Arts in Prescot is celebrating an award win on the eve of its 13th annual festival. Prescot Town Council made the Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts the proud recipient of the first ever Prescot Community Group of the Year award. The 10-day programme opens on Friday 16 June with Lancashire’s number one-ranked brass…
01Jun
Press Release: Festival Season Arrives in Prescot
A month of culture and entertainment is on offer in the historic market town of Prescot this June. The Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts runs from Friday 16 to Sunday 25 June, but a packed month of cultural events kicks off on Saturday 3 June with the town’s Elizabethan Fayre. Celebrating Prescot’s historical…
03May
Prescot Festival Ushers in New Generation of Talent
The Prescot Festival will showcase young, rising musical and artistic talent in June this year. Primary and secondary school children from across the borough of Knowsley will once again perform live in pursuit of the title of Young Instrumentalist of Prescot during this year’s 10-day programme. Sonny Fielding, a former St Edmund Arrowsmith student from…
11Apr
Press Release: Lancashire Heritage at Heart of Prescot Arts & Music Festival
The town of Prescot’s historic Lancashire identity will be at the heart of its annual arts and music festival this year. The 10-day event opens on Friday 16 June with a concert by Leyland Band, the number-one ranked brass band in the county. A traditional hot pot supper, courtesy of Cottom’s, will accompany an evening…
21Mar
Press Release: Army Band Lined up for Prescot Festival Finale
One of the nation’s top military bands will appear at this year’s Prescot Festival. Organisers of the arts and music festival, now in its 13th year, have secured the Band of the Yorkshire Regiment as its musical guest for its Proms-style finale. Audience members are encouraged to wave flags and sing along to a selection…