Has anyone any more information on this event in Hillsborough park, what will be there?. I've looked on the council web site but not much info on what has been confirmed will be there. We want to g somewhere quite local this BH Monday, want to stay fairly local due to differing weather reports.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Dogs-banned-from-park-event.4115659.jp

this was posted in the pets forum gives you a bit of info :)
edit to add:
http://greencityaction.googlepages.com/

Thanks Sav, did do a search of the forum first but this didn't come up. I used to enjoy mayfest at Hillsbro, so hope the events on are as good as they were

and for those who don't want to google:

The Green City Days event is set to take place in Sheffield in Hillsborough Park on the Bank holiday weekend of 25th / 26th of May 2008.

The event will be host to numerous attractions such as:

Green Music stage
Interactive Green Treasure hunt for kids
Children's activity area.
Learning maze
Heeley City Farm and the South Yorkshire Energy centre on site
Sports and games with activity Sheffield
Toddlers Zone
Cycling area with Pedal Ready
Bio Diesel powered funfair rides
Hand powered rides
Circus skills workshops and performance
Rangers woodlands crafts
Story telling sessions and craft workshops in the Library on site
Local produce and farmers trading markets
Information stands on green issues and products

I will be working that day in my lovely Hillsborough Forum uniform handing out freebies and info so if you see me say hello :D

11.00am till 5.30pm on 24th and 25th May
Adults: £4, Children up to 14 free when accompanied by a paying adult
O.A.P’s and adults arriving on a push bike: £2

A little important information about the event for anyone planning to take their dog with them when they visit. Dogs have been banned from the event.

and for those who don't want to google:

The Green City Days event is set to take place in Sheffield in Hillsborough Park on the Bank holiday weekend of 25th / 26th of May 2008.

The event will be host to numerous attractions such as:

Green Music stage
Interactive Green Treasure hunt for kids
Children's activity area.
Learning maze
Heeley City Farm and the South Yorkshire Energy centre on site
Sports and games with activity Sheffield
Toddlers Zone
Cycling area with Pedal Ready
Bio Diesel powered funfair rides
Hand powered rides
Circus skills workshops and performance
Rangers woodlands crafts
Story telling sessions and craft workshops in the Library on site
Local produce and farmers trading markets
Information stands on green issues and products

I will be working that day in my lovely Hillsborough Forum uniform handing out freebies and info so if you see me say hello :D

i may see you there

do you get a discount for walking surely thats as good as going as on a bike

it all says discount for people arriving on public transport on the poseter i have seen?

Look here http://www.sheffieldenvironment.org/ and run a search for green city days

it all says discount for people arriving on public transport on the poseter i have seen?

yes and if you arrive on a cycle

it all says discount for people arriving on public transport on the poseter i have seen?

http://www.gca.burngreave.net/events/

Thanks all, will take a walk up there and carry my push bike just to get in a bit cheaper lol x

A double discount eh?That's good,wish you luck.
By the way take an umbrella the forecast is for rain.
Forget the double discount,just re-read the thread.

sounds like a load of rubish,

discount vouchers for the funfair that will be there in tonights Star.

heard only three big rides on funfair

A little important information about the event for anyone planning to take their dog with them when they visit. Dogs have been banned from the event.

Oh dear and i was going to bring our-lass:hihi::hihi: ill have to tell her shes banned now:hihi::hihi:

Oh dear and i was going to bring our-lass:hihi::hihi: ill have to tell her shes banned now:hihi::hihi:

Lets hope for your sake she does't read this or she might bite you:help:

what happened to the Mayfest? bands etc

Slight change, but if this is a green event, why were they giving out leaflets about it on Fargate today??

Didnt seem very green as everyone in front of me just threw them on the ground.

and for those who don't want to google:

The Green City Days event is set to take place in Sheffield in Hillsborough Park on the Bank holiday weekend of 25th / 26th of May 2008.

The event will be host to numerous attractions such as:

Green Music stage
Interactive Green Treasure hunt for kids
Children's activity area.
Learning maze
Heeley City Farm and the South Yorkshire Energy centre on site
Sports and games with activity Sheffield
Toddlers Zone
Cycling area with Pedal Ready
Bio Diesel powered funfair rides
Hand powered rides
Circus skills workshops and performance
Rangers woodlands crafts
Story telling sessions and craft workshops in the Library on site
Local produce and farmers trading markets
Information stands on green issues and products

I will be working that day in my lovely Hillsborough Forum uniform handing out freebies and info so if you see me say hello :Dwhat about the carboot do you have to pay £4 to get in the rugbyclub.

what about the carboot do you have to pay £4 to get in the rugbyclub.

yep, the car boot is part of the event, so if you just want to go around that, you still have to pay the entrance fee, £4 :(

A little important information about the event for anyone planning to take their dog with them when they visit. Dogs have been banned from the event.

Dogs banned???!! **** that im not going if i cant take him along!

There is a £1 discount on the entrance fee if you have a tram ticket. I stuck my nose through the fence to see what was going on but couldn't be persuaded to let the moths out of my purse on the basis of what I saw. Has anybody been to the event? Is there anything more engaging than car-boot tat, charity tombolas and e-coli burger stands?

just been past - doesnt look busy at all - maybe if people could have took their pets in they may have had more people go

just been past - doesnt look busy at all - maybe if people could have took their pets in they may have had more people go

Maybe if it was FREE, more people would have gone? :|

yep, the car boot is part of the event, so if you just want to go around that, you still have to pay the entrance fee, £4 :(can you get in before 11am to look around

just read that you can go into th car boot without going in to the event(this was in the car boot thread) not sure if it starts earlier now though doesnt say

- heres the details

Bank Holiday Monday Carboot
£10 per pitch open access to the Arena only
Cars have access from 9am
Buyers will be able to get into the carboot area for FREE
http://www.hillsboroughsportsarena.co.uk/

Just returned from this "event" and can only echo some of the pessimistic comments on here.

Really poor IMO

What a cheek to charge £4. Free would've been a rip off. Exactly the same as many other lacklustre events I've been to in the city

The thing in Norfolk Park last year and the Abbeyfield Festival both better than this.

Oh not more bleeding falconry....yawn..

I enjoyed the beer tent though and the goats were quite sweet. Oh and I tried juggling.

OK for kids I suppose.

It struck me that paying £4 to be lectured by the council on how green I should be didn't sound like a good use of my Bank Holiday. Sounds as though many other people thought the same.

It struck me that paying £4 to be lectured by the council on how green I should be didn't sound like a good use of my Bank Holiday. Sounds as though many other people thought the same.

It isn't a council event..

It isn't a council event..

Strange then that their website makes the opposite claim:

The project is a partnership between Green City Action and the Parks and Countryside department of Sheffield City Council, with additional support from the Streetforce department of Sheffield City Council and a marketing campaign from the Sheffield Newspapers Group.

Strange then that their website makes the opposite claim:

The project is a partnership between Green City Action and the Parks and Countryside department of Sheffield City Council, with additional support from the Streetforce department of Sheffield City Council and a marketing campaign from the Sheffield Newspapers Group.

I saw quiet a few Street Force people in green jumpers walking into the event about 9:30 Sunday Morning.

I bet its them HONF people's fault...