Update: The Prescot Festival are delighted to announce that the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert made £325.32. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who performed, stewarded, attended or otherwise helped! The Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert returns on Thursday 5 December. Always a jubilant occasion for all ages, the festive evening of entertainment features local […]
21 September 2024 Update: The concert was a great success, with a splendid programme of music that included opera, songs from the shows, folk tunes, organ classics and much more. Thank you for helping us raise more than £500 for parish funds. The annual fundraiser Parish Musicians in Concert returns on Friday 20 September at […]
Now in its 20th anniversary year, the recent Prescot Festival is celebrating another roaringly successful showcase of musical and artistic talent. Founded in 2005, the 10-day cultural showcase on Merseyside continues to thrive and expand, with combined audiences exceeding 2,000. Last year saw a previous best audience turnout of 1,700. An even larger number basked in the sun […]
Congratulations to Philip Ferguson for his winning entry to the 2024 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition. Read it below: In Safe HandsBy Philip Ferguson Frank smiled at me as he turned away from the open grave; he dimmed the liquid sparkle in his eyes with a dab of a handkerchief. We were the last two […]
Prescot Festival, now in its 20th year, welcomed over 600 people to its first weekend, with South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Festival Founder & Artistic Director Dr Robert Howard, receiving a rapturous reception for an opening night of orchestral ‘lollipops’, featuring music by Bizet, Elgar, Verdi, Sibelius and many others. The epic second night saw over 100 sopranos, […]