The year was 1999 and John & Jackie Aspinall were having a party to celebrate 25 years of marriage.

Not one to do things by halves, John decided to combine his 2 biggest loves, his wife and music! Dronfield's football pitch was hired for the day, a stage was built and umpteen bands were invited to come and play. The 'Party on the Pitch' as it was known was a massive success with a guest list of over 1000 people, all of whom helped to contribute to charity by donating in the buckets around the ground.

It soon became apparent that a day this good was worth re-creating and so year after year John has put massive amounts of time and effort into bringing the Dronfield Charity Music Festival to our little town.

The festival has gone through some changes but its essence has always remained, to provide a great day out for all ages and raise money for some fantastic local charities, with great music to boot!

The success of the festival can be measured by its contributions to numerous Dronfield and Sheffield based charities with the total funds raised over the years now totalling £22,000.

2006 saw the festival move locations to its new home outside the Dronfield Woodhouse Sports & Social Club. The cosy atmosphere created at the smaller 500 capacity space has seen our last three years hailed as the most enjoyable so far and long may that continue.

The Dronfield Music Festival 2009 will be extra special as we will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the event so we hope to see you there on Sunday 9th August 2009.

Enjoy the show!