Kite Festivals 2001

Festival Reports & Photos | Cancellations | Links

Festival Reports:

Camber Sands Buggy Enduro: Sunday 4th February 2001

Wellington Country Park Kite Festival: Sunday 1st April 2001
Includes "Veronica" video.

Berck-sur-Mer International Kite Festival: Saturday 31st March - Sunday 8th April 2001
Two pages of photos taken by the "Kites in Shrewsbury" group are here and here.

4th Streatham Common Kite Day: Sunday 22nd April 2001

11th Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival: Saturday 5th - Monday 7th May 2001
Two page report with plenty of photos, and video highlights!

Swindon Kite Festival: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th May 2001

9th Basingstoke Kite Festival: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd June 2001
Now including video highlights for you to download.

Sunderland International Kite Festival: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th July 2001
A three page report plus video from the UK's largest kite festival ! Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

Kennet Valley (Newbury) Kite Festival: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th July 2001

Dunstable Kite Festival: Sunday 29th July 2001

Middle Wallop Kite & Buggy Festival: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August 2001

Portsmouth International Kite Festival: Saturday 25th - Monday 27th August 2001

Worcester Kite Festival & Powerkiteshop Shop Launch: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd September 2001

X-Zone Autumn Games: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th September 2001

STACK Eurocup 2001: Friday 12th - Sunday 14th October 2001

Cancellations in 2001:

Blackheath Easter Kite Festival: Sky Kites have announced that there will not be a Blackheath Easter Kite Festival this year. Bureaucracy and red tape from the local council and excessive demands from the landowners has led to the event being cancelled. With the current restrictions and regulations, it is unlikely that the Blackheath Kite Festival will ever be held again.

London (Hackney) Kite Festival: James Robertshaw informs us that "It's with great regret that I'm letting you know that we will not be holding a London Kite festival this year. We have no substantial grant / financial backing of any sort this year and we want to run a show that is worth holding so the organising committee has decided to work towards a bigger and better festival for 2002".

Bristol International Kite Festival: Unfortunately this festival was confirmed as being cancelled, on 8th July 2001. The reason is that foot & mouth disease is still spreading in the area, and as Ashton Court has a deer population, they could not guarantee that the site would be available for use for the festival. No alternative site is available, so the festival has had to be cancelled. Read the official news release at: http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/parsons/news_release.htm

Links:

Other kite festival listings can be found at these sites:

Midland Kite Fliers site.

Kiteability Calendar of Events.

Kitecalendar.com