FROM 3PM - 5.30PM
TICKETS £10 INCLUDING TEA
CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER HALF PRICE
FROM 3PM - 5.30PM
TICKETS £10 INCLUDING TEA
CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER HALF PRICE
The Villages Music Festival
The next Villages Music Festival will be 1st - 9th July 2023
Ian King performs songs from his recent album 'inebriate of air'.
Songs composed to the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
- CHALVINGTON CHURCH
SATURDAY 8TH JULY
Classical concert with Laughton Village Choir, soloists and strings. Conducted by Linda Glenn. Bach Magnificat and other music - BARCOMBE CHURCH
SATURDAY 8TH JULY
Sian Dicker (soprano) and Krystal Tunnicliffe (piano), an informal interactive concert for those with dementia, carers, family and friends - BERWICK VILLAGE HALL
THURSDAY 6TH JULY
Home: Land and Hearth A summer bouquet of melodies for voice and piano trio. RIPE CHURCH
WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY
Cream teas & folk music with the Chalk Horse Duo - APRIL COTTAGE, RIPE
SUNDAY 2ND JULY
SATURDAY 1ST JULY
The 2023 Programme
2023 FESTIVAL DATES -1ST TO 9TH JULY
Midsummer Magic; an operatic journey - Pippa Dames-Longworth and the Singing Salon, LIMEKILN FARM
TUESDAY 4TH JULY
Ripe Nursery school concert - RIPE CHURCH
South Coast Soul Revue - YEW TREE INN, CHALVINGTON
SUNDAY 9TH JULY
FRIDAY 7TH JULY
Jazz night with Didier Messidoro and friends - LIMEKILN FARM
THURSDAY 6TH JULY
Melvyn Tan piano recital - WICK STREET FARM, ARLINGTON
A message from the festival’s director Dr Joan Royle:
We are looking forward to welcoming you to our villages for the 6th Villages Music Festival in 2023. There is a varied and exciting programme of events lined up, starting with an operatic journey of highlights from well-known opera and musicals, staged around the gardens of Limekiln Farm, performed by the Singing Salon under the guidance of Pippa Dames-Longworth. This will include a special afternoon performance for families. This is followed by a recital of English songs with string trio in the wonderful acoustic of Ripe Church, an informal concert for people living with dementia and their carers and friends, a jazz night with jazz trio, a solo recital of ‘Songs for Emily’ , novel compositions by Ian King, a Ripe resident, cream teas accompanied by folk music, a classic concert featuring Linda Glenn and Laughton Village Choir, and the South Coast Soul Revue on Sunday 9th July at the Yew Tree Inn.
You will see that there is something for all musical tastes in this programme and I hope it will inspire you to come and enjoy not only the music but the beauty of our villages, the summer gardens and friendly ambience, at affordable prices.
We are always most grateful to our sponsors and supporters without whom the Festival would not be possible.
I look forward to seeing you in the summer.
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