It’s the second day of ‘Ruddfest 2024! The annual beer, cider, food and music festival continues today, Friday 7th June until Sunday 9th June. This epic event in Ruddington is now in its 10th year. It’s FREE and starts at midday on each day. Ruddfest is centred around the main marquee on The Green. This year around 100 beers and ciders are planned across its participating venues – with The Frame Breakers, The White Horse and The Red Lion taking part. You can read more about this year’s RuddFest >>HERE<<. RuddFest requests you to drink responsibly.…
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It’s the third day of ‘Ruddfest 2024! The annual beer, cider, food and music festival continues today, Saturday 8th June. This FREE event in Ruddington is now in its 10th year and begins at 12-noon. Ruddfest is centred around the main marquee on The Green (above). This year around 100 beers and ciders are planned across its participating venues – with The Frame Breakers, The White Horse and The Red Lion taking part. You can read more about this year’s RuddFest >>HERE<<. RuddFest requests you to drink responsibly. Organiser John Noble says: “It’s a proud moment…
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It’s the fourth and final day of ‘Ruddfest 2024! The annual beer, cider, food and music festival on Sunday 9th June starts at midday. This is a FREE event in Ruddington and Ruddfest is celebrating its 10th year in our village. Cheers! Ruddfest is centred around the main marquee on The Green. This year around 100 beers and ciders are planned across its participating venues – with The Frame Breakers, The White Horse and The Red Lion taking part. You can read more about this year’s RuddFest >>HERE<<. RuddFest requests you to drink responsibly. Organiser John Noble…
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It’s ‘Ruddfest 2024! The annual beer, cider, food and music festival runs from Thursday 6th until Sunday 9th June. This epic event in the village, now in its 10th year, is FREE and it’ll start at 12-noon each day. Ruddfest is centred around the main marquee on The Green. This year around 100 beers and ciders are planned across its participating venues – with The Frame Breakers, The White Horse and The Red Lion taking part. You can read more about this year’s RuddFest >>HERE<<. RuddFest requests you to drink responsibly. Organiser John Noble says: “It’s a…
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Have you realised that Ruddington’s famous annual beer, food and music festival is now almost upon us? Not only that, it’s celebrating TEN YEARS on The Green; after originally being launched and hosted at The White Horse, with other village pubs then joining in. ‘RuddFest 2024’ runs from Thursday 6th until Sunday 9th June – just a little later than last year. (The dates move slightly each time, due to Ruddington Village Market now being held on The Green on the first Saturday of every month.) Once again around over 100…
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Everyone’s invited to the School’s ‘Summer Fun Fest’ by Friends of James Peacock. Lots of activities for all the family to enjoy from live music and performances to games and activities – there’s even a Bouncy Slide + Castle! Friends of James Peacock is a registered charity and says it “raises funds for extras that are not funded (or cannot be afforded) from the school budget but which make a big difference to our children’s environment, welfare and education.” Organisers for this fundraiser say: “Spread the word far and wide – bring your…
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See Nottingham Shakespeare Company’s performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at 7pm on Thursday 15th February in Ruddington Village Hall. Ticket prices start from £11.55 (for concessions) to £16.96 per person. The company aims to bring quality, contemporary, accessible Shakespeare to fans and foes alike, particularly to people who – for whatever reason – have not found this production of The Bard before. It says: “In a dynamic 90-minute rendition of one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, the two star-cross’d lovers find one other amidst the blood and violence that surrounds them. NSC brings contemporary relevance and accessibility…
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Head along for a family day out! The annual event at St Peter’s Junior School along Ashworth Avenue in Ruddington is on Saturday 8th July from 10.30am to 1pm. The 2023 Car Boot Sale & Summer Fair is put on by the Friends of School group which is a registered charity. FoS was “set up to support the school socially, culturally and financially.” There’ll be plenty to see and do including a variety of stalls, candy floss, chocolate and teddy tombolas, bouncy castle, and refreshments. You can also enjoy all kinds…
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…however, thankfully, this time around the fuss is merely Nottingham Shakespeare Company bringing another ‘al fresco’ production to Ruddington! Following on from the success of ‘The Comedy of Errors’ last summer, next month NSC is staging a free 90-minute open-air production of The Bard’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at nine outdoor venues around Nottinghamshire, including Ruddington on the afternoon of July 8th. Through performances, workshops and outreach programmes, NSC strives to foster a love for William Shakespeare and the performing arts in the community. This particular play is described as a tale of mistaken identities,…
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