Come and see me for facepaint or festival glitter and bling at CAMFEST this weekend....

A celebration of local arts and crafts with live demos and loads of activities for the kids.

I will be painting on Saturday 30th in Park Street from 10-2pm.

Come and see us in Park Street and ACTIVELY TRANSFORM your life and LIVE!

ATF or Active Transformation Fitness, is all about creating an awesome positive atmosphere and sense of community with like minded people coming together to transform their lives, although goals may differ the intentions are the same, ACTIVELY TRANSFORMING your life, body and health.

A large number of Exhibits from the Adult Learning Centre's extensive range of courses will be displayed at the Council Offices on all days of the Festival.

U3A - they are everywhere, every day! Whether the Main Group, Line Dancers, Tap Dancers, Singing for Fun or their Ukelele Band; it's all there for you!!

The Art Group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival!

See some stunning paintings are by new artist, Laura Thomas. Laura will be in our pop up shop painting over the full three days of CamFest. Pop in to see her work in progress!

Workshop Art

Whether it's Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Freestyle Disco, Cheerleading or Musical Theatre, we embrace it all! Come and see us at CamFest 2018 and see what we're all about! Performing on Sunday 1st July at 11.00am Cambridge Square - House of Fraser.

The Bad Boys Rock and Blues Band are performing at the Bear pub on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock!!

Ballet for all Ages! Come and see us at CamFest 2018 - 4:30pm to 5:00pm on Saturday, Cambridge Square / House of Fraser!! We offer a carefully planned and progressive RAD ballet syllabus. Exams are optional when the standard is reached. Every two years the classes will also include choreography to be performed in our theatre performances. The productions are usually traditional ballets, introducing the children to the classical stories and music used in professional performances.

We'll be bubbling at Park Street for CamFest!! 

Whatever the weather everyone deserves a treat, to unwind and relax in your own garden! Fab idea for a birthday, anniversary, celebrations, end of exams or just because!!

CHILDRENS BUG HUNT!!! The Camberley WI will be hiding a lot of lovely knitted bugs and beasts around the town - find them and post your completed entry form in the Library by 5pm on Saturday to win a gift voucher for the Entertainer toy shop!

Camberley and District Silver Band is a friendly and ambitious fourth-section band based on the Surrey / Hampshire border. Since our founding in 1960 we have always maintained an active diary which continues to this day.

10:00 - 12:00 in Park Street

Bob Nisbet and the Camberley Speakers club will be our Master of Ceremonies across the various CamFest locations during the Festival.

Join us in Park Street throughout the Festival, where we will be handing out leaflets and inviting CamFest visitors to come to the Roof Terrace at Stokes Lodge and - on presentation of our flyer - to join us for a Pimms and a viewing of our Show Complex!

Community projects group

The Craft Group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival!

Get crafty!

The Creative Photography Group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival!

Disability Initiative - the group's Art wil be on display throughout the Festival in the Camfest shop (next to Accessorize) and in the Library.

Ever wanted to doodle all over Camberley, but legally?!?! Well here's your chance!! Doodle Art is a workshop group provided by the Camberley Society in multiple locations throughout the festival.

At CamFest 2018 Fi will be hosting demonstrations of her papercraft techniques that encourage full-on participation from both adults and children.

10.30am – 11.00am: Children’s Class; make a simple card
11.30am – 12.30: Memory keeping introduction
1.30pm-2.30pm: Children’s class - Thank you cards for teacher
3:00pm-4:00pm: Introduction to card-making

To see more detail of these demonstrations as well as some photos of Fi's work, just click here 

The Heather Quilters wil be in the Council Chambers on all days of the festival   

The High Cross Church is putting on a wonderful programme on Sunday:-

1.30pm to 2:00pm Organ recital
1.30pm to 4.00pm Childrens games
2.30pm to 3.30pm Outside Church Service on lawns (not family service).
4.00pm Concert Hall – Crunch Theatre Group, Surrey Heath Singers, Toddler Group, Hats (High Cross Amateur Theatrical Society)
4.30pm Cream teas in the foyer

More detail here 

The Japanese Embroidery Group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival!

Beautiful Kimono embroidery work will be on display on all of the CamFest days in the Council Chambers

Jason is a Camberley-based artist working between landscapes Plein Air and still lifes. At the moment he is working with still lifes on how light hits glass objects. You can catch Jason from time to time sketching people in coffee shops here in Camberley and around.

