Cathedral Fete listings

Arts and crafts lovers can visit more than thirty stalls and exhibitions for free at the first Liverpool Cathedral Fete which takes place from 16-18th September.

Visitors can view, buy or even try their hand at some of the arts and crafts on offer including calligraphy, puppet making, ceramics, jewellery making, card making, lace making, sculpture and textiles. There will also be stalls selling photography and printed arts, natural bath products and glassware.

The arts and craft stalls are just part of the Cathedrals first ever three day fête. Model enthusiasts can enjoy a fully operational exhibition of vintage Meccano and Hornby Trains over the three days (small charge applies). Many of the models on display were made at Liverpools famous Binns Road factory.

Traditional activities on offer include donkey rides, hook a duck, a tombola, raffle and face painting as well as a bookstall and nearly new stall.

Cathedral bell ringers, archivists, organ builders and members of the Merseyside Embroiderers Guild will also be on hand to talk about their crafts and there will be free guided Cathedral tours.

For the sporty, there will be a Cathedral treasure hunt, bouncy castle, bungee trampoline and the annual sponsored cathedral abseil (there is still time to sign up contact rebecca.bentham@liverpool.anglican.org).

A full music programme cross the weekend includes The Liverpool Shanty Kings (Friday) and The Mersey Riggers, Liverpool Signing Choir and Suzuki Violinists (Saturday).

A range of food will be available from Couture at Liverpool Cathedral as well as from The Chocolate Cellar and The Stylist Cakewalk Cupcakes.

Visit www.facebook/LiverpoolCathedral for regular updates on all of the participants.

Members of the public will also be invited to help judge the Cathedrals annual photography competition and choose a Peoples Winner alongside the judges selection.

All proceeds from the Cathedral Fete will go to the Cathedral Foundation which helps keep the Cathedral free to visitors.

Rebecca Bentham, Fundraising Manager for Liverpool Cathedral said, Excitement is really building for our first Cathedral Fête. We have a traditional theme with a few modern twists, so there really is something for everybody. The emphasis is on community and we have a large number of volunteers from the local community helping us out. We look forward to seeing people from across the city join us at this fête which we hope will make a great family event.

If you would like to volunteer, exhibit a craft or donate something to the nearly new stall, please contact Catherine Bell catherine.bell@liverpoolcatheral.org.uk

For more information visit www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk