So the Festival has finished for another year.

We always greet the final fireworks with a mixture of sorrow that's it's all over, and relief that we can start getting our lives back to something like normal, or as normal as it ever is working for Huntingdon Arts.

I have the best staff in the world, but even they were reeling a bit by the last day.

We thought it all went pretty well, but we might be biased!

Absolutely loads of people have stopped me in the street, and said how much they enjoyed the Festival, and up to now, nobody has said anything negative, so I take that as a pretty good sign.

Don't get me wrong - it wasn't perfect and we are still learning.

It will be bigger and even better next year, that's a promise.

Believe it or not, I am already booking acts for next year, and trying to think up new ideas.

Not everything went right this year.

We had two bands turn up for the second Sunday at the Fountains.

The city council had booked one I didn't know about.

After some tense moments, it was all solved amicably, and the public got to listen to both bands, so it was real bonus.

Flamenco Express, a sell-out at the Swan Theatre, broke down on the motorway on the way, and did not arrive until 20 minutes before they were due on.

They did one of the fastest get-ins, sound checks, lighting rehearsal and clothes change in history, and we only went up 20 minutes late.

There was a Punch-and-Judy incident too, when his site booking in the market place had been left off the list, and the flower man wasn't keen on moving.

As they squared up, I had visions of the Punch-and-Judy man hitting him with the stick and shouting, "that's the way to do it," but it all ended peacefully, and the Punch-and-Judy re-sited outside Huntingdon Hall.

Thanks to everybody who supported the Festival, a big thanks to the Evening News for fantastic coverage, and here's to next year, Saturday, August-Monday, August 29.

Chris Jaeger is Director of Huntingdon Arts