After a very successful Milford on Sea Music Festival in 2023, the festival's Facebook page has just announced that the next village Music Festival will be in 2025.
Read the published statement here:
"Hello all. It is with a huge heart that myself (design and event marketing) and Keith (compère) Bligh, and Jason, have stepped down from the crew. We delivered the very best music festival for 2023, but, work commitments, we all have young families, I have a teenager, means we cannot commit to producing a festival of this size without proper funding.
All of us are running separate businesses, and this year is hard with mortgage rates rising, and the general cost of living.
Hopefully, the festival will return next year. If you want to be involved, pm here, and I can pass on to the relevant people.
In the meantime, myself and Keith are now running L8R, first event on the 24th February at the Bridge, playing 1990s dance music. Event is now sold out."
Fiona MacDuff
Milford on Sea Music Festival - Design & Event Marketing
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It is of course a disappointment for many that there will be no Milford on Sea Music Festival this summer, but the welcome news is that it will be back in 2025.
Fiona's explanation highlights the amount of work that she, (and the many other volunteers in numerous organisations across the village), put in for no financial reward. Each do what they do for the benefit of the wider community, and all should be applauded for the valuable contribution they make to enhancing our village life.
The scale of commitment, work and time in being part of a team organising something as big as the Milford on Sea Music Festival can be hard to appreciate, but the hours and pressure are more than most could imagine. When trying to balance this with need to earn a living and raise a family, Fiona's decision is quite understandable.
We send our thanks and best wishes to all of the organising team that are standing down, and wish the remaining volunteers, and anyone who joins them, all of the best for the Milford on Sea Music Festival in 2025.
Looking forward to it already!
To relive the Awesome Days of the Milford on Sea Music Festival 2023, please click here.
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