The Barrio Fiesta - UK Gathering for 60,000 + Filipinos and British visitors for 2006

The Philippine Center for Overseas Contract workers and families has announced the dates for this years barrio fiesta.

It is to be held on the 16th 17th July 2006, at Lampton Park, Hounslow Middlesex, this year promises to be as good as last year, for all those who attended.

The gathering is in the Civic Park near Lampton road, behind the Council offices, Parking is provided for car users, in a nearby field, cost is around £5.00 per car, also coaches and light buses are accomodated.

There is no entry fee to this event, entry is free, for anyone to join in, from the passing public and all visitors, coaches come from all over UK to attend, this is a chance for all the Filipinos who are currently working or living in UK to attend with their families.

I belong to a large group in London, of Overseas contract workers, British and others, who normally join up at the event, we do it on the basis of someone brings the beers, someone the snacks, and so forth, we all meet up around the ABS CBN T.V. Stand for the main events in the morning at around 11.00am.

Temperatures reached 36 + degrees last year, it was a scorcher, and a great weekend away, many members of this forum promised to meet me, but sadly, no one did, so lets not make promises about who is coming this year, because we all know what good intentions are hahahah, but anyone who does want to join our group is welcome, there will be lots of food filipino style, drinks, Western Union are there, offering a lower transmittal rate for remittances on the day, also, ABS-CBN, there will be a Gig by NuGroovz, a local Filipino British Band, who some of us know quite well, and lots of other variety style performances Filipino style.

There should be in the region of 60,000 visitors, but there is plenty of room to wander around, the park is very big, and stalls are well spread out, its a great weekend out, and I hope anyone who goes enjoys the weekend.

If I hear anything else I will post it on this thread.

For those travelling by public transport, you can get a tube on the Picadilly Line out to Hounslow Central Station and then walk up to Lampton Park on foot, you can acess the Picadilly from any of the central overland stations in London.