A successful second year of St Neots Festival

More than 12,500 people flocked to the award-winning St Neots Festival 2024 at the weekend.

The festival took place in Priory Park on July 6-7 and was full of food, drinks, and entertainment. There was plenty of activities for everyone, even during the downpours of rain.

On Sunday, we took the tough decision to suspend activities and entertainment while a patch of lightning passed through the park. However, within 10 minutes, everything was back up and running, with attendees quick to credit the organisers for our hard work in getting everything going smoothly again.

The stormy weather didn’t get the people of St Neots down though, as the festival hit a turnout of 12,558 people across the two days.

St Neots Festival is a free event funded by a mixture of grants, sponsorship and vendor pitch fees. This year has been tough to raise all the funds and so we made the decision to crowdfund to cover the final amount. Donations came flooding in and we broke our £10,000 target with 24 hours of the end of the festival.

Ben Pitt, director of St Neots Festival, said: “We couldn’t be more delighted at the response we’ve had to this year’s festival. The music was amazing, our zones were bursting with creative energy, the sun shone (sometimes), and Priory Park was filled with thousands of smiling faces.

“It’s been a rollercoaster ride to get here this year, but with hundreds of volunteers working their socks off, along with the wonderful support of local businesses, councils, community groups, and Crowdfunder donors, we made something amazing happen.

“We wanted to bring some joy to the town we love – we weathered the storm and think we’ve achieved it.”