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MAYFEST EVENT SITUATION
Following cancellation of MAYFEST last year (2024) due to logistical problems, people will be concerned to know if it will be running this year.
The matter was discussed with Basildon Council at the end of last year, to see if we could work out something so that Mayfest could run successfully this May. The outcome was that the Council will not allow us to run the event this year in the Town Square or St Martin’s Square, where we had indicated that we could see a way of using this instead. The reasons for all of this are to do with the redevelopment of the Town Centre, where shops are being demolished and residential homes built in the planned tower blocks.
We have looked around to see if there is anywhere else where we could hold the event that has good footfall and the other necessary facilities. Finding these in Basildon is not easy and were it available it would likely be expensive to hire.
The site in Basildon Town Square is unique in many ways. There is relatively decent footfall (but, admittedly it’s been falling over recent years), the overheads for the event have been low as Basildon Council have treated us well, because of it being a community event and it has been an opportunity for local people to meet Charities and Community groups to showcase what is available in Basildon for the people and their families.
We will continue to be open minded in trying to find another suitable site for Mayfest in the future.
We would like to thank all the Charities and Community groups who have attended Mayfest since he first in 2017 and for all the efforts they have made to make the event enjoyable and productive, including of course the opportunity to meet other organisations and people of a similar mind.
We would like the event to be a legacy for our Town and hope that Mayfest will rise again.
Best wishes
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