Keynsham Music Festival go-ahead confirmed

KEYNSHAM Music Festival will be going ahead this summer, organisers have confirmed.

The news – which will be welcomed by the thousands of people who enjoy the popular community event – follows a fundraising appeal.

Festival chair Mike May said that the £5,000 raised through the Crowdfunder campaign, plus £1,000 in Gift Aid, had helped to ensure the 2026 event would go ahead.

He told the Voice: “We had also developed a couple of fundraising events which provided much-needed additional funds. In the background, I had also applied for some charity foundation funding, which added to the total. This gave us the confidence to go ahead with organising this year’s festival.”

The week-long festival is a blend of music, comedy and other cultural events, its highlight being a big family weekend in Keynsham Memorial Park. Organisers aim to cater for all musical tastes, ranging from rock, rap, folk, country and dance to classical, opera and choral.

Dates and details for the 2026 festival have yet to be announced. Meanwhile, organisers will be depending on public donations at this summer’s event to enable the festival to go ahead again in 2027, which would be its 30th anniversary.

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