It was a lovely surprise last night to receive this award from the town council, especially following a number of comments recently from people who expressed that they found Shefford a nice town – somewhere they like to live. So maybe the festival has contributed in some small way to that – I hope so. [...]
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We are delighted to be able to publish a provisional program at this early stage, so people can see what to expect and maybe to encourage others to put on their own event or activity. If you would like to plan something it is likely you will need a low cost venue – may I [...]
I was alerted recently to the popularity of our skate park at the far end of the Campton Fields – “Electrical” (?) estate so I went for a look – the park was certainly popular with lots of young people and one dad, on skateboards and scooters, having fun and learning tricks. It looked a [...]
Every Friday from 6.00am to 1.00 pm we have a Town centre Market in the middle of town with stalls for: Fruit & Veg, Flowers and plants, Fresh Fish, Mobile phone repair, Greek foods, Home goods and cleaning products. It is a lively event in the old tradition of market towns throughout England and we [...]
In addition to outside sponsors we would like to also recognise the admin team who started the Festival off and run it each year – that is myself as organiser based at my Shefford Marketing Agency with my colleague Sue Warne and my partner Lesley Whiteman, whose company River Dream [...]
We have been talking about sponsors recently who pay to support the community but there are others who make the festival possible by providing an invaluable service. These include local publications Shefford Newsline and LivingLife magazines who support Shefford by publishing and delivering information about the festival – without them [...]
We are delighted to welcome Bathroom Vogue once again as a Festival sponsor for 2025 – Bathroom Vogue are yet another local business supporting their community in a way that enables us to promote the festival – now in it’s eighth year! They are a family-run business who have been helping Shefford create it’s bathrooms since [...]
We are delighted the team at Lemon Plaice have chosen once again to sponsor the Festival for 2025. Lemon Plaice at the top of the High Street is a landmark traditional fish and chip shop that has been proud to be feeding the good people of Shefford for the last 20 years.
I’d like to give a shout out for our Shefford Community Hall which has recently had a great make over with installation of a new heating and air conditioning system plus a new audio visual system with hearing loop. The hall has a long history of serving the community and has a social centred ethos [...]
