AS WE approach the final week of this year’s Bromsgrove Festival, there are still plenty of activities and events for all ages.
Saturday, July 11
Birmingham Flute Choir will perform its Summer Concert from 3pm to 4pm at All Saints Church – a culmination of the group’s 40th anniversary celebrations. The event will bring together music for full flute choir, chamber groups and a unique collaboration with local organist, Oliver Neale. Tickets are £10 for adults and free for under 12s – available on the door (cash only). Email: [email protected] for more information and tickets.
Top tribute – G2 Definitive Genesis – will be at Artrix at 7.30pm. The bandd will belt out a host of hits which will be mixed with classics from the Gabriel years. Tickets are £27.50 (£25.50 concessions) plus a booking fee. Visit: [email protected] or call 01527 361324 for more information.
All and Sundry Productions present ‘No Place Like Home’ at Winterfold School, Winterfold Lane, Chaddesley Corbett. The show is an interpretation of what happened to Dorothy and friends as they made their way along the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. It is being performed by members of the youth group smAll and Sundry and the production is suitable for all ages. Shows take place at 5pm on Saturday (July 11) and 2.30pm on Sunday (July 12). Visit: alllandsundry.uk for more information and to click through for tickets, which are £6 (£4 for children). Alternatively, visit: bromsgrove-school-tickets.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/ticketbooth/ for tickets.
Sunday, July 12
A Bromsgrove Festival Communion Service will take place at 10.45am at St John’s Church. Bob Chilcott’s ‘Little Jazz Mass’, sung by St John’s Choir, will be included as part of the morning communion service. Admission is free.
Popular Oddsocks Productions return to Avoncroft Museum. The group will bring to life Shakespeare’s classic tale ‘Romeo and Juliet’ from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, with drama, sword fighting action, laughs and love. People are urged to take along chairs, blankets and picnics for an ‘unforgettable evening under the stars’ with the historic buildings as the perfect backdrop. Visit: avoncroft.org.uk for more information and tickets, which are £21.08 for adults, £15.81 for students and £12.65 for under-18s.
Afternoon Tea and Music at the Music Box, Stoke Road, Wychbold, takes place from 3pm to 4pm. CBSO Principal Clarinet, Oli Janes joins with Tom and Bob Porter and Alastair Moseley to play a diverse range of entertaining music from Victorian times to the present day. The performance, brought by Bromsgrove Concerts, will be followed by afternoon tea. Tickets, at £25 (£20 concessions) available via email from Alastair Moseley and Joyce Chamberlain – [email protected] or [email protected] for more. Alternatively, call Alastair Moseley on 07824 836576 or Joyce Chamberlain on 07849 774529.
Another Whoall Noyse of Recorders is at St John’s Church at 4pm. HERO brings music from the Baroque era to modern times to life. The group will perform music specially composed or arranged for the recorder orchestra. Entry is free with a retiring collection. Visit: heart-of-england-recorder-orchestra.org.uk for more information.
Wednesday, July 15
The Marimba Through Time is the final Festive Classics of the festival at Avoncroft Museum’s New Guesten Hall. Anna Newman is a Birmingham-based percussionist with more than 30 years’ experience, performing across the UK and beyond. Anna’s concert will celebrate the evolution of the Marimba – an instrument which inspires a new generations of composers and performers. The performance starts at midday at Avoncroft Museum’s New Guesten Hall and lunch is available at 1pm. Tickets – available from festiveclassics.co.uk or by calling 01527 832492 – are £16.50 (£6 for students or under 25s) and an extra £16.50 for the two-course lunch.
Saturday, July 18
Music from Medieval to Modern is a romp through 700 years of music – played by Danielle Saxon Reeves on both replica and original period instruments. The show takes place at 7.30pm at Fairfield Village Hall. Visit: bromsgrovearts.org.uk for more information and tickets, which are £5.
Musical Influence and Admiration, The Orchestra of St John’s Summer Gala Concert, takes place at 7.30pm at St John’s Church. The orchestra will be conducted by Dr Richard Jenkinson as they perform a number of works containing dramatic tensions and excitement. Among the pieces on the programme will be Mendelssohn Ruy Blas Overture, Schubert Symphony in B minor (Unfinished) and Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor. Refreshments will be available during the interval – visit: priorbooking.com or Decanter Spirit, Bromsgrove High Street (cash only) for tickets which are £15 for adults. Under-18s go free. Tickets will be available on the door, if available.
Visit bromsgrovefestival.co.uk for more on these events and future activities.
