Bob Ladell reflects on the success of the recent live music festival held at Woodcroft Wildspace in Winchmore Hill

To the delight of the Enfield community, Wildstock ’25 was held at Woodcroft Wildspace on Sunday, 1st June.

The charity event raising funds in aid of Little Sparks Enfield, Cooking Champions and Woodcroft Wildspace, all providing much-needed services to the Enfield-wide community.

Entertaining about 200 Enfield residents were local musicians Mark Page, JC-DC, Cats and Bats and ReproPatch, all playing their varied styles of folk music, while everyone enjoyed their picnics in the sun.

For those who have distant, fond recollections of Woodstock in the summer of ’69, it was a reboot not to be missed. The audience enthusiastically clapped and sang along to the music while emptying the Little Green Dragon’s polypins and can stocks, as usual, dancing in the long grass of Woodcroft’s Community and Events Meadow.

All the children had a great time too, hiding in the long grass, checking out the mini beasts, climbing the pallet mounds, running around the woods, and enjoying freedom from parents!

The atmosphere was simply terrific with the strains of Mark Page’s guitar and solo vocals, followed by JC-DT duets. Cats and Bats brought a different, more soulful sound to waft across the crowd, leading up to Walking on Sunshine from ReproPatch. What a line-up!

The sea of smiling faces said it all – everyone had had a great time, and repeatedly expressed their gratitude both for Wildstock ’25 and the continued delights of everything which makes Woodcroft Wildspace so special to them to keep visiting as individuals, families and the Enfield community as a whole.

There was no need for a post-event litter pick, as everyone just took home everything they brought with them. It was a wonderful day – thank you to everyone for supporting Enfield’s charities.

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