5 May 2008 - Grunty Fen Rhubarb Festival
Monday 5th May 2008.(May Day Bank Holiday Monday)
The Grunty Fen Rhubarb Festival, probably one of the oddest and most entertaining events in the area, returns to Burwell Museum.
Demonstrations of rhubarb semaphore and rhubarb lacemaking!
Bring your own rhubarb to be judged. Prizes for the biggest, smallest, redest, longest, prettiest, ugliest, limpest and stiffest rhubarb,(or whatever else we decide on the day) plus a special award for conversational rhubarb.
Write a poem ´Ode to Rhubarb´.
Children are invited to enter artwork illustrating the ancient rhubarb forest of the fens where dinosaurs roamed!
Please your bring poems, artwork and rhubarb on the day.
Competition for children of any age - Girls come dressed as Miss Rhubarb and boys come dressed as Dennis of Grunty Fen. Christopher South will judge and present a prize to each winner.
So force yourself to have some fun with rhubarb and come the beginning of May we'll tell you where to stick it.
If it rains then use a large rhubarb leaf as an umbrella!
Photos of the 2007 Rhubarb Festival - Click here
The Rhubarb Festival will be opened and hosted by Christopher South of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire + guests (including the glamourous Miss Rhubarb Tart).
Refreshments Stall with hot & cold drinks and home-made cakes plus hot rhubarb and custard !
Dennis of Grunty Fen merchandise (CDs, tapes & more) is always available to buy at the Museum.
"Here's to Rhu, Dennis" - A very amusing write-up on the BBC Cambridgeshire website about this year's Rhubarb Festival.
Dennis of Grunty Fen Website - Official site with lots of Dennis facts.
We would be most grateful if you could print out and display a poster (A4 size) for this event. It will open, in a new window, in PDF format to enable easy printing.
Download the poster - click here or on the picture below (this poster will be in black&white when downloaded)
Here are 2 great articles talking about the 2007 Rhubarb Festival :
1)BBC Cambridgeshire website 2)24 Hour Museum website