Do you love to tell a good story? Are you imaginative? Do you have the urge to put pen to paper? The Prescot Festival Short Story Competition is back, and this year, the theme is Clocking Off. The writer of the winning short story is set to gain a cheque for £100. To help and…
31Dec
Rodgers & Hammerstein Festival Fundraiser for March 2017
Bentley Operatic Society are back in town on Friday 10 March for a Prescot Festival fundraiser. The popular musical theatre society perform songs from the shows of Rodgers and Hammerstein – the legendary Broadway duo behind South Pacific, The Sound of Music and more – at 7pm in Prescot Parish Meeting Room. They return by popular demand, following…
15Dec
Christmas Concert Sees Record Turnout, Record Funds Raised
Last week’s Christmas Concert had the event’s biggest audience yet, with 420 people packed in to Prescot Parish Church. The occasion, organised annually by the Prescot Festival, raised £1,112.40 for the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity. Brassworks Quintet headlined the event, with St Mary & St Paul’s School Choir, Prescot Parish Church Choir, Knowsley Ladies’ Choir…
30Nov
Christmas 2016 in Prescot
As has become an annual tradition, the key event of Prescot Festival’s own festive programme this year is the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert. This jubilant evening of favourite holiday tunes and carols takes place on Thursday 8 December at 7pm in Prescot Parish Church. Tickets are just £5 on the door, and children are free (under 16, accompanied…
16Nov
St Paul’s Church Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Prescot Festival sends its warmest wishes to St Paul’s Church, in the parish of Prescot, on the occasion of its 60th birthday this week. The celebrations begin on Friday with a home-cooked meal and entertainment, and continue on Sunday 16 November with a ‘Songs of Praise’ service commemorating six decades of the missional church. All…