He has previously exhibited in various galleries in Cornwall and as far as Glasgow.

His painting style tends to change from time to time "depending on what kind of mood I'm in. I love painting "en plein air", having a subject right in front of me, in all weathers, rain or shine, using oil most of the time (but I do like using watercolour and pen and wash)...."

To see some of Jason's work, click here

We are delighted to announce that local talent Jen Merchant will be joining our Camfest celebrations. Jen specialises in jazz, swing, motown, rock n roll (and some modern songs too!). Jen wil be singing for us on Sunday afternoon at Bill's Restaurant.

Do you have kids?! Do they like having fun!?! Let them loose with a paintbrush in the Square!! (Well, not quite, but they can happily join us for some Fun Art)!

Come and appreciate Katie's fantastic Sand Art skills!

Knit and Natter in the Library

Yeeha ! Upbeat, fast-moving synchronised dance troupe that will lift your spirits and get your feet tapping!

The Linus project will be carrying out quilting demonstrations throughout the festival

Mayor to pay special visit to the Toddler Group in High Cross Church at 11am, Friday. 
Opening ceremony of CamFest  11.30am Council Lawns and  introduction to Art and Crafts in the Council Chambers Friday 29th June,
Then in the afternoon the opening Performing Arts programme in High Cross church 2pm onwards. Saturday pm more perfoming arts at High Cross Church.

Drop in and see some beautiful Lace-work on display! Such a traditional skill.

The painting group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival, displaying their skills!

Get papering!!

Have a go at designing a patchwork block! We will be located in the Gallery next to the Council Chambers

Pottery painting in the Theatre Function Room!!!

Peter will be showing exhibits from his impressive portfolio throughout the festival and happy to talk about his discovery and love of photography as a means of self-expression.

Throughout the Festival between 10 am and 4 pm, the Pottery and Clay group from the Adult Learning Centre will be demonstrating their skills. 

Pottery!

Come and join Natalie Priest on Saturday as she takes groups of children (ideally from around 6 years old) through Animation Story-boarding Workshops and Plasticine Modelling. A great introduction to the art of animation!

Otherwise, you can find Natalie in the CamFest shop (next to Accessorize) where she will be happy to talk about the art of animation. 

The Rainbow Befrienders bake cakes to order!

Rebekah’s Dance School has been established since April 2014 and is proud to be taking over the school formerly known as The Briar Dance Academy.

They will have a Gazebo in Park St, showing Rebekah's Theatre Art and Rebekah's performing art displays. There will also be workshops in the Cambridge Square / Poundland area! 

Redz Performing Academy is based in Ash,Frimley and Sandhurst. A whole afternoon of performances, workshops, drama games and  dance and dance !!
Includes a performance by Pheonix - Phoenix D.C. #camberleysunofficialflashmob.
The Academy's ethos is that everyone should have the opportunity to perform. Class for ages 2.5 to 18.

1.00pm through to 4.00pm Cambridge Square - House of Fraser

 @RedzPerformingArts

Rock Choir is much more than a choir - it's a multi layered singing experience; we are singing our hearts out Saturday afternoon! 

The power of music, meeting new friends and performing at life changing events, together contribute to an emotional and powerful journey for our members. We have been perfecting Rock Choir for 10 years now and have achieved an award-winning standard of excellence in both the educational and emotional aspects of what we try to do. I personally choose and train our brilliant team of musicians, teachers and performers who lead their choir in each community through the most uplifting and feel good songs ever written.

2.35pm High Cross Church, 3.10pm Library Lawn, 3.45pm Park St.

Rodney Dell will be singing as part of CamFest 2018 on Park Street 1pm-3pm on Friday and 2pm - 3pm Sunday, serenading diners outside Bill’s

Rotary are here to help throughout the Festival! No question too small!

AND 'Young Photographer' Awards presentation - 
Theme "Different Perspectives"
12 noon Saturday 30th June Council lawns.

Graduating from Southampton Solent with a BA in Illustration, Ryan came to study his MA, children's picture book making at Anglia Ruskin.

