Welcome To The Mayfest Blog!

Mayfest 2011 begins in exactly one month and to mark this momentous occasion we are proud to reveal to the world the Mayfest Blog. This is a new venture for 2011 and we hope it will be a way of embracing the internet and engaging much better with Mayfest’s audience.

As we see it, festivals are about building communities; temporary communities who come together to share an experience over an intense period. The late-night chats in the bar, the early morning coffees, the heated debates over a show that divides its audience – conversation makes festivals richer for artists and audiences.

The Mayfest Blog is therefore about opening up the space for a community to form. It’s a place for the Mayfest team to share the inside story on the festival; it’s a place for previews, reviews, photos and videos; it’s a place for audiences to comment and artists to share; it’s a place to dissect, ponder, provoke and generate discussion.

We’ll be blogging regularly in the lead-up to and during the festival about whatever pops into our heads. We hope you’ll join the discussion too!