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Norfolk edition of Dartington summer school disowned by Dartington Trust

Robert Fedder, Dartington Estate’s interim acting CEO, has released a statement claiming that the Norfolk festival and school is 'absolutely not an official, Dartington-branded activity’.
Dartington Estate, south Devon
Dartington Estate, south Devon - Adobe Stock / Jon

Dartington Trust, the organisation which previously ran the Dartington Festival and Summer School, has released a statement addressing ‘misinformation’ following the suspension of the 2024 edition of the Summer School and Festival as a result of the Trust’s financial review.

Dartington Estate’s interim acting CEO, Robert Fedder, yesterday released an open letter in which he details his teams priorities as they attempt to steer the Estate away from financial difficulty and claims that the Dartington International Summer School Foundation’s Music Summer School and Festival 2024, set to be held in Norfolk next summer, is not affiliated with the Estate’s paused Dartington International Summer School and Festival.

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