Whiteford Music Festival

The Whiteford Music Festival was a non-profit music festival, hosted yearly on the grounds of the Whiteford House in Cornwall, UK from 2001 to 2012. The festival was held over three days with Friday night swing, Saturday night orchestral 'Proms in the Park' with fireworks, and Sunday family chill-out.

Whiteford Music Festival
Family Chill-out (day 3) at Whiteford in 2010 with Mad Dog McCrea headlining on the main stage
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated2001
Most recent2012
Organised byFriends of Stoke Climsland Parish Church
Websitewww.whitefordfestival.co.uk

History

The festival was organised by local residents Peter and Caroline Hammond.[1] The first event was held in 2001 with one band, and was not planned as an annual event.[2] Organised by the Friends of Stoke Climsland Parish Church, it expanded into a three-day festival. By 2008, the event was attracting over 2,000 people.[3]

The festival celebrated its 10th anniversary on 16 - 18 July 2010. It featured a combination of big band music, "Proms on the Lawn" featuring light orchestra and choir, with a firework finale, and "chill out" music. Sunday's event tied in with the BBC's "Big Lunch" campaign, designed to get communities and neighbours talking to each other more by having communal lunches and street parties.[4][5] After a break in 2011, it returned the following year over the weekend of 15–17 June 2012[6] to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Despite the festival's award-winning success and popularity for over a decade, 2012 was the last annual Whiteford Festival. The organisers continued to support the local community at Stoke Climsland with other events.[1]

This secular festival helped raise money for the physical (non-religious) maintenance and repair of the local Parish Church at Stoke Climsland[3] and other charities including the Royal Marines Charitable Trust.[7]

References
  1. "Stoke Climsland crowned Tesco community champions". Cornish Guardian. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. Carnegie, Kathryn (July 2010). "Church Matters" (pdf). The Old School and Stoke Climsland News - July–August 2010, Issue 130. The Old School, Stoke Climsland, Callington, Cornwall. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. "All-round All-round a magic mix". The West Briton. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. "The Guide in Cornwall". BBC Cornwall. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. "Bring family and chill out at three-day music festival". West Briton. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. "The Final Whiteford Music Festival". Tamar Valley AONB. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. "Royal Marines and Proms at Whiteford music event". Cornish Guardian. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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