Bandstand marks 110th birthday

Ripon Spa Gardens will be celebrating its bandstand’s 110th birthday with a big community party on Sunday.

Once bandstands were a familiar site in parks up and down the land but now only about 3,000 bandstands remain in the country but today the building in Ripon remains a major feature of the small park and a day of celebration is planned to mark the milestone.

A spokeswoman for Harrogate Borough Council said: “Ripon’s bandstand is a Grade II listed building and is much admired by tourists, local residents and visiting horticultural judges. It is a traditional bandstand with a characteristic art nouveau balustrade incorporating daisy motif, and panels with bluebirds and butterflies.”

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The council’s parks team has been working with Friends of the Ripon Spa Gardens to put on a special birthday party, between 11am and 4pm on Sunday. It will feature music and events in the bandstand throughout the day.