2011 Feedback

We all really enjoyed ourselves, it was fantastic! the music and the organisation of the event was beyond belief. the kindness & friendliness of all of the stewards and volunteers, it really made our day enjoyable.
R Goldsmith & E Mancuso
Company Directors
Event First Aid Services

Thanks for a great day. It felt like a festival. The atmosphere was lovely, with families and neighbours bumping into each other and hanging out, sharing picnics, kids playing together. The bands were nicely varied and all struck the right tone for the day – especially the headline act, who could get a party going in a tax office and sent the crowd home happy and proud of Croxley Green.
I only have a few suggestions: Don’t change much. Concede as little as possible to the complainers – the sound did fill the village a bit but it’s only one day. And most of us will be up on the Green anyway, enjoying ourselves with the rest of the community.
Try to promote it a bit more, next time. The gazebo idea is a good one but I didn’t know about it until I got up there. The follow-on shows at the sports club and the Sportsman really helped the music festival feeling but, again, I didn’t know about them before the night.
Congratulations to the council for having the courage to support the event – they really proved that they’re serving the community. And well done to the organisers for a great idea and a great event.

Thank you so much for an excellent event. It was a very brave initiative that was organised superbly.The atmosphere was wonderfully relaxed and friendly. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to plan and run the CroxFest.

I hated it.
The noise was extremely loud and despite having doors and windows closed I could still hear it.
It was reverberating all round the house. I live in Grove Crescent, and I know others from different streets found the noise intolerable.
I’m all for getting things for the village to do, but please bear in mind that not everybody likes, or can listen to the same (volume of) noise!

It was great to see this new event happening on “our” green. I was impressed by the quality of the food outlets etc and by the marshalling and ever present litter clearers.
I have a suggestion to make for an aticipated “next time”. For the hour or so I attended, the music was not to my taste and, although your website gave details of the bands and their types of music, I didn’t see anywhere an indication of the programme. Perhaps for next time you could produce leaflets, posters etc and put on the website a programme showing the times at which each band will be playing and a brief indication of their musical genre. People would then be able to time their visits to coincide with the playing of music they know they will enjoy. That might make the event even more successful !!

Really enjoyed! Would like some happier music, as some of it wasn’t very sing-a-long, but I realise it might just be me that feels like this haha! Hope for the return of Croxfest next year – it was such a friendly atmosphere! 🙂

Hi to all the bands & people that helped/volunteered to make Croxfest such a lovely day roll on next year
Thank you thank you thank you

I just wanted to say what a fantastic time we all had on Saturday, it way exceeded our expectations! The music was brilliant, something for all ages. We are extremely lucky to live here with such wonderful family events on our doorstep, keep up the good work! Please please please can we have another one next year?
We would be more than happy to help out if needed.
Thanks again for a fantastic evening.

I seriously think the previous poster has a medical condition if his eyes were watering on Monday ..I think it was a little loud at times but come on…..

Great event. Well organised and thoroughly enjoyable. Very considerate ammenities (parking, stewarding, etc). Family friendly atmosphere. Good sound. Thank you very, very much.
Suggestions for next time:
Sui Lok: Stalls selling craft based stuff (jewellery, clothing, etc.)
Bruce HenmanLok (aged 10): Childrens play area.
Geoff Henman: Opportunities to buy Cds of groups playing (Tenek had sorted this out but my wife wanted a CD of another group), Get Tenek to play again next year!!!!
Thanks again.

Dear Mark
Thanks very much for you and fellow volunteers for giving your time and expertise in organizing a super well run and enjoyable event. I very much appreciate the effort involved in bringing the concert idea through to fruition. I wonder how you even arranged good weather? Rock and Roll on the next years event please, if possible.

Absolutely brilliant day. Thoroughly enjoyed it as did my children. I think it’s a great to advocate music to the younger generation, especially giving that there is a significant percentage required to get into secondary schools. I feel this festival provided just that

Fabulous day!!!! Well organised and very smoothly run. Please Please Please do it again next year!!!!!!!! The bands were great! Nice weather, nice location too.

Big thanks to all at Croxfest from Flutatious, excellent soundcrew, excellent stage set up and we were really well treated by all the orginisors and crew and smiling security, a rare thing at festivals. We really enjoyed the show and big thanks to the audience for making us very welcome. We are pleased it was a great success, our local area needs somewhere to showcase local talent and there seems to be plenty of it. We hope you can make it an annual festival. The only advice i would give is try and get it to run a little later, understandable that it is hard to get a licence for loud events so big respect for making it happen….

Fantastic day had by all, amazing family atmosphere for all ages, great music, great food, great weather well worth all the hard work I hope, well done everyone who arranged this great event. We dont need a beer tent with 3 great pubs on the Green but we do need another Croxfest next year please and can Eleventh Hour have a later time slot next time.

Hi Guys
Just wanted to send a massive thank you and congratulations to you all for an amazing day – whoever sorted the weather did a brilliant job as well! It was lovely to see so many families coming along, which was something I hadn’t expected.
My team had a great day and really hope that this will be the start of something big – it will be so much easier to promote next year
Will let you know the total as soon as we finish counting.

