At last all of the ex pat Brits will have something to celebrate on the Queens Birthday Weekend, with a huge Festival celebrating all that is great about the United Kingdom called UK Fest which is proudly presented by International Express, British Football Week and British Balls Magazine.
Mornington based Events Promoters Peninsula Events Australia, which is owned by UK born Paul Harvey, are determined that the Queens Birthday Weekend (Sunday June 8) will be celebrated properly, the British way.
UK Festwill be staged at the Peninsula Community Theatre in Mornington, the area being a hotbed for ‘Poms’ and just 60 mins from Melbourne CBD. The multi purpose venue enables the Festival to be able to be held both indoors and outdoors, which will create a cosy atmosphere giving it that authentic ‘British’ feel.
The focus of the Festival will be British Food, Alcohol, Sport, Music & Culture as Paul Harvey explains, “If you look around Australia every other nationality has its own Festival except us Brits, so I thought it was about time I put that right hence why we have created UK Fest. You will be able to sit down and eat traditional British food, wash it down with a pint whilst listening to great British Music. There will also be heaps of traditional English games for both young and old to get involved with and lots more, it promises to be a really exciting day”
UK Fest will be held from 11am until 5pm on Sunday June 8 with a limited capacity of 1200 people with the day’s festivities appealing to all ages. The same venue will then host ‘Live After Dark’ from 6pm until 11pm, which is a chance for the Young at Heart Brits to let their hair down British Style with live entertainment from the 80’s through to today with only 400 tickets available
Tickets are on sale from Thursday April 24 via the credit card hotline 03 5975 3779 www.peninsulaevents.com.au or selected ticket outlets Treats from Home, Melbourne, Robs The British & Irish Butcher, Dandenong & One Stop Bar Shop Mornington.
