Eight miles of bunting, which has provided a backdrop to Ashbourne's celebrations for decades, could be under threat.
Each year a small number of volunteers stores, repairs, erects and takes down the bunting.
But they say they need to find more than £4,000 urgently to repair faded and worn sections of the bunting and replace some of the flags that are put up alongside it.
Help is also required for the few nights each year when the team take to the streets to hang up the bunting and 200 flags.
Anyone able to support the town's bunting with either financial contributions or offers of help is asked to call of the the team's core members, Stuart Lees, on 07970 847758.
