Crawley International Mela, July 30/31, 2011

 
Another great festival season recedes into the Autumn mists as everyone hunkers down for a winter of chill austerity. Everyone? Why, no - our team of dedicated volunteers is already planning for 2012. The first piece of good news is that the 2012 Mela festival is scheduled for July 20/22, at the Hawth as usual.

What else is on the calendar for 2012? We're working on a Friday night ticket event, new acts and old favourites. After rave reviews for FIPA's presentation of "Deception in the Forest" we hope to be able to get them back too. But there's a lot of work to find the funding and put together a great programme - more news here as soon as we have it. Meanwhile, don;t forget the 2011 Photo Archive for some great photos by Waldemar Jarecki and others.

Crawley Mela - Photo by Waldemar Jarecki - Stilt Dancers portray Deception in the Forest from the Ramayana.

Information for Small Businesses, Charities and Sponsors

Small Business On Display

We treasure our retailers because they make it possible for us to bring the festival to you.

If you'd like to see who participated in 2011, please browse the Supporters page.

If you would like a stall but have not booked yet, now is the time. Pitch fees are the lowest they've been since 2006 and retail prices have been reduced again. To apply for a pitch please see the Business page.