22nd April – 5th May 2023
15 DAYS of music and arts events in our beautiful market town
Full details can be found at www.tavistockfestival.org and all tickets can be purchased at the door or at www.ticketsource.co.uk/tavistock-festival
Welcome to this year’s Tavistock Festival. You will see that we have planned a wide-ranging programme and we hope we have provided events to capture the interest of all. We are extremely grateful to our sponsors and our hosts for making the Festival possible and we are indebted to those who have given freely of their time in the preparation that has been necessary over the past year. A warm welcome awaits.
Dr Sean Sweeney
Chairman
07732 586 978
admin@tavistockfestival.org
FESTIVAL EVENT DATES & TIMES
Saturday 22nd April 7.30pm Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church £12 free for under 18s
Mount Kelly Choral Society
Fauré Requiem and Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
www.ticketsource.co.uk/mount-kelly-choral-society
Sunday 23rd April afternoon Tavistock Guildhall £8
Avalon – a female barbershop quartet (2018 Quartet Champions)
Unaccompanied vocal music from around the world
Sponsored by Miller Town and Country
Monday 24th April
Afternoon talk The Wharf, Tavistock
Further details at www.tavistockwharf.com
Tuesday 25th April 3.45pm
Tavistock Festival Children’s Concert Tavistock Methodist Church
A short concert following an afternoon workshop led by Tracy Harding
Admission free
Sponsored by Alistair Kinsey
Wednesday 26th April 7.30pm Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church, Tavistock £8
Calstock’s Big Jazz Choir with Helen Porter
Thursday 27th April 1.00pm Tavistock Parish Church
Nina Savicevic – Piano
Popular repertoire from this talented young international prize winner, returning to Tavistock by popular demand
Admission free with retiring collection
Sponsored by Alistair Kinsey
Live broadcast of the Marriage of Figaro from the Royal Opera House
The Wharf, Tavistock
Further details at www.tavistockwharf.com
Shake the Shelves(Youth music event) Tavistock Library
Further details at www.facebook.com/tavistocklibrary
Friday 28th April 7.00pm Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church, Tavistock
Mount Kelly Chamber Choir (UK school Choir of the Year 2019-2021)
Choral music from across the centuries including folk, jazz, musical theatre and contemporary classical songs
Admission free with retiring collection
Saturday 29th April Tavistock Library
Coronation Crafts
A drop in session during the day
Further details at www.facebook.com/tavistocklibrary
Sunday 30th April 3.30pm Gallery 26, The Bedford Hotel
A Lewis Carroll Verse Reading Tea Party
Be welcomed by The Hatter to this short entertainment, during which a cream tea will be served. Hats must be worn!
Tickets £12 to include a cream tea
Sponsored by The Bedford Hotel
Tuesday 2nd May 1.00pm Tavistock Parish Church
Lunchtime Concert
Music for piano and oboe with Mary, Kamila and Leslie Mazur-Park
Admission free with retiring collection
Sponsored by Alistair Kinsey
Wednesday 3rd May Tavistock Library
Amanda Craig – author
Further details at www.facebook.com/tavistocklibrary
Thursday 4th May 1.00pm Tavistock Parish Church
A Coronation Concert
A celebration of music associated with coronations and royalty. Please come suitably dressed!
Admission free with retiring collection
Sponsored by Alistair Kinsey
Richard Frankland – authorTavistock Library
Further details at www.facebook.com Tavistocklibrary
The Wheelhouse Folk Choir 7.00pm Tavistock Library
Admission free
Further details at www.facebook.com/tavistocklibrary
Friday 5th May Tavistock Library
A creative writing workshop with Vanni Cook 2.00pm
Further details at www.facebook.com/tavistocklibrary
Also
Saturday 20th May – 7.30pm St Andrew’s Minster, Plymouth
University of Plymouth Choral Society Summer Concert
Popular Opera and Oratorio Choruses
Further details at www.uopcs.org.uk