"Three Choirs Festival The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester) and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme. The large-scale choral repertoire is now performed by the Festival Chorus, but the festival also features other major ensembles and international soloists. The 2011 festival took place in Worcester from 6 to 13 August. The 2012 festival in Hereford took place earlier than usual, from 21 to 28 July, to avoid clashing with the 2012 Summer Olympics."
"The event is now established in the last week of July. The 300th anniversary of the original Three Choirs Festival was celebrated during the 2015 festival, which took place from 25 July to 1 August in Hereford (the landmark 300th meeting of the Three Choirs does not fall until 2027 due to there being no Three Choirs Festivals for the duration of both WW1 and WW2). The festival is closely identified with the musical careers of British composers Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The organists of the three cathedrals (who act as artistic director and festival conductor when it"
"for enthusiasts to actively participate in support for the Three Choirs Festival. The festival is funded by ticket sales, donations and sponsorships. In 2010, the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir was formed. Made up of singers aged 16–25, it has performed at every festival since then, under a variety of conductors. In 2012 in Hereford the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir premiered ""Centuries of Meditation"", a setting by Dobrinka Tabakova of words by Thomas Traherne. The Philharmonia Orchestra began a rolling three-year formal residency at the festival in 2012. Three Choirs Festival The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival"
"and still hold many gigs such as the Sunday Unplugged and even continuing the ever popular G-Sessions. Glasgowbury Music Festival The Glasgowbury Music Festival was an annual music festival held in Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland running from 2000 - 2013. The Glasgowbury Music Festival made its first appearance in the summer of 2000 as a gathering of local bands, acts and showcases to raise awareness for the local charity, the Ulster Cancer Foundation. The event was co-ordinated by singer/songwriter Paddy Glasgow and the event is named after him. The name is a play on Glastonbury Festival. Since its foundation"
"had withdrawn from the festival. The band were replaced by The Ataris. On 25 May, it was announced that Landscapes had withdrawn from the festival for both Hatfield and Wolverhampton dates. They were replaced by Great Cynics at Hatfield and Aurora for Wolverhampton. The 2015 Festival was held at the same three locations as the last two years: Leeds (23 May), Hatfield (24 May) and Wolverhampton (25 May). The Leeds event was moved from Leeds University to Leeds City Centre. The 2016 Festival was held at the same locations as last year for the North and South dates, however the"
"Geraint Bowen (musician) Geraint Bowen is an English conductor and organist. He is artistic director of the Hereford Three Choirs Festival. He became organist and director of music at Hereford Cathedral in 2001. He is also conductor of the Hereford Choral Society. Previously he had been assistant organist at Hereford Cathedral (1989–94) before becoming organist and master of the choristers at St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, and artistic director of the St Davids Cathedral Festival (1995–2001). Bowen was born in London in 1963 and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar from 1982 to 1985 and from where"
"year, with the series having begun in 2009. The festival site is split into several districts, and the storyline narrative is reflected in the design of the districts, streets and venues, which are populated by hundreds of actors to play the role of inhabitants. The 2018 festival was entitled """"Chapter 10: The Machine Cannot Be Stopped"""". The festival is run by Boomtown Festival UK Limited. Chapter 1 was held at the Speech House Hotel, Coleford, in Gloucestershire on the 7th of August. Chapter 2 was held at the Stowe Landscape Gardens, Buckingham, in Buckinghamshire, on Friday the 13th until Sunday"
"Glasgowbury Music Festival The Glasgowbury Music Festival was an annual music festival held in Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland running from 2000 - 2013. The Glasgowbury Music Festival made its first appearance in the summer of 2000 as a gathering of local bands, acts and showcases to raise awareness for the local charity, the Ulster Cancer Foundation. The event was co-ordinated by singer/songwriter Paddy Glasgow and the event is named after him. The name is a play on Glastonbury Festival. Since its foundation in 2000, the festival has grown in popularity, and with each year, the event draws a significantly"
