Ibstock Festival 2023

Senior 8

Author Talk

The iconic white tent is coming to Ibstock Place! Dust off your aprons, grab your wooden spoons, and set your oven timers: it’s time to prove your baking prowess. In teams, you’ll compete to make the best showstopper, the winners of which will be crowned Bake-Off champions. Bunting, gingham The Great Ibstock Bake-Off Get your gastronomical creative juices flowing with our outdoor cookery school. Over the course of the day you will hone your cookery skills by creating your own barbecued lunch or tea under the expert tutelage of our esteemed Executive Chef. You will then enter the prestigious Ibstock Bake-Off Tent to create your signature baked goods for entry into The Great Ibstock Bake-Off Competition. Ibstock Cookery School Date: Thursday 22 June Time: All day

Date: Friday 23 June Time: 8:45am - 9:45am

Meet award-winning comedy writer Simon James Green who will encourage you to ‘own the awkward’. This laugh-out-loud event includes comedy anecdotes from Simon’s school days, and tackles all things writing, from inspiration, process and craft, to the key themes discussed in his fiction books for teens.

It's a Knockout!

Date: Friday 23 June Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm

Build your own Barbecue

Summer is upon us! The season of the Great British Barbecue doesn’t have to be a sorry tale of charred bangers and raw-in-the-middle chicken. Finessing your barbecuing skills under the expert eye of our own Executive Chef, Mr Josh Stevens. Choose from a menu of 28-day-matured beef, halloumi, prawns and other mouth-watering ingredients to fashion your own two-course meal and then cook it to perfection on our barbecues. All tastes and requirements catered for!

Packed with all kinds of games and inflatable challenges, It’s a Knockout is a competitive event full of teamwork,

Games Afternoon Date: Friday 23 June Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

camaraderie, laughter (and quite possibly some cheating). We will start with an uplifting warm-up dance led by instructors. Once the blood is flowing, it’s straight on with the challenges which include the bungee run, gladiator joust, wacky races, inflatable horsey hoppers, giant inflatable assault course, the inflatable wet wall, and our famous giant inflatable washing machines.

altar, and the judges’ steely gaze all included… Let’s just hope there are no soggy bottoms.

Your usual games afternoon will take place on Friday.

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