A one night music festival to remember a dad-of-two from Morecambe has raised £4,445 in his honour.
Guy Fest was organised in memory of Guy Heath, who died last year aged 48.
The event held at Johnny's Warehouse Bar in Morecambe raised £4,445 to be shared by Rosemere Cancer Foundation and St John’s Hospice.
Guy Fest was headlined by popular local band Twentyfourseven with Slypdexic, Ruins and Geriatrix in support. There was also a special performance by the St John's Hospice Choir.
More than 250 people turned out to support Guy Fest (pictured below).
The event was organised by Guy's parents Tricia and Frank Heath, wife Jaimie, children Tom (16) and Daisy (14) and his sisters Faye and Zoe.
Tricia is pictured below at Guy Fest with friends Helen Ball and Sue O'Brien.
Pictured below are Guy's sister Faye Cooper and daughter Tallulah
A regional business manager for payment provider Worldpay, Guy had been diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive form of bladder cancer in December 2020.
Emergency chemotherapy just days later on New Year’s Eve at Rosemere Cancer Centre, Lancashire and South Cumbria’s regional specialist cancer treatment and radiotherapy centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, saved his life. Further treatment there then gave him an extra two years with his family.
“We are extremely grateful to all those people who supported us in this celebration of Guy’s life, particularly Johnny’s, all the bands who generously gave their time and talent, everyone who donated raffle prizes and all those people who gave donations and attended on the night," said Tricia.
"It was an extremely enjoyable evening.
“We are now considering making Guy Fest as annual event by popular request of those attending."
Guy’s nephew Gabriel is Slypdexic’s guitarist and every band in the Guy Fest line-up had members who knew Guy.
Here is Gabriel on stage with Slypdexic at Guy Fest.
Two years ago, Guy’s family donated £1,450 to Rosemere Cancer Foundation when Daisy, who like her brother Tom is a pupil at Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy, did a sponsored 24-hour silence for the charity.
Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer treatments and services to cancer patients from throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria being treated not only at Rosemere Cancer Centre but also at another eight local hospital cancer units across the two counties.
The charity funds cutting edge equipment, research, training and other cancer services and therapies that the NHS is unable to afford.
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