Last year, the first Mill Road Midsummer Market saw local volunteers join forces with organisations, including Cambridge City Council, for an event that built on the popularity of the long-established Mill Road Winter Fair.
The second Midsummer Market, on Saturday 2 July, from 5pm-10pm, will feature a variety of live musicians and entertainment, food trucks, and artists and artisans selling their work, at a number of venues along Mill Road.
There will be a family-friendly activity centre at Ditchburn Place, a ‘Mill Road Feast’ food fair at Gwydir Street car park, a craft and artisan market at Bharat Bhavan (the old library), live entertainment at Argyle Street Housing Co-Operative, and dancing at Hope Street Yard.
Mill Road Midsummer Market is being made possible with generous core sponsorship by Prana Indian Restaurant and additional sponsorship by Anglia Ruskin University.
Cllr Carina O’Reilly, Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Places, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to bring the Mill Road Midsummer Market event back for a second year.
“Between the Mill Road Winter Fair, and last year’s Midsummer Market, we have seen what an appetite there is for street parties and events on Mill Road. Last year’s first summer event was a successful pilot and proved that the concept worked – the addition of sponsorship is huge in terms of our ability to plan an exciting programme and to promote it effectively.”
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Contacts
Cllr Carina O’Reilly, (Labour Group) Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Places, email: carinaoreilly@gmail.com, tel: 07791 227953
Cllr Ysanne Austin (Liberal Democrat Group), Opposition spokesperson, email: ysanne.austin@cambridge.gov.uk, tel: 01223 321441
Cllr John Hipkin (Minorities Group), Opposition spokesperson, email: castleindependent@gmail.com, tel: 01223 564126
Simon Payne, Director of Environment, email: simon.payne@cambridge.gov.uk, tel: 01223 458517
Joel Carré, Head of Streets and Open Spaces, email: joel.carre@cambridge.gov.uk, tel: 01223 458201
Franny Ritchie, Mill Road Coordinator, email: millroadcoordinator@gmail.com, tel: 07824 622183
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