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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. 

 

 

The MVP Village Spring Clean 2019

Once again, the people of Mortimer demonstrated their love for the village by grabbing rubbish sacks and litter pickers, and set about cleaning up many of the streets and green spaces.

Thank you to the local groups who helped, especially the Brownies who said a very clear “NO” to dropping litter and did an amazing job all around the Fairground.

litterpick 2019.jpg

Mortimer Cricket Club helped with a lot of heavy lifting, retrieving discarded tyres, washing machine parts and all sorts of things from some of our woodland footpaths. Not to be outdone by the clubs, many families with pushchairs and young children joined our senior citizens, and everyone in between, to scour the village and bag up used coke bottles, beer cans, sweet wrappers, car parts, bagged dog poo…  the list goes on.

Debbie Bale from St John's School was on hand to sign up people for their Eco-Warriors scheme which aims to have people “adopt” their street and do a litter pick once a month for the next 12 months…. Good Luck St John’s, a great initiative.

A big plea from all of those who spent time litter picking on Saturday (and especially from the Brownies)….. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, do not litter our streets and green spaces.  Either take your rubbish home and deposit it in your dustbin or use the public waste bins where provided.