The Holmfirth Festival of Folk is urgently seeking local support to ensure its continued success.
The Festival, now in its 7th year, regularly brings a large number of visitors to the town.
The event is a big date on the Holmfirth calendar, and many local businesses rely on the lively atmosphere and out-of-town visitors it brings to add a welcome boost to trade.
However, in recent years cutbacks in available grants have put a damper on the amount of money coming in to support the festival.
Nick Mason, of the Nook Brewhouse outlines the problems facing Festival organisers: “This year we urgently need to find at least another £200 to help towards the cost of traffic management for the Saturday parade.
“The parade is a spectacular highlight of the Festival, bringing large crowds onto the streets of Holmfirth. It would be a real shame for us to lose this focal point of the Festival’s timetable.”
