Filey Hosting Annual Kite Festival

Saturday, 16 September 2023 06:00

By Matthew Pells

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.