Learn and Share Practical Skills
Radical Bakers Gatherings are friendly weekend camping events that give you a chance to learn and share practical skills. Focused discussions and hands-on workshops during the day lead into quality music and dancing on the Green Dragon Solar Stage. We believe in personal responsibility and self-empowerment. We have hope for the future and our goal is to live in a more sustainable way.
Radical Bakers Summer Gathering – Sold Out!, 7-10 July 2022, Crabapple Community, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
Tickets for 2023 available in September.
Radical Bakers Harvest Camp – tickets for 2022 available Now!, 8-11 September 2022, Crabapple Community, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
Our Summer Gathering and Harvest Camp are at Crabapple Community near Shrewsbury, one of the oldest housing co-ops in the country. We will also hold Camp Cerddin on a beautiful farm in North Wales at the beginning of August 2023. We offer fully catered tickets and our pop-up pub is The Baker’s Arms selling local ales, ciders and craft gins.
Basic practical skills
Our gatherings are focused on learning basic skills with full days of practical workshops. Join our temporary community and get involved in fun group activities. Sell your hand-made or second-hand stuff in our Camp Market.
Full details of past workshops on our workshops page. Check the event pages for details of confirmed workshops and entertainment for this year.
Pingle Kid’s Space
Our Kid’s Space crew hold court in the Pingle. There is stuff to do all day, hidden in the trees. We have 2 x 3hr sessions of organised children’s activities each day in the Pingle, a glade in the center of the events space. In addition there is a Baking Session where we will be organising a Kid’s team for the Bake-Off.
Solar powered Live Music and entertainment
We are proud to host the Green Dragon Solar Stage. Quality live bands each evening – professional acts with a modern PA system powered from the sun.
Our events are totally solar powered, this includes the stage and workshop spaces as well as the kitchen appliances and site lighting. We are committed to recycling everything we can. There are clean, working composting toilets and clean drinking water.
Textiles, Crafts and Baking
In our beautiful, creative Textiles Tent we have things like: Up-cycling textiles with Julie Henderson and Spinning, Dyeing and Textile sovereignty with Stella Berg. Under our crafts awnings: Green woodworking with Mike and Neil, Willow crafts with Ann and Raku pottery with Julian. Ed Revill brings his charcoal oven, makes simple no-knead sourdough and talks about Soil building, Biochar and Smallholding. Please check the list of confirmed workshops for this year.
The Bakery has a prep area with catering surfaces, organic flours, proving cupboard, gas-fired and wood-fired ovens and a dedicated team. We will be baking the bread for the café and making Sweet Treats for afternoon tea.
Practical skills for sustainable living
The ticket price includes all the workshops and entertainment, booking fees, camping and parking from Thursday to Monday. There are no hidden costs. If you have any questions not covered on our Info Page, or want to offer a workshop or skill-share, please email us on hello@radicalbakers.org. Check out all the pics from previous years events on our Facebook Page, or join our Mailing List for a seasonal newsletter.
Some nice feedback from our Summer Gathering 2021
Hi, I just wanted to send a note to say thank you so much for hosting radical bakers. My family had an amazing time and for me it was great that someone else catered healthy amazing tasty food for us! I’ve come away inspired and energised to get on with projects and believe anything is possible now with a little research. It was so good to meet people with a similar out look on life and listen to their stories and what they have achieved. Thank you to everyone who worked in the kitchens, behind the scenes organising everything and running the workshops as well as my fellow campers for being good people to spend a summer weekend with!
Hello All, thank you, once again, for a really good festival. This one seemed especially needed and joyful. It brought a great deal of much needed energy to my soul and hope going forward. Please extend all my thanks to everyone who made it so special.
