We are looking forward to the Festival running from Friday 22 September to Sunday 1st October – also now is a time when many of us are planning our summer holidays so it is an ideal opportunity to think about being involved in the Shefford Community Festival – how to match our own interests with others [...]
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We were delighted to be part of the St Michaels Christmas Tree Festival again this year – with a tree from Three Kings Christmas trees and support from all our sponsors, we showed Community Festival activities in the special baubles. This annual event was a lovely demonstration of the community spirit in Shefford with exhibits [...]
As organiser of the Shefford Community Festival, one of the things I am most proud of is the way we have provided a stimulus and a platform for other people to organise things that benefit the whole community. This year featured an innovation in the form of a new craft fair. It was held at [...]
This was “only” our fourth Community Festival ( we missed 2020 because of Covid ) but it really does feel established as a feature of the local calendar – as one activity organiser put it – “it has got its own traction” – which is exactly what I was hoping for when I started organising [...]
I attended as many events as possible over our designated ten days of festival and had some very positive experiences – however there were many other events and we would really like to hear about how they went. So if you organised an event or attended one please drop us a note about your experience [...]
It is always sad when we run down the festival but we had a brilliant programme and record numbers on things like the Garage Sale Trail and the STMA Family Fun Day – also a great success with the new Craft Fair – will we see a Christmas Craft Fair as many people requested? So [...]
Last night I attended the talk by Tony Dawson – sponsored by the Ivel Rotary Club – on the theme of Shefford’s welcome to refugees from 1939 to the present day. We first had a welcome from Our Mayor Ken Pollard who explained that the evening was to celebrate Shefford’s support for the kinderstransport from [...]
Saturday at the Community Festival sees Greenline Medical Services doing demonstrations at their forecourt on Clifton Road – look out for the ambulances! I will also be in action myself from 9.30 to give a free Tai Chi class on Digswell Field adjacent to the STMA – meanwhile the Bowls club will be holding their [...]
We are sorry to say that the organisers will not be able to bring Eat feast to Shefford on Saturday. They had traders booked who have all pulled out and despite efforts to find others, nobody is available at this late stage. The organiser explained: “We are very sorry as we were looking forward to it [...]
We are looking forward to some more Theatre Fun on Thursday from 4.00 – 5.00pm for 4-5 year olds and then on Friday from 4.00 to 7.00pm for 6-16 year olds with Madhatters run by Hollie Milburn – a great chance to experience the world of Dance, Acting and Singing – become a Tripple Threat [...]
