The Mill Hill Music Festival - Putting it all to bed for two years

Last night was the final night of the Mill Hill Music Festival. We had a party at the Adam and Eve. What a party it was. The pub tell us that it was their best ever night. It has never been so busy in the nearly two hundred years that a pub as been on the site! There was no space at all inside and the garden was completely packed as well. As the festival goes through the week, the excitement builds and on the final night Mill Hill traditionally lets its collective hair down. We had two amazing acts.

First up we had Charlotte, accompanied by Elliott, a young duo from Mill Hill County School. The festival traditionally supports new, young local artists, and giving them a slot on one of our busiest nights was a great way to showcase them. The audience went wild and this short clip shows why

Our final night! Back at the @AdamAndEveNW7 with an amazing new talent Charlotte opening the show. Check this out pic.twitter.com/0ur6Jq5mLg

— Mill Hill Music Fest (@millhillfest) June 22, 2019

Then we had a tour de force from one of my best friends in the local music scene, Joe Angel. If you book Joe for a show, you are booking a guaranteed party, and that is exactly what the Adam and Eve had.

An amazing finale to the festival last night at @AdamAndEveNW7 with Joe Angel - pub was packed! pic.twitter.com/JR1kon1C4R

— Mill Hill Music Fest (@millhillfest) June 23, 2019

Joe is a talented performer, full of charisma, he has a great voice and an amazing band. As a couple of his usual band members had gigs elsewhere, he had to pull in a few favours, but didn't disappoint and the place went wild.

We had spent most of the day rigging the stage, PA and lighting and it was great to see it put to such great effect. When Joe finished, I played my Ska selection to keep the party going. We finished at midnight and by 00.30am had it all broken down and were on the road. As a crew, we are a pretty slick operation.

This morning, we unloaded it all back to our studio storerooms. And by mid day, that was that for two years. Later in the week, when I've had a chance to gather my thoughts, I'll write a full report, but I can say that this year was probably our biggest and best festival. All in all, well over 2,000 people attended the events over the nine days. The festival aims to do three things. The first is to promote live music in Mill Hill. The second is to bring our community together. The third is to showcase our area. I think we totally succeeded in all three.