Welcome to our Festival site! We hope your visit will be a pleasure which will lead you to the delights of this and other Festivals in the area.
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002 saw the start of our community Arts Festival, with participation from young and old, professional and ‘amateur’, experienced and those just beginning to explore the arts.
Since then there has been a steady enlargement of programme, participation, and interest from many far-flung places. Many strands and styles of music are represented, with youth groups, marching bands, and concerts. Partnership in outreach work with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields is now a highlight, bringing these world famous London-based musicians into schools, and in contact with all ages.
Festival 2008 will take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. A lively and varied programme is being planned with street theatre, literary discussions, a creative writing workshop, comedy and classical music and a balloon sculptor. This year we are expanding on the live music events that were so successful in 2007. Local musicians and bands are invited to take part in a Battle of the Bands talent competition which will run in a number of venues around town in the week leading up to the festival weekend. The winners will be announced at the Bank Holiday Family Fun Day. The prize for the winning band is a fantastic package including £600, so if you want to take part, contact The Swan Hotel on 01379 852221 The Swan Hotel will once again be holding a beer festival over the weekend to compliment this musical extravaganza.
Harleston is a great place in a small space – do come and see us!
Logo & title script by Jack Crampton
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© Harleston & Waveney Festival Ltd ™
Web design by Orion Marketing™
Visitors since 8th August 2006
There will of course be plenty of other events; please look for updates on the Festival News link
The festival will culminate on Bank Holiday Monday August 25th in a Family Fun day
on Harleston’s recreation ground where there will be vintage cars and tractors, a
marching band, stalls, barbeque and an old-
With its historic buildings, independent shops and vibrant community, Harleston is a hidden gem in the South Norfolk countryside, worth a visit any time but especially at Festival Weekend
