Keynsham Music Festival                            Sunday 1 July 2012                                    Keynsham Memorial Park

If you would like to perform at Keynsham 2012

Please send in a demo cd to : 15-17 Temple Street Keynsham BS31 1HF or email us your myspace/facebook details. We need to hear from you by mid February 2012 at the latest. Please note that we are unable to pay any of the bands, but we do take very good care of you and its great exposure and much fun. Preference is given to local bands.

Keynsham 2011

The 2011 festival was a fantastic success. The  weather was  kind to us and the park was packed full of people enjoying themselves.  All the bands excelled themselves and we were spoilt for choice. The creative arena was busy with children and families creating extravagant costumes for the fashion show, the food was delicious, the stalls interesting and varied and the atmosphere was relaxed and fun. Thanks to a grant from Arts Council England we were able to extend the festival by a day and hope to continue this. We will keep you posted.  Every year we say .. well that was the best festival to date…. and we never think we can top it.. but we did!

Over the entire 2011 festival period you donated close to £12,000 which is more or less a quarter of our budget. This means that there will definately be a 2012 Festival.. and it will be free!

Thanks for your generosity.. and see you in 2012

The Festival is one of a kind

The festival is a one of a kind. A local event celebrating local community;  young and old, skateboarders, musicians, churches, artists, scouts, grannys,  councillors.. you name them.. they came

How do we manage to marry this with a great, free music festival showcasing some of the best unsigned bands in the region?  We don’t actually know! All we know is that it works.. and every year more of you tell us how much you enjoy the festival.

The Festival Week

We are already planning the Festival Week programme which will include Keynsham Orchestra Gala Evening in the Park, an outdoor screening of Grease and the award winning Great Western Chorus. More events are in the pipeline. If you would like to put on an event as part of the festival, please get in touch.

A Huge Thankyou

We would like to extend a huge thanks to Keynsham Town Council who have the vision to see the importance that the arts play in nurturing  the health, vitality and pride in their community. In a time when the arts are being cut left right and centre, the Town Council continue to support the festival. They provide us with a substantial grant every year as well as office space, dedicated committee members, volunteers and a fantastic team of people who are behind the scenes throughout the year.

If you have any feedback about this year’s festival, would like a stall, or would like to be involved with next year’s festival in any way please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.   Our email address is keynsham.musicfestival@yahoo.co.uk

Suzy Mizrahi, Festival Co-Ordinator