Welcome to Gatley Festival 2025
Date: Sunday, 6th July 2025
Location: Parade through the Village, then the festival on Gatley Hill
Join Us for a Day of Fun, Food, and Festivities!
WE’RE BACK –
Gatley Festival 2025
Get ready for a day filled with excitement, entertainment, and unforgettable memories! The Gatley Festival is back and bigger than ever. This annual celebration brings the community together to enjoy live music, delicious food, family-friendly activities, and a vibrant marketplace packed with local artisans, traders, and unique finds.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a festival regular, this year’s event promises to be one for the books. Mark your calendars and prepare for an experience that will leave you counting down to next year!
“Come for the fun. Stay for the memories.”
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Gatley Festival Parade
This year’s Festival will take place on Sunday 6th July with the Traditional Parade commencing at 12.00pm Noon from The Kingsway High School before making its way through Gatley and finishing at Gatley Hill at 12.45pm
(Please see the route map below for more details).
The parade this year will include classic cars, dance performers, a pipers’ band, and our local groups and schools.
This will then be followed by fun at the Festival Field until 6pm and we have lots and lots in store for the whole family including fairground rides, inflatables, the assault course and the giant slide.
Parade Route
The parade will proceed along Foxland Road, turning right onto Springfield Road. It will then continue along Springfield Road turning left onto Gatley Road.
The Parade will move along Gatley Road, turning left onto Church Road. The Parade will proceed along Church Road, arriving at Gatley Hill at approximately 12.45pm
Enjoy a wide variety of musical entertainment including: Classic Cars, Pipe Band, Drummers and Local groups and schools.
We look forward to thematic dress and entertainment from a range of local community groups, and many of our acts will later perform in our field arena.
You can then recharge your batteries with something from our scrumptious food stalls – there’s plenty to choose from whether you’re savoury, sweet toothed or both! There will also be a fully licensed bar within our festival tent and lots of product and pamper stalls to choose from. All of this plus a packed entertainment program from some truly outstanding acts.
TRUST US – YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT!
Watch a live stream of the parade over on Stockport Tourisms Facebook page
Souvenir Programme
Our Souvenir Festival Programmes has vouchers worth up to £100 inside. The programme costs £2.50 and allows one adult to enter the festival field FREE OF CHARGE
FREE entry to the festival field for ages 16 & under
Programmes are available from:
Horse and Farrier • Jackson O’ Malley • Wagtails • Bibita • Love Beauty • Prince of Wales • Village Domestics
We are so looking forward to seeing you all on the day and please don’t forget to bring your programme with you to the field to claim your FREE entry. Entry to Festival Field is £2.50 (without a programme)
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please contact us: hello@gatleyfestival.co.uk