Caldmore Village Festival

18/05/2026

Founded in 2009, Caldmore Village Festival Group (CVF) is a community organisation dedicated to regenerating the Caldmore and Palfrey areas of Walsall. Our mission is to foster understanding between diverse communities, build strong community cohesion, and improve the local area.

Over the years, we have established Cultures of Walsall, a vibrant multicultural festival celebrating the rich diversity of our town. We are also proud to have created and nurtured the Caldmore Community Garden, a much-loved green oasis in the heart of our urban landscape. As the only green space in a densely built-up area, the garden serves as a welcoming place for residents, featuring a children’s play area, treehouse, growing spaces, a sensory garden, orchard, and a wild area for nature exploration. At the Garden, we run a wealth of family activities, community events and projects.

More more information follow Caldmore Community Garden and visit the Garden website at http://caldmoregarden.co.uk.

Here is the video that tells the story of the Garden:

27 likes, 3 comments. "Garden for All - 2023 Caldmore Community Garden film by Junction 15 Productions"

22/04/2024

Karma Music Collective

Introducing the new page of the Karma Music Collective. We are are a bunch of people who organise a regular open mic at the Wheatsheaf in Walsall, as well as other special events and projects.

Click the link and like our page to keep updated

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558458010322

The Karma Music Collective is a group of people, based in and around Walsall, who believe in the power of music and creative expression.

03/08/2022

Lots to Celebrate!! Thanks again for everyone involved in the festival.

15/06/2022

FRSTIVAL PRIZE DRAW

The moment you have all been waiting for. The Festival prize draw. During the CULTURES OF WALSALL festival, visitors were invited to visit all the stalls and answer a question that each stall posed. In return they had to collect stickers and fill in their card. All those returning their card were entered into a prize draw. We had hundreds of entries for the three prizes of £25 gift tokens. In the photo you can see the draw of the three lucky winners who will be notified this week! Thank you everyone who attended the festival and special thanks to those who entered the prize draw.

11/06/2022

THANK YOU

Caldmore Village Festival Group, who organised the Cultures of Walsall event on 4th June at Palfrey Park, would like to formally thank all the funders, volunteers and partner organisations who helped make it such a success in again bringing together the diverse local community following a three year break due to the Pandemic.

First of all, we wish to extend our thanks to all the Group’s staff and volunteers as without them there could not have been a festival. These people worked tirelessly to make the day a big success.

We are proud of our longstanding partnership with Walsall Council and whg who were crucial to its success. Both were keen to see the return of our annual festival to bring the community together after the Pandemic. Councillor Garry Perry, Cabinet Member for Communites, attended and presented sports trophies despite the loss of his mother during the week before the event. We were also well supported by senior Council Officers from the Council's Resilient Communities and Clean and Green teams..

Mohammed Arif, Chair of CVF Board, said, "CVF's Cultures of Walsall festival is a unique annual event that brings together a wide variety of groups onto a single platform to celebrate the community’s diversity. I want to extend our thanks to everyone who participated in the event".

We would also like to thank :


Funders and investors:

Walsall Council and Walsall For All
Walsall Council Innovations Fund
Arts Council England
The National Lottery
WHG
Near Neighbours

Community partners and community organisations:

Aaina Community Hub
Afghan Community Association
Aisha Mosque
Nash Dom
The Light
Bath Street Centre
Creative Cohesion CIC
The Mankind Projects
Katie’s Fab Faces
Walsall Polish group
Walsall Women’s Forum
Walsall Black Sisters



Partner organisations and suppliers:

PAL Fitness
Walsall Youth Connects
Friends of Palfrey Park
Walsall Council Parks Team
Walsall Council Clean and Green
Robanna’s Stage Hire
G.N Marquee and Tent Hire
Sarah’s Hire
Access All Areas
Richard Battye, River studio
Bruno Edwards: Sound and PA

Food venders:

Hargun Sweet Centre
Chainak Streatery
The Hot Wok
Buenas Burritos


The Performers:

Circus Raj
Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band
Basil Gabbidon and Gabbidon Acoustic
FRKS
Daholl Kurdish band
Nefeco Costa
Muha
Good Traditions
Beats International


And lastly we would like to thank you, the people of Walsall, for coming on the day and making it such a success.


Food venders:

Hargun Sweet Centre
Chainak Streatery
The Hot Wok
Buenas Burritos

The Performers:

Circus Raj
Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band
Basil Gabbidon and Gabbidon Acoustic
FRKS
Daholl Kurdish band
Nefeco Costa
Muha
Good Traditions
Beats International

And Lastly we would like to support you, the people of Walsall for coming on the day and making it such a succes

10/06/2022

More Lovely Photos thanks to Walsall Black Sisters

07/06/2022

Festival Coverage from the Express And Star

Crowds flocked to this year's colourful Cultures of Walsall Festival held at the borough's Palfrey Park.

06/06/2022