{"id":27281,"date":"2018-09-12T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T11:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=27281"},"modified":"2018-09-12T12:42:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T11:42:31","slug":"kings-heath-street-festival-slightly-smaller-than-previously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/12\/kings-heath-street-festival-slightly-smaller-than-previously\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Heath Street Festival slightly smaller than previously"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Kings Heath\u00a0Street Festival came back with a bang – although a smaller one than previously. Most events aim to get ‘bigger and better’ with every passing year. The Kings Heath Street Festival returned this year in a smaller appearance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But one of south Birmingham’s much-loved events has had to start from scratch again after it didn’t even happen last year.<\/p>\n

Increasing security costs were blamed for its\u00a0cancellation in 2017\u00a0just days before the festival was due to be held.<\/p>\n

And so the sight of York Road packed with celebrators was in danger of becoming a distant memory.<\/p>\n

But the award-winning\u00a0Hare and Hounds\u00a0live entertainment pub was as eventful as ever.<\/p>\n

The High Street end of York Road promised music from Skylark\u2019s Choir to Flares, Young Culture, Dirty Old Folkers, The Bandidos, and Independent Country with a CircusMASH takeover at the far end of the road including afternoon workshops.<\/p>\n

Some of the Caterers that showcased, included traditional Indian street food from Full Of Chaat, Plus, award-winning Chinese steamed buns from Dim Sum SU and Kings Heath\u2019s own Esme’s Eats serving up Caribbean Food. Also The Bournville Waffle Company serving ice cream and waffles.<\/p>\n

Town centre manager Martin Mullaney said: “We never wanted to cancel the event last year.<\/p>\n

“It’s great for the area and loved by all who attend.<\/p>\n

“The festival is a day of celebration of everything that makes Kings Heath such a great area.<\/p>\n

“A lot of hard work has gone in to bringing this much-loved event back.<\/p>\n

“We hope it will once again become a regular event for the area.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Kings Heath\u00a0Street Festival came back with a bang – although a smaller one than previously. Most events aim to get ‘bigger and better’ with every passing year. The Kings Heath Street Festival returned this year in a smaller appearance. But one of south Birmingham’s much-loved events has had to start from scratch again after it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,53,37,3,112],"tags":[264,1501,1499,1500,1438],"class_list":["post-27281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-latest","category-local-news","category-news","category-top-stories","tag-birmingham","tag-hare-and-hounds","tag-kings-heath-street-festival","tag-martin-mullaney","tag-york-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}