St Mary's May Music Festival
24 May 2025 00:00
St Mary's May Music Festival
Back by popular demand, this festival is back for another year!
You can book tickets for each event by clicking on the links below.
Why not buy a season ticket for the whole festival - £35/£25? (Concessions are under 18 and over 65).
Book a season ticket here: Season Tickets
Saturday 24th at 7.30pm
Rising stars of the Royal Opera: The festival is excited to welcome two young artists as they start their careers as Jette Parker Young Artists at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ellen Pearson and Sam Hird give us a wonderful recital of songs, arias and duets, with festival director Alison Wells at the piano. You saw them here first…
Tickets £15 concessions £10
Book here: Rising Stars
Sunday 25th May at 3.00pm
Organ event: The Festival’s genesis was as a celebration of the centenary of a major restoration of the organ at St Mary’s, and we have each year had a talk and a recital by members of our organ-playing community. This year we’ll have a talk on the changing role of the organ, from church to cinema, followed by tea and cake, and a recital given by members of the organ community in our Parish. Free admission
Book here: Organ Event
Monday 26th at 5.00pm
Wheatley’s Arcadians present Strings ain’t what they used to be. Our own Martin Wheatley leads his group in a presentation of music from the Golden Age of popular music, roughly 1895-1945. Expect banjos, guitars, Hawaiian guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, double basses, violins and singing.
Book here: Wheatley's Arcadians