Staithes Festival 

9th/10th/11th September 2022

We are pleased to announce that the Staithes Festival will resume in 2022 on 9th/10th/11th September.

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Calling All Buskers

If you would like to come along and busk in the streets during the Festival you should contact our Musical Director Chris Wade on chris.wade@adastra-music.co.uk

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Artist Registration

In 2019 we made significant changes to the way artists register for the Staithes Festival. This is in order to meet our running costs, which have grown considerably over the last seven years as visitor numbers have increased. The changes also help us to reduce and simplify administration and the workload of volunteers who work all year round to put on such an enjoyable and worthwhile event.  

Fees

Artists exhibiting at the Staithes Festival 2022 will not be required to pay any commission on sales, instead they will be asked to pay a one-off registration fee of £250. All participating artists will be charged this fee, whether or not they are sharing a venue.  Students in full-time education and permanent Staithes residents may register free of charge. They should submit commission of 10% of sales at the end of the Festival. 

Car park management costs covering both Staithes and Cowbar are now substantial. We also now have to commission professional car park stewards, insurance and an independent accountants review. We provide portable toilets, first aid and a taxi service to make the festival accessible to less mobile visitors.  

The speakers, musicians and public artists provide their services free or at reduced cost. Each year the Festival committee also makes contributions in support of good causes in the village. One volunteer receives a small honorarium because of the very substantial amount of time dedicated to the festival; all committee members give their time free of charge. 

The registration fee allows us to support the people who help to make the Staithes Festival so special and distinctive and which in turn attracts more visitors to the events and to the galleries.   We feel strongly that Staithes Festival still provides excellent value, bringing several thousand art-lovers into the village over the weekend, and we hope you share our view.  

Venues

As the Festival has grown, more and more artists are wisely taking it upon themselves to find venues in the village.  This means that each year we have fewer and fewer options for helping artists without venues to find somewhere to exhibit and our volunteers simply don’t have the time to do it.  For this reason we have decided that artists registering for Staithes Festival 2022 must have a venue.  You can search for a venue on the Accommodation pages of this website via the Plan Your Visit page.  

Late Registration

 Artists registering after the closing date cause a considerable amount of extra admin work for our volunteers as the Festival draws closer.  For this reason we will charge a late registration fee of £50 for registrations after 30th April 2022.

We hope artists will understand the reasons for these changes and accept that they are essential if we are to continue to host such an entertaining and worthwhile event for years to come.     

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You can see who exhibited in 2019  by clicking on Artists

For the latest festival news visit our Facebook page. 

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Staithes Festival Good Causes  

The Festival has given financial support to the following good causes:

Pensioner's Christmas Party

Children's Christmas Party

Roxby Church Christmas Candlelit Service

War Memorial Fund

Hinderwell Church

Staithes Sports Association 

Staithes Community Fund

Coble Courier Bus Service

Village Hall Fund

Staithes Youth Group

Seton Community Primary School Art Fund

St Peter's Church Repair Fund

Fishermen's Lifejacket Servicing

Batteries for the village defibrillator

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