Phew. It only seems like a few weeks ago we were rushing round getting everything done for our 2010 event yet here we are with just over 3 months to go till the next one.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped, exhibited, traded, cooked, tasted, attended, ate, drank, played, sang, danced, and enjoyed your way through Gwledd Conwy Feast 2010. We hope you’ll be joining us again this year.
Demand for exhibitor space has been huge this year and we are already full with a long reserve list on the go, including producers from the very South of England who have heard how great our event is and want to travel over 300 miles to be a part of it. I’m sitting here with bits of paper like a jigsaw puzzle trying to fit everyone in, dreaming of all the yummy additions to my larder (if I get time to shop!).
On top of all the delicious food and drink available at the Feast, Conwy is full of wonderful small shops selling all kinds of lovely things, so it’s easy to get your Christmas shopping sorted as well as filling your cupboards with some of the best food around.
Now back to my jigsaw............
We reflected, later on, over supper at the Castle Hotel, how we couldn’t have imagined four years ago, that the Feast would ever have grown into the event it is today and how much its success seems to have inspired us all.
Logistically speaking it’s a headache, so many different sites over such an area, road notices, safety assessments, security, car park closure and so it goes on, moving to outside of the walls would make life so much easier and less stressful. It sort of misses the point though, that we are doing this for the town and community that we all love, we want to channel people through the streets, we want showcase the town, its castle, its individuality and its quirky independent shops, we want people and businesses to benefit, feel the great atmosphere and be a part of the party, and the great thing is, is that we do.
Roll on the weekend, the forecast is looking promising!.
As well as a host of acts performing at the feast over the weekend, we are opening on the Friday evening with 'Bands on the Quay'. This is also the chance to sample the Locally Brewed Real Ales ahead of the weekend crowds with live music from : 'Courteous Thief', 'Cyra Elia', & introducing 'Rob Dodd' (acoustic). In the Real Ale tent (next to the Liverpool Arms) from 8 - 11pm.
Don't forget there is also the Friday night Cabaret Launch Party, with special guest & weather presenter 'Sian Lloyd'; live Gypsy Jazz from our House Band 'Trez Fez'; Dj's Hippy Ad & Senor Tim; and Tribal Belly Dancer 'Alys Hughes'. Tickets are £10 on the door or £8 in advance.
(in the Conwy Civic Hall from 8pm)