Organisers pleased by the first Scrumpstock Paul Strange paul.strange@archant.co.uk
Organisers of Scrumpstock the
cider, music and food festival staged at Exmouth over the weekend say they were pleased with the first event, theyre here for the long haul and are planning to stage it again next year. The three-day festival opened last Friday by Exmouths outgoing mayor Councillor Bill Nash was attended by more than 2,000 people and raised funds for Exmouth RNLI. We did a quality event, with quality cider, quality food and quality acts, and I think that exe 7108-21-15 shone through with AW people, said organiser Jeremy Sellick.
We did a quality event, with quality cider, quality food and quality acts, and that shone through with people. Jeremy Sellick We had lots of good feedback from the public and the traders that were there. In terms of attendance, the best day was the Saturday. It was a bit quiet on the Sunday [pirate day]. It wasnt quite the turn-out wed hoped for, but we only started selling tickets two and a half months before the event, so next year were going to start publicising it earlier. We had a licence for 3,000, so it would have been nicer to have had more people there,
but unfortunately such is life. The
weather was fantastic all weekend. We were lucky. What we were trying to do was not be weather dependent, so thats why we had a large marquee. Were bringing something thats unique. Its not just a pitch-up and have a barbecue and a beer festival. Were trying to do something a little specialised that I think will only grow. Plans are afoot for next years Scrumpstock on the same site. We may have a slightly different site plan, but nothing drastic, said Sellick. Were here for the long haul. Weve got a good formula. Weve all been to festivals and shows where they charge you a fortune to get in, and you get a load of rubbish. What were striving to do is have a quality event thats not going to be ridiculously expensive.
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Open invite to food larder Residents are being encouraged to visit Exmouths food bank, the Community Larder, to see the good work that they do. Anthony Bernard, chairman of the charity, said: If you are looking for an interesting and worthwhile couple of hours on a Monday or Friday afternoon, please come and visit us. If we are busy, you will be most welcome and pressed into service. If we are not so pressured, someone will put the kettle on!
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