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UPDATED EVERY FRIDAY
Last Update:
Friday 28th January, 2005
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All content ©
New Journal Enterprises, 2004.
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Jester festival fun will go on
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ONE of Camden’s longest running festivals has been narrowly
saved from the axe.
The future of West Hampstead’s popular Jester festival, staged
in Fortune Green every July for more than 30 years, looked to be
in jeopardy when the organisers felt they could not go on.
Bad weather last year, which saw stallholders braving rain, hail
and even sleet over the festival weekend, left many wondering whether
the festival should continue.
But now a new group of organisers has been formed, coordinated by
West Hampstead Community Association (WHCA), and made up of some
of the original supporters and members of groups like West Hampstead
Amenity and Transport.
The new group has set a date for this year’s festival –
July 9 and 10 – and is calling for more people to get involved.
Dave Howell, who chairs the organising committee, said: “Though
last year was awful, there was still a remarkable turnout for the
festival, which showed the strength of feeling in the community
for it.
“Now we want to involve more local people and get the festival
back on its feet.”
The festival receives a small grant from Camden Council but is mainly
funded through sponsorship, income from stallholders and advertising
revenue from the festival magazine.
Mr Howell said: “We have to find other ways of stimulating
income and I am reasonably confident about getting some more private
funding if we do this. The live music programme will continue and
stalls and side-shows will be out as usual.”
For more information or to secure a stall, contact WHCA on 020 7794
9034.
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