The whole point of a community festival is to help make Shefford a better place to live, so there are three ways you could help us towards that goal: Participate by running an event/activity Sponsor the Festival Join the Fun! Activities—possible examples: Special events e.g. pop up circus Social support group [...]
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We are delighted to have once again been able to participate in the annual Christmas Tree Festival at St Michaels and All Angels Church – thanks to the generosity of A. Jakins & Sons – also known as Three Kings – for donating this lovely tree.
Save the dates – the 2022 Shefford Community Festival will take place between Friday 16th September and Sunday 25th September. We look forward to seeing you!
When we started the Community Festival it was just an idea which a few people thought was a ” good idea” – it was certainly a new approach to supporting the way we all enjoy being in Shefford. It took a lot of work and a lot of talking (still does!) and we had to [...]
I popped into the STMA family/bouncy castle afternoon – and it was buzzing! So lovely to see an event being that successful, with so many kids and parents enjoying themselves. Good luck with the Discos this evening and the movie afternoon at 3.30 tomorrow.
This week I have been in the habit of taking a daily look at the Festival program, and yesterday evening that led me to the STMA pub quiz games event, along with an enthusiastic group of teams competing for the £50 cash prize. The STMA committee have recently completely refurbished the main hall and installed [...]
What a good start to this year’s community festival – and a reminder that it really is a grassroots-up sort of thing – all the events are independent and come about because people in Shefford want them. On Friday afternoon I enjoyed a cup of coffee at St Michaels Church cafe and then, like many [...]
We are delighted that Rose Buds at Duck Lane have been inspired to create an amazing new Mars Shake in honour of the Festival – available just for festival week it is a marvellous concoction of delicious caramel chocolatey shake topped with whip cream, chocolate syrup, a dusting of chocolate powder & (most importantly) a [...]
It is great that EAT Feast are helping to launch the Shefford Community Festival this afternoon – so that the Beds Camera Club and the Scarecrow Festival people can get some wonderful street food at the end of their first day – along with the rest of us foodie enthusiasts!
