History
St Ann’s Well Gardens is one of Brighton and Hove’s most treasured and loved City parks. The Spring Festival was established 16 years ago to celebrate the park’s Centenary. Over the years we have seen the Festival grow into one of the finest free festivals in the Country and is now a firm date in every Brightonian’s diary.
In 2022 we welcomed thousands of people to the park, this was followed by a two year break, but we are coming back in 2025 with a bang!
Where else can you find an event that covers such a broad range of interests and the arts? St Ann’s Well Spring Festival hits the mark. It has it all-music, creativity, art, dance, circus skills, history and many other attractions. It is a microcosm of Brighton and Hove, showcasing its vibrancy and diversity that entices so many people and visitors to the City.
History
St Ann’s Well Gardens is one of Brighton and Hove’s most treasured and loved City parks. The Spring Festival was established 16 years ago to celebrate the park’s Centenary. Over the years we have seen the Festival grow into one of the finest free festivals in the Country and is now a firm date in every Brightonian’s diary.
In 2022 we welcomed thousands of people to the park, this was followed by a two year break, but we are coming back in 2025 with a bang!
Where else can you find an event that covers such a broad range of interests and the arts? St Ann’s Well Spring Festival hits the mark. It has it all-music, creativity, art, dance, circus skills, history and many other attractions. It is a microcosm of Brighton and Hove, showcasing its vibrancy and diversity that entices so many people and visitors to the City.
Main Stage – curated by
Support acts to be announced…
Rewind Stage – DJs
Main Stage – curated by
Support acts to be announced…
Rewind Stage – DJs
AudioActive Emerge Stage in association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Full lineup to be announced…
AudioActive Emerge Stage in association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Full lineup to be announced…
Circus Pazaz
Show Times –
12:00, 13:30, 15:00 & 16:30
Circus Pazaz – the little circus with BIG fun! We’re a small team with a rotating cast of performers who are passionate about entertaining our audience – there’s something in our show for everyone aged 1-101!
You can expect comedy, amazing aerial feats, skillful juggling, high level hula hooping and acrobatic tricks – prepare to laugh, gasp, clap and cheer as our performers amaze, impress and entertain you in our little big top. We have a traditional circus show that is perfect to give you a good flavour of what a big top circus is all about. If you have never been to a circus, we think you should give it a go.
Circus Pazaz
Show Times – 12:00, 13:30, 15:00 & 16:30
Circus Pazaz – the little circus with BIG fun! We’re a small team with a rotating cast of performers who are passionate about entertaining our audience – there’s something in our show for everyone aged 1-101!
You can expect comedy, amazing aerial feats, skillful juggling, high level hula hooping and acrobatic tricks – prepare to laugh, gasp, clap and cheer as our performers amaze, impress and entertain you in our little big top. We have a traditional circus show that is perfect to give you a good flavour of what a big top circus is all about. If you have never been to a circus, we think you should give it a go.
Areas & Stalls
Kids & Clown Shows
+ Drop Ins
+ Circus Workshop
Jason Salkey is an actor, a regular on screens, small and large over the last twenty odd years. His first big job was a huge commercial campaign for Miller Lite beer UK that made his face instantly recognisable to viewers in the UK.
Roles in TV shows, commercials and theatre followed. In 1992 he got the part of Harris Sharpe. A modest part in one of British television’s most cherished shows took up the best part of the next five years, a show that eventually reached around the globe.
That’s probably how you know Jason best, but he has appeared in many films including Memphis Belle, The Russia House, The Steal, Fifth Element, Turn of the Screw, Fairy Tale: A True Story, About a Boy, Going Off Big Time, In America, Road to Guantanamo, The Infidel and Shadowdancer.
In 2021 his Sharpe memoir was released to great acclaim and is now on it’s third edition. Jason is now the unofficial, go-to source for questions concerning the TV production and cast of Sharpe. While on location he also shot a huge amount of video which has become a series of films documenting life on Sharpe which has entertained battalions of fans across the world at toy-soldier/ war-gaming / military modelling / living history re-enactment even in particularly in the US and UK.
Sussex Yeomanry is a specialist cavalry group that has been formed for the purpose of promoting historical mounted weapons skills through giving demonstrations, putting on displays and taking part in competitions both in the UK and abroad.
In doing so, our aim is to keep alive both the memory and spirit of the Sussex Yeomanry, together with their skills, from the period of the Napoleonic Wars through to the outbreak of WW1.
Members of Sussex Yeomanry have demonstrated mounted skill at arms and other cavalry skills at a range of venues from Stately Homes such as Blenheim Palace & Burghley House to local schools (as part of historical educational events) and have lead the parade at village fairs. They have also:-
Organised and taken part in tentpegging/SAA competitions both in the UK and abroad.
Entered Cavalry skills competitions such as the German Cavalry Championships held at Gotha in E Germany.
Travelled regularly to compete in club-level competitions at Muiderberg in Holland and to a Masters’ competition in South Africa.
+ Well Being Area, Bungee Trampolines & Kids Rides, Medieval Area & Lots, Lots More!!
Areas & Stalls
Kids & Clown Shows
+ Drop Ins
+ Circus Workshop
Jason Salkey is an actor, a regular on screens, small and large over the last twenty odd years. His first big job was a huge commercial campaign for Miller Lite beer UK that made his face instantly recognisable to viewers in the UK.
Roles in TV shows, commercials and theatre followed. In 1992 he got the part of Harris Sharpe. A modest part in one of British television’s most cherished shows took up the best part of the next five years, a show that eventually reached around the globe.
That’s probably how you know Jason best, but he has appeared in many films including Memphis Belle, The Russia House, The Steal, Fifth Element, Turn of the Screw, Fairy Tale: A True Story, About a Boy, Going Off Big Time, In America, Road to Guantanamo, The Infidel and Shadowdancer.
In 2021 his Sharpe memoir was released to great acclaim and is now on it’s third edition. Jason is now the unofficial, go-to source for questions concerning the TV production and cast of Sharpe. While on location he also shot a huge amount of video which has become a series of films documenting life on Sharpe which has entertained battalions of fans across the world at toy-soldier/ war-gaming / military modelling / living history re-enactment even in particularly in the US and UK.
Sussex Yeomanry is a specialist cavalry group that has been formed for the purpose of promoting historical mounted weapons skills through giving demonstrations, putting on displays and taking part in competitions both in the UK and abroad.
In doing so, our aim is to keep alive both the memory and spirit of the Sussex Yeomanry, together with their skills, from the period of the Napoleonic Wars through to the outbreak of WW1.
Members of Sussex Yeomanry have demonstrated mounted skill at arms and other cavalry skills at a range of venues from Stately Homes such as Blenheim Palace & Burghley House to local schools (as part of historical educational events) and have lead the parade at village fairs. They have also:-
Organised and taken part in tentpegging/SAA competitions both in the UK and abroad.
Entered Cavalry skills competitions such as the German Cavalry Championships held at Gotha in E Germany.
Travelled regularly to compete in club-level competitions at Muiderberg in Holland and to a Masters’ competition in South Africa.
+ Well Being Area, Bungee Trampolines & Kids Rides, Medieval Area & Lots, Lots More!!
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