Forthcoming Events
May
25th - Envirolution Festival>>
June
29th-30th - BMX Super X National Series Round 6 & 7>>
July
6th-7th - Mega Mela>>
August
10th - Caribbean Carnival>>
24th - Bat Walk>>
Regular Events
3rd Sunday of Month - OAM Volunteer Day>>
Thursday Evenings 5-8pm Guerilla Gardening Group>>
Saturdays 9am - parkrun South Manchester>>
May
Envirolution Festival
Envirolution is back! South Manchester's environmentally focused festival is back for another free day in the park at the beginning of the summer, 25th May from 1pm.
Envirolution Festival
June
BMX Super X National Series Round 6 & 7
The success of BMX events in Manchester will continue as the BMX National Series Rounds 6 and 7 return in June!
Manchester BMX Site
July
Mega Mela
Manchester Mega Mela is the largest celebration of South Asian Culture in the North of England. Music, dance, food and traditional arts and crafts bring the sights, sounds and spicy aromas of South Asia to Platt Fields Park. It takes place over two days in the summer.
Mega Mela Website
August
Caribbean Carnival
Due to the improvements taking place in Alexandra Park this year the Caribbean Festival is due to come to Platt Fields. The details are stil being confirmed, and we will update this page as we find out more.
Caribbean Festival Website
Bat Walk
Saturday 24 August 2013, 18:00 - 20:30, Meet at the Lakeside CentreFree. Everybody welcome. A walk around the park with our local bat group. Find out about the bats in Platt Fields and hopefully see some of them!
Regular Events
"Once a Month" Friends of Platt Fields Volunteer Day
3rd Sunday of every monthEveryone is welcome to come along and join us on our regular volunteer day doing a variety of jobs to make the park look beautiful! Gardening, art, building things, carving, lake cleaning, painting, weeding...different every time! Turn up any time between 1 and 4, wear old and warm clothes, all tools and refreshment provided. It's a fun social occasion as well as good exercise.
Guerilla Gardening Group
The Guerilla Gardeners meet every week during the summer (less often during the winter - contact Anne on 248 9331 for details) to tend a vegpatch, a greenhouse, a herb garden, loads of raised planter beds, a butterfly friendly area and, most recently, an orchard and soft-fruit area. Find out more on the groups page. In 2010 the summer meetings started again on the 31st March. Meet at the lakeside centre.
parkrun - South Manchester
Every Saturday morning at 9am, a group supported by the University of Manchester and the friends of the community organise a 5km run. 5km is a great distance to get some proper exercise, and running with company is much more fun so come along and start your weekend the healthy way!
Everyone is welcome, and it isn't a race so it doesn't matter when you finish. However, it is important that runners pre-register. Please do so on the parkrun website which also has more information.
parkrun South Manchester website