Preparations are underway for a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee event in Bitts Park, Carlisle.
The free community celebration will be held from 10.30am on June 5 and will include a giant screen, family activities and community stalls.
There will be celebrations across the country in 2022 to mark HM The Queen’s 70th year on the throne.
In Carlisle, the focus of the Platinum Jubilee will be at Bitts Park, where a partnership of local organisations will be hosting a special celebration.
The Jubilee fun will last all day, including a Family Film Show on a giant screen at 11am followed by the Big Jubilee Lunch, where everyone will be invited to bring their own picnic and join the party!
For those who prefer to let someone else do the catering, the Tribe food outlets will be offering a wide selection of delicious takeaways from the pop-up units by the children’s play area.
At 2pm, the big screen will live-stream coverage of the Jubilee Pageant from outside Buckingham Palace. The London celebrations will include street theatre, music and dance representing all corners of the Commonwealth, performed by over 5,000 entertainers.
A River of Hope will wind its way along the Mall, made up of 200 silk flags. It’s sure to be a colourful and vibrant tribute to the Queen’s record-breaking 70-year reign and is not to be missed.
The theme of the Bitts Park Jubilee celebrations is ‘Communities and Hope’. Carlisle City Council is one of the partners in organising the Bitts Park event.
Cllr Stephen Higgs, Portfolio holder for Culture, Heritage and Leisure said: “It’s been fantastic to see how many different people and groups from Carlisle have joined together to celebrate the Queen’s historic reign. It’s a day for them and the people of Carlisle to look to the future with confidence and with hope, inspired by the example of Her Majesty’s 70 years of service and dedication.
“We know that times have been tough for everyone in the last couple of years and it’s important that we come together to look after each other and celebrate the community spirit that will get us through to better times ahead.”
The city council has been joined by Carlisle Vineyard Church and Carlisle HealthCare Social Prescribing team in organising the celebrations.
Among the community groups taking part are Carlisle College, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Sustainable Brampton, Carlisle Cathedral, Multicultural Cumbria, Cumbria Organic Gardeners and Farmers and many others. There’ll be a ‘virtual village’ of stalls, stands and activities representing the range of community groups and organisations that help to shape the place we live in.
Cllr Higgs added: “We would love to see as many people as possible come to the park on Sunday 5 June for a day of fun and celebration to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.”
Dates for diaries include:
- Thursday 2 June – The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons at Carlisle Castle.
- Thursday 9 – Sunday 12 June – Hawker Festival in the city centre.
- Saturday 25 June – Armed Forces Day in the city centre.
- Saturday 16 July – The Queen’s Baton Relay in the city centre.
- Friday 22 July – Ibiza Orchestra Experience in Bitts Park
- Saturday 23 July – Paloma Faith concert in Bitts Park.
- Sunday 24 July – Tom Jones concert in Bitts Park.
- Saturday 13 August – Fake Festival in Bitts Park.
- Thursday 21 July – The Pantaloons outdoor theatre – The War of the Worlds at Talkin Tarn Country Park.
- Thursday 4 August – The Pantaloons outdoor theatre – The War of the Worlds at Talkin Tarn Country Park
- Thursday 25 August – The Pantaloons outdoor theatre – Wind in the Willows at Talkin Tarn Country Park.
- Thursday 25 – Monday 29 August – Carlisle Summer International Market in the city centre.
- Friday 21 – Sunday 23 October – City of Lights in Carlisle Cathedral, Tullie House Gardens and Carlisle Castle (linking in with the Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Festival).
- Saturday 5 November – Fireshow in Bitts Park.
- Sunday 20 November – Carlisle Christmas Lights Switch-On in the city centre.
