2006
Kite Festivals 2006
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June | July | August
| September | October
Events are subject to alteration or cancellation -
please check with event organiser before travelling
Last updated: 14 July 2006
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April 2006
Wellington Country Park Kite Day: Sunday 2nd April 2006
Location: Wellington
Country Park.
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Organised by: Kites
Up
Previous year's event reports:
2002
| 2001
Berck International Kite Festival: Saturday 8th - Monday 17th April 2006
Location: The Beach, Berck
sur Mer, France.
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Organised by: Office de Tourisme de Berck-sur-Mer / Gerard Clement
Previous year's event reports:
2005
Official website: http://www.cerf-volant-berck.com/
Streatham Common Kite Day: Sunday 9th April 2006
Location: Streatham Common, London
Organised by: Bob Colover
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Official website: http://www.streathamkiteday.org.uk/
Previous year's event reports: 2003
| 2002 | 2001
| 2000
http://www.splicer.org.uk/gallery/StreathamFestival2004
Cervia International Kite Festival, Italy: Saturday 22nd April - Monday
1st May 2006
Location: The Beach, Cervia, Italy.
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Organised by: Claudio Capelli / Artevento
Previous event reports: 2004 |
2003 - Page 1 | 2003
- Page 2
Valencia
International Kite Festival, Spain: Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd April 2006
Location: Valencia, Spain.
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Official website: http://www.festicometavalencia.com/
Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival: Saturday 29th April - Monday
1st May 2006
Location: The Beach, Weymouth, Dorset.
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Earth Link
Organised by: The
Kite Society
Previous event reports: 2005
| 2003 page 1 | 2003
page 2 | 2002 | 2001
page 1 | 2001 page 2
May 2006
Swindon Kite Festival: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th May 2006
Location: Wroughton Airfield, nr Swindon, Wiltshire.
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Organised by: White Horse
Kite Flyers
Official website: http://www.swindonkitefestival.co.uk/
Previous Event Reports & Photos: 2001
Cleethorpes Kite Festival: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2006
Location: The Beach, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
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Suffolk International Kite Festival: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May
2006
Location: Rougham Airfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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Earth Link
Organised by: Suffolk
Kite Flyers
FlexiWallopTwo: 27th, 28th and 29th May 2006
Location: Middle Wallop Airfield, A343 Andover to Salisbury Road,
Andover, Hampshire.
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Organised by: http://www.flexifoil.com/flexiwallop2/
Previous event reports: May
2005 | May 2004 | August
2003 | May 2003 | August
2002 | May 2002 | 2001
| 2000 page 1 | 2000
page 2
Hebridean Tribal Sky Jam II: 27th May to 2nd June 2006
Location: Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Organised by: The
Western Isles Kite Company
June 2006
Cerf-Volant Mania: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June 2006
Location: Stella-Plage, France
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Organised by: www.cerfvolantservice.com
Official Website: http://www.cerfvolantservice.com
Basingstoke Kite Festival: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June 2006
Location: Down Grange Playing Fields, Basingstoke, Hampshire
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Organised by: Alan Cosgrove / Loddon Valley Kite Flyers
Official Website: http://www.basingstokekitefestival.org.uk
Previous event reports: 2005
| 2004 | 2003
| 2002 | 2001
| 2000
5th International Parakarts and Drive Kites Meeting: Saturday 10th &
Sunday 11th June 2006
Location: Zalduendo, Burgos. Spain
Official Website: www.vientonorte.com
Margam Park Kite Festival: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June 2006
Location: Margam Park, Port Talbot, South Wales.
Organised by: Mark Hegarty / Cardiff Kite School
Official Website: www.ckskool.co.uk/margam/margam.html
Int. Kite Fliers Meeting Fanø: Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th June 2006
Location: Fanø, Denmark
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Official Website: www.kitefliersmeetingfanoe.de
The Wirral Kite Festival: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2006
Location: The
Dips, next to New Brighton Promenade
Organised by: Dave Holt
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Official website: http://www.visitwirral.com/
Previous event reports: 2004
Great Ouse Kite Flyers (G.O.K.F) Festival: Sunday 25th June 2006
Location: Ferry Meadows, Peterborough.
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Organised by: The Great
Ouse Kite Flyers
July 2006
Sunderland International Festival of Kites, Music and Dance: Saturday 1st
& Sunday 2nd July 2006
Location: Northern
Area Playing Fields, District 12, Washington, Tyne & Wear
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Organised by: Malcolm
Goodman
Official website: http://www.sunderland-kites.co.uk/
Previous event reports & photos: 2005
| 2003 | 2002
| 2001 - page 1 | 2001
- page 2 | 2001 - page 3
http://kites.fotopic.net/c222928.html
Brighton
Kite Festival: Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th July 2006
Location: Stanmer
Park, Brighton.
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Organised by: Brighton
Kite Flyers
Further information: Brighton Kite Flyers: Kite
festival information
Previous event reports: 2004 |
2002
| 2001
| 2000
| 1999
Dunstable Downs Kite Festival: Sunday 30th July 2006
Location: Dunstable
Downs, nr Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
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Organised by: Dunstable
Kites
Previous event reports: 2005
| 2004 | 2003
| 2002 | 2001
August 2006
Portsmouth
International Kite Festival: Saturday 26th - Monday 28th August 2006
Location: Southsea
Common, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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Organised by: The
Kite Society
Previous event reports: 2005
| 2004 | 2003
page 1 | 2003 page 2 | 2002
| 2001 | 1998
September 2006
Bristol
International Kite Festival: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd September 2006
Location: Ashton Court, Bristol
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Organised by: Avril
Baker
Previous event reports: 2004 page 1
| 2004 page 2
2003 page 1 | 2003 page 2
2002 page 1 | 2002 page 2
2000 page 1 | 2000 page
2
Festival International de Cerf-Volant de Dieppe: Saturday 09th - 17th September
2006
Location: Dieppe, France
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Organised by: dieppe-cerf-volant.org
Wakefield Kite Festival: Sunday 24th September 2006
Location: Heath Common, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Organised by: www.facelessco.com
October 2006
One Sky One World: TBA
Location: Worldwide!
Further information: http://subvision.net/sky/osow/
Links:
Other kite festival listings can be found at these sites:
 Kitecalendar.co.uk
ELEMENT'air
AKA
Regions 7 & 8 Kite Events Calendar
Italian
Kite Festivals
The
Kite Society
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