PRESS
RELEASE 13
August 2022 Bude
& Stratton Folk Festival Bude
& Stratton Folk Festival has run since 2007, enjoyed by
thousands of enthusiasts. It one of the most highly-rated small
festival on the folk scene, lauded for fine music and friendly
ambience. Thanks to prudent management the festival survived
Covid and has the resources to further its reputation.
The
festival uses local facilities; it promotes local businesses,
and does not use external traders or caterers. Each year, from a
tiny budget we generate an onward spend of over £100,000 in the
Bude area. We are grateful to our Cornwall and Town Councillors
who have acknowledged this and have assisted with grant funding
over many years.
Central
to this success have been the Falcon Hotel, Bude Rugby Club, and
St Michael and All Angels Church, all of which were active
partners in the creation of the festival and its continued
success, which has ensured a busy hotel, a busy camp-site and a
large congregation. Equally
the festival has flourished thanks to many volunteers who have
given hugely of their time, energy and cash, and the enthusiasts
who have been our audiences. We
are very grateful to all who have given so much to create and
run this very successful enterprise. In
2022, the Rugby Club was not available to us. Unfortunately in
2023 certain key facilities in the Falcon Hotel will be
unavailable. For these reasons, all outside our control, we are
sorry to say that the festival as currently structured cannot go
ahead in 2023. We apologise to our many friends, but we
are reviewing our options to see what may be possible in the
future and expect to be back with an updated festival in 2024. |