Public meeting to launch preparations for Festival of Chichester 2025

Next year’s festival will run from Saturday, June 14 to Sunday, July 20, with the promise of a lively, eclectic programme of arts events across the community. And to set the ball rolling, the festival committee will be holding an open meeting in the Council Chamber at the Council House, Chichester City Council, North Street, Chichester on Thursday, November 7, beginning at 6.15pm.

The committee will be delighted to hear feedback, suggestions and advice as it thinks ahead to 2025; equally the committee will tell you what it has in mind. Owing to space constraints in the Chamber, the committee needs to know in advance if you are coming in person. RSVP to festival chairman Phil Hewitt at [email protected].

Phil said: “We enjoyed an excellent festival this summer, with a fabulous range of events. We have always enjoyed wonderful support from Chichester City Council who have always been hugely generous not just financially but also, crucially, in terms of encouragement and enthusiasm – and we are delighted that they are offering us their premises once again for this meeting. We would love to see you at our open meeting, to chat through this most recent festival and also to share ideas for next year.”

This year, the Festival of Chichester was delighted to welcome Kenton Budd Estate Agents as its principal sponsor. It was also generously supported by Chichester District Council.

Phil added: “We are still looking for a couple of new recruits to our committee. We are slightly down in numbers at the moment, and we would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer to join us. Please just get in touch with me at [email protected].

"The committee is very relaxed and friendly with the responsibilities shared amongst us. The gaps we have at the moment are for someone to help us with our fund-raising and also someone to help us with our brochure distribution.

"If anyone is interested in joining us, we promise the gentlest and friendliest introduction to the way we work and plenty of opportunities to suggest ways in which we might do things differently and more efficiently.”