Throughout St Ives Parish there are a number of events taking place to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from the 2 – 5 June 2022.

Let us know your event and we’ll list it here. Contact enquiries@stives-tc.gov.uk with:
Name of Event, Date, time, location, Organisation (if necessary), Contact details (if necessary).

Name: The St Ives Scarecrow Competition – entries submitted by 1^st June
Location: St Ives and surrounding areas
Contact: friendsofstunyacademy@gmail.com

Entrants create a Scarecrow representing a decade of her Majesty’s reign. The competition is open to all local residents and businesses. Entries cost £3 online.

Name: St Ives BID Jubilee Window Competition
Details: Do you want to promote your business and join in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations planned in the town? Then why not join in with a window competition. BID is offering businesses support to decorate your windows, and Jo Macintosh will be walking around town to have a chat with you and see if you’d like to take part. Jo will help turn your creative ideas into a reality. Contact St Ives BID Manager Sarah Stevens on sarah@stivesbid.co.uk for more information and to enter. The winner will be announced on Sunday 5^th June.

Monday 23rd May at 7.35pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 24th – 26th May at 6pm
Name: Elizabeth, A Portrait in Parts Documentary
Venue: Royal Cinema
Details: “Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts is a unique and inventive feature documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. From the late, great, and much celebrated director of Notting Hill and The Duke, Roger Michell, and prolific producer Kevin Loader, comes a nostalgic, uplifting, and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary seventy-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.”
To book: Tickets and booking information available via Merlin Cinema Website or pop in to the cinema!

Thursday 2nd June

Name: Jubilee Flag & Bunting Decoration
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: Library & Information Centre
Details: Decorate a bunting triangle to add to our display and make a flag to take away and wave at the street party. The Friends of St Ives Library will be providing refreshments as you craft on Thursday 2nd June 10am-12pm

Name: Jubilee CAMEO (come and meet each other)
Time: 11am-3pm
Venue: Fore Street Methodist Church
Details: Refreshments served, All welcome. Donations in aid of food bank

Name: Illumination of Island Chapel
Time: 9.45pm
Venue: Island Chapel
Details: In partnership with the NCI Coastwatch the Town Council will be illuminating the Island Chapel linking into the national beacons celebrations.

Friday 3rd June

Name: Jubilee Flag & Bunting Decoration
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: Library & Information Centre
Details: Decorate a bunting triangle to add to our display and make a flag to take away and wave at the street party.

Name: Jubilee Afternoon Tea
Time: 11am  1pm
Venue: Bay View Cafe @ St Ives Leisure Centre
Details: Selection of sandwiches, cakes, Cornish cream teas
To Book: £10.95 per person, to book visit the café or call 07495 482322

Name: Lelant Village Jubilee Fayre
Time: Midday – 5pm
Venue: Watermill Inn
Details: Live music, Golf Shot Game, Barbeque, Duck Races, Coconut Shy, Plants & Pots & Stuff, Test Your Skills, Raffle and Tombola, Pony Rides, Football Shoot, Games, Cakes & Savouries PLUS: live music in the garden in the evening. And So Much More….

Name: Carthew Way Street Party
Time: 2pm
Details: Please contact Nina @ nina_davila@hotmail.com if you would like to participate

Name: Jubilee Concert with St.Ives Community Choir in aid of the Edward Hain Appeal
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Fore Street Methodist Church
Admission: Donations

Saturday 4th June

Name: Jubilee Flag & Bunting Decoration
Time: 9.30am – 4pm
Venue: Library & Information Centre
Details: Decorate a bunting triangle to add to our display and make a flag to take away and wave at the street party.

Name: Carbis Bay Queen’s Jubilee Garden Party
Time: 2 – 6pm
Venue: Carbis Bay Memorial Hall
Details: Bouncy castle, games, face painting & music, bring a picnic, chairs or a rug to sit on, BBQ available to cook your own food
Enjoy a party in the garden – Open to all Carbis Bay residents and their families
NOTE: If possible please walk to the venue parking will be limited except for disabled persons

Name: Jubilee Banquet and Concert
Time: 6pm
Venue: St John’s in the Field
Price: Adults £20/ Children £6 – Book Here
Details: Looking for something extra special to do for the Jubilee weekend? St Ives Churches present a fantastic opportunity to dine in an environment fit for the Queen. The Victorian church of St John’s provides the perfect backdrop for an evening banquet followed by a concert of regal music given by “Resurgam” choir. Expect to hear such classics as “Zadok the Priest”, “Jerusalem”, “I was Glad” and the specially composed Jubilee anthem “A Life Lived With Grace.” With a sumptuous menu and delicious drinks on offer as well as table service, you’ll almost feel like you’re at Buckingham Palace! The flags will be flying and we’re encouraging you to wear your glad rags. There’ll be a chance to dance to end the night.

Sunday 5th June

8.30am – 11pm: All Day Big Lunch (St Ives BID and Wharf Road Businesses)
Location: Wharf Road
Details: St Ives BID will be hosting a Jubilee Big Lunch street party on the Wharf on Sunday 5th June and would like to invite businesses, residents and visitors to take part and have some fun. Wharf Road will be closed from 08:30 – 23:00 to traffic and table and chair available for you to use – residents, fishermen, businesses and essential traffic will be directed along Fore Street (one way will be reversed). BYO food or buy from the many restaurants and takeaways around the town.

Name: Jubilee Commemorative Service
Time: 10.30am- 11.45am
Venue: Fore Street Methodist Church
Details: Led by Rev Dr Robert Amess, Commemorative gifts

Name: St Ia Church Service & Picnic
Time: 11am
Venue: St Ia Church
Details: We’ll be singing her favourite hymn. Afterwards you can enjoy a picnic on the church lawn and singing from St Ives Churches together. Bring your own picnic, Pimms and Prosecco available to buy. At 1.30pm there will be free cream teas and at 2pm Song’s of Praise.

Name: St Ives BID Fireworks
Time: 10pm
Location: Harbour

For community organisations, the Council run a small grants scheme and you maybe able to get funding towards your event but time is running out contact us by the 16th of May. Full details for grant applications click here.

Official Queen’s Jubilee Website