THE annual Lymm Festival has again been hailed a huge success by organisers.
The village was packed for the two biggest events – Foodfest on the opening night and Lymm Historic Transport Day.
The sunshine was in full force for the annual FoodFest event, which saw thousands pack the village for what is the traditional start to the Festival.
They enjoyed an evening of music and entertainment along with delicious food and drink from a wide range of local stallholders.
Transport Day saw the village once again full of people from all over the North West, along with hundreds of classic vehicles of all types.
The annual parade through the village, with steam engines, classic cars, bikes, motorbikes, buses and even a snowplough, was followed by a display of the vehicles – and lots of other entertainment – on the May Queen Field.
As usual the 11-day Festival featured a very busy programme – with many sold out events. Some of those were the ones featuring headline names such as singer Barbara Dickson and comedian Justin Moorhouse, but there were over 50 other events, with something for all the family. The programme covered children’s activities in the local library (themed around Teddy Bears Picnic), rock, jazz, folk, choral and classical music, art, photography and bonsai exhibitions, craft workshops, history walks, the regular “open gardens” event and even a wine-tasting quiz!
There was also a programme of events at Lymm Baptist Church to mark the 500th anniversary of the translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale. We believe that these were the biggest celebrations of that anniversary in the country and it was a great honour that the organisers chose to run them as part of Lymm Festival.
The dates for next year’s Lymm Festival (which will be the 28th!) have already been set, so anyone who plans ahead may want to mark their diaries for 18 to 28 June 2026!
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