Fire and Wood Festival at Dean Heritage Centre

26 May – Don’t miss the Forest of Dean’s brand new event this May, when Dean Heritage Centre plays host to the inaugural Fire and Wood Festival.

While Dean Heritage Centre is already a popular visitor attraction all through the summer, Saturday 24 to Sunday 26 May 2008 will witness the first ever Fire and Wood Festival – with families everywhere expected to join in on the action.

The three-day festival will be celebrating wood and fire through a host of displays and demonstrations which promise to wow visitors, including chainsaw carvers working with wood and fire to produce spectacular sculptures, blacksmiths demonstrating their ancient craft and bow-makers revealing the art form behind weapon-making.

Visitors can also expect to see a number of other traditional crafts being practiced, including chair-making, woodturning and woodcarving, while dozens of crafts people and stall holders will be offering their hand-crafted wares.

The Fire and Wood Festival will also provide the opportunity for everyone to get involved in traditional charcoal burning, and pole lathe turning in the woordland workshop, while the Dean Heritage Centre’s usual five modern galleries, outside displays and five acres to explore make this an unmissable event for families across Gloucestershire.

Event: Fire and Wood Festival
Venue: Dean Heritage Centre
Dates: Saturday 24 to Monday 26 May 2008
Times: From 10am to 5pm on each day
Tickets: Admission costs £4.90 for adults, £2.50 for children, £4.20 for concessions, free for children under five and £14 for families (including two adults and up to four children). Telephone the Dean Heritage Centre on (01594) 822170 for more information.

SoGlos.com
8 May 2008