Ryan says:- "As a child I constantly doodled, also sketching faces in schoolbooks, to the amusement and annoyance of tutors! Animated television, comics and video game's I grew up with, definitely inspired my illustrating. I feel there is a clear influence from animation in my drawings. Richard Scarrys artwork influenced me to illustrate animals, enjoyable to use, allowing my illustrations to relate humour and liveliness, leading to my interest in creating comics."

Just click on Ryan's name above to see more of his work!

Enjoy the voices of the Sandhurst Singers in Parjk Street from 3:30pm - 4:00pm on Saturday 30th June

The Sandhurst Singers were formed in Autumn 2013 as a community choir for novice and budding singers to gain a voice!

Click here for more detail

The sculpture group from the Adult Learning Centre will be present on all days of the Festival!

Join us on the 2nd Floor, House of Fraser, throughout the festival

Singing is fun with this lively group.

South Camberley School Choir sings for us on Saturday!

2.55pm High Cross Church
3.30pm The Library
4.05pm  Park Street

The Surrey Choices Growth team will be on the LIbrary Lawn on Friday, demonstrating their wood carving skills and selling both woodwork and plants in support of their Growth Team - working in the great outdoors and learning practical skills. 

Read more on the Surrey Choices website below.

Surrey Heath Singers is a choir of 75 members. We stage at least three concerts each year – mostly with professional soloists and orchestra. What we all share is a love of music, singing and friendship. Our repertoire is varied and often challenging which gives us a great sense of achievement when we get it right! Mostly we perform the works of the great choral composers but we also embrace music from the lighter end of the spectrum performing pieces by Bernstein, Cole Porter and Lloyd Webber.

Performing :-
Saturday 10:00 am 12 noon Park Street
Sunday 1:30 pm 2.00 pm The Square
Sunday 2:30 pm 3.00 pm The Square
Sunday 4:00 pm 4.30pm High Cross Church

Entertaining and evocative of a glamorous age !

Performing on Sunday -

12.00pm  Cambridge Square - House of Fraser

2.30pm High Cross Church

Tasha's Angelic Candles are a small company that has just started. They make candles for all occasions and take pride in all the work they carry out. Any candle can be made to order. See their work on Park Street!!

If you go down to the woods today......Teddy Bear Stories for the little ones.

Brass rubbing can be a meditative and a great way to learn history for both children and adults.

Come along to  Camfest and try a brass rubbing of Sir John D’Abernon, Surrey.  The original is one of the earliest surviving brasses in England and is over 6ft.  He wears a chain mail with linen surcoat with genouilleres to protect his knees.  He carries a lance and shield bearing his coat of arms. We have two other brasses to try out: Margaret Bernard Peyton, wearing a decollete waisted gown of rich Italian brocade and butterfly headdress, and a Dragon Footrest.

More detail here

Deepa Patel Robinson will be inspiring children to join in the fun and explore their artisitic talents:- Clay creations, Decoupage door sign, Toddler fun and Childrens Art

Our vision is simple: to bring high-quality massage to the mainstream. We want people to see massage as good value for money, so it can become a vital and routine part of a better and balanced quality of life.

It’s why we’ve re-thought the way people should consume massage. Why we offer a variety of optional treatment upgrades. Why we provide massage in fantastic facilities and highly convenient locations that fit in with our customers’ needs. Why we’ve developed a Certified Training Programme for our staff. And why we’ve priced massage reasonably, so that it can become a routine part of our customers’ lives.

Come and listen to some stories and make a Very Hungry Caterpillar hat!!

Toddler Art at its best

The Toddler Group get down and dirty with their projects!

Watts Gallery will be demonstrating the art of Air Dry Clay Modelling for us!

The Wavell Woodcarvers show us a thing or two with their mallets and chisels!!

The WI Craft and Yarn Bombers get busy. Crafts on display and in the Workshops are:- Crochet (extreme and normal!), Paper boxing, Knitting, Weaving, Cross-stich, Powertex,Felt Books and PomPoms! 

FREE Craft workshops in the Theatre Function Room:-

10am-Noon WEAVING, CROCHET AND PAPER BOXES
Noon-2pm POMPOMS, KNITTING 
2pm-4pm  CROSS STITCH, POWERTEX

This is how Photography should look! Come and chat to the experts about equipment and technique! 

We'll be at Park Street throughout the Festival, displaying our Wood Carving and Knitwear!

Get snapping!!