The 2016 Mill Road Midsummer Event, despite a bit of rain at the beginning, incredibly well attended. Thanks so much to everyone who turned out and made it such a successful evening.

Thanks also to our sponsors – Prana Indian Restaurant (our Core Sponsor) as well as Anglia Ruskin University, Haart Estate Agents, and Fired Up Pizza. Garden Kitchen, Code Haircutting and My Little Festival were responsible for recruiting artists and pulling together equipment, and Argyle St Housing Co-op generously allowed us to share their space for the evening. Regents English Language School, AllYearbooks and Lifecraft were also essential to event’s success, by allowing us to use their space and electricity hookup.

We had an amazing crop of volunteers who worked tirelessly on the night and made the whole thing possible.

We don’t know yet what form the Event will take in 2017, but we’re looking forward to more good things in future years.

Hope you had a great time!

There is more and more coming together for the Mill Road Midsummer Event this Saturday – a reggae disco at the Six Bells Pub, for example, or Borderline Crossing in the Hughes Hall Pavilion Room.

Lineups have been announced for the Code & My Little Festival Stages at Gwydir St and Lloyd’s Bank Car Parks, respectively – check out the lineup page for more info.

Hope to see you there!

There is so much amazing stuff happening as part of the Mill Road Midsummer Event. Its amazing to think that its nearly here – 5-10 pm, 2 July, 2016.

Check out the ‘Lineups and Venues’ page for (mostly) comprehensive information on what’s happening when. Here are a few highlights:

• An opening ceremony in Gwydir St Car Park at 5 pm
• A family-friendly area at Ditchburn Place with crafts, stories and a bouncy castle
• Music, food and beer at Gwydir St
• Cocktails and DJs at the Lloyd’s Bank car park
• Reggae and shopping at Ash Co-op
• A retro young persons’ chill-out space at the Bath House
• A craft and artisan market at Bharat Bhavan, the Indian Cultural Centre next to Mill Road Bridge

Other things to look out for include a 30th birthday celebration for Railway House; a celebration to remember the Battle of the Somme at Mill Road Cemetery; guided tours of Hughes Hall (Mill Road’s local Cambridge College!); late opening hours from Urban Larder, Culinaris, Bacchanalia, and Garden Kitchen; and special musical guests at Earl of Beaconsfield.

Things are being added all the time, so its worth checking bacxk for all the details – but even more than that, its worth coming down on the day to see for yourself.

Thanks to Prana Indian Restaurant, our core sponsor and to sponsors Anglia Ruskin, Haart Estate Agents, and Fired Up Pizza.

Prana Indian Restaurant, at 97 Mill Road, are the core sponsors of the 2016 Mill Road Midsummer event. We are grateful for their generosity and thrilled to have the restaurant involved.

Thank you, Prana!

Mill Road Midsummer will be held on 2 July, 2016. All the stuff you loved last year, plus a bit more.

We are bringing back the food fair, the craft market, and the live music at Ash Coop. We are also adding a dedicated family/children’s area at Ditchburn Place and new programming at Hope Street Yard.

Despite a lot of enthusiasm for the idea, there will not be a road closure this year: we do not have the resources or the volunteers. However, we have had some generous sponsorship from Anglia Ruskin and, with the help of dedicated volunteers, have some great stuff planned for the second annual Midsummer Event.

See you in July!