Final preparations are underway for Newtown’s Spring Fayre, happening next weekend (Sunday, April 30) outside at Oriel Davies Gallery.
Organisers say they are hard at work making sure the day is full of activities, with something there for everyone, and it’s all free.
From 11am to 4pm there’s creative workshops including instrument making, weaving, circus skills, and printing.
There’s an opportunity to showcase new skills at the procession which will be kicking off at 3pm filling the field with an explosion of noise and colour.
From 4pm there will be dance performances from QWERIN, music from local artists, and of course Newtown’s Clwb DJ Club.
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North Powys Sustainable Food Places Partnership has announced that it will be attending Newtown’s Spring Fayre where there will be opportunities to learn about the partnership consisting of owys County Council, Powys Teaching Health Board, Neath Port Talbot group of Colleges and Cultivate, and help them to understand how to improve the local food system.
There are also lots of volunteering opportunities available including gardening, growing, cooking and sharing food. And there are workshops on growing and sowing food from seed and making rice wraps with rainbow microgreens.
North Powys Sustainable Food Places co-ordinator Nick Burdekin said: “Our food partnership will be having a stall as part of the Spring Fayre, and we welcome anyone to come along and speak with us about creating a fairer, more prosperous food system in Newtown and across Powys.
“Together we can create a Good Food Movement with lots of opportunities for social get-togethers and health and wellbeing benefits.”
Run by Open Events, a partnership between Oriel Davies Gallery and Open Newtown, made possible by funding from Welsh Government.
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