2016 Prescot Festival Approaches Preparations for the 12th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts have been underway since the curtain fell on the 2015 festival, and the full schedule is now online. Tickets go on sale on 1 May 2016 for a packed programme that includes Swingshift Big Band, Wigan Youth Brass Band,…
15Feb
Come & Sing Mozart’s Requiem
The Prescot Festival Chorus will perform Mozart’s Requiem as part of the 12th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts, and all sopranos, altos, tenors and basses are invited to ‘Come & Sing.’ The concert takes place at Prescot Parish Church on Saturday 18 June 2016 at 7pm, with rehearsals on Wednesday 15 June (7pm-9pm)…
15Feb
2016 Short Story Competition Now Open
Our eager judges have put their heads together and come up with a theme for the 2016 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the theme will be taken from the plays of the Bard himself. Entrants are asked to write a piece of fiction inspired by the…
13Jan
Reminiscent Prescot Art Exhibition Now On
The Prescot Townscape Heritage Initiative has launched an art exhibition with two community art groups – Lyndale Cancer Support Group and St Johns Art Club. The two art groups have created artwork around iconic images of Prescot and their work is now being exhibited in Vee’s Place, Kemble Street, from 11 January to 29 February…
09Jan
Happy New Year!
A very happy New Year to you all! We are already several months into planning another Prescot Festival for you, and this year, as ever, we’re offering an unrivalled programme of quality professional, semi-professional and amateur musical and artistic talent. Look out for an appearance from Radio 2 star Nigel Ogden, one of Britain’s most…