Nearly 2,000 attend Crawley Down Gig on the Green festival

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Nearly 2,000 people gathered on the village green for a community music festival.

Held in Crawley Down, the Crawley Down Residents Association’s (CDRA) Gig on the Green event combined its Screen on the Green film night on Friday with a day of live music and entertainment on Saturday.

Feedback from performers and visitors has been overwhelmingly positive, with many describing it as the best CDRA Gig on the Green to date.

Dan Terry, chairman of the Crawley Down Residents Association, said: "Reading the messages we've received over the last few days has been incredibly rewarding.

"As volunteers, you spend months planning an event like this, so hearing performers describe it as one of their favourite shows and seeing so many positive comments from residents makes all the hard work worthwhile."

Visitors praised the event for its atmosphere, variety and sense of community.

One social media user wrote: "There were a great variety of entertainers to suit all tastes.

"I have never seen so many people dancing in front of the stage at the end."

Headline act Ross Grillo, whose band That’s So 90s closed the festival, said: "You have created something magical and should be proud.

"We would absolutely love to be back."

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