Jubilee weekend

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2
Jun
5
Jun

RHS Garden Bridgewater, M28 2LJ

RHS Garden Bridgewater, M28 2LJ

Venue

RHS Garden Bridgewater

Booking

  • Member

    Free

  • Non-member

    Normal garden admission applies

  • This is a drop-in event located in our gardens.

    To enter the garden, please pre-book a time slot ahead of your visit.

Overview

  • Event times

    10am–6pm

  • Subject

    Special Event

At RHS Garden Bridgewater, help us to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend with vibrant performances from a range of talented brass bands and celebrate our contribution at Bridgewater to The Queen's Green Canopy initiative with the planting of the final tree.

What to look forward to over the Jubliee weekend

Thursday 2 June
The Queen's Green Canopy Finale – 2pm, Victoria Meadow
Our Woodland team will be planting the final tree for the Jubilee to commemorate Her Majesty The Queen's 70 years of service to the nation. Come along and celebrate with fanfare from the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band. 

Performances from the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band – (timings TBC)
Hear the talented musicians from Jaipur, Rajasthan’s renowned Pink City, where the surrounding villages make up the brass core of this rousing new ensemble. Discover the sounds of trumpets, trombones, euphoniums and sousaphones, supplemented with clarinets, against an insistent background of percussion on the side, bass and dhol drums.

Performances from local brass bands – various performance times (below)
Astley Youth Band and Farnworth and Walkden Band will be joining us to deliver some Jubilee fanfare. Come along to the gardens, enjoy a picnic and listen to them play a celebratory tune or two.

Saturday 4 June
Astley Youth Band
Performance times: 2pm–2.45pm and 3.15pm–4pm

Sunday 5 June
Farnworth and Walkden Band
Performance times: 1.30pm–4pm, with a short interval

Get involved

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