Southwell Music Festival returns for 2023!
Southwell Music Festival returns this August for four days of sensational live music.
The four-day festival runs from Friday 25 – Monday 28 August and features a jam-packed programme, welcoming professional musicians and performers from across the UK, as well as shining a spotlight on the best of Nottinghamshire’s home-grown talent.
Acclaimed pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is making a welcome return to the Festival for a headline recital at Southwell Minster on Saturday 26 August. Jeneba performed at the very first Southwell Music Festival back in 2014, aged just 11. The third of the Kanneh-Mason clan to establish herself as a soloist, Jeneba recently made her BBC Proms debut with the Chineke! Orchestra.
For the first time, the Festival will also include a musical Family Fun Day on Saturday afternoon. Following the growing success of the annual family concert, there has been increasing demand for a bumper festival family event. Plans are afoot for an afternoon of live performances, workshops, crafts and activities for all ages in Southwell Minster’s Palace Gardens.
The Southwell Festival Voices and Baroque Sinfonia will mark this coronation year with a celebration of Handel, including his Coronation Anthems and fabulous showcase for choir, Dixit Dominus. Keen singers of all abilities can also join together for the Festival’s Come and Sing event, culminating in an informal performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, accompanied by the Festival Baroque Sinfonia.
The current economic climate and ongoing national crisis in arts funding has led to the difficult decision to review the Festival format. Previously a six-day event, the new four-day format still promises local audiences and visitors to the town the very best in music, a varied and ambitious programme, top-quality visiting artists and the opportunity to come together to celebrate music in a magnificent setting.
The full Festival line-up will be revealed at a free Launch Concert on Friday 12 May at Southwell Minster. Reserve your free tickets.
Tickets are on sale from 19 June 2023. Festival Friends will enjoy Priority Booking for all concerts and events. Join the Fesival Friends.
As a registered charity, Southwell Music Festival also welcomes new sponsors and donors. If you or your business wants to make a difference to arts in the region by supporting Southwell Music Festival 2023 please email sar@southwellmusicfestival.com
