Wallingford Winter Blues 2025 Success

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Hi Caroline and all the Corn Exchange volunteers,
We just wanted to send our sincerest thanks to all of you from
the whole team at Winter Blues & Jazz for what was a wonderful
weekend of music in February. we’ve attached a few photos in a
document which were taken at the Corn Exchange during the
weekend.

Without your commitment that weekend we couldn’t have run
our flagship events in your fantastic theatre which were close to
being sold out 3 nights in a row. Those concerts were very
special and the feedback we have had from audiences has told us that there were many
unforgettable moments, the musicians felt the same, the theatre has a special
atmosphere.

Also, we quite literally could not have put on the whole weekend for our community – in
venues all across our town – without the contribution from the tickets sold at the Corn
Exchange. Our sponsors and other venues all contribute but the Corn Exchange provides
over 3 times the nearest sponsor which ensures that 80% of the concerts around town are
completely free. This helps many people who can’t afford a night out but also local
businesses. One pub told us they “struggle to get to the end of the month” at this time of
year but that their tills were ringing due to the weekend and many have told us they made
7 or 8 times their usual amount.

So, thank you for your contribution. You helped bring a lot of joy to our town and our
community – from children in the family centre to people in a care home and so many in
between. We feel so lucky to have the theatre and your army of committed volunteers in
our corner.

See you next year then?

Very warmest wishes,
Maff, Fleur, Steve, Nigel, Chris and all the WWBJ volunteers.
Maff Potts
Co-founder, Crowmarsh Jazz
Wallingford Winter Blues & Jazz
www.wallywinterbluesnjazz.co.uk