Dozens of events to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee have been announced for the Bristol region.
South Gloucestershire Council has released a list of 33 local authority-funded festivities which will take place from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5. The actual date of the Platinum Jubilee, which celebrated the monarch spending 70 years on the throne, was Sunday, February 6.
But a bumper period of celebration is set to take place this summer, and the government have announced a four-day weekend with two bank holidays on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3. South Gloucestershire Council has handed out £50,000 to fund celebrations in honour of the Queen, all of which will be held by town and parish councils, community groups and charities.
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The council's cabinet member for public health and equality of opportunity, Cllr Franklin Owusu-Antwi, said: “The Jubilee is a remarkable milestone in the Queen’s historic reign and it is great to see so many people across South Gloucestershire wanting to celebrate it with their communities this summer. I am delighted we are able to support so many local events like street and garden parties, fetes, picnics and festivals which will really bring people together, and I know many residents are looking forward to enjoying the festivities.”
Take a look at the full list below.
South Gloucestershire's Platinum Jubilee events
- AbleCare Homes Trust (Crossley House) - QPJ Garden Party
- AbleCare Homes Trust (Frenchay House) - QPJ Garden Party
- Acton Aid CIC - Iron Acton QPJ Day
- Acton Turville Parish Council - Acton Turville QPJ Picnic
- Almondsbury Village Events - QPJ Village Fete
- Aust Parish Council - Aust Parish QPJ Games
- Avon Valley Railway - QPJ street parties
- Bitton Parish Council - QPJ Afternoon Tea
- Bitton Village Residents Association - Picnic and concert in the Pound Ground
- Bradley Stoke Town Council - Bradley Stoke Community Festival
- Cerebral Palsy Plus - Summer Party
- Dodington Parish Council - QPJ Picnic in the Park
Fifth Thornbury (Christ the King) Guides - A Right Royal Pageant
- Frampton Cotterell Parish Council - Frampton QPJ fete/party
- Friends of Page Park - QPJ Party in Page Park
- Hanham Abbots Parish Council - QPJ Celebration
- Juice Community Project CIC - Picnic in the Park
- Lyde Green Community Association - Lyde Green QPJ Extravaganza
- Marshfield Parish Council - QPJ Beacon and Street Party
- Old Sodbury Village Hall Committee - Old Sodbury QPJ Day
- Oldbury on Severn Parish Council - Oldbury on Severn QPJ Celebrations
- Olveston Parish Council - The QPJ Celebration 2022
- Patchway Town Council - QPJ Party
- Pilning and Severn Beach Parish Council - QPJ Beacon Evening
- Siston Parish Council - Family Open Event
- Southern Brooks Community Partnerships - QPJ Parties (Priority Neighbourhoods)
- Staple Hill Community Hub - Pendennis Estate Family Day
- Turnberries Community Centre - Mad Hatters QPJ
- Tytherington Parish Council - Village Picnic and Beacon Lighting
- Westerleigh Neighbourhood Watch - Village Fun Day for Westerleigh Village
- Wickwar Social Club - QPJ
- Yate Town Council - QPJ Beacon Event
- Yate Town Council - QPJ community event and picnic
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