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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260719T141500
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SUMMARY:THE RUSTY PLAYERS ORCHESTRA
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: The lift in Lichfield Guildhall is currently out of order due to a fault. Access to the Guildhall is via 20 stone steps with hand rail. \nWhile an engineer has been called out to attempt to resolve the issue\, if you require use of the lift as part of your visit please call our box office on 01543 306271 before travelling\, where we will be able to provide further updates. \n  \nBOOK TICKETS FOR THE RUSTY PLAYERS ORCHESTRA\n  \nAs part of our Learning & Participation season in 2026\, we welcome The Rusty Player’s Orchestra to Lichfield.  A Birmingham-based community orchestra beacon\, this particular ‘RPO’ is for music enthusiasts\, seasoned players\, and those who have strayed from their original musical path. No matter how long your instrument has been in the loft\, ‘Rustys’ welcomes everyone back with open arms… \nToday’s band welcomes musicians from across the ‘Rustys’ network\, to perform family film favourites from stage and screen\, including themes from Finding Nemo\, Paddington Bear and Shrek. \nEntry to this event is priced as Pay What You Choose \n  \nEvent Sponsor: Barbara Porter \n  \nBOOK TICKETS FOR THE RUSTY PLAYERS ORCHESTRA
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/the-rusty-players-orchestra/
LOCATION:Guildhall\, Bore Street\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 6LU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Classical,Family,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260717T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260717T211000
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SUMMARY:RUMER
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR RUMER\n  \nMOJO award winner and two-time Brit-nominee Rumer visits the Festival to celebrate the 15th anniversary of her smash-hit album Seasons Of My Soul.  \nWhen Seasons Of My Soul landed in the UK Charts\, Platinum sales and multiple awards soon followed. Since then\, the Asian-British songwrite has forged an acclaimed career\, with global hits such as Slow and Aretha\, alongside peerless interpretations of the work of others\, with her follow-up Boys Don’t Cry\, featuring classic 1970s covers. 2020’s Nashville Tears saw her find inspiration from singers Alison Krauss\, Judy Collins and Hugh Prestwood\, whilst This Girl’s In Love paid tribute to Bacharach & David\, each album resulting in a performance that reveals truths of the heart\, both intimate and universal\, realistic and romantic. \n \n  \nAll Lichfield Festival performances inside Lichfield Cathedral are enhanced with accompanying TV screens at regular intervals throughout the audience\, giving you a close‑up view of the stage. No matter where you’re sitting\, you’ll have an unbeatable view of every expression\, movement\, and note\, specially curated to ensure you don’t miss a thing. \nPrice bands : £40 / £32 / £24 / £18 \n  \nWe offer a wide range of discounts\, including concessions for students\, benefits recipients\, carers/essential companions\, and Under 30s\, plus special standby rates for students and under‑25s (ID required). Family pricing applies to selected events. For further details please see Booking Information | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team. \n  \nBOOK TICKETS FOR RUMER
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/rumer/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260712T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260712T214500
DTSTAMP:20260519T135021Z
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SUMMARY:MIDLANDS CHOIR OF THE YEAR - FINAL
DESCRIPTION:This event is now sold out. Please join the waiting list for any returned tickets or in case we’re able to put additional tickets on sale. \nJOIN WAITING LIST FOR MIDLANDS CHOIR OF THE YEAR FINAL\n  \nAfter two extraordinary competitions in 2022 and 2024\, the search is on for the next  Midlands Choir of the Year winners! \nFollowing an incredible live Semi-Final on Sunday 10th May\, when we were treated the most glorious day of stunning singing\, we are thrilled to announce that the finalists for Midlands Choir of the Year 2026 are: \n\nCantare Choir\nFriday Voices\nInspire Choir\nThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Staff Choir\nSix Town Sound\nStaffordshire Show Choir\n\n  \nA huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of our 2026 Finalists and our sincere thanks to all of our amazing semi-finalists \n  \nJoin us for an evening of high drama and stunning music from the region’s most talented amateur singers\, performing a wide variety of their own specially-chosen repertoire in the sublime acoustic of Lichfield Cathedral. \nAnd\, you can also cast your own vote as part of our Audience Prize\, and hear a special performance from 2024 Champions MaleVox pictured\, before our panel of esteemed judges reveal the identity of the 2026 MCOTY winners! \nEarly booking is advised to avoid disappointment. \n \n \nEvent Sponsor: \n \nPrice bands : £24 / £18 / £14 / £10 \n  \nWe offer a wide range of discounts\, including concessions for students\, benefits recipients\, carers/essential companions\, and Under 30s\, plus special standby rates for students and under‑25s (ID required). Family pricing applies to selected events. For further details please see Booking Information | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team. \nJOIN WAITING LIST FOR MIDLANDS CHOIR OF THE YEAR FINAL
