{"id":71973,"date":"2026-05-21T11:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=71973"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:57:57","slug":"watch-western-park-fayre-returns-for-another-year-amidst-hail-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-western-park-fayre-returns-for-another-year-amidst-hail-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Weston Park Fayre returns for another year amidst hail storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Weston Park May Fayre returned to Sheffield last Sunday for a day of free entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual event, organised in collaboration between The University of Sheffield and Sheffield City Council, brought together a range of acts and fairground activities for families to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of people dodged the rain to visit the collection of local food stalls, performers, rides, charity stalls and minigames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morris dancers, who were at the fayre for the first time this year, proved to be hugely popular with attendees, and there were long queues to meet lizards at the \u2018Scales and Tails\u2019 stall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the wet weather, Sara Unwin, Head of Cultural Engagement at the University of Sheffield, celebrated the success of the event, and hailed the community spirit that was on show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Western Park May Fayre\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YltyDyoC3ww?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Park Fayre returned to Sheffield to another fantastic attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":71978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,21,85],"tags":[2029,38],"class_list":["post-71973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-news","category-top-story-2","tag-fair","tag-sheffield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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