The Shefford Community Festival promises to start with a great weekend – and that includes the Scarecrow Festival on Friday 17 to Sunday 19 – Spiderman is already about – are you prepared? Contact Jo at [email protected] 07704170582
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Country Properties are known as great supporters of the community – I remember their presence at school events and of course they already sponsor the Shefford Garage Sale Trail – so it is lovely to welcome them on board as direct sponsors of the Community Festival. Their website explains that they buy, sell or let [...]
The festival has got off to a rather late start this year, but with lots of enthusiasm! So we are delighted to welcome sponsorship from John R Ford – a family-owned and run local Ford dealership that has been serving the local community for over 60 years. They are proud to claim a long-established reputation [...]
We are delighted to announce another sponsor for the 2021 Community Festival – The Garage is a friendly and professional family run MOT and service/repair centre where they pride themselves on the quality and friendly service that they supply to their customers. They explain that their professionally trained team – which has over 40 years’ [...]
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 [...]
