The biggest complaint against the festival organisers from festival patrons, was that there were never enough hours in the day to attend their desired programme.

However, festival patrons were welcome to bring their own if they so desired.

Show of Hands are festival patrons at the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival.

Jenny Agutter appraised performances at The Unicorn Theatre, Southwark and became a festival patron.

But even the most enthusiastic festival patrons know the difference when a concert is exceptional.

Over 10,000 festival patrons attended the show in 2005.

In August, the Edmonton International Fringe Festival welcomes hundreds of thousands of theatre goers and festival patrons.

The festival patron was Stephen Rea.

The Slapstick Film Festival gives this annual award collaboration with Aardman Animations whose winner is selected by a panal of festival patrons and supporters.

The festival patron is Martin Carthy MBE.