For its fourth annual short story competition, the festival asked entrants to write something inspired by the theme ‘Treasure.’ This quirkily entertaining tale took first place and won its author, Dave Loftus, a cheque for £100. It will also be...
Read moreFestival Enters Second Decade, Welcomes 1,400
The Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts ushered in its second decade with a 10-day programme of jazz, poetry, acoustic, choral and orchestral music, and more. On the opening weekend, over a hundred singers came from all over the region to...
Read more2015 Short Story Competition: We Have a Winner
At a spirited evening of music and poetry at Poco Coffee last night, we announced the winner of the 2015 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition. We’d asked authors to submit tales of 1,000 words or fewer inspired by the theme...
Read more2015 Opening Weekend: Review
The 11th Annual Prescot Festival opened in dramatic fashion last Friday, with Bentley Operatic Society performing songs and scenes from the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. Compered with wit and executed with energy and style, the Liverpool-based...
Read morePress Release: Festival Season Underway in Prescot
Festival season is well underway in Prescot as the town’s arts and music festival prepares to enter its second decade. June began with a sell-out promenade production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, then continued last weekend with the Prescot...
Read moreNostalgic Opening Weekend Approaches
The opening weekend of this year’s Prescot Festival promises an irresistibly nostalgic vibe. The 10-day programme opens on Friday 19 June with the Bentley Operatic Society singing songs from the shows of Gilbert and Sullivan—a staple of light...
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