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/midlands-choir-of-the-year-final-2/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Classical,Jazz,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260711T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260711T212500
DTSTAMP:20260611T074035Z
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SUMMARY:AFTER THE RAIN: LEONARD COHEN\, TOM WAITS & NEIL YOUNG - Gavin Bryars Ensemble & Jessica Walker
DESCRIPTION:This event is now sold out. Please join the waiting list for returned tickets\, or we think you might like: A NIGHT WITH JOSEPHINE – Counterpoise Ensemble with Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong \nJOIN WAITING LIST FOR AFTER THE RAIN\n  \nGavin Bryars\, recipient of the 2024 Ivors Innovation Award\, is one of the most influential composers of our age. For After the Rain he reunites with our remarkable Associate Artist\, singer Jessica Walker\, to build on their Tom Waits collaboration\, Mercy and Grand\, which Tom Waits himself referred to as giving his songs ‘an elegant night on the town.’ \nThis new programme with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble includes his hypnotic arrangements of iconic numbers by Waits\, Leonard Cohen\, Kurt Weill and Neil Young. Scored for strings\, sax\, electric guitar\, piano and voice\, the arrangements include Cohen’s Song of Bernadette\, Waits’ The Briar and The Rose and Young’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart. \nEvent Sponsor: Barbara Porter \n  \nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 9th April | Silver/Bronze: 16th April | General Booking Opens: 23rd April \nWe offer a wide range of discounts\, including concessions for students\, benefits recipients\, carers/essential companions\, and Under 30s\, plus special standby rates for students and under‑25s (ID required). Family pricing applies to selected events. For further details please see Booking Information | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team. \nJOIN WAITING LIST FOR AFTER THE RAIN
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/after-the-rain/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Popular Music
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SUMMARY:Wallace & Gromit - Live with Brass Band - KNDS FAIREY BRASS BAND
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR KNDS FAIREY BRASS BAND\n  \nJoin us for a fun-filled family event featuring Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers\, with live brass band accompaniment by one of the UK’s finest ensembles\, as the KNDS Fairey Band teams up with Aardman (an incredible 50 years on from their first animation… Morph!). \nOur first half showcases the Academy Award®-winning film\, with Julian Nott’s original score specially-arranged and performed live by the Band. Enjoy the unforgettable debut of the dastardly Feathers McGraw brought to life in a whole new way! \nThe concert’s second half will feature a selection of brass band and Fairey Band favourites\, packed with virtuosic solos\, so whether you’re new to brass music or a long-time fan\, there will be something for everyone to enjoy! \n \nAll Lichfield Festival performances inside Lichfield Cathedral are enhanced with accompanying TV screens at regular intervals throughout the audience\, giving you a close‑up view of the stage. No matter where you’re sitting\, you’ll have an unbeatable view of every expression\, movement\, and note\, specially curated to ensure you don’t miss a thing. \n  \nPrice bands : £36 / £31 / £25 / £21/ £15 (50% child discount) \nWe offer a wide range of discounts\, including concessions for students\, benefits recipients\, carers/essential companions\, and Under 30s\, plus special standby rates for students and under‑25s (ID required). Family pricing applies to selected events. For further details please see Booking Information | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team. \nBOOK TICKETS FOR KNDS FAIREY BRASS BAND
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/knds-fairey-brass-band/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250719T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250719T212000
DTSTAMP:20250610T132845Z
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SUMMARY:JOSHUA BURNELL TRIO
DESCRIPTION:  \nBOOK TICKETS\n  \nJoshua Burnell makes retro pop-rock music with evident folk roots. Growing a following through appearances at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention\, FolkEast and Manchester Folk Festival – to name a few – his latest album\, Glass Knight was described by the Financial Times as “like a lost out-take from Spiders-From-Mars-era Bowie”. \nHe and his band clearly love what they do\, and their energy is infectious; join them for melodies drenched in warm\, retro-synth textures\, reverbing guitars\, lush harmonies and words that make you think. \n  \n \n \n  \nConcessions are available for some individuals/groups for Festival events – please see How to Book | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team for further details \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/joshua-burnell-trio/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Folk,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250715T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250715T212000
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SUMMARY:TONY HADLEY
