Livingston Village Gala Day

12/10/2026

We have a Gala meeting tonight at 7pm in the Livi Inn! Anyone who wants to help is welcome to join.

Also if you want to drop in any Tombola items while we are there please do!

06/10/2026

Believe it or not we’re already planning for Gala Day 2027!

First step - nominations for our Gala Court are now OPEN!!!

Use the online form (linked below) to nominate your child to take part in one of these roles:

👸Gala Queen (P7)
🤴Gala King (P7)
💐 Lady in Waiting (P6-7)
🎺 Herald (P6-7)
🌸 Flowergirls (P4-5)
🗡️ Knights (P4-5)
🧚‍♀️ Fairies (P1-3)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Pageboys (P1-3)

Nominations close 27th November 2026!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScr0UvjRplFqopoqYvQijJs0A82SgwwL9DFeewHFnxcX42dDA/viewform?usp=header

01/10/2026

🎃👻 It’s officially spooky season! 👻🎃

October has arrived, which means preparations are well underway for our Village Halloween Event on Saturday 24 October!

We can't wait to welcome everyone for a fantastic evening of Halloween fun. 🧙‍♀️🎃🕸️

As we get everything ready, we're looking for a little help from our wonderful community. We're currently collecting:
🎁 New and unused items for our Tombola
🍾 Bottles for our popular Bottle Stall

Please drop any donations off at:
📍 23 Millfield
📍 8 Maukeshill Court

Every donation is hugely appreciated and helps us create a fantastic community event for local families.

And don't forget, we'll also have:

🎨 Face Painting
🍿 Popcorn
🍭 Candy Floss
☕ Hot & Cold Drinks
🍬 Sweet Stall
🎁 Tombola
🎯 Games & Activities
🧶 Angie’s Crochet Creations
🎓 P7 Fundraising Stall

Plus our:
🏆 Fancy Dress Competition
🎃 Pumpkin Carving Competition

It's time to start planning your costumes and pumpkin creations...Halloween will be here before we know it! 🎃

16/09/2026

We will be having our very popular Tombola and bottle stall at our Halloween event again - but we need donations!!

Please drop anything you have off at either 23 Millfield or 8 Maukeshill Court.

07/09/2026

A reminder that we have our committee meeting tomorrow night @ 7pm at the Livingston Inn. We’d love to have some more people along to bring ideas and support the events we put on over the year.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

01/09/2026

CALLING ALL CRAFTERS & MAKERS! 👩‍🎨🎄

Following the success of our inaugural Festival of Christmas last year, we're already neck deep in tinsel making big plans for this year's programme. Over 4500 visitors enjoyed filled up on Christmas spirit at Almond Valley last year, and we're investing significantly this year to bring an extra dash of magical Christmas sparkle to the programme, as we look to establish the Festival of Christmas as a regional tradition.

We're looking to welcome in local Crafters who Make beautiful things that deserve a spot under the Christmas tree as traders at this years' event.

We’re looking for brilliant local crafters, artists and makers to join our Festival of Christmas evening events and bring a little extra handmade magic to the festivities. If you make wonderful things that deserve a spot under the Christmas tree, then get in touch.

👇
Handmade gifts
Art & illustration
Candles & homeware
Textiles & crafts
Non-food stalls only.

Fancy joining us for a twinkly evening of festive fun? Events run between 5-8pm on 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd December.

Interested in joining us? Email us on [email protected] providing information on the products that you make and confirmation of your availability on the above dates.

UPDATE:
Thank you everyone who has been in touch. We will respond directly over the next few days.

21/08/2026

📣 We want to hear from you! 📣

Following our AGM, we’re already planning ahead for next year’s Gala Day! 🎪

We’d love your ideas and feedback to help make it even better 💡

What did you enjoy this year?
What could be improved?
What should we add or bring back?
Got a theme idea for next year?
Know a local business that could get involved, or have suggestions for businesses we should reach out to?

No idea is too big or too small!

We’d also love more people to get involved — whether that’s helping plan, volunteering on the day, or simply sharing ideas. Every bit of input makes a difference.

📅 Next meeting: Tuesday 8th September, 7pm at the Livingston Inn — come along and find out how to get involved!

👇 Comment your ideas below! 👇

19/08/2026

📣 SAVE THE DATES! 📣

Following our Annual General Meeting, the Gala Committee has confirmed the dates for our 2026/27 events! 🎉

📅 24th October 2026 – 🎃 Halloween
📅 4th December 2026 – 🎄 Christmas
📅 12th June 2027 – 🎪 Gala Day

We’ve created separate Facebook events for each date, so be sure to head over, click Interested/Going and keep an eye on each event for updates, announcements and more information as we get closer.

There’s lots to look forward to and we can’t wait!

Get the dates in your diary! 🗓️

25/06/2026

DATE FOR DIARIES!

We have amazing volunteers on our committee who we could not to without but we always need more, just look at the amazing day we had on 13th June!!

The more people the lighter the load of organising Gala as well as our Christmas and Halloween events is.

Have you ever wanted to do a little something for your community that can also be fun and build friendships? If so come along to our next meeting which will also be our AGM on 18th August at 7pm (venue tbc).

Anyone is welcome and we don't expect any more than you can give! You will be part of a group organising community events, putting together and delivering christmas hampers, running Gala Day in June and generally putting smiles on the faces of children in Livingston Village. We will take any and all skills available inlcuding creativity, financial skills, fundraising, marketing and communications and more!!

And don't forget the fun!!

18/06/2026