Festival news


Cuts and loss of sponsor threatens Floral Guernsey

FLORAL Guernsey may have to cut part of its programme after its main sponsor pulled out and the States announced funding cuts.


Make Town Carnival last all summer, say some shops

ST PETER PORT should have a summer-long festival, according to some retailers.


Festival 2 is on – if the ticket figures stack up

IF EARLY calculations of attendance figures are correct, organisers have confirmed they will stage another Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts.


Could Sark cope with even more folk, festival organisers wonder

FOLK Festival officials will discuss whether Sark could cope with more visitors after the sell-out event attracted 1,500 to the island.


Sowing the seeds for Festival 2012

THE view of the thousands of people who attended the first Guernsey Festival for the Performing Arts seemed pretty universal: use it or lose it.


Thousands flock to weekend festivals

TWO major festivals in the Bailiwick at the weekend entertained nearly 9,000 people.


Sark festival appeals to a different folk

BIG crowds, big hats and even bigger beards – music lovers turned out in droves for this year’s Sark Folk Festival.


Festival site comes together

TENTS for the Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts have started going up.


Arts festival is putting island on music map

NATIONAL media coverage of the Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts will do wonders for the event and the island, its organiser has said.


Moon-breaker

MOONLIT MADNESS – it was never going to be great after the day-long downpour of last Saturday.

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