Let’s go fly a kite!
The skies above the cliffs of East Yorkshire will be filled with some of the world’s largest inflatable kites – as the annual Bridlington Kite Festival returns for 2024.
Kites of all descriptions, sizes and colours will take to the air for two days of aerial displays over Sewerby Fields, on Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 May.
The festival will take place on Sewerby Road, Sewerby near Bridlington (what3words kick.action.larger).
Visitors over the weekend will be able to spot impressive kite creations from flying frogs to daredevil dragons, as well as enjoy fairground rides, children’s entertainment and food and drink stalls.
There will also be professional demonstrations, with visitors being able to have a go themselves in supervised sessions.
The festival is free to enter, and open from 10am to 5pm both days.
Various kite and aerial displays will take place throughout the day, which will feature some of the world’s largest kites.
While the action is taking place in the sky, there’s also plenty of fun to be had on the ground too!
Enjoy classic fun fair rides and games such as swingboats, hook-a-duck, and chairoplanes, or challenge yourself to a Bootcamp Challenge Assault Course and take on the tyre gauntlet, inflatable ravine, and slides.
There will be plenty of tasty food on offer, with delicious treats like kettlecorn, donuts, hog roast, pizzas, cakes, and fish and chips. There are new stalls for 2024 including MMM Pies serving up artisan pie and peas and Sama Sama Filipino and Southeast Asian food fusion offering bao buns, noodles, and skewers.
Councillor Barbara Jefferson, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s portfolio holder for Heritage and Coastal, said: “From flying frogs and sky-high snakes to leaping lizards and daredevil dragons, scores of exotic inflatables will add a splash of colour to the clifftops above Bridlington.
“Year-on-year, the Kite Festival attracts a number of internationally-renowned experts, who create spectacular displays for both visitors and local residents to enjoy over the course of the weekend.”
Bridlington Kite Festival is one of several major events organised by Visit East Yorkshire’s Events Team and is held in partnership with The Northern Kite Group.
Find out more about the fun-packed festival at the Bridlington Kite Festival website.