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Photos by Adrienne Photography 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, 28 Resident WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN Resident Aug Sept.indd 28 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 www.residentmagazine.co.uk 15/07/2016 11:41