Festival Family Fun Day 2025
Performers, Foodstalls & Activities

Performing as a 9-piece band, a rotating roster of superhuman musicians are used to bring Mulholland Jive’s lively instrumental funk-jazz-rock to life.

Baja Beats brings the sounds of the east with the west leaving you with a truly musical performance. Expect to hear Bollywood, Bhangra, Hindi and the sounds of Hip Hop and House!

Crowd pleasing circus performance with stilt walking & juggling, incorporating lots of audience participation, hilarity and unexpected outcomes!

Ely Samba Band will bring the atmosphere of Brazilian carnival to Jubilee Gardens, playing traditional samba rhythms and also songs written by local sambistas. 

East Cambs Wind Band is a flourishing group playing a wide range of music, including classics from the wind orchestra repertoire, transcripts of film and TV themes and arrangements of popular music.

Cambridgeshire Music is the county hub for music education and arts therapies, making high quality music happen all across Cambridgeshire for young people and families – both in and out of school. 

The Octagon Studio is Ely's Performing Arts centre where people can learn many performing arts such as Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Jazz Dance, Tap, Drama, Singing and Body Conditioning.

The Cambridge University Gospel Choir (CUGC) perform regularly and aims to inspire all through uplifting gospel music - be prepared to join in!

The little blue van packing a big coffee punch in and around Cambridgeshire.

Sneaky Veg are on a mission to get kids to eat more fruit and vegetables with healthy, delicious, snack boxes that the whole family can enjoy.

Want a delicious, authentic Italian wood-fired pizza? Come to the little red pizza truck! 

The first and only* Poutine and ultra loaded fries van in Cambridgeshire.

*so far...

Award winning 16BBL brewery in Cambridgeshire producing an ever-changing and evolving range of modern (mostly vegan) beers, using only the best quality ingredients available

Using locally sourced produce this Ice Cream is absolutely delicious, full dairy, made with double cream, 100% natural and very probably the nicest Ice Cream you will ever have tasted.

Freshly Made delicious Churros, with strawberries and chocolate, MiMi's does the lot!

Add to our underwater themed community mural during our Festival Fun Day!

Create embossed safari animals with artist Lizzie Ault in this drop-in activity. Book a place on her full workshop here!

Have a go at stilt walking, juggling and even unicycling with the Foolhardy Circus (until 3pm)

Providing the Finest Face Painting & Glitter Bar in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

As the nation's leading first aid charity, St John Ambulance offers training courses, advice, volunteering opportunities, event support, products and more.

The City of Ely's biggest and busiest social media and community project.