DESCRIPTION:Extra seats released \n\nLimited overflow seating is now available in the Cathedral Quire for £18. This seating will not have a view of the stage\, but a video relay will be provided on screens. \n\nBOOK TICKETS\n  \nOur sensational\, superstar Festival Patron\, Tony Hadley\, is back for summer 2025! As front-man of 80s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet\, Tony earned himself the accolade of being one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. The band had numerous chart-topping singles and albums all over the world\, including the epic Through the Barricades\, the international number one True and the unofficial London Olympics theme Gold. \nNow a successful solo artist\, and over 40 years on from the start of his Spandau career\, his unmistakeable voice continues to brim with passion and urgency as it first did all those years ago. Still touring the world with his Fabulous TH Band\, we’re thrilled to welcome Tony back to the Festival for a night packed full of hits and some of Tony’s own personal favourites. \nAdd-on Meet & Greet – Join us for a glass of fizz\, and a chance to chat and take photos with Tony. Very limited availability. \nEvent Sponsor Shire Leasing \n  \nPrice bands: £58 / £50 / £38 / £32 / £18  + £25 Meet & Greet  \nConcessions are available for some individuals/groups for Festival events – please see How to Book | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team for further details \nBOOK TICKETS\n 
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/tony-hadley-3/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250714T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250714T213500
DTSTAMP:20250528T141237Z
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SUMMARY:LICHFIELD CONCERT BAND
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS\n  \nWith a reputation as one of the UK’s leading concert bands – and a Platinum Award from the 2023 National Concert Band Festival – the Lichfield Concert Band have toured the globe. \nFollowing sell-out concerts last year at Lichfield Garrick and Lichfield Cathedral\, the 50-piece Band make their Festival debut with a concert mixing show tunes\, film scores\, pop hits and classical masterpieces. \n \n \nEvent Sponsors Lichfield Festival Friends \n  \nConcessions are available for some individuals/groups for Festival events – please see How to Book | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team for further details \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/lichfield-concert-band/
LOCATION:Guildhall\, Bore Street\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 6LU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Classical,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250713T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250713T214000
DTSTAMP:20250701T083126Z
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SUMMARY:BOO HEWERDINE &  YVONNE LYON - Things Found In Books
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS\n  \n \nAward-winning singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdine and Yvonne Lyon’s new album is inspired by a noticeboard in Culzean Castle’s second-hand bookshop\, full with items that have dropped out of books. Letters\, photographs\, old receipts\, fragments of people’s lives have been lovingly collated and pinned up amongst the shelves. \nBoo (who wrote Eddi Reader’s first solo hit\, Patience of Angels) and Yvonne have formed an inimitable songwriting partnership; they weave these ephemeral stories with their own\, creating songs full of nostalgia\, beauty\, hope and longing. \nBoo & Yvonne would love our audience to be part of the story of this event. As part of Things Found In Books\, they invite ticket holders to bring along their own “things found in books” – those forgotten treasures tucked between pages: photos\, notes\, letters\, tickets\, drawings… anything that tells a story. These objects may be shared during the show or simply placed on their touring “story table” to become part of the atmosphere. It’s a beautiful way to connect personal histories with this moving performance. \n  \nEvent Sponsor A Lichfeldian \n  \nConcessions are available for some individuals/groups for Festival events – please see How to Book | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team for further details \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/boo-hewerdine-yvonne-lyon-things-found-in-books/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Folk,Popular Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250712T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250712T205500
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SUMMARY:HOWL
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS\n  \nHOWL is a nine-voice all-female vocal group from diverse musical backgrounds covering folk\, opera and musical theatre. Brought together through a love of complex\, lush and haunting vocal music\, they perform original compositions and new arrangements of folk songs. \nThe rich programme for this performance will include traditional folk songs from the British Isles\, Venezuela and Spain\, alongside new work by Grammy-award winning musician\, Caroline Shaw\, and their own arrangement of Ewan McColl’s beautiful Nobody Knew She Was There. The group weave field recordings through their live shows\, and the performance will also include songs and soundscapes captured as part of their recent collaboration with nature writer Robert McFarlane exploring the lives of nocturnal creatures. \n  \n \nEvent Sponsor The Barnard Family \nPhoto: Marika Kochiashvili \nConcessions are available for some individuals/groups for Festival events – please see How to Book | Lichfield Festival or ask our Box Office team for further details \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/howl/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Choral,Folk,Popular Music
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