A FREE wildlife festival is coming to Chester Zoo with children’s TV presenter Naomi Wilkinson
06.09.2023 - 09:37
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Chester Zoo has announced that its popular family festival will return this month.
The zoo’s Wildlife Connections Festival will feature a jam-packed line-up, headlined by one of the UK’s best-known children’s TV presenters, Naomi Wilkinson.
Hosted in the zoo’s six-hectare nature reserve, the two-day event aims to connect festivalgoers with nature and raise awareness of precious UK wildlife. Scientists say that more than half of all UK species are now in decline, including hedgehogs, butterflies and wildflowers.
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Presenter Naomi will deliver an interactive stage show created especially for the festival, focused on how everyone can play their part in helping beautiful British wildlife to survive and thrive. She’ll also be appearing at a meet and greet during both days of the festival, which runs on the weekend of September 16 and 17.
Visitors will be able to get up close with a wide range of wildlife through an array of hands-on activities, including bug hunting and bird spotting, while there’ll also be live music, workshops and a parade.
No pre-booking is required with guests encouraged to turn up across the weekend. It's open from 11.30am to 4.30pm on both days. The festival does not give access to the zoo itself.
Hannah Brooks, the zoo’s community engagement manager, said: “Our fabulous Wildlife Connections Festival will be bigger and better than ever before this year and we’re over the moon to have one of the UK’s best known children’s TV presenters, Naomi Wilkinson, headlining across both days.
"Naomi very much shares our passion for protecting all of the wonderful species found right here in the UK and she’ll be delivering a very special interactive