Friday 23rd
6.30pm - Great Cheese Race
7-10pm - Entertainment programme
10pm - Firework Display
Sat 24th & Sun 25th
from 11am - The Big Cheese Entertainment programme includes: Reenactment displays, musical entertainment, educational activities, food hall, craft stalls, activity marquee, Tommy Cooper tent, traditional funfair plus lots more.
What was on 2009
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- The Big Cheese Competition
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- Marquee and trailer map
Caerphilly Tourism Association marquee
The Caerphilly Tourism Marquee offers visitors the opportunity to sit down and relax and enjoy some light refreshments away from the hustle and bustle of the event.
This years hospitality marquee will be host to Caerphilly’s Tourism Association and Caerphilly’s Museum and Heritage Service where you can find out more news on the new Winding House project. Ken Burrows a local artist will also be displaying his work and a local face painter will be there to entertain the children whilst you enjoy a rest!
Countryside marquee
You're invited to the ambassadors party being held in the countryside marquee. Find out why you should be proud of your local countryside and have a go at our countryside crafts. Meet the Rangers who help manage it. They will be leading fun games and activities throughout the day helping you to get the most out of a visit to the countryside. Prizes to be won and freebies to be collected. You can relax in the countryside picnic site next door, away from the hustle and bustle of the main site. Three quarters of the county borough is countryside - discover Caerphilly and be an ambassador for you natural environment.
Animals will be on display for visitors to look at, have photographs with and to learn about. This years exhibitors include Tropical Inc who have an array of reptiles, parrots and unusual species, Festival Park Owl Sanctuary with a display of birds and owls, Gwent Beekeepers Association with live bees and The International Tortoise Association with their display of tortoises.
Craft marquee
Woodland Turnery will be gathering in a host of hard working crafts men and women to display their goods whilst demonstrating how they wood turn, spin and carve to name but a few of their skills.
Education & Leisure marquee
For fantastic free activities for all the family, visit the Education & Leisure Marquee. From craft activities to leisure pursuits, there is something for everyone so come and join in the fun!
Libraries, Sports Development, Leisure Services, Arts Development, Blackwood Miners’ Institute and Community Education, including the Genesis Project and Ynys Hywel Outdoot Education centre all provide have-a-go activities inside the marquee, including:
- Outdoor sporting activities for all the family
- Pottery
- African drumming
- Tai Chi
- Shotokan Karate
- Musical entertainment from last year’s Caerphilly’s Got Talent finalists
- Belly Dancing
- Free Face Painting
- Free Balloon Modelling
Why not also:
- Enter the Free annual balloon race and win some great prizes if your balloon travels the furthest
- Purchase crafts made by Adult Learners
- Get your blood pressure checked at the Leisure Services stand
- Get creative with the potter’s wheel at the Genesis stand
- Visit the library stand for more information on the Summer Reading Challenge
Foods Standards Agency marquee
CCBC Foster Care marquee
Gwent Police trailer
We will be promoting the police pledge, and offering crime prevention messages at this event.
CCBC Health Challenge marquee
HG Venture Limited marquee
Leekes marquee
npower trailer
National Trust Green Energy is non-premium greener electricity. npower donates to the Green Energy Fund for every new National Trust Green Energy customer plus an annual donation each year they remain a customer. The Fund invests in low and zero carbon initiatives at Trust sites. Visit www.ntgreenenergy.org.uk for more information
CCBC Road Safety marquee
The Caerphilly County Borough Council Road Safety Team are looking forward to promoting an endless lists of initiatives that are being carried out within our schools to include Kerb craft, School Travel Plans, Walking Bus and Mrs Tufty.
There will be an opportunity to speak with the team regarding Child Seatbelt Safety and Road Safety issues. We also have a Faulty Bike Quiz, Children's Traffic Club, Children's Painting Corner, Adults and Children's Cycle Helmets for sale at £5 approx, Face Painting, Badge Making, Leaflets, Gifts, Prizes and the chance to enter a free competition to win a mountain bike worth £200. We are situated by the music tent, everybody welcome.
Ross Aldridge Solicitors trailer
Royal Air Force marquee
Safer Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership marquee
St Johns Ambulance marquee
CCBC Trading Standards trailer
Caerphilly cbc Trading Standards is hosting an interactive exhibition promoting pet welfare. The stand will feature a prize-winning quiz, children’s activities and a variety of information on pet care.
Wales Casualty Reduction Partnership trailer
Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership’s strategic aim is to make roads in Wales the safest in Europe.
We are committed to reducing the number of people killed and injured on Welsh roads through speed and red light camera enforcement, education and engineering. We continue to influence driver behaviour and strengthen public support through communicating key messages to improve road safety.
Within your event we would like to bring our safety camera van and / or motorbike to educate people about the dangers of speeding, the effects it can have on not only one person but families, friendships and communities. We would be looking to interact with the general public and distribute road safety merchandise and literature, as well as demonstrate the camera technology.