Kite Festivals 2003

Event Reports:

Streatham Common Kite Day: Easter Sunday 20th April 2003

Cervia International Kite Festival, Italy: Friday 25th - Sunday 4th May 2003

Page 1: Cervia | International Kite Fliers | International Kites (1)
Page 2: Wind Gardens | International Kites (2) | Kite Makers at Work | Sky Gallery

13th Weymouth International Beach Kite Festival: Saturday 3rd - Monday 5th May 2003

Page 1: Club Kites | Guest kites from the USA | Traction | Airbow
Page 2: International Kites and Flyers
Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 page 1 | 2001 page 2

Beverley Kite Festival: Sunday 4th & Monday 5th May 2003 - report by Peter Bindon

Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 | 2000

Cleethorpes Kite Festival: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th May 2003 - report by Peter Bindon

Photos by Skud Mark
Previous event reports: 2002 | 1999

Middle Wallop (May) Kite & Buggy Festival: Saturday 24th - Monday 26th May 2003

Including: Two Wheeled Buggy | Female Kite Buggiers | Buggies & Boards | Ye Olde Buggy Jousting | Miscellaneous
Previous event reports: May 2002 | August 2002 | 2001 | 2000 page 1 | 2000 page 2

11th Basingstoke Kite Festival: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June 2003

Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 | 2000

The Wirral Kite Festival: Sunday 15th June 2003

Location: The Dips, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside
Organised by: Flying Circus

Festival details and photos on the Flying Circus website.

Fylde Kite Festival: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June 2003

Location: The Beach, Lytham St Annes, nr Blackpool, Lancashire
Organised by: Flying Circus

Reports by:
David Greenhough: Page 1 & Page 2
David Ryall
Dazzz
Phil Womack
Peter Bindon

Previous event report: 2002

Southampton Kite Festival: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June 2003

Location: Lordshill, Southampton
Report by STACK UK

Bedford International Kite Festival: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June 2003

Report and photographs from Sunday.

Sunderland International Kite Festival: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July 2003

Report and photographs from both days of the festival, including video of the 'New Flying Squad Routine'.
Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 - page 1 | 2001 - page 2 | 2001 - page 3

Report by Peter Bindon

Brighton Kite Festival: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July 2003

Location: Stanmer Park, Brighton
Organised by: Brighton Kite Flyers
Further information: Brighton Kite Flyers: Kite festival information
Report by Mobius Flix Kite Club
Previous event reports: 2001 | 2000 | 1999

Kennet Valley (Newbury) Kite Festival: Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July 2003

Location: Henwick Worthy Sports Field, off the A4, Thatcham, nr Newbury, Berkshire
Organised by: Kennet Kite Flyers
Photos by Skud Mark
Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 | 2000

Tewkesbury International Kite Festival: Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2003

Location: Tewkesbury School, off Junction 9 M5, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Organised by: Golden Valley Kite Fliers
Further information: Golden Valley Kite Fliers: Kite festival information

Wroughton 'Catching The Wind' Event: Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2003

Location: Wroughton Airfield, nr Swindon
Organised by: White Horse Kite Flyers

Dunstable Downs Kite Festival: Sunday 27th July 2003

Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001

Middle Wallop (August) Kite & Buggy Festival: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th August 2003

Previous event reports: May 2003 | August 2002 | May 2002 | 2001 | 2000 page 1 | 2000 page 2

10th Oldham Kite Festival: Sunday 17th August 2003

Location: Radclyffe Lower School Playing Fields, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester.
Organised by: Oldham Arts & Events, a department of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
The only large scale kite festival in the Greater Manchester area, with displays by the Northern Kite Group.

Photos by Dazzz

Portsmouth International Kite Festival: Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th August 2003
Two pages of photos and reports from the festival: Page 1 | Page 2

Location: Southsea Common, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Organised by: The Kite Society
Previous event reports: 2002 | 2001 | 1998

Bristol International Kite Festival: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August 2003
Two pages of photos and reports from the festival: Page 1 | Page 2

Location: Ashton Court, Bristol
Organised by: Avril Baker
Previous event reports: 2002 page 1 | 2002 page 2 | 2000 page 1 | 2000 page 2

Hunstanton Kite Festival: Sunday 31st August 2003

Location: Hunstanton, Norfolk
Organised by: Hunstanton Rotary Club

RNLI Windrave 2003: Sunday 28th September 2003

Location: East Beach, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Organised by: Graham - Wet n Dry Boardsports (tel 01268 569988) and Bill - SportsCorner (tel 01375 381922).

One Sky One World: Sunday 12th October 2003

Location: Global
Organised by: One Sky One World

Links:

Other kite festival listings can be found at these sites:

Kitecalendar.co.uk

Kiteability Calendar of Events

The Kite Society