Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition. It really was a beautiful watch, Kate mused as she turned over the shining metal links in her hands. It felt weighty and substantial, not too flashy or trendy; “a classic” was how the jeweller had described it. “Yes”, she said to herself, […]

Prescot Festival, now in its 21st year, welcomed over 700 people to its first four days, with award-winning Wingates Brass Band from Westhoughton receiving a rapturous reception for an opening night of summer brass classics, ending with Ravel’s famous Bolero, in Prescot’s majestic Grade I listed Parish Church. The second night saw local professional vocalists Annamarie […]

Audiences are preparing for dazzling orchestral and vocal performances as the opening weekend of the 2025 Prescot Festival approaches. The landmark 21st Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts begins on Friday 20th June with a return visit from Festival favourites Wingates Brass Band of Westhoughton, in a concert of well-known brass classics. The Opening Night audience in […]

Volunteers and performers are busily preparing for the opening weekend of this year’s Prescot Festival, a 10-day feast of arts and music in the historic Lancashire town of Prescot, Merseyside. Proceedings open this year with the wonderful Wingates Brass Band, who took the Festival by storm last year, returning to Prescot on Friday 20 June. […]

With the 21st Prescot Festival fast approaching (20-29 June), organisers are eager to get even more local talent involved in the town’s annual celebration of arts and music. Sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses of all experience levels are invited to join the 100-strong Prescot Festival Chorus for a ‘Come & Sing’ performance of Mozart’s Requiem on Saturday 28 […]