Crewe Day Festival
To celebrate Crewe Day, a fabulous FREE family-friendly festival will take place in the town centre between Thursday 3rd and Sunday 6th July.
The main event day of the festival takes place on Saturday 5th July between 12pm and 6pm and will feature:
A fantastic carnival procession of 13ft tall Carnival Queen puppets from Global Grooves, alongside the community cast performers from Dope Dance Crewe, Wilderness Tribe and Dance to Health!
A parade of the Giant Wheel from Autin Dance, accompanied by the community cast from Hopes & Beams and Camm Street Gymnastics
Street and community live performances across the town centre
An artisan market, brought to the event by JDL Mini Markets
Stanworth’s Fairground on Queensway
The Crewe Day Festival is a summer celebration of Crewe that has been created with the people of Crewe at its heart.
What is Crewe Day?
Crewe Day commemorates the anniversary of the first trains passing through Crewe Station, during the opening of the Birmingham to Manchester and Liverpool line on 4th July 1837. This is a key moment in the town’s industrial heritage and a catalyst to the creation of the Crewe we know today. Crewe is an amazing place – it deserves to be celebrated for its community, heritage and unique identity!
Community activities
In the run up to the Event Day on the Saturday, community activities and workshops will be facilitated by community organisations for the community cast taking part in the procession. The attendees will have a go at Carnival Arts and learn dance and expressive movements that can be shown off during Saturday’s parade!
The following community groups will make up the parade community cast:
Dope Dance Group
Wilderness Tribe
Dance to Health (Cheshire Dance)
Hopes & Beams
and Camm Street Gymnastics.
A day of community group activities is also planned for Sunday 6th July and community groups are encouraged and invited to arrange and programme their own activities that celebrate Crewe and their contributions to the town.
This could be an open day, a performance in a community space, an exhibition of artworks or something completely different! Crewe Town Council is happy to promote and support the activities with guidance and groups are encouraged to get in touch to share their plans to events@crewetowncouncil.gov.uk.
Full details of the event can be found on the Crewe Town Council website here.our website."