We are delighted to have The Railway Steamer on board as our first local sponsor – Anne Hughes has worked so very hard over the past year to create an environment for families, sports fans and drop-in dining of all kinds. They now have a range of Covid distanced outside seating from pods to mini-marquees [...]
As organiser of the Shefford Community Festival I propose to be in town from time to time on Market Days – so do please say “Hi” and chat about what you could do to get involved with the Community Festival.
Dates for September 2021 are announced – Friday 17th to Sunday 26th We have selected the dates for the festival next September to fit the normal last week of the month – we hope this advanced notice will enable people to consider their participation and planning well in advance. Please remember to notify us early [...]
Sadly, our Community Festival was cancelled this year – apparently because of a misunderstanding about the actual nature of a virtual festival in this context and its implication with regard Covid security – nonetheless it was considered there was no option other than cancellation. Fortunately, thoughtful heads prevailed and all that has been cleared up [...]
Following conversations with interested parties regarding Covid 19 guidelines we have reluctantly decided to cancel the 2020 Community Festival. While we ourselves do not organise any events or activities it has been suggested that we should not promote other peoples events either – on the off chance that they may not meet the guidelines – [...]
As we approach our Festival period it is clear that some events can readily be managed whereas others may not. This depends on Covid guidelines as they change and if you are running an event you should be sure you comply with the latest regulations. Likewise if you are thinking of attending a listed event [...]
Interestingly it seems that there are a few Festival activities that we may be able to run in September – like the Garage Sale Trail – which I see is already being publicised by Country Properties and online by the organiser Lesley Whiteman, on similar lines I have recently been notified of a Scarecrow Festival [...]
At time of writing with all the numbers going down the government have recently brought the Covid alert level down to level 3 and we have just heard that they have brought the guideline for social distancing down to “one metre plus” with pubs, hotels etc allowed to open. Along with this there is talk [...]
In light of the present Covid situation, with non essential shops opening today and hotels, pubs etc foreseen as able to open from July 4th I am preparing a very provisional program for Shefford Newsline August issue – on the basis of: “possible events in the case that we are able to go ahead, do [...]
Hi everybody – we are seeing some gradual lifting of Covid restrictions – and looking at other countries who are slightly ahead of us it looks quite possible that we may be able to run a “new normal” – socially distanced festival in September. As you may remember Shefford Newsline is a major communication channel [...]
