Eid Stalls

What’s happening in 2018?

Celebrate Eid has come together once again. We witnessed one of the biggest Eid gatherings in the UK and Europe with over 100,000 Muslims praying Eid salah together.

Celebrate Eid has come together once again. We witnessed one of the biggest Eid gatherings in the UK and Europe with over 100,000 Muslims praying Eid prayer together.

Eid in the Park 2018 is giving you a whole day of fun for the entire family.  So come along, relax and spend the day with us.

This year we plan to deliver a fantastic Eid festival.  Based on last year’s successful formula, we will be offering the following:-

1. Eid Salah for over 100,000 people
2. Bazaar – food, drink, clothes, gifts, crafts and many more stalls
3. Funfair rides for adults and children
4. Soft play area – bouncy castles, assault courses, sumo suits and a ball pool for the little ones!
5. Animal man – exotic animals with the opportunity to hold them
6. Laser Clay Pigeon Shootinf
7. Picnic areas – for family and friends to eat and relax

All activities will be running until 6.00 pm.

Please arrive in good time as Eid Salah will be performed at 9.30am.  Khutbah will follow as per Eid day Sunnah.  Please remain seated and benefit from the reminder.

Event Layout

Event Parking

Worried about Parking?

In order to ease parking worries, Celebrate Eid will this year be having a Park & Ride & Shuttle Bus service to Small Heath Park.

Attendees can park at Birmingham City Football Ground and a Park & Ride service will drop off outside Small Heath Park. Shuttle Buses will also be running from outside South Birmingham College, again dropping off outside Small Heath Park inshaAllah.

Please see the map below for routes the service will take.

To limit congestion in and around Small Heath Park, we encourage attendees to make use of these services wherever possible.

Public Transport

The Sunnah of our Prophet (ﷺ) was to walk to the Eid prayer. Remember, every step you take towards salah is treated as worship, so if you live in Small Heath then why not carry out this blessed Sunnah?

For those who live further afield, please be mindful that there is limited parking.

Public transport is available:

• Small Heath Train Station  2 minute walk from Small Heath Park.
• Buses that run by the park – Numbers 8, 58, 59, 60, 17, 28
• Taxi and private hire – there are many taxi and private hire services in Birmingham.

Cars

If you come by car remember that there is limited parking so please set off early. In previous years the Salah has been delayed because people can’t find parking. So to help you, the Traffic Management Team will be managing the flow of traffic.

One Way Traffic System

A one-way system will be in operation from 7.00am until 6.00pm on Waverley Road and Tennyson Road. This means that you can only enter from Waverley onto Tennyson Road and from Tennyson Road onto Coventry Road. Please respect the traffic management operators. We’ll try our best to keep vehicles moving without getting stuck in a traffic jam.

Allocated car parks:

1. Birmingham City Football Club
2. Morrisons Car Park (3 hours maximum)
3. Bia Lounge
4. Birmingham Hotel
5. Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre
6. Masjid Sunnah

All of these car parks are within 1 mile of Small Heath Park.

How you can help…

Would you like to be part of the Eid in the Park 2018 experience?

It’s our Eid so why not pitch in?

We need brothers and sisters to help us run the show in-sha’Allah.  We are looking for the following:-

Site Support – come and experience for yourself how we build the park into a carnival.  Help us put up the banners, the decorations, the stalls, setup up the various stations, and roll out the prayer mats.

Traffic Management – we need to keep the traffic moving so people are not late for Salah!  Show people where the drop off points are and redirect motorists to car parks

Meet and Greet – help steward at the prayer, meet and greet our fellow brothers and sisters as they arrive, be the first to wish them an Eid Mubarak after the khutbah, show them around the park

Information and Help Point – help lost children find their parents, look after our congregation

Fun fair – make sure that people are having fun!

Soft Play – run the soft play activities, look after the games

Activities – show people where to go and don’t forget to have your turn!

First Aid – maybe you’re a trained first aider, or a qualified professional in the medical field?  Why not be on stand-by in case we need any extra help?

Experience helpful, but not essential

If you’ve got experience, then brilliant.  If not, don’t let that stop you.  We’ll give you the training that you need to help make this Eid very special.

You don’t need to work one long shift. We will have many teams throughout the day.  Maybe you can only do the morning, or only after Eid Salah, or maybe you’re free in the evening? Whatever help you want to give for the sake of Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) – we’re happy to receive it.

Please contact volunteers@greenlanemasjid.org or call: 0121 713 0080