COLQUHOUN Square was a hive of activity recently as people descended on the new-look Summer Festival.
The event took place on Saturday, June 18 and featured a wide range of activities and 45 stalls – with something for all ages.
Kayleigh and Connor Clark
Rory and Alfie Cowan learn about life-saving techniques at the SFRS stall
Aid for Education
Also on offer were fairground rides for youngsters, while local buskers helped put a spring in the step of visitors.
The Summer Festival was organised by the same team behind the town’s Winter Festival and helped to raise funds for the already established event.
Isla Bolton gives us a wave
Volunteers from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre
Pupils from the Margaret Rose School of Dance get ready to chat live to the Lomond Radio team
Gail Broadhurst MBE, chair of the festival, said: “We’re delighted with how everything went at our Summer Festival.
“The great thing was that it remained busy throughout the day, which was exceptional. When it rained, people simply huddled in the stalls and waited for it to subside.
Ann and Daniel Waddell
Olivia Cochran and Gillian O'Donnell
Taylor, Lauren and Megan Chessor
"There were lots of local people but I also spoke to people who were visiting and timed their holiday so they could come to the festival.
“We welcomed some fantastic local buskers and they ensured there was a wonderful, chilled out vibe, and it was great to have the support of Lomond Radio throughout the day.
Elizabeth and Josh Craig stop for lunch
Arlah Paveley
Frances Walker and Barbara Hood
“We received great feedback from our stallholders too; one who regularly attends the Helensburgh markets told me those were the biggest takings he’d ever had for one of those local events.”
Attention now turns to the town’s Winter Festival, with online booking for stallholders opening at the beginning of July.
Angus McCulloch, Beau Connolly and Amelia Singleton
Jackie Baillie MSP and Councillor Fiona Howard
Orla and Florence
Gail continued: “The Summer Festival was a fund-raiser for our Winter Festival and we’ll find out in the next few days how that has gone.
"But the event was a great success and we’re grateful to everyone who turned out to support it.”
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here