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Kite Making Workshop (online on demand)
Our much-loved Kite Making Workshops are back!
There are lots of ways you can get involved this year – like with our OnDemand Kite Kits.
Book your kit, collect from Norden Farm, access your OnDemand video from anywhere, get crafty, fly your kite!
Your OnDemand workshop video has been created by specialist kite makers, Community Kite Project. Your Kite Making Kit includes everything you need to make a Japanese Sode Kite - all you will need are pens to decorate your creation.
Make and decorate your kite to stand out in the sky at this year's Kite Festival.
Save the Date! The Kite Festival is back this year on Sunday 5 September. Join us at Boyn Grove Park (Punt Hill) between 12pm - 4pm for live music, food and drink, entertainment – and kite flying! Entry is free!
Keep an eye on our website for details about our Live Kite Making Workshops taking place throughout the Summer Holiday
Each ticket includes a kit with everything you need to make and fly your kite! All you will need are pens to decorate your creation.
Suitable for ages 4+ years.
Kite Kit collection: Packs can be booked by selecting your preferred collection date (Thursdays - Saturdays 11am - 10pm). Collect your pre-booked kit from our Café Bar by showing them your booking confirmation email.
£5 per kite (includes materials - packs must be collected from Norden Farm)
Kite packs can be collected from Norden Farm between 11am– 10pm on your chosen day
- 11:00 FREE
Norden Farm Market
Join us for our relaxed outdoor market.
The perfect opportunity to browse for unique gifts, food and drinks as local artisan stallholders showcase their handmade wares and artisanal produce.
The Café Bar will be open serving lunch (until 3pm), drinks and snacks.
The Market on Sat 3 May will feature live music from Lawrie Wright and Natalie Mcfarlane. Lawrie and Natalie have been performing jazz together for over a decade. Both local musicians, they have gigged many venues across Berkshire and beyond. They are known for swinging classic standards from 1920 to 1950, as well as turning popular songs of today with their own jazz twist.
Sat 3 May stallholders include: Here Comes the Sun, Boxpatchbunnies, Ultakriti, MAD Crafts, Bellissima Artisan, petiteposies.co, Unique Crafts Boutique, S&L Pamper, Wild Bloom Beads, Loot and Loops by Emma, Ka Na Homecooked, Dropmore Vineyard, Colour Stories, Prema's Kitchen, INDULGE The Collection, Zuzubeez and WdWrKs.
Free Entry
Outdoor Markets
Sat 3 May 12pm - 4pm - with live music from Natalie Mcfarlane and Lawrie Wright
Sat 7 Jun 12pm - 4pm
Sat 5 Jul 12pm - 4pm
Outdoor Night Markets
Sat 2 Aug 6pm - 9pm - with music from Alex Hutton
Sat 6 Sept 6pm - 9pm
If you would like to enquire about a stall at one of our upcoming markets, please complete our enquiry form here.
- 12:00 -16:00 FREE
Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail Exhibition
The Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail will be showcasing the work of many of the artists taking part in this year’s trail.
- 17:00 -22:00 FREE
Rob Castell
The local musician and songwriter has written original music for E4, CBBC and BBC Radio 4.
He has composed new musical theatre for Nuffield Southampton, York Theatre Royal, Soho Theatre and Trafalgar Studios.
As a performer, Rob played Pop in the International Arena Tour of We Will Rock You 2013 and won Best Actor at the DIMF Musical Theatre Awards in South Korea 2010. He has been musical director for the famous York Pantomime and at the Birmingham Rep along with several other UK theatres.
Rob has just finished writing his third children's cantata, one of which will feature at the Cookham Festival 2021. He runs the Norden Farm Community Choir and loves performing for a home crowd.
WHY? Playing guitar and some piano, Rob will be performing a mix of original songs and his take on some old classics.
Studio
£15 | £12 conc
- 19:30 FREE
National Theatre Live: Follies
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling production.
Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical was directed by Dominic Cooke and filmed live on stage at the National Theatre in 2017.
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.
163 mins
£15
- 20:00 FREE