Thank you so much to everyone who took part in and supported our first 1960s event! It was a roaring success and the visitor response has been very positive (see below for ratings and comments). As always, your feedback is extremely valuable to us, so please take a few minutes to fill in our staff survey
- 96% of visitors rated their overall experience of the programme as “good” or “excellent”
- 87% felt the museum represented their heritage
- 89% felt it was an immersive experience
- 88% felt they had the opportunity to participate
Some comments from visitors (both positive and constructive):
- “Where do I start…the atmosphere was electric, the shops, the people, the staff, the music, the food, the fair…..I absolutely was blown away by the way this event was put on ..I hope you will do this again…The tribute band to the Beatles…they were absolutely amazing… thank you so much for all your hard work…it showed, I visit quite regularly and this evening was absolutely fantastic”
- “The variety of music, the food venues open till later, all the shop proprietors very knowledgeable and informative and kept in character! Atmosphere, everyone joins in dressing the part”
- “I’ve been to many events at the Museum both as a visitor and staff. This is the best event I’ve attended. It was well thought out and the acts were all excellent”
- “Absolutely fantastic night would definitely come again what a performance by the beatles and the drag queen, the supremes too”
- “Took mom, 84, she has onset dementia. It was fantastic listening to her memories jogged by your museum, singing along to all the groups. We had your local Bobby arrest her. Fantastic night”
- “The event was great, but we felt there were too many acts performing at once in different areas, which made it hard to decide where to be. To alleviate this, I would suggest extending the event to 11:30 pm instead of 10:30 pm. This would give people more chance to feel less rushed and give the option to enjoy the evening for longer. We really enjoyed the drag act (Dahlia Rivers), but it was a shame she was inside where not many people were”
- “It was rather crowded and not enough food and drink vendors there were really long queues, should have been seating as lots of people were semi and disabled people”
- “Loved the live bands however the stages in the high street and folks park were too close and the AC30’s were drowned out by the bands on the other stage”
