Another successful Holmfirth Arts Festival came to an end.
And it did so in spectacular style with a fiery show in Victoria Park.
Huge crowds gathered to watch the fire show to end the festival. It included a stunning performance by Jason Singh and the ceremonial burning of totem pole gargoyles which had been a feature throughout the festival.
Thousands of visitors had poured into villages across the Holme Valley to enjoy music, theatre, art and poetry over the 11 days of the festival.
And the general; consensus was: “It’s a big hit!”
The event came hot on the heels of the recently-staged Holmfirth Festival of Folk and Holmfirth Film Festival.
It was the eighth Holmfirth Arts Festival with an eclectic programme that covered everything from classical music to stand-up comedy, art inspired by gargoyles to jazz from one of Europe’s leading saxophonists.
“We have tried to make the festival as broad as possible,” says Gail Cooke, marketing and PR manager for the festival.
“We celebrate the landscape of this beautiful part of Yorkshire, inviting the audiences to enjoy events in picturesque village halls and churches, cafes and teashops, Holmfirth’s atmospheric Picturedrome, up on the hills overlooking the town and in surrounding woodland.
““Every year we are aiming to make the festival bigger and better and reach out to different audiences. We try to cover all the categories and include workshops for families and children.”
No festival runs itself and the success of this year’s event relied heavily on the support of a talented group of paid workers and volunteers and they were thanked by the organisers.
