LICHFIELD FESTIVAL IS BACK! 2021 PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

Eleven days of ballet, cabaret, symphony orchestras, steel pans, family fun, chamber music, live cooking, story-telling, drama, laugh-out-loud comedy can only mean one thing – Lichfield Festival is back! Taking

Midlands Choir of the Year Update

We are sorry to announce that we have had to cancel the Final of this year’s Midlands Choir of the Year Competition, originally scheduled for July 11th 2021. Although the Lichfield Festival will be

Lichfield Festival Secures Culture Recovery Fund Grant

We’re delighted and incredibly grateful to say that we’ve been awarded a grant from the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund. This grant will allow us to continue to

Announcing: Lichfield Festival Friends

This month sees a name change of Lichfield Festival’s supporters’ club, previously known as the Lichfield Festival Association, to “Lichfield Festival Friends”. Lichfield Festival began in 1981, and has become
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Young Critics Book Review Challenge

Aged 18 or under? ☑️ Enjoy reading? ☑️ Enjoy writing? ☑️ Have a strong opinion (and can argue your point)? ☑️ Want to see your work on our social media and website? ☑️ If you

TINY STORIES Writing Competition: Winner and Runner-Up

We are VERY EXCITED to reveal the WINNER from our TINY STORIES COMPETITION: Henry Epstein! Henry is a young writer and avid reader who has just turned 12. For his

Top 10 Tips for Tiny Story Writing

With just a few more days to go until the deadline for our TINY STORIES COMPETITION, we thought we’d give those off you still writing – our thinking about starting
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Our Virtual Summer Events Programme is Live!

HERE WE GO… It’s hot out there today – and it’s about to get even hotter… Our VIRTUAL SUMMER FESTIVAL PROGRAMME is now live! Featuring inspirational classes and workshops, from

TINY STORIES WRITING COMPETITION for 8-16 YEAR OLDS!

In 2020, the Lichfield Festival goes online, bringing you music, stories and a chance to meet new and familiar Lichfield Festival artists. TINY STORIES WRITING COMPETITION for 8-16 YEAR OLDS!

Announcing TINY STORIES

In the run-up to – and during – our online programme of events in July, we’ll be sharing a very special, miniature series designed to ignite curiosity and inspire reflection…

Big Book Weekend: Catch Up

Last week we took part in the “Big Book Weekend”; a marvellous online literature festival bringing together authors and festivals from across the country. Our session, which featured author Phil

Tune In Tuesdays

Each Tuesday in May, we’ll be delving into the archive to share performances from past Festivals. At 12pm each week, we’ll release a track from a different artist, band or
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Fairytales Re-imagined: Creative Writing Workshop for Kids

We are very excited to announce our first virtual event for kids aged 7-11 with Staffordshire Poet Laureate Mel Wardle Woodend! Join in online on Saturday 18th April to hear

COVID-19: Literature Festival Postponed

It is with much sadness that we have taken the decision to postpone our literature festival. Given current conditions and advice, we want to ensure that all our audiences, authors,

One Night Only – Tony Hadley in Lichfield Festival Fundraiser!

Lichfield Festival and Lichfield Cathedral present Tony Hadley Live Sponsored by City Jewellers of Lichfield Tuesday 3 December 2019 | 8pm | Lichfield Cathedral Tony Hadley is to give a

Announcement of 2020 Lichfield Literature Festival Dates!

We’re very excited to announce that the 2020 Lichfield Literature Festival will take place from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th March, at venues across the City. A full programme of

Themba Mvula of the Lichfield Gospel Choir interviewed by Lichfield Live

Themba Mvula of Lichfield Gospel Choir was recently interviewed by Lichfield Live, and spoke about their performance with Black Voices which will be taking place in the Lichfield Cathedral Friday

Tony Collins of Weekend Notes reviews Rich Hall

The first of the festival reviews are starting to roll in, and the first is a glowing review from Weekendnotes.co.uk of Rich Hall’s performance on Friday 7th July. You can

London Midland sponsors Lichfield Festival for fourth year running

London Midland is returning as sponsor for this year’s Lichfield Festival. The Festival is one of the foremost multi-arts events in the UK and is an important calendar date for

READY – SET – HARES & TORTOISES ARE GO!!!

Lichfield Festival Hare and Tortoise Trail begins! Friday 30th June, 2017 “Ready…..set…..GO!” Our Hare and Tortoise models went racing out of their hiding place to their City-centre venue hosts today.

Review by the Express and Star

John Watson of the Express and Star joined us for the opening of the festival, below is his review: Lichfield Festival opens with top performers – review The 36th Lichfield

Young Critics Review: Black Voices and the Lichfield Gospel choir

The Lichfield Festival Young Critics are all aged 18 and under.  They attend a number of events at the Lichfield Festival and send us their review within 24 hours.  

Mystery Book Swap

Join the Mystery Book Swap this year and give a new book a home for Christmas! The Lichfield Literature Festival’s annual Book Swap is back, but this time there’s a

What’s On Midlands Award Winners

Lichfield Festival is celebrating after being crowned Best Midlands Music Festival in the 2018 What’s On Readers’ Awards.  The Festival is one of the region’s leading cultural organisations, attracting 40,000

Liza Sings Streisand: Lichfield Festival Review

Event: 08/07/2018 The songs of legendary Barbra Streisand come to life The life story and songs of legendary singer Barbra Streisand are immaculately told in this fabulous stage show which also

The Time Machine – Lichfield Festival Review

Time stands still as HG Wells’ classic tale acted by one man On the face of it, one man acting out HG Wells’ masterful story of The Time Machine with the help

2018 Lichfield Festival Raffle Prize Winners

Thank you very much if you purchased a ticket for our 2018 Raffle! We’ve raised over £1500 towards our ASPIRE learning and participation projects, thank you. The raffle was drawn

Kris Drever with Julie Fowlis – Lichfield Festival Review

Two delightful Scottish folk singers for the price of one Folk music fans were given a real treat when the Lichfield Festival in Staffordshire brought together two giants of the Scottish folk

Lichfield Festival 2018 – A Review

Lichfield Festival 2018 – A Review You told us that the sunny 2018 Lichfield Festival was one of the most enjoyable yet, with over 67 events across the city of

Lichfield Literature 2019 – The Brochure