Big Bear Fest is pleased to announce sponsorship from Crossways Garage (Halstead) Ltd:
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The Big Bear Fest is pleased to announce our Sponsorship Programme is now available.  If you would like to promote your business on our website you can do this in a few easy clicks.

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The Big Bear Fest is pleased to announce that finally tickets are now available for purchase! Tickets can only be obtained directly from this website so be sure to get your tickets before they are all gone as they are selling fast!

For information and how to get your hands on them please visit HERE

We would like to thank Paypal for sorting everything out and for their very generous donation!

Get buying and we will see you there!!

After a drunken night out, Simon Hollingsworth agreed to have his chest waxed and has kindly donated the £125 raised to the Big Bear Fest. This excruciating pain took place on Saturday 22nd January 2011 and there was an audience of 15 all eager to rip off the waxing strips as Simon braced himself on Kirsty Cuddeford’s kitchen floor.
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Big Bear Fest is proud to announce that The Fillers will be headlining Big Bear Fest 2011 at Towerlands Park!

“The Fillers” were formed in late 2006 in the era of Sam’s Town around the small town of Bury St.Edmunds (Suffolk’s very own Las Vegas) ”The Fillers” are the world’s premier tribute to “The Killers” Based in a country where “The Killers” came to fruition we capture the sound look and feel of the Vegas quartet performing tracks from Hot Fuss, Sam’s Town, Sawdust and Day & Age. The band have received the ultimate in recognition when they were given a glowing review by Ronnie Vannucci Jr of The Killers who also joined The Fillers on drums for a guest spot and subsequently treated The Fillers to an all access experience at The Killers Radio 1 showcase at The Royal Albert Hall (As documented in The N.M.E)
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Melanie Bearman has announced that she will be having all her hair shaved off at the Big Bear Fest live on stage! Dane’s sister Sarah and cousin Stevie will be doing the honours with the clippers to remove those flowing locks.

Melanie will be raising money for Meningitis UK before the event and will be equipped with a collection bucket on the day so look out for her either with hair or BALD!!!

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Hi all, we are in the process of setting the BIG BEAR FEST up as a registered charity. We need to appoint trustees and would welcome applications from people who are interested and would like to be considered.

There are only a few restrictions:

• anyone who has been convicted of an offence involving deception or dishonesty, unless the conviction is spent;
• anyone who is an undischarged bankrupt;
• anyone who has previously been removed from trusteeship of a charity by the Court or by us;
• anyone who is subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
• You must be over the age of 18

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Sam worked in Sudbury, Suffolk for a company called Prolog.  Not surprisingly, he made many friends there and they did not hesitate in showing their support and love for him by quickly, organising two events to show how much he meant to them.

The first was a, “dress down” day where staff could pay a minimum of £2.00 to come into work.  This was supplemented by having, “Bear Bars”  for staff to buy drinks (non-alcoholic!) and the money it raised added to the fund.

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