Festival of Chichester

Highlights of this year’s Festival of Chichester include:

FESTIVAL LAUNCH Saturday, June 15, 11am2pm. FESTIVAL LAUNCH, CATHEDRAL GREEN. Join us on the Cathedral Green as we kick off the 2024 festival in our traditional style with a wide range of guest performers giving a taster of some of the acts that you can enjoy later in the month along with some ever-popular local groups, reminding us that our remit is very much about encouraging talent from the Chichester area.

MUSIC

Saturday, June 15, 4:30pm. Event M3: LYNDEN CRANHAM’S VICTORIAN FAMILY MUSIC ROOM, St Peter & St Mary, Fishbourne, PO19 3XT. Cellists Lynden Cranham and Tom Parker are joined by violinist Emma Parker in evoking the sounds of an early Victorian music room, with commentary by writer and broadcaster Roger Parker. Drinks and nibbles will follow; all proceeds to the beautiful St Peter & St Mary Church. Tickets £10

Saturday, June 15, 7:30pm. Event M2: THE CHICHESTER SINGERS - SUMMER CONCERT, Chichester Cathedral. Join us at the Cathedral for a wonderful summer evening of buoyant musical colour, contrasting the rhythmic energy and jazz influences of John Rutter (Birthday Madrigals) and Shearing (Songs and Sonnets) with the vibrant Spanish sound world of Ramirez (Misa Criola). Tickets £10- £30

Saturday, June 15, 7:30pm. Event M4: BOGNOR REGIS MUSIC CLUB: LOS LADRONES, The Regis School of Music, 46 Sudley Rd, Bognor Regis, PO21 1ER. The vocal quintet Los Ladrones was formed by Geoff Porter in 2013 to revive concert versions of Victorian and Edwardian British Musical Theatre and especially the lesser known works of Arthur Sullivan. Their programme will include performances of two shows, Tom Jones and The Arcadians. Tickets £11, BMRC members £9, students £6, children free

Thursday, June 20, 7:30pm. Event M5: MUSIC FOR MIDSUMMER WITH BIG NOTES CHOIR, Graylingwell