A volunteer run, free festival, in a town the size of Faringdon is a rare and wonderful thing. I am proud to have been associated with FollyFest for many years, and to have seen it grow and develop in the way it has, first as the stalls manager, and then previously as chair. Each year, the thousands of hours of practice and hundreds of hours of volunteering make FollyFest best the free festival this side of Radcot. As long as the community spirit that runs our town continues to be so strong, the future of FollyFest will be safe. We need people new to the town to stand up and be counted – as performers, as instructors, as organising committee members.