"Wychwood Festival Wychwood Festival is an annual music festival held at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, UK. As well as music, the family-friendly three-day festival includes workshops, comedy, the Children's Literature Festival, and a Headphone Disco. The festival consists of four stages and has hosted performances from artists such as; The Boomtown Rats; The Proclaimers; Bill Bailey; UB40’s Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue reunited; The Levellers; Newton Faulkner; Craig Charles; 10cc; The Waterboys; Duffy; Supergrass; The Stranglers; and The Human League. This festival is sponsored by Wychwood Brewery (home to the Hobgoblin brand) and works in association with the University"
"he co-featured with Elgar as a central prop to the musical repertoire. Sumsion fostered a relationship with Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály and programmed Kodály's works at six Gloucester festivals. Other names include Gustav Holst, Arthur Sullivan, Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi, William Walton, Arthur Bliss and Benjamin Britten and recently, Lennox Berkeley, John McCabe, William Mathias, Paul Patterson and James MacMillan. A timeline of some of the more significant events in the festival's history from 1709 until the present day has been compiled by Anthony Boden: Three Choirs Festival timeline In 1995, a Festival Society was established to provide a means"
"Fusion Festival UK Fusion Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Otterspool Promenade, Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The event has been running since 2013 and was previously held at Cofton Park, Birmingham. In February 2016, the organisers announced the move to Liverpool on Capital FM. The 2015 edition of the festival expands to a 3-day festival and took place over the weekend of 28–30 August 2015. Justin Bieber was originally scheduled to headline Friday but withdrew and was replaced by Ed Sheeran. The 2016 edition saw the festival return to its two-day format and took place"
"company, and this led him to found the Festival. The Festival was held in Buxton, England, every year from 1994 to 2013, but it has experimented with producing additional Festival weeks in other towns or cities, including Eastbourne, England once; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twice; Berkeley, California, once; and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, twice. The Festival relocated to Harrogate, England, in 2014. where it continues to be held each summer. Each summer, beginning with the last weekend in July or first weekend in August, the Festival includes two or three weeks of nightly G&S operas (and weekend matinees) and dozens of daytime fringe activities,"
"the weekend of 2–3 September. The line up for 2016 was announced on Monday 4 April 2016 on Capital Radio, an official partner for the festival who also announced the move of the Festival to Liverpool in February, 2016. The line up was originally scheduled to include Ella Henderson, who was replaced with Naughty Boy due to unforeseen circumstances and Louisa Johnson, who had to pull out due to illness. The 2018 edition saw the festival return to its two-day format and took place the weekend of 1–2 September. Fusion Festival UK Fusion Festival is an annual music festival that"
"3, and each year participates in the Easter Liturgy at Ampleforth Abbey as well as touring. The choir has performed in many venues around Oxford, including college chapels (recently Brasenose College, Exeter College, Hertford College, Keble College, Pembroke College, and University College), the Sheldonian Theatre, the University Church and St Michael at the Northgate. The choir has also sung at St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London. Previous conductors have included Christopher Ward and Alexander Campkin. In 2016, the conductor was Tomos Watkins. A 40th anniversary concert was held on 30 April 2016 with music by Thomas Tallis (the"
"Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas. Films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury is the largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around 175,000 people, requiring extensive infrastructure in terms of security, transport, water, and electricity supply."
