The Bristol Festival Community Group was brought to life in October 2007 by a group of passionate local volunteers interested in ensuring the survival of a community festival for the city, after the sad demise of Ashton Court Festival which had been running for over thirty years We felt it essential that the festival benefits local communities, both through performance and volunteering opportunities; aiming to bring together different cultural communities through the shared enjoyment of art, music, dance, and food We support a number of local charities working in education, art and music, helping to raise money, awareness and support through free publicity and pitches at the festival, or space for their members to perform We are currently looking for partners to support the festivities so if you feel your company or organisation would benefit from reaching our wide audiences please drop us a line or call us on 0117 3281492 We are joined by over 300 volunteers, 2000 artists and a whole host of press, media and local businesses in order to bring the whole festival together for one weekend each September