Our 2024 Partners, Sponsors & Supporters

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO:

Andrew Lewis and the team at Arundel Castle

Andy Waite

Angmering South Downs Rotary Club

Angmering Park Estate

Arundel Chamber of Commerce

Arun District Council

Caroline and David Harriot

Cllr Tony Hunt, Mayor of Arundel 

Team Arundel Volunteers and Logistics 

Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk

The Norfolk Estate

Waugh & Co Chartered Accountants 

Edmund Chavasse

PARTNERS

Esquire Developments- Arundel Gate 

Hyde New Homes

Andy and Janet Batty- The Steakist

Sam Jennings of Jennings & Co Financial Planning Ltd

Fauna Brewing

Sims Williams

The Red Lion

GWCA Green Wright Annis Charlton

COMMUNITY SPONSORS

A local Printer Ltd

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle Cricket Club 

Arundel Football Club

Arundel Post Office

Castle Cars

Cockburn’s Tea Rooms

Cubitt & West

Digby Fine English

Fanny Adams

Mikki Harris, Momentum Business Support Ltd

Hennings Wine Merchants 

Holiday Cottages

India Gate

Juniper

Monan Gozzett Solicitors

No.12 Antiques Centre

Pallant of Arundel

Pizza Express

Retroesque

St Mary’s Gate Inn

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Sussex Local

Sussex World

Tarrant Street Clinic

The Eagle

The King’s Arms

The Norfolk Tap

The Swan Hotel

The Town House

The White Swan

Jane Wood, East Beach Cafe

V2 Radio

DONORS

Arundel Framing Gallery

Arundel Lido

Arundel Museum

Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa

Belinda’s Tea Rooms

Carolyn Brice Reflexology 

Dandelion Jewellery

Edgcumbes Coffee Roasters & Tea Merchants

Edible Sandwich

Goodwood Health Club

Andrew Griffith

Chris and Amanda Hopkinson 

Isabella Josie - Bespoke Millinery 

Kim’s Bookshop

La Campania

Labour of Love

Lulamae’s

Martin Steels Optometrists

Motte & Bailey

National Museum of the Royal Navy

Partners Café

Phoenix Big Band

Linda Rendina, Words Music Wine 

Ruben König Jewellery

Scent Lounge

Smock Alley Wine

Stubbs Copse Woodyard

The Crow Road Bookshop

The Moathouse

The Spa Club

The Tea & Biscuit Club

Tonsorial Parlor

Waterside Café

WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

Zero Balancing, Mandy Humphrey

FESTIVAL COMMUNITY

ACE Primary School

Agenda 21

Arundel Arts Society

Arundel Baptist Church

Arundel Bee Project

Arundel Bowls Club

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle Cricket Club

Arundel Cathedral & The Cathedral Centre

Arundel Community Orchard

Arundel Farmers Market 

Arundel Football Club 

Arundel Gallery Trail

Arundel Gardens Association

Arundel Historic Tours 

Arundel Jailhouse

Arundel Lawn Tennis Club 

Arundel Lido

Arundel Museum 

Arundel Petanque Club 

Arundel Town Council 

Arundel Town Hall team 

Arundel Update

Arundel Wetland Centre

Arun District Council 

Chichester University students 

Drip Action Theatre

Elevenses ‘The Community Cuppa’

Environment Working Group Greening Arundel

Mill Road Café & Leisure

Ormiston Six Villages School 

Petworth Festival

Priory Pocket Park

South Stoke Barn

St Leonard’s Church, South Stoke 

St Nicholas Church

St Philips School

Sussex Festivals Forum

Sussex Local

Sustainable Market

The Arundel Players

The Brewhouse Project

The Hanover Band

The Jailhouse

The Norfolk Arms

The Arundel Priory Playhouse 

The Repair Café

The Victoria Institute

West Sussex County Council 

Words, Music, Wine

CHARITY ASSOCIATES INCLUDE

Bishop Luffa Chicken Club Project 

Cancer Research UK

Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice

HomeStart: Arun, Worthing & Adur 

Keep Me Breathing

National Museum of the Royal Navy

RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Sussex Wildlife Trust

Strong Men

The British Red Cross – Crisis and Emergency Response

The Sussex Snowdrop Trust

FESTIVAL HEROES

A Local Printer Ltd

Johnny Autin, 

Out of the Deep Blue

Biffa

Carole Beatty & Rita Godfrey

Mike Carey

Tracy Clayton

Nigel Cull

Adrian D’Cruz

Ford Operatives

Neil Franks, 

Petworth Festival

Heather Gaylor

Al Goddard and Michael Scampton

Simon Growcott

Gwen & Sam Hall, 

Festival Markets

Phil Hewitt, 

National World

Barry Hopkins

Chris Hopkinson

HSS Hire

Knockout Challenge UK

Andrew Lark

Georgina and Kieran Maiden, 

Retroesque

Abbie Mutch

Dan Newell

Perfect Portaloos

Proscreens Hire for open air cinema

Pulse South Coast (Training & Medical Services)

