The 7th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts ran from Friday 17 to Sunday 26 June 2011.
From the website archives:
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The Seventh Annual Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts
Full Programme |
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| Fri 17 June | 7.30pm | St Paul’s Church | Opening Night: Festive Barn Dance with Live Band & Hot Pot Supper £6 More info |
| Sat 18 June | 11.00am – 4.00pm | Brown’s Field | Prescot Carnival FREE More info |
| 7.00pm | Prescot Parish Church | Brass & Voices: Brass Favourites with Parr Band, plus Choral Highlights from Haydn’s Creation with the Prescot Festival Chorus (Come & Sing). FREE More info |
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| Sun 19 June | 2.00 – 4.00pm | Prescot Museum | Sunday Funday with the Blue Moon String Quartet FREE More info |
| 6.30pm | Prescot Parish Church | Notes from a New Era New music with contemporary ensemble COMA Manchester £2 More info |
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| Mon 20 June | 6.30pm | St Mary & St Paul’s School | Schools Verse Speaking FestivalFREE More info |
| Tue 21 June | 7.30pm | Prescot Parish Meeting Room | Our Day Out: A special screening of the classic 1977 BBC comedy-drama, by Whiston-born playwright Willy Russell £4 More info |
| Wed 22 June | 7.30pm | The Old Mill (pub) | Acoustic Night & Open Mic FreeMore info |
| Thu 23 June | 7.30pm | Our Lady & St Joseph’s RC Church | Sefton Schools’ Music Service inConcert led by Phil Shotton, featuring Sefton Schools’ Brass & Saxophone Ensemble, & Flute & Clarinet Choirs. Plus musicians from Deyes High School, Maghull, conducted by Dr Robert Howard £4 More info |
| Fri 24 June | 7.30pm | Prescot Methodist Centre | Friday Night Is Music Night with L’Orchestra Dell’Arte conducted by Edward Peak, formerly of the RLPO, BBC. Guest soloist soprano Laura Sheerin £6 More info |
| Sat 25 June | 11.30am | Prescot Methodist Centre | Bringing Local History Alive: Talk by Prescotian & JMU historian Rosemary Tyler FREE More info |
| 7.30pm | Prescot Methodist Centre | Bentley Operatic Society in Concert: Programme of light opera and musical favourites, including Gilbert & Sullivan, Lehar’s Merry Widow £4 More info |
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| Sun 26 June | 3.00pm | Prescot Parish Church |
Organ Recital: Guest organist Timothy Noon, Director of Music, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral £4More info |
| 6.00pm | Prescot Parish Church | Choral Evensong featuring the choir & organist of Prescot Parish ChurchFREE More info |
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| 7.30pm | Prescot Parish Church | Last Night of the Proms: Liverpool Male Voice Choir FREE More info |
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| PLUS:
Fri 17 – Sat 18 & Tue 21 – Sat 25 June, 9.30 – 11.30am, Prescot Methodist Centre Mon 20 – Fri 24 June, 12 noon – 2.00pm, Prescot Parish Church AND: Ongoing exhibitions at Prescot Museum (The Wondrous Collection of Encapsulated Time) |
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