Festival Events St Ives (FESt)

So many to say thank you from FESt for a wonderful 2025 summer session of Music on the Waits concerts:

 As the warm days of summer draw to a close, FESt, the volunteer organisers, look back with thanks on a truly memorable Music on the Waits season of free summer concerts held on our beautiful bandstand.  The concerts brought together music and a community spirit, and it could not have been possible without the support and generosity of so many.

First, our thanks go to The Norris Museum, who kindly allow us the use of their chairs, and especially we are grateful to the Methodist Church Members whose hospitality helped to keep visitors refreshed, and for allowing us to hold a concert in their wonderful church when needed.

Our sponsors also deserve special recognition: The St Ives Town Council, The Civic Society, The Rotary Club, and Wellington Wise. Their generous backing enables us to stage such a lively and inclusive event, celebrating everything that makes our town special.  And a very big thank you to our generous audiences for their continued donations throughout the season. Thank you also to John Clarke for his brilliant support and to our set-up helpers.

Along with everyone, we have especially enjoyed our very talented and varied group of performers – with almost every music genre covered  at our concerts!  We thank them for their energy and enthusiasm which has made this a special summer for everyone to remember.  As these photos show, our audience numbers have now doubled, and using the bandstand is truly special, in a superb setting by the river.

So to everyone who played a part—large or small—thank you for helping us create Sunday afternoons in July and August that brought the community together. We look forward to next summer with excitement and anticipation.

FESt, Committee Members

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The FESt committee are focused on providing events for the people of St Ives. As a non-profit group our aim is to organise a variety of events during the year.

We hope we can encourage you to attend our events or participate in our events or help us run the events or help us finance the events!

We work with as many community groups and community spirited individuals as we can.
FESt would like to thanks all those who support us.