It’s almost time for the Prescot Festival, and already the summer season of culture and entertainment has begun. On 4 May hundreds of visitors were whisked back in time at the town’s most successful Elizabethan Fayre yet. School choirs, street entertainers, birds of prey and animals of every variety took part in the celebration of…
Press Release: Prescot Festival Invites People to Play Their Part
A Merseyside arts festival is keen for audiences to be at the heart of the action this June. As well as showcasing performers and artists from across the region, the 10-day Prescot Festival always provides plenty of chances for people to get involved. On Saturday 22 June sopranos, altos, tenors and basses are invited to…
Press release: Prescot Festival Clocks up 15 Years
A Merseyside arts festival is celebrating its fifteenth year this June. At a time when similar festivals often run into trouble after two or three years, the Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts has continually defied the odds and has been going from strength to strength since 2005. The 2019 line-up includes Dr Jazz…
2019 Prescot Festival 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? Entry to the 2019 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition is FREE and open to non-professional writers of ALL AGES living in Merseyside and Halton. This year’s theme is MAGIC, MYTH & MYSTERY. The word…
Parr Band Helps Us Raise £545 for Festival
Thank-you to our guest artists Parr Band and to the volunteers and audience who made our 15 March fundraiser such a success. As well as tucking into a Cottom’s hot pot supper, guests at the ‘Best of Brass’ concert enjoyed an evening of music by composers as diverse as Antonio Vivaldi, George Gershwin and the…