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Who, what, why, when, where
Graze Festival – lov in
Who?
Roger Walker, Tim Smith and Nick Seagrave are
the gentlemen behind Graze Festival, Hampshire’s
newest music, arts and food festival, launched in
2015. Roger has worked in tourism for 18 years, Tim in
construction and development, whilst Nick, who built
and maintains the website, is a digital marketeer.
15 local independent food vendors, plus support
from our award-winning local The Bugle Inn and
Hampshire Fare producers. For those of a certain age,
slightly older than the young festival crowd but not
quite in need of ear defenders yet, the line up offers
terrific choice with something to get everyone up on
their feet!”
What?
Why?
A love of live music, a few pints in the local and
a decade of mentioning ‘we really should have a
festival here in Twyford’ led them to take the plunge.
“There are parallels with running a business, we had
experience to pool and contacts,” said Roger. “It’s
a family-friendly music festival, with arts and crafts’
entertainment for children, cookery demonstrations,
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This event puts all its profits back into the community.
Graze Festival is a not-for-profit enterprise, run to
raise funds to support local charities and good causes
in the community. Surpluses from each summer’s
festival are set aside in a fund administered by a
local charity and distributed to applicants based
upon a simple set of criteria. Funding is administered
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