Penny & Marty Schuler, 

AGT Secret Makers Auction

SES - Security and Event Solutions

Showmen Events Group

Simplified Ideas

Southern Market Traders

Nikki Richardson

Tony Stoves

Jess Streeter JAS Design

Sunbelt Rentals, 

Bentley Hiley and Michael Jordan

Charlie Waring

Pat Warren

Charlotte Wilson CW Design

Visit Arundel / Love Arundel

ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS

ABBAMAGIC

Amuse Manouche Duo 

Anna Howie Band

Arc Songwriters

Bea Meadow Arts

Beyond the Blues

Big House Band

Billy’s Band

Bust’n a groove

Celebration Samba

Chloe from the Wrens

Chris Shepherd

Cristian Herrera 

Dave Packham

Dawn Gracie

DixeBelles

DJ Eddie J

Duncan Johnstone

Duncan McKenzie

Ed Williams

Eight Beat Jive

Emily Barden & West Sussex Sings

Eva

Fabulous Fug Band

Flint Counts

Frank Register & Kieran Moore

Galaxy Bear

Hari

Harry and The Hounds

Hench Band

Huck James

Ian Roland

Irrelevant Elephant

Jack Boyd, Hannah Lewis and Tom Janus

James Pacey

Jon Wigg & Taylor Maid

Jukebox Jones and the Mighty Booth

Katie Rogers

Kerry Le Bern & Dave Funnell Duo 

Kim Bonsor
Ladies that Boogie

Lancing Brass Band of the Royal British Legion 

Laura Shepherd

Lee Pryor

Lewis James

Lewis Tomas

Melissa Bel

Mike Carey, Mike Comber & Jim Bernardin

Mike Fry

Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes

Nessy’s Braids

Nick Cook Circus Skills & Stilt Walking 

Oakville Pete

Out of the Deep Blue
Olivia Stephens

Ollie Hutton

Phil Kelly

Phoenix Big Band

Rachel Button & Alex Hillman

Regis Jazz Band

Rhapsody Development Choir

Roda

Rue Horne

Rum Soaked Band

Slim Jim & the Wild Cards

Snail's Progress Gamelan Orchestra

Sompting Village Morris

Spring into Soul Gospel Community Choir 

Stomping Boondocks

Sussex West Guide Choir

The Horn Dogs

The Inferno Sisters

The Majors

The Practice

The Rock Choir

The Rustington Community Choir

Vamos Muchachos

West Chiltington Silver Band

Worthing Silver Band

Zoe-B 

FESTIVAL COMMITTEE AND OPERATIONAL TEAM

Festival Director, Sharon Blaikie 

Secretary, Polly Mutch

Marketing: Michelle Kent, Abbie Mutch, Tiffany Curry 

Event Co-Ordinator, Carolyn Kenney 

Volunteer Co-Ordinator, Carola Adams Volunteer Support, Jan Cleghorn

TRUSTEE BOARD

Rachel Fellows, Chair- Marketing, PR and Comms

Jacques Declas- Cyber Security, Finance, Fundraising and Sponsorship 

Mark Jones- Operations, Logistics, Health and Safety, Volunteers

Victoria Holland- Event Liaison (producers and venues), Planning

Wendy Marshall- Finance, Strategic Analysis and Business Insights, Volunteers 

Stephen Sampson- Governance (legal, financial and statutory), Compliance 

Tamsin Wylie Mellikof- Fundraising and Sponsorship

Advisory Panel: Corporate Governance - Professor Daniel Hodson

Accounting & Statutory Reporting  - Edmund Chavasse

Festival Fiesta Fundraiser:

Team Arundel Volunteers and AFOTA Committee:

Carola Adams, Glyn Adams, Trevor Andrews, Alex Baldwin, Chris Baldwin, Sharon Blaikie, Raj Bose, Claire Capstick, Margo Cole, Rupert Coombes, Tiffany Curry, Jon Fairey, Lucy Fairey, Alistair Goddard, Richard Harvey, Chris Hopkinson, Mandy Humphrey, Marcus Jones, Mark Jones, Carolyn Kenney, Polly Mutch, Tor Parkinson, Michael Standring, John Thompson, Nick Walker.

Event Team:

Great British Tents, The Landy Bar, P&W Event Hire, Perfect Portaloos, Hennings Wine Merchants, Fauna Brewing, Paella Fella, Colin from F&H Audio, Tony Stoves and Andrew Lark on sound and lighting, James Langford from Thunder Audio, Mark Reynolds with The Fabulous Fug Band, Jim Bernardin Steelpans- Steelpan Jim, Lucy Ashworth and the Sussex Snowdrop Trust, Mike Carey, Photographers Abbie Mutch, Andrew Mutch and Lindsey Calder, The Arundel Wombles - Carole Beatty, Rita Godfrey, Camilla Lambert and Isabel Thurston, with special thanks to our Auctioneer for the evening, David Scott