Chill On The Hill 2024
A family-friendly event celebrating diversity in local food, arts, nature and the community!
CHILL ON THE HILL returns for its third year on Sunday 1 September 2024 at Ham Hill Country Park, Stoke-sub-Hamdon.
Join us for the last hoorah of the Summer! Expect live music, performances, workshops and good, local food. Bring cash or card to support our local producers who will be trading and ready to serve you. Or if you prefer to bring a picnic, come prepared!
Partnering with Take Art, this year sees a flavour of South Asian Culture. Combining circus performances and workshops for children, the event welcomes everyone to the hill to explore nature, the land and celebrate diverse communities in South Somerset.
For more information, please click here.
CHILL ON THE HILL PROGRAMME
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME: Circus, aerial, art and nature workshops from 10AM (Booking essential)
All children’s ART, TIGER HUNT and AERIAL workshops are £5 per child and need to be booked ahead of each workshop and paid online. For more details and booking links, click here. Only children need to book a ticket but they must be accompanied by an adult.
10.30am to 12.30pm - Early Years Musical Play Space
Join Take Art's Early Years Music team in a special space set up ready for your children aged 0 to 5 years to lead you in exploring musical play together. There is no need to book in advance. The activity is free to join at any time but there will be a limit on numbers for the play sessions. Each child MUST be accompanied by an adult.
EVENTS PROGRAMME: picnic, local food and performances from 12 noon
12 Noon to 2pm
Sit back and relax with your picnic or purchase some food from one our local producers while enjoying:
- music from Tim Hill’s Little Big Horns
- giant puppet Sovereign Nature and storytelling
- movement and fitness fun with Indian dance artist Avtar
- Indian dance performance from Vidya and the Keralan Dancers
- singing with the Cultivate Family Choir
- learning about spice and flavour in Keralan cooking
2pm to 3.30pm
Charlie Bicknell presents the hilarious THE PINK BALLOON!
Charlie Bicknell introduces a little woman and a very very big balloon!!
Matt Pang presents circus performance THINGINABOB
With an internationally renowned blend of circus, invention and humour, Matt brings to life a giant ball slinging, self exploding piece of handcrafted gadgetry, inspired by the famous Rube Goldberg machines and Heath Robinson contraptions.
CHILL CELEBRATION with music from Little Big Horns and dance with Indian dance artist Avtar
BOOKING FOR THE EVENT PROGRAMME
The Event Programme is FREE but please register to reserve your place HERE so we know how many people to expect.
We welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to come and enjoy the day. We also have to cover some of our costs, so if you're able to make a contribution, here are some options:
HOW DO I DONATE?
- Register and donate online HERE
- Bring a card on the day and donate via online
- Bring cash on the day and donate by using one of our donation buckets!
We welcome you to share your photos and memories of the day. Please tag @TakeArt and @HamHillCountryPark and use #chillonthehill #cultivate – we would love to see your pics 😊
