Bywell Arts Festival - 27 – 29 June 2025

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It was fantastic to have the Bywell Arts Festival back after a five-year “COVID break” and have the ancient Bywell churches of St Peter’s and St Andrew’s buzzing with hundreds of visitors over the weekend. This event is an important fundraiser for St Peter’s Church, which, along with St John’s Church and St George’s in Mickley, is part of the Stocksfield Church of England community.

 

After considerable planning and the hard work of setting everything up, we were rewarded with great weather and everyone had a very enjoyable and successful weekend. 150 framed paintings were displayed in an exhibition across both churches, curated and organised by Anne Collier, and there were many unframed prints for sale too. Our thanks go to Anne and the contributing artists who helped to set up the displays and steward the event. As usual, we had fabulous refreshments on offer, and many visitors enjoyed cream teas sitting at sunny tables in our beautiful churchyard at St. Peter’s while our Pimms bar did great business at St. Andrew’s. Our cakes, books and plant stalls were very popular, and the raffle raised over £1,100.

 

Bywell Arts Festival Raffle 2025
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets over the weekend, and many thanks indeed to the local businesses and individuals who generously donated prizes for the raffle. The winning tickets are listed below. All winners have been contacted and
prizes distributed.

 

 

Hamper from Brocksbushes Farm Shop       Blue 516
£50 voucher for The Feathers Inn                Blue 364
Hamper from Rosie’s Farm Shop                  Yellow 271
4 days for 2 children at Good Sports holiday activities              Blue 411
Two floral hanging baskets from Tyne Valley Garden Centre            Yellow 267 and 413
Owl print by Anne Collier            Yellow 249
Bottle of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne              Blue 543
Clarins body care selection (x2)             Yellow 76 and Blue 291
£25 voucher from North Acomb Farm Shop              Blue 515
A pair of Polish ceramic serving dishes             Yellow 287
Bombay Sapphire Gin           Yellow 168
Red and white wine duo (x2)             Yellow 186, Blue 498

£10 voucher for the Bywell Coffee Barn         Blue 240
£10 voucher for Café 7NN           Yellow 78