Literary and arts festival listings 2019
Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Harrogate, 18–21 July www.harrogateinternationalfestivals. com/crime-writing-festival/
BBC Proms 2019 Season London, 19 July–14 September www.bbc.co.uk/proms
Fishguard International Music Festival Wales, 20 July–2 August www.fishguardmusicfestival.co.uk
Holt Festival Norfolk, 21–27 July www.holtfestival.org
National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company Buxton, 24–29 July www.gsfestivals.org
Port Eliot Festival Cornwall, 25–28 July www.porteliotfestival.com
Dartington International Summer School and Festival Devon, 27 July–24 August www.dartington.org/summer-school
August
Arts Over Borders Summer Festivals Derry, Donegal, Enniskillen 1–19 August www.artsoverborders.com
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2–26 August www.edfringe.com
Edinburgh International Festival 2–26 August www.eif.co.uk
Pittenweem Festival Fife, 3–11 August www.pittenweemartsfestival.co.uk
International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Harrogate, 7–18 August www.gsfestivals.org Llangwm Festival Pembrokeshire, 9–11 August www.llangwmlitfest.co.uk
Rockers Reunited Buxton Blues Festival Derbyshire, 9–12 August www.rockersreunited.co.uk
Edinburgh International Book Festival 10–26 August www.edbookfest.co.uk
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival Dorset, 15–18 August www.purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk Curious Arts Festival Pippingford Park, East Sussex, 23–26 August www.curiousartsfestival.com/
September
Nairn Book and Arts Festival Scotland, 10–15 September www.nairnfestival.co.uk
Chiswick Book Festival London, 12–16 September www.chiswickbookfestival.net
Worcester Music Festival
13–15 September www.worcestermusicfestival.co.uk
St Ives September Festival Cornwall, 14–28 September www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
Rye Arts Festival East Sussex, 14–28 September www.ryeartsfestival.co.uk
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival Devon, 18–22 September www.budlitfest.org.uk
Graham Greene International Festival Berkhamsted, 19–22 September www.grahamgreenefestival.org
Appledore Book Festival Devon, 20–28 September www.appledorebookfestival.co.uk Wigtown Book Festival Scotland, 27 September–6 October www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Humber Mouth Literature Festival Hull, Dates tbc http://humbermouth.com/
Marlborough Literature Festival Wiltshire, 26–29 September www.marlboroughlitfest.org
Bath Children’s Literature Festival
27 September–6 October www.bathfestivals.org.uk/childrensliterature
Cliveden Literary Festival Buckinghamshire, 28–29 September www.clivedenliterayfestival.org
Warwick Words History Festival Warwickshire, 30 September–6 October www.warwickwords.co.uk
October
Birmingham Literature Festival 3–13 October www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org
Wimbledon Bookfest London, 3–13 October www.wimbledonbookfest.org Times Cheltenham Literature Festival Gloucestershire, 4–13 October www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/ literature
Ilkley Literature Festival West Yorkshire, 4–20 October www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Manchester Literature Festival 4–20 October www.manchesterliteraturefestival. co.uk
Guildford Book Festival Surrey, 6–13 October www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
Beverley Literature Festival Yorkshire, 10–13 October www.beverley-literature-festival.org