Beautiful weather and smiling faces shone bright as Picnic Penarth was enjoyed by all visitors at the new Esplanade location.  The event which is estimated to have brought 14000 visitors from across the county and beyond saw traders and food vendors celebrating a sell out weekend as the community came together to enjoy the fantastic range of food and entertainment.

 

Penarth Soul Club and John Lewis and his Trio were thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd and younger guests were treated to Simon Sparkles and DJ Stirling and an excellent performance by Rubicon Dancers.  The unique view of the Volvo Ocean Race departure kept the carnival atmosphere in full swing.

 

Leader of Penarth Town Council, Cllr. Rhiannon Birch commented ‘I’d like to thank our local community and businesses for their support in making this event a real Penarth showcase.  Seeing local families and visitors really enjoying the weekend made all our team’s hard work worthwhile.’

 

The event was delivered in conjunction with Genero, the Events and Media agency with offices in Penarth.  Pete Leckie, MD of Genero Group commented ‘I’m so pleased that the Picnic was such a great success – and of course my own family loved every minute of the weekend too.’

 

Penarth Picnic was the first event taking place under the new Memorandum of Understanding, between Penarth Town Council and Genero Productions.  The organisers are now looking forward to delivering Penarth Festival and Downhill Derby on 14th and 15th July.