An arts festival to be proud of....

What's happening about the Tonbridge Arts Festival this year? Tonbridge Blog thought that the idea was that there'd be an annual event starting with last year's. The ten days last October really were a total treat, an overdose of the arts I think I described it as at the time. So why the uncertainty over this year's event? Probably down to a certain amount of organiser's fatigue which I can fully understand; just organising the book fair in Tonbridge for the past six years or so and knowing the efforts you put into it for seemingly little reward, and an awful lot of grief, it's easy to see why it would be hard to motivate yourself soon after Christmas to get on with organising the next one. The disappointing numbers at some of the events may have caused disillusion but that could have been down to pricing, availability of tickets and lack of information more than inertia on the part of the event goers. I understand that a meeting is taking place at West Kent College of committee members of last year's festival and anyone else interested. There is absolutely no doubt that it is a worthwhile event and, with the right backing, the abundance of enthusiasm which already exists, proper promotion and a professional ticket sales operation, it could become an annual event which everyone in the town will be very proud of....