A great event and top marks for the organisers and all the bands. I agree with a couple of the other comments that some more laid back, less frenetic sounds would have gone down well during the afternoon sunshine (though I wouldn’t go as far as soft jazz or classical which need different kinds of venue surely?). Next year – more diverse catering, maybe a cafe tent? maybe a kids zone?

Just wanted to drop a line to say what a great day we had a croxfest. I really enjoyed the bands and it was a great social day for the local community.
I have lived in this part of the world for about 35 years and I have to say it knocked spots off the revels (god bless it!).
A great mix of music and ages and even more pleasing was that there was a lot of local talent.
Please don’t let this be a one off…
Croxley needs something like this, and I think In general it was a well attended well behaved event.
Thats my two pence.
heres to croxfest – 2012

Had a great afternoon, looking forward to next year

Had a great day at Croxfest, with friends and family. Please lets make this a yearly event. A well done to all of those that organised it.
Maybe a beer tent next year?

Fantastic day and performances.
Well done to all the organisers.

As one of the committee members for Croxfest 2011 – I just have to say a big thank you to everyone who has left feedback so far. It is quite over whelming to see the positive repsonses and feedback we have received from people. All our hard work (and sometimes frustration) at trying to organise this event, in my opinion, was totally worth it.Thank you so so much to all the other volunteers involved and to each and every visitor who came out and supported the event.

All the years I lived in Croxley & there was never anything this good!
What a fantastic day, bands, organisation, security brilliant. Never a hint of any idiots ruining it, lots of fun for all ages, great mix of bands to suit most tastes.
Im sure the grocers at the “top shops” Baldwins Lane loved it to, lol!
So, thanks to all involved in putting big smiles on lots of faces, lets do it again next year 🙂

Fantastic day, great music, great weather , great location
Can’t wait for next years

Was a fantastic event and thank you to all who came and who was involved! LOVED IT! oh yeah and all the bands were absolutely brilliant! Going to put the pictures up now!

We all really enjoyed ourselves, it was fantastic! the music and the organisation of the event was beyond belief. the kindness & friendliness of all of the stewards and volunteers, it really made our day enjoyable.

a great day had by everybody, no crime recorded in the area and everybody happy – roll on Croxfest II

Great day out helped with the weather, hopefully next year it will be bigger and better!!.

Croxfest rocked! Excellant bands, compere (slightly biased on that one!) and weather! Thai food was amazing and good price and loo’s good – me and Stu chuckled when there was an actually queue for the loo’s – a real festy!
Obvious suggestions – it could have gone on longer…but i understand the planning, red tape thing so fair enough. Actaully i wouln’t change a thing…it was great…if you could just make it sunny next year too….!
Oh and The Informers and The Jellies Rock….again slightly biased!
But loved the flautaious band and tenek too – will check them out and see where they are playing next!

What a great event and well done to all involved. Amazed at the great feedback.

What a fabulous event and so well run by volunteers. I was so happy to see so many children running around happily while their parents and grandparents, some quite elderly, sat on the Green enjoying the music. An event that really touched all ages. I would like to see my council tax contribute to events like this and would encourage TRDC to consider funding such an event next year. Well done to all involved and TRDC dig deep next year.

Had a great day on Saturday – tenek were amazing, as were all the bands we saw – and you didnt run out of loo roll – always a bonus and most unexpected! Looking forward to next year 😀

Make it an annual event and have a beer tent. It was excellent.

Fabulous, really enjoyed the day and the great family atmosphere. As regular festival goer I would make two comments. Firstly it was absolutely the right decision not to have a beer tent. With 3 pubs in such close proximity & cool boxes allowed in it’s not exactly difficult to keep yourself beered up & it did discourage excessive drinking. Secondly, the water tap being right next to the gents urinal did mean there were small children playing around near the gents all day (not ideal) and a large soggy area of grass which I hope was run off from the taps not the loo ! ! if you know what I mean ! Croxfest 2012 pencilled in my diary already.

I would like to thank all concerned for a fantastic day at Croxfest. One can imagine any number of reasons not to support this event and not bother, however it seems a far sighted decision was made. This was a wonderful community event and obviously a big hit with the folk of Croxley as they turned out in the thousands! I know that revenue is tight for everyone including local government but I rather like to think that such ventures are worth every single penny as they bring together and re-enforce our community and keep Croxley Green Special. I think people were both amazed and proud at the professionalism attained by the many volunteers.

Hi there
A big thank you for a great day at Croxfest yesterday. My family and I had a great day, great music, children having fun and a great atmosphere.
My husband had long since said that he though the Green would be a perfect venue for a music concert and he wasn’t wrong. Well done to everyone involved and looking forward to next years Croxfest.
Thanks again.

Was a great success – and everyone should be very proud.

Great family vibe, and so lovely to be able to walk up to the green. If you want street art for the kids at next years, you know where to come.

Absolutely brilliant day …. can’t wait for 2012 x

Brilliant – thanks x

What a day – still buzzing! Croxfest rocked. Roll on Croxfest 2012!!

Croxfest was legend! Hoping there loads more to come. Croxley rocked!!

