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Millfield Festival 2022

Millfield Festival 2022

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A community arts festival

In 2022 Millfield Festival returned to New England Rec playpark for an afternoon of community music, dance, arts & crafts workshops, street art murals, a magical history tent, community food and information stalls, and loads more. The headline spectacle this year was a community carnival made up of thirty local families and dancers.

The festival wouldn’t have been possible without our wonderful friends and partners. On stage we had people from Lithuania, China, Bengal, India, East Timor, and many more communities. We love that people from Millfield come from all over the world, and the festival celebrates the different, vibrant communities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACLF5uNFNkw
A photo of Deljit Singh in his magical history tent. He is stood up, talking to the crowd. A person in a hat is watching him. Bunting is displayed behind them.
A photo of posters displayed on heras fencing. They all have peace icons on them.
A photo of the band A Presto performimng on stage.
A photo of an audience member insteracting with the Golden Bird puppet at Millfield Festival. She is hugging the bird's neck and smiling.
A photo of Animal performing on stage. He is wearing a bandana, sand coloured jacket and black tshirt.
A photo of two carnival performers. On the left is the back of a rumbera character, weating a light green, glittery headdress and ruffled dress. on the right is a Katrina mexican day of the dead character. She is wearing a giant flower head piece, a white dress, and has glittery skull face paint on. She is looking into the camera and smiling.
A photo of ENDO performing on stage. His wearing glasses and holding the mic to his mouth.
Walkabout dance act Curious Creatures posing for the camera. The costumes make them look a bit like giant blue mops!
A photo of two Millfield Festival panel members, Rajni and Bernadetta, looking into the camera and smiling. Rajni is dressed in a sari and Bernadetta is wearing a Peterborough Presents t-shirt and red and gold face paint.
A photo of the East Timorese community dance group mid-dance. They are wearing traditional wrap skirts.
A photo of an outdoor karate workshop at the festival. Two instructors are stood either side of a teen who is kicking a practice mat
A photo of Nath Nyces working on a mural. The mural is blue and is a side profile picture of a woman's face
A close up photo of a child's hand being given a henna tattoo.
A photo of the community food stall. Indian spiced chips are on display in metal serving containers. The two stallholders are looking down at their hands, preparing signage.
A photo of children and adults dressed in vibrant carnival costumes. Strawberry, lotus and pineapple costumes.
A photo of a crowd watching the Black Eagles acrobatics performance. The festival is outside in a field. Four large flags are in the background, in front of some trees.

Other Projects

Well if you found that fascinating come check out what else we've done!
Youth Connect: Artist in Residence (Film / Moving Image)

Youth Connect: Artist in Residence (Film / Moving Image)

Gladstone Connect Ltd are looking for a professional creative who works with film / moving image to be in residence with their youth group, Youth Connect, at the Allama Iqbal Centre in Peterborough in September – November 2026. The work must respond to either or both of these themes: nature, justice.

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Orton Makers

Orton Makers

Orton Makers was set up in October 2022. It was a social group for adults from the area to meet others and chat in a safe space, and make something that was useful or beautiful.

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Spread Your Wings

Spread Your Wings

We asked groups, schools and individuals to help us design and make Ostrich-sized birds for a colourful, joyful display at Peterborough Celebrates.

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Three men look up at artwork displayed at height on the walls. 5 large vinyl panels. From left to right: a poem in blue text on a light blue background, 3 colourful artworks, a poem in blue text.

Youth Connect: Artist in Residence (Film / Moving Image)

Gladstone Connect Ltd are looking for a professional creative who works with film / moving image to be in residence with their youth group, Youth Connect, at the Allama Iqbal Centre in Peterborough in September - November 2026. The work must respond to either or both of these themes: nature,…

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A close up of a colourfully decorated rock, and 2 decorated / decoupage shells, holding a crystal.

Orton Makers

Orton Makers was set up in October 2022. It was a social group for adults from the area to meet others and chat in a safe space, and make something that was useful or beautiful.

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Eye Youth Club bird has a green & blue base with lots of different patterns on each feather: lines, dots, circles.

Spread Your Wings

We asked groups, schools and individuals to help us design and make Ostrich-sized birds for a colourful, joyful display at Peterborough Celebrates.

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An asian man reading a poem at the open mic. He holds his phone in one hand and a mic in the other. Behind him, colourful paintings of allama iqbal and an eagle

Opportunity: Speak at Allama Iqbal Festival

Together with our Community Panel, Anglia Ruskin University (Peterborough Campus) and resident & host Numra Ghafoor, we are putting on a mini lecture series this year for Allama Iqbal Festival 2026. If you have any sort of connection or love of Iqbal's life, philosophy, and poetry, we would love for…

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