THE ANNUAL Maindee Festival was held on Saturday, leaving families bursting with joy at the activities and events on offer across the site.
The Maindee Festival 2024 was held at Maindee Primary School in Newport on Saturday, July 6, beginning with a parade after which families listened to live music, pondered voices at the spoken word tent, watched educational exhibits, marvelled at art installations and enjoyed food and drinks by local vendors.
The Maindee Festival Parade began at 12.15pm and travelled from the school to The Riverfront Theatre and back again, with large-scale art pieces like kites, mini windmills and Japanese fish windsocks.
A spokesperson for Maindee Festival said the event is "more than just a day of fun; it’s a celebration of our community’s spirit, resilience, and commitment to a better future," with this year's theme being 'Fresh Air' to raise environmental awareness.
The music tent, supported by Newport City Radio, saw a full programme featuring headliners, Sounds of Revelry, Maindee School, Soul'd As Seen Choir, Act Happy, Postmodern shoe box, and Operasonic.
The Spoken Word tent saw the likes of Richard Berry, Newport Writers, Alan Roderick and friends, The Valleys Poetry Society, and Newport's own YMCO (Young Muslim and Community Organisation) who shared stories from their 'Connecting Voices' project.
Organisations such as Education Workforce Council, Flying Start, Gwent Wildlife, Parkinsons UK, Free Palestine, Extinction Rebellion and Aneurin Beven University Health Board were there to keep locals informed of their services.
Meanwhile, vendors such as The Good stuff, R&N Inflatables, Cake Lab, Stacie's Ice Cream, Lilac Tea Trinkets, Snowzone Snowycones, Dinky Donuts, Daisy Doos, and Corporation Road's Vee's Kitchen were there to provide food and drinks to festival-goers.
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