THE RUSTY PLAYERS ORCHESTRA
Guildhall Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomToday's band welcomes musicians from across the ‘Rustys’ network, to perform family film favourites from stage and screen.
Today's band welcomes musicians from across the ‘Rustys’ network, to perform family film favourites from stage and screen.
Back by popular demand after an acclaimed debut in 2025, Kasai Masai are the ‘finest Soukous Band in the UK’.
In March 1603, Elizabeth I lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen's ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor.
In March 1603, Elizabeth I lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen's ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor.
John Suchet’s most personal book is dedicated to the life of an extraordinary composer. Part biography, memoir and travelogue.
Photo: BABS Four-part a cappella singing group MaleVox were crowned Midlands Choir of the Year at last year’s Festival. Come and see them perform again, this time for a full concert of their own. Based in Birmingham, their repertoire ranges from jazz, choral, barbershop to contemporary pop. MaleVox were formed in 2018 and have
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With 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. Following sell-out concerts last year at Lichfield Garrick and Lichfield Cathedral, the 50-piece Band make their Festival debut with a concert mixing
Renowned singer songwriter, folk legend and former Show of Hands frontman, Steve Knightley’s eagerly anticipated solo tour follows the phenomenal success of his new album Winter Yards. The album marks a shift in his musical journey – bringing to the fore influences of Country and Americana. As well as these the critically acclaimed new
The Lichfield Series of ten pictures by artist John Louis Petit (1801-68) launches today in the Guildhall.
Following on from his successful 2023 Literature Festival talk on Petit - Britain’s Lost Pre-Impressionist - Philip Modiano has created a completely new talk to explain the artistic and cultural significance of this Series for Lichfield residents and visitors alike.
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Following her hugely popular recent visits to Lichfield, we were thrilled to announce this year that historian and writer, Tracy Borman, has now become a Festival Patron.
As the BBC films the final part of Hilary Mantel’s extraordinary literary trilogy, and 10 years on from the release of her own Cromwell biography, Tracy takes a look at his legacy in The Real Wolf Hall: Thomas Cromwell and the Court of Henry VIII.
Six-time BBC Folk Award nominee Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes (Show of Hands and Daphne’s Flight) celebrate the centenary of Sabine Baring-Gould, by exploring his life and writing via the folk songs that meant so much to him.
