St Richard's Canal Festival

24/05/2026

All set up at Alvechurch Picnic in the Park. 12 midday till late today Sunday 24th May.

22/05/2026

The Worcester-Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society will be in attendance at this event. A great day out for all the family.

16/05/2026

Find out more about the history of St. Richard's Canal Festival:

We're in Droitwich for the St Richard's Canal Festival, an event which has it's roots in the restoration of the Droitwich Canals. We hear from the organiser about it's history and t...

09/05/2026

Nice report in the Standard newspaper.
Bromsgrove Standard
Not sure why it wasn't in the Droitwich edition.

05/05/2026

Some more photos from the festival. Do share your own, if you took any.

04/05/2026

A few photos taken on the last day of St. Richard's Canal Festival.

04/05/2026

We do hope everyone enjoyed the festival this year. The weather did stay kind to us.
Thank you all our visitors for coming along.
Our photo shows most of our team of volunteers.
Many thanks to everybody else who worked tirelessly to make the event happen and very special thanks to all those who helped behind the bar, worked on the sound and lighting, put the duck race together and Wychavon Council along with Droitwich Town Council and the Pamela May Trust.
Also, of course, thank you to all the traders that attended and the security team.
Lastly many thanks to all the performers who took part.
It's always a special annual event. We might even be persuaded to do it all again in 2027.

04/05/2026

Here are the results of the 2026 duck race. A very close finish!

18/01/2026