Millfield Festival 2022

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

Millfield Festival 2022 - Parade & Carnival (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 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

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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 you to be one of our Community Lecturers!