Filey country park is playing host to some of the nation's largest kites this weekend.
Filey will be all a flutter with kites this weekend.
The annual Kite festival is taking place at the country park with the free event expected to attract dozens of the UK’s best Kite flyers, displaying a wide variety of weird and wonderful kites over the Yorkshire coast skies.
The weekends’ events will be hosted and commentated by the Northern Kite Group who help organise the event in partnership with North Yorkshire Council.
Sarah Duncalf from the Northern Kite group says it's going to be aerial spectacle.
As well as a massive programme of kite flying there will also be a children’s fairground rides, refreshments will be available from the some traders and the Country Park Café.

The event rill run from 10am to 4pm on both Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September.
Sarah Duncalf says it's an amazing event to watch.
The full programme for both days is:
- 10.00 Skytracks- Sue and Ken perform kite ballet to music
- 10.30 Pallas family flyers- two-line kite display to music
- 11.00 Nasaman -Keith with his quad line kite
- 11.30 Team Orion- John Whymark and Johnny Savage
- 12.00 Teddy Bear Drop (12-13,)
- 12.00 Graham Lockwood- multiple kites
- 12.30 Skytracks- Sue and Ken perform kite ballet to music
- 13.00 Rainbow Deltas-chance for children to fly a kite
- 13.30 Graham Lockwood- multiple kites
- 14:00 Teddy Bear Drop (14-16)
- 14.00 Chinese Dragon- owned by Vanessa Potts
- 14.30 Nasaman -Keith with his quad line kite
- 15.00 Team Orion- John Whymark and Johnny Savage
- 15.30 Pallas Family Flyers- kite display to music
- 16.00 Close
This programme is subject to having suitable wind and weather conditions and may be subject to change. Listen to the commentators’ announcements for updates.
Parking will be available at Filey Country Park, charges will apply.


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