Bristol International Kite Festival

Bristol International Kite Festival
A giant millipede kite at Bristol International Kite Festival
Genre	kite
Dates	September
Location(s)	Ashton Court, Bristol
Coordinates	51°26′37″N 2°38′30″W / 51.4437°N 2.64157°W / 51.4437; -2.64157Coordinates: 51°26′37″N 2°38′30″W / 51.4437°N 2.64157°W / 51.4437; -2.64157
Years active	24
Inaugurated	1986
Website
www.kite-festival.org.uk

The Bristol International Kite Festival, full name Bristol International Festival of Kites & Air Creations, is held annually during September in Bristol, England. It takes place at the Ashton Court estate, which is owned by Bristol City Council, although it is actually in the district of North Somerset. Entry is free but there is a charge for car parking. The festival started in 1986 and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2011.^[1]

In 1991, the festival hosted the World Cup Sport Kite Championship.^[1] Organiser and kite designer Martin Lester was inducted into the World Kite Museum hall of fame in 1998.^[2] Funding problems have caused difficulties but have been overcome and the festival pulls in crowds of over 30,000.^[3]

References

1 2 Staff writer (3 September 2005). "The sky's the limit". Bristol Evening Post, archived at LexisNexis. Bristol News and Media. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
↑ "Hall of Fame". World Kite Museum. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
↑ Staff writer (25 June 2009). "Lack of backers could sink Bristol kite festival". Bristol Evening Post, archived at LexisNexis. Bristol News and Media. Retrieved 2009-12-06.

External links

Official site

Culture of Bristol

Venues	Bierkeller Theatre Bristol Arena (proposed) Bristol Hippodrome Bristol Old Vic Colston Hall list of artists Cube Microplex O2 Academy Bristol QEH Theatre Redgrave Theatre St George's, Brandon Hill The Thekla Tobacco Factory Victoria Rooms Watershed Whiteladies Picture House Wickham Theatre Winston Theatre

Festivals	Bristol Festival of Ideas Bristol Festival of Nature Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol International Kite Festival Bristol Shakespeare Festival St Pauls Carnival

Museums, galleries, archives and public art	Arnolfini Blaise Castle Blaise Hamlet At-Bristol Banksy Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol Harbour Railway Bristol Archives Bristol Zoo Georgian House Glenside Museum Kings Weston Roman Villa M Shed Clifton Observatory Red Lodge Museum Royal West of England Academy See No Evil SS Great Britain

Parks	Parks of Bristol Ashton Court Blaise Castle Brandon Hill College Green The Downs Redland Green Queen Square Snuff Mills St George Park

Creative industries	Bristol record labels

Past attractions	Ashton Court Festival British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Industrial Museum

Churches	All Saints' Church Bristol Cathedral Bristol Community Church Buckingham Baptist Chapel Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne Christ Church, Clifton Down Christ Church with St Ewen Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund Church of St John the Baptist City Road Baptist Church Cotham Church Counterslip Baptist Church Clifton Cathedral Crofts End Church Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym New Room Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Apostles St Mary Redcliffe Redland Chapel St. Augustine's Church, Whitchurch St Augustine the Less Church St George's Church St James' Priory St John the Baptist St Luke's Church St Mark's Church St Mary le Port Church St Mary on the Quay St Mary's Church, Henbury St Matthew's Church St Michael on the Mount Without St Nicholas St Peter and St Paul St Peter's Church, Bishopsworth St Peter's Church, Castle Park St Philip and St Jacob St Stephen's Church St Thomas the Martyr St Werburgh's Church St Paul's Church Temple Church Trinity Centre Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood Whitefield's Tabernacle, Penn Street Woodlands Christian Centre

Pubs	Black Castle The Lido Hatchet Inn King William Ale House Llandoger Trow Mauretania Public House Nova Scotia Old Post Office Palace Hotel Printers Devil Pump House Seven Stars Shakespeare Inn Shakespeare Public House Stag and Hounds Public House The Coronation Tap The Crown The Famous Royal Naval Volunteer The Old Duke

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