Well done to the organisers of Croxfest! It was a brilliant afternoon. I hope there will be many more to come.

Delighted it was a great success
any pics available of the event ?
give yourself a very well deserved
pat on the back .. Cheers
ps will it be a regular event ?

Great day……great organisation…..thanks……look forward to next year!!! Is there any chance of alcohol being available to buy???

A very big thank you to all you volunteers for organising Croxfest yesterday. It was a wonderful event and bought the whole community together. Please please let it be on again next year!!!
Many thanks,

Hi, I enjoyed the first Croxfest a great deal. It was certainly something I never expected to see in Croxley Green!
I did have a few thoughts about next years event (I’ve been promoting gigs around Herts and London for about 18 months now and have been attending festivals since 1997)
The ideas I did have are all pretty straightforward:
1. A second stage – obviously there’s limited room on the green but I think a marquee with a 2nd (possibly acoustic) stage would be good. It works at the Canal Festival.
2. More stalls – hopefully the popularity of the first event will encourage more stall holders at next years. It would be nice to see more variety – give the people something to do between sets and just as a way to be there without having to be too close to the music as it can get overwhelming.
3. A beer tent – I’ll bet I’m the 100th person to suggest this!
4. Capping the vendors food prices – I understand that times are hard and vendors need to make X amount of money but I’m not sure there’s any real justification for there to be so little for people to buy to eat under a fiver. If a cap was introduced I’m sure the vendors would sell more and make it worth their while… Croxfest may not be Glasto but there’s no reason that people that are a little on the skint side shouldn’t be able to have as good a time as anyone else.
5. I’m not sure if there was one (I didn’t see it if there was) but some sort of program/running order – even if a small charge was made for it. If it was made with a little information/photos of the bands and suchlike it would make a nice souvenir as well as being useful to tell people who the bands are and at what time.
I hope these were useful. Great job again to all concerned.

CroxFest 2011 was excellent. Absolutely brilliant event – totally loved it. Great mix of music genres covered.
Massive thanks to all the organisers for such a well run event. Well done to all the bands for such excellent entertainment – and a cheer for Big Stu who did a great job as MC for the day.
We knew there was no beer tent, so happily came prepared. I honestly don’t think a beer tent is needed at the next CroxFest – at Ricky Canal Festival there is always a queue 5 deep at the bar, and I’ve come across several unpleasant really drunk people in the music arena there. I think not having a beer tent limits how drunk folk can get – and keeps it a more family friendly event.
My only other comment is re. timing – it was quite early to get there in time for 12 noon – I think running 1pm-9pm or 2pm-10pm would be much better.

Once again many thanks to all the committee & sponsors for a fantastic day out – really look forward to CroxFest 2012 ;o)

Brilliant afternoon thank you – must be an annual event!

Came over from Bushey Heath for the last four hours of Croxfest with two residents with Learning Disabilities. The whole ambience of the fest was lovely and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The area was easy to navigate and it was really easy to explain to our residents where things were and what to do if we lost each other.
Please do it again next year!

Really great afternoon. Bands were really good. Nice to see so many people out enjoying the sun, several families and different generations mixing together. Can’t wait for next year.

Brilliant Day – aided by the weather …….. Good sound, great fun. Shame it had to finish so early

What a fantastic event – thanks to all – we met friends we have’nt seen for while – the bands were great – enjoyed them all. We met Mark on the green on Thursday when he was pacing out the plan – we wear our Croxfest badges with pride – many thanks and very well done – look forward to next year.
NB the food was excellent – loos clean and plenty of them – and the sun shone on the green – want more can you ask for !
My friend who has a small child did wonder whether a bouncy castle might entertain the young ones as there were many families there .
thanks again – Sue (croxley greener)

Absolutely brilliant day. Thank you so much, I know how hard it was to organise so your hard work was very much appreciated

We had an absolutely brilliant time at Croxfest. The organisation was second to none and everything ran like clockwork. Everybody was really friendly too! I very much hope it happens again next year, we’d love to be involved again 🙂
Best Wishes

Fantastic – we could hear the music from our house, but it sounded so good we had to go down to the Green to see it in person. There is a wealth of talent in the area – we are rockers in our 60s we thought it was great. Hope to see Croxfest again next year, keep up the good work, well done !!!

Hi,
Well done all. 4 adults attended. Look forward to next year.

What a brilliant day. Fab organisation,
And loos that worked right until the end.
Thanks to everyone who put it together and put Croxley well and truly on the map. Can’t wait for next years event

Hi
Just wish to say thanks, for organising such a fantastic day.
Some great bands, especially the local ones-The Informers & Jelly Fiends.
It was great that the whole community turned out- bumped into so many old friends, some I’d not seen, for a number of years.
Good luck for next year .
Regards

Please please please do it again this trial run was a huge success – I am sure Croxley residents would be willing to make a small donation if it meant securing it for next year.

Hi, just a note to say what an excellent afternoon and evening at Croxfest, the organisation was excellent and the music was terrific, we sincerely hope this becomes a regular event as we will definitely be regular visitors bringing a number of friends from different areas who couldn’t make yesterday.