01/09/2026
This is why we do what we do - i felt every word of this x
Ten Years
We’ve been sitting with that number all morning, and we still don’t think it’s landed properly.
Last night was our last garden event of the summer. When it was over and the garden slowly emptied out, we found ourselves standing there in a space that had been full of noise and people about twenty minutes earlier, just thinking — how on earth did we get here?
There’s a moment during Smithfield’s set last night that we’ll be holding onto for a long while. We weren’t working. Not checking anything or fixing anything or counting anything, which if you know us is rare. We just stopped. And we looked out at a garden absolutely full of people — some who’ve been coming since the very beginning, some who found us this summer, kids on shoulders, mates in circles, people singing words back — and ten years of this place came flooding at us all at once. Every quiet night we wondered if it would work. Every early start. Every time we bet on something bigger than we probably should have. All of it leading to that exact moment, in that garden, with that noise.
We’re not embarrassed to say it got us.
So this is a thank you, and we want to do it properly.
To our community — you are the reason any of this exists. You came out, again and again, in the rain and in the heat, and you brought your families and your friends and your energy. A venue is just a building. You’re what makes it a place. Thank you for choosing to spend your summer with us.
To our staff — we don’t have the words, honestly. You have worked relentlessly. Every single week, through the heat, through the long shifts, through the days when everything that could go wrong did. You never dropped the standard and you never lost the smile, and half the compliments we get about this place are actually about you. We are so proud of every one of you. Thank you for carrying this.
To every performer who stood on our stage this summer — and there were so many of you — thank you for giving us everything you had. You brought the atmosphere that people will be talking about all winter. This summer belongs to you as much as anyone.
And to our neighbours — the biggest thank you of all.
We make some noise each summer. We know it. And you have shown us patience, grace and genuine support while we do it. Not many places get that. We’ve never taken it for granted, not for a single event, and we want you to know that every time this garden fills up, we’re aware it only happens because you let it. Thank you. Truly.
Ten years in Selsey. Ten years of building something here. We don’t think we ever imagined it looking like this.
We’ve got winter plans, and they’ll be revealed in the next couple of weeks. But that can wait. Today isn’t about what’s next.
Today is just this:
Thank you. All of you. From the bottom of our hearts.
Here’s to what’s next ❤️
