Next Friends of the Festival Meeting: Tuesday 23 April 5.45pm-6.30pm at Prescot Parish Church Includes AGM – all welcome to hear news and share views

2024 Short Story Competition Now Open

Do you love to tell a good story? Are you imaginative? Do you have the urge to put pen to paper? If so, write a short story of up to 1,000 words on a theme of ‘What a Score!’ to celebrate the Festival’s 20th anniversary. ‘Score’ can represent a group of 20, but let your […]

Come & Sing Fauré’s Requiem, June 2024

The Prescot Festival Chorus will gather on Saturday 22 June to sing Gabriel Fauré’s enduringly popular Requiem. Ian Wells (Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool Parish Church) returns to conduct, with Peter Kwater (St Bartholomew’s Rainhill) at the organ. The performance takes place at 7pm in the historic, Grade I-listed church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Prescot. […]

Trinity Girls Brass Band in Concert, 8 March

[Update from the festival director: Many thanks to all who supported the terrific Trinity Girls Brass Band concert, a Prescot Festival Fundraiser, at Prescot Parish Church on Friday 8th March. After costs, the event raised £132.21 for Festival funds. This year’s 20th Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts takes place from Friday 21st June […]

[Updated] Christmas is coming…

[Update 8 December] Thank-you! everyone who supported the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert on 7 December. The event raised over £400 for the mayor’s selected causes! Christmas is just around the corner, and we’ve been busy planning the highlight of our festive programme: The 2023 Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert. Join us on […]

Parish Musicians in Concert returns on 22 September

This year’s Parish Musicians in Concert takes place on Friday 22 September 2023 at 7pm in Prescot Parish Church. The annual event brings together local instrumentalists and singers for an entertaining soiree with a mix of sacred and secular music. Tickets are just £5 on the door, which includes wine or juice and nibbles. All […]

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