City Show

13th September 2022 - City Show Cancellation

From Urban Green:

In view of the period of national mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II, and the announcement of the state funeral taking place on Monday 19 September, we have been in discussions with the key partners who have been working with us on this year’s Newcastle Allotment and Garden Show which was due to take place this weekend.

Given the celebratory nature of the Allotment and Garden show and the main public day on Sunday 18, we believe that many participants and visitors will share our feeling that proceeding with the event would not be appropriate. We have therefore reluctantly decided that this year’s Newcastle Allotment & Garden Show should not take place.

The show is intended to be a celebration of the hard work of allotment holders across the city and as part of this we had arranged a full public programme with live music, activities, talks, stalls, and a children’s funfair on the Sunday. While all of us working on the show would have liked to mark the achievements of our growers, after consultation with partners, we feel that holding the event this weekend would not be the right decision.

We are, of course, disappointed that the show will not be going ahead as planned this year. Our plot competition took place over the summer and has already been judged ahead of last week’s news, so we will be announcing these winners on our website and social media later this month. Over the coming months we will also be looking forward to hearing from the fantastic North-East growers, to discuss how we can make the 2023 competition bigger and better.