"by a bulldog named Dan falling into the River Wye at Hereford, and the dog is similarly honoured with a wooden statue beside the river. Not long after moving into the city he was (despite not being a city council member) offered but declined the office of mayor of the city. He also visited the city as a conductor at the Three Choirs Festival, the last occasion in 1933 prior to his death. Hereford is home to the Hereford Police Male Voice Choir who competed on the BBC TV show ""Last Choir Standing"", and the Railway Choir. A charity music"
"involved with the Yorkshire Three Choirs Festival since 1981, but with the recent renaissance of an independent boys' top-line at the Cathedral they, along with the lay clerks, were re-included in this annual festival from October 2015. Bradford Cathedral hosted the Festival in October 2016. In July 2012, the Choir recorded two services for the BBC Radio 2 Sunday Half Hour programme, which were broadcast in Autumn 2012, and the girls and men sang live for BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship in December 2012. The Choir recorded a CD of Evening Canticles, including Humphrey Clucas's 'Bradford Service' in November 2013,"
"Lindisfarne Festival Lindisfarne Festival is an annual music and creative arts festival which takes place in Northumberland, United Kingdom. The festival operates from Beal Farm, and is close to the coast, overlooking Lindisfarne Island (Holy Island), and Bamburgh Castle. The first Lindisfarne Festival took place over the weekend of 4 and 5 September 2015, with future events planned. The initial event attracted almost 2000 festival goers who were entertained by artists such as Public Service Broadcasting, Craig Charles, DJ Yoda, The Baghdaddies, alongside a host of other big local acts. In addition there were various other activities such as drumming,"
"near Henley-on-Thames on 18, 19 and 20 August 2017. For 2018, there were three festivals held across the summer after its success from previous years. 2018 sees the tenth anniversary of Rewind. The Rewind Festival in Scotland took place at the Scone Palace grounds near Perth on 20, 21, and 22 July 2018, and was headlined by OMD and Status Quo. The Rewind North Festival took place at Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire on 3, 4, and 5 August 2018, and was headlined by OMD and the Jacksons. The Rewind South Festival took place at the Temple Island Meadows, Remenham Farm,"
"play the 2009 festival. U2 wrote a song titled ""Glastonbury"" that was supposed to premier with their appearance at the festival, but an injury to Bono forced them to cancel. They instead premiered it in a concert in Turin on their 360° Tour. Marcus Brigstocke's comic creation Giles Wemmbley Hogg had a special mock-documentary made about him going to Glastonbury as part of the Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off series. Deborah Crombie's novel ""A Finer End"" takes place in Glastonbury with references to a fictional account of an original 1914 Glastonbury Fayre as well as the contemporary festival. Glastonbury is also"
"and often mentions Somerset on her Twitter account. George Shelley of X Factor Boy band Union J grew up in Somerset, in particular Burnham-on-Sea and Clevedon. George attended The King Alfred School, Highbridge, Kings of Wessex School and Weston College. The first Glastonbury Festivals were a series of cultural events held in summer, from 1914 to 1926 in Glastonbury. The festivals were founded by English socialist composer Rutland Boughton and his librettist Lawrence Buckley. Apart from the founding of a national theatre, they envisaged a summer school and music festival based on utopian principles. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing"
"Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (also known by the acronym HCMF, stylised since 2006 as the lowercase hcmf//) is a new music festival held annually in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Since its foundation in 1978, it has featured major international figures of experimental and avant garde music, including guest composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Louis Andriessen, Terry Riley, Brian Eno, John Cage, Steve Reich, Jonathan Harvey, Helmut Lachenmann and Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Its programme also includes improvisation, installation, sound sculptures, happenings, new technology and free jazz. The festival is held across several venues in the town,"
"V Festival V Festival, often referred to simply as V Fest or VF, was an annual music festival held in England during the third weekend in August. The event was held at two parks simultaneously which shared the same bill; artists performed at one location on Saturday and then swapped on Sunday. The sites were located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire. It was announced by Richard Branson on 30 October 2017 that V Festival would be discontinued but that a new festival would replace it. In 2018, a new festival called ""Rize"" was held"
"respectively. The development of the award-winning music festival Summer Sundae with connecting Summer Sundae Fringe Festival (predominantly run by the local arts collective 'Pineapster') focused on blues and folk music may well provide the city with more of a focus for its local bands to break out nationally. Described by Steve Lamacq as 'the Grandson of Glastonbury and sponsored by BBC Radio 6 Music, the festival took place in the city's Victoria Park from 2011 until 2013 and featured headlining acts including Mumford & Sons, Public Image Ltd and McFly. In 2013, organisers including local label Robot Needs Home established"
