Friday, Saturday and Sunday 17, 18 and 19 Sept – the Bedford Camera Club is holding its annual ‘Points of View’ competition in Shefford over our first Festival weekend. BCC members are given six themes to creatively interpret and photos will be publicly displayed afterwards.
They have been in touch to ask about festival events over the weekend and will be looking for “local colour” of various sorts. I guess they will be identifiable by their camera equipment and obviously, this is a great chance for us to show off Shefford with the EAT Feast food fayre, Garage Sale Trail, St Michaels Cafe, Scarecrow Festival, Family Fun Day at the Railway Steamer and other activities
Contact Ann Brownbill [email protected]
Just 4 days left to get your registration form into Country Properties for the Shefford Garage sale Trail.
Book your stall and get on the list for this event which takes place on Sunday 19 September from 11.00 – 3.00.
A car boot sale with bigger gaps between stalls!
Registration forms available from Country Properties – registration closes Aug 31st. £5 fee (all fees will be donated to Shefford Christmas Lights). Contact Lesley – 01462 615821 / 07799 642863 or e-mail [email protected]
On Friday 17th in the evening from 4.00 – 9.00 we will also welcome the EAT Feast street food fair in the town centre. Choose your cuisine and meet your friends – a community alfresco street dining experience, with street food vendors offering a variety of food, music and a bar.
So you can stroll around town looking at the Scarecrows and then eat and chat with the EAT Feast experience.
Our first activity this year is the Shefford Scarecrow Festival which will open at 9.00 – 7.00 on Friday 17th Sept – all around Town and continue for the Saturday and Sunday. Get creative and make a scarecrow to display over the weekend of 17 & 19th September. Register the address of where your scarecrow is located and then join in the fun trail around Shefford and surrounding areas to find all the others!
To register or for more info E-mail [email protected] Participate for free – contact Joanna Wright 07704170582
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
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 – ” We are a local agent, run by local people and we care about our community. ”
We are hugely gratified that the festival is gathering support in this way and wish all our sponsors the best of luck as we seek to recover from last year’s series of lockdowns. Of course, we have room for more sponsors and are actively working to make the festival an exciting annual, signature event in Shefford.
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 for excellence in both the products they supply and the way in which they look after their customers. John R Ford supply new and used cars plus aftersales servicing/MOTs and tyres.
Meet their team here and phone sales on 01462 629629
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’ experience in the motoring industry – will take care of all your needs.
The Garage Shefford is pleased to offer emergency personnel, members of the Armed Services, and some other professions 10% discount on presentation of a valid Blue Light Card.
* MOT Tests and A/C recharges are excluded from this offer. *
Contact them at thegarageshefford.co.uk or by phone at 01462 414820
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 with a great program of events planned – we are excited to see what they do over the festival period! 
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