The Great British R&B Festival 2022

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A BIG THANK YOU!

A massive thank you to everyone attending the 2022 Great British R&B Festival in Colne! We are looking forward to the biggest and best festival of all time and with a sensational line-up performing across three outstanding venues, Colne Muni, Mini Muni and Pendle Hippodrome, what a weekend we have in store. The Official Fringe will also be taking place across our town and with so many talented local performers, we can’t wait to see them thrilling the crowds in our local pubs and bars. We would like to say a big thank you to our main partner Barn fi eld Construction , banner sponsors Property Shop , as well as Community Rail Lancashire , for their support. To the 100+ volunteers we can’t thank you enough for all your help over the weekend, and to all our amazing local businesses, we thank you for supporting us, getting involved and we can’t wait to see everyone shopping local in our great town. For what has been a wonderful team effort, we can’t go without saying another thank you to some very special people. Peter Barton , thank you for producing a fundraising efforts to fund an MRI scanner for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Thank you to the team at Scott Dawson Advertising for promoting the festival far and wide, to our volunteer-run Pendle Hippodrome and Colne Muni venues , and to our extremely hardworking and dedicated Events, Facilities and Administration Officer, Nathan Cutler . So all that is left for me to say is… enjoy the music, enjoy the town, #ShopLocal and have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend! Gina Langley Town Clerk / Responsible Financial Officer (RFO), Colne Town Council star-studded line-up which we are all going to remember for years to come and for all your

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