five years. During that time, he’s also been a TV news reporter and a film journalist and reviewer. He’s made short films, exhibited his photography and written four children’s books, the first two of which were published in October 2019.
Jason found that many of the books he’d enjoyed as a child himself were nothing like as satisfying to the adults reading them out aloud, so he set out to write books that he would want to read to his children.
17:15 Granny Franny stories
Children’s author and broadcaster Sonia Beldom reads from her Granny Franny stories.
Activities and sports
Eco-arts tent
Provided by East Finchley Open Artists
- Eco-arts and crafts
- Dress-up photo booth
Location: EFO tent, off the top path near Community Stage
Lego and play tent
- Lego free play (drop-in)
- Stone painting with Pink Patsy (drop-in)
- Messy Explorers – sensory play (drop-in)
Location: Half way along the top path, next to the storytelling tent.
Laser Tag
Laser Tag will sessions will run every 30 mins between 13:00 – 17:30 and must be booked in advance.
Recommended age 7+
Location: In the woods, entrance near the courts.
Sports and games (all ages)
- Pickleball – Free pickleball games with Lemon Pickleball Ltd (all ages)
- Rugby – games and demos with Finchley Rugby Club
- Soft Target sports with 224 North London Air Scouts
Location: Pickleball is in the basketball court. Rugby is near the sports courts. Soft target sports are in the picnic area beyond Cherry Tree Café
Tennis (all ages)
Supervised tennis coaching and games provided by LTA coaches from FG Tennis London.
Junior coaching
Family Time
Free play
FREE. No equipment required
Location: Tennis courts