We have been inviting many people to our opening ceremony – including the local press who have responded by spreading the word. You can see here the response from Biggleswade Today
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You may have noticed that we have a new Opening Ceremony on the program this year and would like to invite you to attend. The opening will take place in the High Street and our mayor – Ken Pollard has kindly agreed to do the ribbon cutting, accompanied by the Shefford Prince and Princess. Sponsors [...]
I always think it is great when local companies add their support to the community in general – so I was pleased to see that the people at Lemon Plaice are proud of their involvement. Lemon Plaice is a landmark in Shefford – practically a social gathering place!
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 [...]
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 [...]
