Festival in the Gardens

07/06/2024

How has it been two weeks already!!?!?

One highlight of the weekend has to be when King Zepha left the stage to lead a conga around the festival. Were you in the line?

01/06/2024

Thank you to the Braintree and Witham Times for this fantastic write up, and for the double page spread in the actual paper 🙏

The annual Festival in the Gardens in Bocking End returned on the bank holiday weekend.

31/05/2024

The dust has settled, the grass is growing back, and the sun has set on FITG 2024!!!

Thank you to you all from the bottom of our hearts for coming to the park and partying with us. With your help, we’ve raised many thousands of pounds for the public gardens, which helps to keep them open all year round for us all to enjoy.

Huge thanks to all our family and friends for supporting us to put this event on. It’s a massive undertaking, but totally worth it. Thanks to our amazing bar team for keeping you hydrated, and Bishop Nick for supplying their delicious ales and sponsoring us. Thanks to James for keeping the kids entertained all afternoon. Thanks to Eve, Sinead, Karen and the Rotary for manning the gate and getting you all in. Thank you to the Regency Security team for grabbing all the booze out of your bags and keeping you all safe, and to Essex Police for their support too. Big love to Iain for printing all our banners. Thanks to Crown Hire for the support with the toilets, BDC for the bins, and Jason and the team at Evo for coming along with the rides for the kids. Thanks to Julian at Wickes for the equipment, and Jay for the radios. Thanks to everyone who came to set up, pick litter, and pack it all away with us. Thank you to our amazing acts for keeping you entertained all weekend. Thank you to our awesome food vendors for coming back each year and slaving in their hot vans to keep you fed.

Finally, thank you to you all, the good people of Braintree for coming. A festival is nothing without a crowd, and you guys are the best crowd around!

Hope to see you again in 2025. Big love ❤️

Rachel, Elliot and Warren
The Festival In The Gardens Team

24/05/2024

Last chance to get your tickets online today at £12 each. The ticketing will be turned off at 8pm, and the name list printed. If you’re on the fence and want to save a few quid, now is the time to act!

Tickets will still be available on the gate at £15. Per adult.

www.festivalinthegardens.com

21/05/2024

We get asked a lot of the same questions every year. Hopefully this goes some way to answer what ever it is you were wondering.

Also, remember none of this is personal. Most of it is the rules of licensing, the venue, or our liability insurance 👍

20/05/2024

The definitive lineup for the stage 🙌

19/05/2024

Can’t wait for these guy to light it up on Sunday afternoon; all the way from Yorkshire, and rocking ska/rocksteady from the very top drawer

BOPFLIX session with KING ZEPHA (UK) and featuring guest vocalist B.DUBBS playing track 'You Let Yourself Go'. Filmed live at Sela Bar, Leeds, UK (2023).Kin...

18/05/2024

WE GOT MERCH!!!

Just to mix it up a little, we decided to get some hoodies done this year. They’ll be on sale at the bar, available in two colours, Marl Grey and Forest Green, from S-XL.

If you want to show some love for your favourite local music festival, why not grab one next weekend 🙌

17/05/2024

Throwing it back to 2022; Beans On Toast on stage, sun shining, gardens heaving…

Only a week to go. Don’t forget that presale tickets will close next Friday. Tickets on the gate are £15 and limited availability, so book online to save a few quid and avoid disappointment 🙌

15/05/2024

Some of the bangers we got sent of people making memories at last year’s festival 🙌

14/05/2024

We're gassed to announce that after Fungai Malianga had to pull out for health reasons (get well soon Paul), we have secured in his place an amazing new act; Essex's own star of UK garage and drum 'n' bass, Leanne Louise, who will be taking to the stage at 4:30 on Sunday to start ramping up the party ready for our closing headliners BAND THEFT AUDIO

13/05/2024

We are humbled every year by the number of people that offer to display posters for us to help get the word out about our wonderful event, like this one in the Kitten + Hare salon in Great Bardfield. It’s amazing to see how much the community gets behind the festival. 

Tag us and let us know if you have seen one near you 🙌

03/05/2024

Only three weeks to go until FITG 2024!

Don't forget that the 25-26th is a bank holiday weekend, so if you were worried about coming on the Sunday and things getting out of hand, don't, because you have the Monday free to recover!!!

Tickets are available at a reduced rate in advance from our website www.festivalinthegardens.com so get them while you can, and don't risk it on the gate.

Happy weekend y'all

Festoon Events Ltd, Event Organisers based in Braintree, Essex. Present Festival in the Gardens.

15/04/2024

Returning for its fifth year, Festival In The Gardens 2024 will take place at the Braintree & Bocking Public Gardens on 25th & 26th May.

Offering a feast of live music, kid’s entertainment, arts & crafts, food stalls and licensed bars, the festival has become a firm fixture in the early summer calendar for Braintree.

The line-up this year boasts a mixture of old favourites and exciting new acts. Back by popular demand are disco supergroup Miss Disco, who’ll be closing the Saturday with a typically flamboyant celebration of disco’s greatest hits. Sunday sees a return for Band Theft Audio, the high-energy modern party band formed of many members of Missing Andy, the popular mod-rock group who played their final ever show at FITG 2023. Sunday afternoon will also see a return of the nationally acclaimed folk star Beans On Toast, songwriter Jay McAllister who grew up in Rayne and last played the festival in 2022.

Tickets are on sale now, available at festivalinthegardens.com. Adult day tickets are £12 in advance and free for under 16s.

05/04/2024

We’re buzzing to have Beans’ back at the festival, playing on the Sunday evening. Who caught his set in 2022?

27/03/2024

Thanks to the Braintree and Witham Times for the writeup 🥰

The BOSSES of a popular Braintree music festival are “hoping to offer even more this year” once it returns in May.

26/03/2024

|| SUNDAY LINEUP ||

BAND THEFT AUDIO
Beans on Toast
King Zepha
Holding Poison
The Beavers
Fungai Paul Malianga
Alex Outlaw (The Singing Outlaw)
ADC Dance and Fitness
+ Special Guests

Tickets available now at www.festivalinthegardens.com

09/06/2023

Our friends Miss Disco just dropped this reel with some clips from their fantastic set at the festival. Who caught the show?