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Set of three badges showing award of Suffolk Festival of the Year for 2022, 2023 and 2024, awarded by the East Anglian Festival Network

Weird and Wonderful Wood

10th & 11th May 2025

In 2025 we celebrated 30 Weird and Wonderful Years – and three times winners of Best Festival in Suffolk!

Weird and Wonderful Wood

10th & 11th May 2025

In 2025 we celebrated 30 Weird and Wonderful Years – and three times winners of Best Festival in Suffolk!

Weird and Wonderful Wood is a friendly, relaxed and extraordinary event, with something for all the family.

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With over 130 stalls and demonstrations, promoting wood and all it’s traditional uses, Weird and Wonderful Wood combines a celebration of wood – man’s oldest resource – with two days of free children’s workshops, walkabout entertainment, shows and spontaneous happenings around the site.

Expect to see beautiful and unique hand crafted objects, and try your hand at heritage crafts. Alongside this celebration of wood we have  an incredible feast of street theatre and performers from all around the UK and beyond. Wandering the site you will meet Zelda the giant tortoise, stunning stiltwalkers, surprising flower pots (don’t get too close!) a giant walking viking made entirely of willow, be amazed by the Flea Circus, and a giant Sloth and her baby will want to have a hug – or maybe even steal your hat! Watch out for wandering musicians, dancers and even a mechanical dragon.

For kids every single activity at Weird and Wonderful Wood is free, so they can do as much as they like!  There are free workshops including woodcarving, drumming, spoke shave, hula hoop, willow, clay, scrap wood, archery, axe throwing, aerial silks, Monkey Do tree climbing and circus skills.

With over 130 stalls and demonstrations, promoting wood and all it’s traditional uses, Weird and Wonderful Wood combines a celebration of wood – man’s oldest resource – with two days of free children’s workshops, walkabout entertainment from all over the UK, and international shows and spontaneous happenings around the site.

Expect to see beautiful and unique hand crafted objects, try your hand at heritage crafts, watch some of the best street theatre and walkabout entertainers, enjoy music on our acoustic stage, sample local food and drink, and watch out for a surprise around every corner!

Pay once – All our workshops and activities are free

Button with image of Swervy World band, paying instruments like a tuba, trombone and saxophone. Links to the Gallery page
Button showing image of a carved wooden book on a wooden table. Links to the Visit Us page
Button showing a photo of a large wicker viking walkabout, with another filing banding a large drum. Links to the Get in Touch page
Button showing image of a workshop. Links to the Kids page
Button showing a performer on a unicycle in front of a large crowd, seated on a grassy mound. Links to the Tickets page
Button showing a photo of a lady using a spoke shave to whittle a piece of wood. Links to the Participate page

Here's a glimpse of what was on in 2025!

Saturday 2025

10:30am – 6:00pm

Stalls: Over 130 hand picked stalls with a range of beautiful wooden products, sculpture, art, musical instruments, metal, glass, local food and drink and more!

Demonstrations: Too many to mention, including Bodgers & Bowyers, Hurdlers, Instrument making, Pole Lathe, Chainsaw carving, Wood turning, Sawmills, Axe carving, steam bending, drum making, basket making, raku pottery firing…

Free Workshops: including Scrap Wood, Hula Hooping, Mini Gardens, Drumming, Clay, Willow, Natural Weaving, Spoon making, Spoke Shave, Circus Workshops, Memma the Cavewoman and her prehistoric experiences, Aerial Silks, Storytelling Tent, Monkey Do, Archery, and More!

Shows: Carlos Airhead with his 6 foot ballon, Dan the Hat, Jon Hicks – International Man of Artistry, and Foolhardy Folk

Spontaneous Happenings: from What the Tortoise Taught Us, Bridie the Tea Lady, The Bureau of Silly Ideas, Flea Circus, Bubble Bike, stunning Stilt walkers, giant Willow Viking, Madame D’Orificio, meet The Sloths! Mechanical dragon, King Charles & Nell Gwynne, Surprising Musicians and more…

On our Accoustic stage: Mark Chadwick from the Levellers, the Ghanian dance troupe Niimei, Foreign Locals, Aartwork, KingKillerShip, The Floozies and more!

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Sunday 2025

10:30am – 5:00pm

Stalls: Over 130 hand picked stalls with a range of beautiful wooden products, sculpture, art, musical instruments, metal, glass, local food and drink and more!

Demonstrations: Too many to mention, including Bodgers & Bowyers, Hurdlers, Instrument making, Pole Lathe, Chainsaw carving, Wood turning, Sawmills, Axe carving, steam bending, drum making, basket making, raku pottery firing…

Free Workshops: including Scrap Wood, Paper Making, Hula Hooping, Puppet Making, Mini Gardens, Drumming, Clay, Willow, Natural Weaving, Spoon making, Spoke Shave, Circus Workshops, Memma the Cavewoman and her prehistoric experiences, Aerial Silks, Storytelling Tent, Monkey Do, Archery and More!

Shows: The Black Eagles acrobatics, Dan the Hat, Rimski & Handkerchief and Foolhardy Folk

Spontaneous Happenings: from Bridie the Tea Lady, The Bureau of Silly Ideas, Flea Circus, Bubble Bike, stunning Stilt walkers, giant Willow Viking, Madame D’Orificio, Rimksi & Handkerchief, meet The Sloths! Mechanical dragon, King Charles & Nell Gwynne, Surprising Musicians and more…

On our Accoustic stage: Anarchchic foot stomping from the 20 strong Old Time Sailors, Bessie Turner, Tim Lee, Niimei Ghanian dancers, Thy Last Drop, the Wilswood Buoys and more! 

Walkabouts, shows, performers and spontaneous happenings!

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On the music stage, Buskers Corner, and out and about!

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Set of three badges showing award of Suffolk Festival of the Year for 2022, 2023 and 2024, awarded by the East Anglian Festival Network
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“What a wonderfully inspirational event. Spent a fantastic day with 4 generations of our family. Absolutely enthralling. All visitors & crew so lovely & welcoming”
Steve & Jill Wasill
Wood turning
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