EVENTS
B I G S U CCESS FO R
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FESTI VAL O F TH R IFT
P
eople came, they saw and they thrifted
in their thousands at this year’s Festival
of Thrift.
The award-winning annual celebration of
sustainable living saw 37,000 visitors attend
the event at Kirkleatham, near Redcar over a
weekend in September.
A festival that places art at its heart, the
Festival of Thrift weekend offered a wide
range of performances, workshops and lively
talks and debates on environmental and
sustainability issues, including Tees Valley
Nature Partnership’s World Café and a thought-
provoking discussion about the role of plastic.
It was the seventh outing for the festival and
its main themes for 2019 were clean air and the
moon landing anniversary, which were marked
in a number of shows and activities.
Food-lovers tucked into a wide array of
cuisines from independent food traders across
the site and the festival’s The Town is the Menu
served up an inventive al fresco menu created
using perfectly good waste food and wonky
fruit and vegetables that celebrated 900 years of
Guisborough’s history.
“It’s been another magnificent weekend where
important messages about sustainability have
been communicated with a light touch and a
lot of fun,” said Festival of Thrift director Stella
Hall.
“Visitors of every age from across the UK
have come along and had a wonderful time at
this national event that is now firmly rooted in
Redcar.”
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