Look after your mind and body at Luton Street Fest

Two days of wellness and self-care for the mind, body and soul is on offer for the last of the events as part of Luton Street Fest.

Visitors to the town centre will be able to browse a range of stalls, take part in arts and crafts, and enjoy a range of demonstrations and live music in the Hat District, Hat Factory Arts Centre and The Mall Luton.

Monstera Canteen, Rawlicious, The Cheese Pod and Khao Thai Food are among the popular food vendors returning, joined by Mad Paella and Leaf Monkey to name a few.

Stall holders include Peace of Crystal, Chilli & Spice and Box Food, and we’ll also be joined by a eco-friendly companies Tropic Skincare and H20SQD, who produce personalised water bottles.

Bounce will be demonstrating mini trampoline fitness, and chef demos will include cooking healthy meals, kids cookery and recipes using left overs. There will also be interactive sessions, including making bath bombs with Lush.

Arts and crafts will be provided by A Children's Story in The Hat Factory and Maleficent Things in The Mall.

Cllr Sian Goding, portfolio holder for Regeneration and Inclusive Growth said, “We’re really pleased with how the last two events have gone, they have been a welcome sight following such difficult times. It’s great to see people out and enjoying events taking place in our town centre again.

“I’m sure that businesses and visitors to the town centre alike have been encouraged to see things starting to return to normal, which is a vital part to the town’s economic recovery from COVID-19. This is the start of an exciting 2022, with a full calendar of events planned, including St Patricks Day mid-March, St Georges Day in April, and Carnival and locally run street parties as part of the Queen’s Jubilee in June. I hope people come down and enjoy themselves.”

Wellness Weekend takes place from 12 noon until 11pm on Friday 25 March and 12 noon until 6pm on Saturday 26 March, and is free and open to all ages. More activities are expected to be announced closer to the event.

These events are part of the Welcome back Fund, which is receiving £264,000 from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund. Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations.