The Festival Committee is most grateful to the following Organisations for help towards the running costs of this and previous Festivals:

Corporate Friends

Artisan Bespoke

Bedford Music Hub

Brewpoint

Gale Family Charity Trust

Lane and Holmes

Old Road Securities Ltd

Rotary Club of Bedford Park

Sira Building

Wixamtree Trust

Woodfine and Lousada Families

For more information about supporting the Festival please contact the Festival Chairman.

The Festival is also fortunate to have the following Individual Friends who contribute by sponsoring prizes, trophies and the general running costs of the Festival. Nevertheless, more help whether financial or otherwise, however small, is always needed. For more information about helping to support the Festival by becoming an Individual Friend please contact the Festival Secretary. 

Individual Friends

Mr and Mrs J Barham

Mr M T Jones

Mrs C Naylor Barrott

Mr J Keep

Mr & Mrs Beard

Bedford School

Mrs C P Latham

Bedford Choral Society

Dr H A Leach

Mr D Blake

Mr M Martin

Mr J Britton

Dr V Mayor MBE

Mrs E Cameron

Prof and Mrs P McKeown

Dr A J Cashman

Mrs F J Moore

Phyllis Chance Memorial

Ms C Moorhouse

Mrs R Naik-Bascombe

Stella Chapman Memorial

Mrs V L Parrin

Mr and Mrs A Charatan

Miss R Peart

Mr and Mrs D Coubrough

Mrs M K Cowan

Mr and Mrs A J T Scarr

Mr Frank Crisp

Mr R Eden

Mr S P Sharrock

Lady Skeet

Mrs E Edwards

Mr and Mrs A Slack

Miss A Fowler

Stewartby Amateur Operatic Society

Mr B Fox

Mr G Thompson

Goldings of Bedford

Mr and Mrs J R Tusting

Mrs N G Gould

Mrs D Wheeler

Mr T Grant-Jones

Sir Samuel and Lady Whitbread

Mr M Green

Mr R F White

Mr P Halliday

Mrs M Woodfine

John and Susan Harrison Memorial

Ms S Woodfine

Mr E Wooding

Ms J Jarman

Mr A P Young

Mrs D Bell

Ms Kathy Keeley

Mr F Caldwell

Mr & Mrs B Catlow

Miss J Howe

Mrs R Howe

Miss H Keep

Mrs S Lousada

Mr E Thompson

Ms L West

Mrs V Wisson