Todmorden Town Festival: Event celebrated all town has to offer
The Todmorden Town Festival was quickly planned after Todmorden Agricultural Show, one of the biggest events in the town’s social calendar, was cancelled.
Fearing this would be another blow to the town, Todmorden town councillor Steph Booth (Lab, Central) put the wheels in motion to organise an event for the same day, saying Todmorden “wouldn’t be whammied twice in one year”.
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Hide AdThe festival, held on Saturday, included much of the town centre.
There was stalls and activities on Pollination Street, arts and crafts, live music, an art exhibition and an evening concert at Todmorden Town Hall with The Ligeti Quartet.
Councillor Booth, who was the Mayor of Todmorden 2015/16, said: “It was great, it really was absolutely wonderful.
“Everybody worked very hard.
“The town was full and money was going into local businesses, so it was a really positive day.
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Hide Ad“We have been asked to do it again next year,” added Coun Booth.
“ It took six weeks to organise to plan this year’s event, so just think what we could do with a year.”
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