The 57th Wooburn Festival opens on 23rd September 2024 with an exciting programme of music, film, visual arts and high-quality performances and entertainment at venues in and around Wooburn Green.
Three Classical Concerts commence on Friday 4th October with the welcome return of the internationally renowned Heath Quartet, much enjoyed by Festival audiences, this time joined by the leading horn player Ben Goldsheider. Red Priest are playing on Wednesday 9th October for a ‘Truly, Madly Baroque’ evening promising their trademark energy, virtuosity and creativity. On Friday 11th October one of today’s foremost violists, Lawrence Power, and the celebrated pianist Simon Crawford Philips are certain to delight.
Barefoot Opera return with La Traviata on Saturday 5th October once again bringing a magical evening of opera with brilliant young opera talents from across the country. Jazz Dynamos make their Festival debut with world class vocalist Lucy Randell at the very popular Jazz Supper on Saturday 28th September.
Other Festival highlights include Film Night showing Red Island, a visually exquisite, tender film about a boy growing up in a military air base on an former colony released in 2023 and a stunning week long Visual Arts Exhibition. The Literary Events include a talk by Roger Askew on the fascinating life of Gustav Holst in his 150th Anniversary year and Jeffrey Courtney talking about the much loved Johannes Vermeer. There will also be more guided tours to the magnificent Tudor Dorney Court in response to many requests after last year’s very successful visits.
More Festival details, including additional events, and the Box Office can be found at https://wooburn.com/
We always welcome new Committee members to help organize the prestigious Wooburn Festival. This would appeal to those with an interest in the Arts, in contributing to a long-standing and successful local community event, and/or those with innovative new ideas as to how we might expand and improve the Festival and its appeal to a wider audience year-on-year. We would particularly welcome someone with accounting and finance skills and expertise to assist in maintaining our accounts and submitting annual returns for audit. For more information, please contact the Committee Chairman, Brian Johnson, on [email protected]. We would be delighted to hear from you.
