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Mortimer Fun Day Back for 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, the ever-popular Mortimer Fun Day will return on Saturday 05 July. 

The event will be held on Mortimer Fairground and will be hosted by Mortimer Village Partnership (MVP) and Mortimer Music Live (MML). 

For those new to the village, this event has been a beloved tradition for over a decade.  During the day, entrance will be free of charge to all.  Any help you can give in running this event would be really appreciated,  follow this link:  Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

 

Image of a dinosaur for the Mortimer Funday activities

 

You can expect exciting arena acts including a walkabout dinosaur and a thrilling parkour demonstration (see below) alongside local dance, singing and acrobatic groups.  

Classic summer fete activities including coconut shies and welly-wanging will also be happening! Local clubs and societies will be running these activities, giving them a chance to fundraise while connecting with the wider community. And, of course, no Fun Day would be complete without a Beer Tent, offering local beers and a selection of refreshing summer drinks.   

@pedal V Parkour' arena act to perform at Mortimer Fun Day 2025

The schedule of arena events for the afternoon will be roughly as follows:

12.00   EDCDance (Mortimer school children)

12.30   Bezerkaz Circus

13.00   All Stars Theatre Academy

13.30  Dino invasion

14.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

14.45  Stagecoach Burghfield Common

15.20  3-7 year old Fancy dress parade with prizes ('Heroes & Everyday Heroes')

15.30  Dinosaur Invasion

15.55  Raffle Draw

16.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

16.40 Ta Da's

In the evening, the fun continues with a special ticketed music event brought to the village by MML. 

 

 

Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council was honoured to be invited by Bruno Peek, The Queen's Pageant master to be one of the 2012 official beacons celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on 4th June 2012. A working party led by Julian Earl was formed to plan the event which took the form of Proms in the Park.

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The mix of entertainment from The West End singers, local performer Georgia Collins, from Willink School 's Junior and Senior Choirs, Willink Jazz Band, and the Girl Group 'TALK' plus superb theatricals, from the Anne Fraser Theatre Dance Company, made a hugely enjoyable evening. All of the performers were very professional in their approach and a huge credit to our local talent and to all of the teachers and coaches responsible for the many hours of rehearsals that enabled everything to seamlessly come together.

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The pageant parade was lead by Byron Ray (Mortimer Branch of the British Legion) with representatives of local Scout and Guides groups, followed by the young Kings and Queens organized by Connie Bernardi.

The excellent aerobatic display was provided free of charge by the pilot who had inadvertently disrupted the last Remembrance Day Service. Thank you Steuart and Alex for this superb contribution.

The culmination of the evening was the Patriotic Music and the Official Beacon Lighting Ceremony. The Official Beacon was lit by Air Vice Marshal Barry Newton CB OBE. Flames shot 40ft into the night sky, producing an unique atmosphere on the Fairground.

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