The Event
“DragonFest” now in its third season, is a Dragon Boat Festival under the auspices of the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London in aid of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. This one-day festival is an international participatory event for corporates, charities, schools and community teams to engage in Dragon Boat activities as a morale boosting, team building and fundraising exercise.
Worldwide, Dragon Boat racing is fast becoming a healthy enjoyable activity for tens of thousands of men, women and children.
DragonFest 2020 will involve a selection of corporate, schools, charity and community teams from the City and across London. The festival will be organised and promoted by Event Llama and the DragonFest official organising committee.
This is a wonderful sporting event but above all a social occasion in which Fairlop Waters Country Park welcomes up to 5000 people from around the world. Participants between the ages of 12 and 80+ will bring their own teams to take part in the exciting Dragon Boat races, paddling together on the beautiful lake at Fairlop accompanied by their faithful friends and enthusiastic supporters.
Don’t miss out on being part of this great event and day-long celebration with live music and entertainment, food from around the world, ethical arts and crafts market, Aquabounce rides, Kids Zones with soft play, circus workshops, fairground rides, face painting, children’s art workshops and much more, and all culminating in a prize giving ceremony.
The Venue
In the heart of a lush green conservation area, Fairlop is a place where wildlife thrives. At its core sits a beautiful lake, with its café and the Lakeside suite. Renowned for its calm waters, this recreational reserve is open to the public all year round, with a range of facilities making it a perfect location for aquatic events. It attracts thousands of visitors annually who participate in major sporting events or just come to enjoy a picnic by the lakeside. The area, famous for the part it played as an RAF station during World War II, took its name from an old oak tree that stood in Hainault Forest when much of the area was covered in trees and legend has it that Queen Anne visited Fairlop during the annual fair, which is held to this day.