"Proceeds from the festival are re-invested into the community. Additional Funding comes from the School Partnership Trust, Arts Council England, arts@leeds and Outer East Area Management Team. Garforth Arts Festival The Garforth Arts Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in Garforth, Leeds, England. The events take place over a two-week period in June and July, ending with a full-day ‘Playground Party’ on the final Saturday. The festival features a variety of art forms, including comedy, theatre, circus, music, literature, art and dance. Most events are commissioned educational projects involving children and professional artists. Events during the festival"
"Glastonbury Festival line-ups Glastonbury Festival is a greenfield music and performing arts festival on farm land near Pilton, England. It was first held in 1970 and has been held in the majority of years since then in the summer. Its line-up is diverse, including music, comedy, circus and theatre, taking place on many different stages and performance areas. The 2017 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June 2017. The line-up was as follows: The 2016 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 22 and 26 June 2016. The line-up was as follows:"
"Brazil, United Kingdom. This Music festival are celebrated in every year. Whole the people are participating in This festival. The danceroom music competition, that takes place in Daresbury, Cheshire over the legal holiday weekend of 23 August 2018 – Sunday 26 Aug 2018, currently boasts 22 arenas, and a 14,000 capacity arena. Creamfields Festivals 2018 guarantees to deliver ""the biggest electronic Creamfields 2018 line up you’ll see this year"". ""(Single festival for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary)"" 2005 headliners were, Stellastarr*, Paul Oakenfold, Babasónicos, Audio Bullys, Zoé, Hernan Cattaneo, Sussie 4, Los Dynamite. In Lisboa, 2007 headliners were: The"
"Germany. Adrian Partington Adrian Frederick Partington (born 1 October 1958) is an English conductor, chorus master, organist and pianist. He is director of music at Gloucester Cathedral, joint conductor of the Three Choirs Festival and artistic director for the Gloucester festival years, director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, conductor of Gloucester Choral Society, and former conductor of Bristol Choral Society and leader of the postgraduate choral conducting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. The son of professional musicians, he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral under Christopher Robinson and a pupil at The King's"
"of each year, featuring a mixture of up-and-coming and more established bands, based around punk/emo/metal and ska music. The festival was expanded to be a three date festival in England, where all three dates featured the same lineup. Three minor dates were spun off it, one in Wales, one in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland. The 2014 Festival was held at the same three locations as 2013: Leeds (24 May), Hatfield (25 May) and Wolverhampton (May26th). There was also a smaller lineup in Edinburgh (23 May) and Newport, Wales (27 May). On 29 April it was announced that Goldfinger"
"Byline Festival The Byline Festival is a festival whose aim is to promote independent journalism and free speech. The first Festival was held at Pippingford Park near Nutley, East Sussex, U.K. on 2–4 June 2017. More than 2,500 people were in attendance, including John Cleese, Andy Hamilton, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Jay Rosen and Martin Bell. The Festival was founded by Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes. The next Byline Festival will be partnered by the Frontline Club and will take place 24-27 August 2018 at Pippingford Park and will include: Happy Graveyard Orchestra, Alexei Sayle,Hugh Grant, John Cleese, June Sarpong, Bonnie"
"songwriting competition for high school-aged young people was launched and has been unearthing new talent from across Western Australia every year. The 2017 Ben Elton film ""Three Summers"" is set at a fictional folk festival in Fairbridge which is called 'Westival', but is inspired by and based on the Fairbridge Festival. Ben Elton is a Patron of FolkWorld Inc. Donations are invited to help support and contribute to the future of Fairbridge Festival and other FolkWorld Inc. initiatives. Donations of $2 or over are tax deductible. The next Fairbridge Festival is scheduled for 26-28 April 2019. The festival site was"
"Adrian Partington Adrian Frederick Partington (born 1 October 1958) is an English conductor, chorus master, organist and pianist. He is director of music at Gloucester Cathedral, joint conductor of the Three Choirs Festival and artistic director for the Gloucester festival years, director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, conductor of Gloucester Choral Society, and former conductor of Bristol Choral Society and leader of the postgraduate choral conducting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. The son of professional musicians, he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral under Christopher Robinson and a pupil at The King's School,"
"Winchester, and in 2011 and 2012 its location was at Houghton Hall in Norfolk. The festival was cancelled in 2013, it did not reappear as was planned in 2014, however the Glade Stage at the main Glastonbury festival continues. Glade Festival originated from the Glade arena started at Glastonbury kicking off in its verdant surroundings with a huge line up of electronic artists including Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Hallucinogen and Hybrid. The first UK festival to feature Psychedelic Trance and Breakbeat as main stages, and with headliners Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Hallucinogen and Stanton Warriors, Glade sold out in its first year"