The festival was organised by local residents Peter and Caroline Hammond.

[2] Organised by the Friends of Stoke Climsland Parish Church, it expanded into a three-day festival.

[4][5] After a break in 2011, it returned the following year over the weekend of 15–17 June 2012[6] to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The organisers continued to support the local community at Stoke Climsland with other events.

[1] This secular festival helped raise money for the physical (non-religious) maintenance and repair of the local Parish Church at Stoke Climsland[3] and other charities including the Royal Marines Charitable Trust.