THERE will be no Fisherton Festival this year with organisers saying it will return with a new look in 2018.

The festival first took place in 2015 after Fisherton Street business owner Paul Dauwalder decided to organise an event which would bring all the different businesses and nationalities in the street together.

The street carnival which took place on the first Bank Holiday Monday in May was a huge success with international music, street food from around the world, crafts and children's entertainment.

It was so popular - more than 7,000 people attended - that another one took place in 2016, organised by Mr Dauwalder's son, Stephen. It attracted around 10,000 people with even more events taking place in the area.

But following a meeting last week, street traders rejected the idea of a smaller event this year in favour of having a complete break.

The event had been unable to find a major commercial sponsor to fund the free community event and also suffered from a lack of volunteers to organise it.

Stephen who is busy with his own business commitments this year said: "There are less and less public funds out there so there is a need to find commercial sponsorship.

"Public expectations for the event are quite high so the decision was taken to wait a year and do something a bit different.

"There is probably going to be a lot more emphasis on Salisbury independent businesses in both Fisherton Street and I suspect others around the city will be invited to contribute as well.

"It's early days but I think the aim will be to give independent businesses an opportunity to showcase what they have.

"Traders in the street, led by Hugh Blackbourn of Culture Coffee, are going to put together a working group."

The total cost of last year's festival was around £23k.