Goal-den time at Binos Live event
Stirling Albion FC, The Scribbler’s Picnic and Prudential are joining forces to create a new family friendly community event – Binos Live.
The day of football and music kicks off at 11am and runs until 6pm on Sunday June 25 at Forthbank Stadium.
The event will include a range of football activities – fun and educational - promoting Stirling Albion’s work in the community. There will also be opportunities to find out more about becoming involved in the club, a mascot race and a chance to meet some of the first team players and management.
Stirling fundraising group The Scribbler’s Picnic will be hosting two stages of live music, a food village, stalls and kid’s activities and Prudential UK & Europe, one of the area’s biggest employers, is sponsoring the event.
Binos Live will be entirely non-profit making and funds raised will be donated between cancer related charities (as per previous Scribbler’s Picnic events) and the Stirling Albion Junior Academy.
Scribbler’s Picnic announced last year that the 2016 music festival would be their last after they lost access to their established site at Stirling Rugby Club. However, Stirling Albion and Prudential approached the charity festival organisers earlier this year about a collaborative community venture.
Stirling Albion chairman Stuart Brown, said: “It is our absolute pleasure to present the first Binos Live. We are delighted to be partnering with the Scribbler’s Picnic on what will be a fantastic family day out. This is a great opportunity for people to find out more about Stirling Albion in general and in particular our community engagement and I would urge parents to bring their kids, of all ages, along. A huge thank you goes to Prudential, who have been our major sponsor for many years and our partnership goes from strength to strength.”
Scribbler’s Picnic founder and chairman Ted Christopher, said: “We are delighted to be hosting the music stages at Binos Live. We look forward to welcoming many Scribbler’s Picnic’s loyal regulars and also some new faces to see a mix of excellent bands. It will be a great day with lots of entertainment. It will be different from our established festival set up as there won’t be as many stages but I’m confident it will be just as enjoyable. There will be a real family focus with great music and we will be raising some well -needed funds for cancer charities and the Stirling Albion Junior Academy.”
John Warburton, CEO Distribution for Prudential, based at Craigforth, said: “Prudential has proudly sponsored Stirling Albion for 17 years and it is always fantastic to see the work the club does with local young people and its efforts to help them lead a healthy and active life. This new Binos Live event will bring together many different parts of our local community through a celebration of sport and music. It is a wonderful example of community-led organisations coming together in a very positive way to benefit local people and give them a brilliant day out, as well as raise valuable funds for cancer charities.”
Early bird tickets go on sale from www. binoslive.co.uk on May 1 priced: family £10 (two adults, two children)/ individual ticket £5/under 5s free.
Tickets on the gate on the day will cost: family £20 (two adults two children) /adult ticket £10/U16s £5/U5s free.
It will be a great day with lots of entertainment. There will be a real family focus . . .