Putney Festival Returns for it Second Year


Programme includes Music Marathon, Come and Sing the Messiah and La Boheme

Event kicks off with a competition for young musicians
Event kicks off with a competition for young musicians

The Putney Festival is set to make its return from 10 July to 24 July.

It was first held last year, as the effects of lockdown were still being felt, to bring communities together and help support musicians, performers and artists hard hit by the pandemic.

Events include performances of Puccini's La Boheme, a Putney Festival Young Musician of the Year Competition and a Music Marathon.

The first Putney Festival was held last year. The event was the brain child of freelance opera singer and producer Rhiannon Llewellyn who lives and works in Putney.

Building on the success of the virtual and in person concerts held at St Margaret’s Church during the pandemic, she decided a festival would work in the area and soon found plenty of support for the idea.

More information and details on booking tickets can be found on the Putney Festival website.

A full programme is available below.

Putney Festival Young Musician of the Year Competition
Saturday, 9 July 2022
09:00 16:30
Competition day for our young musicians of Putney. All genres of music encouraged and celebrated. Adjudicated by a musician of International Renown

Lifted!
Sunday, 10 July 2022
14:00 14:30
Female-led acrobatics troupe Mimbre make their début at Putney Festival with their show ‘Lifted’!

Mimbre Workshop
Sunday, 10 July 2022
15:00 16:00
Family workshop in acrobatics and acrobalance from Mimbre’s repertoire of tricks and styles.

Mini Music Makers
Saturday, 16 July 2022
09:30 10:10
Mini Music Makers with fun for children ages 0-5 and their families.

Mini Music Makers
Saturday, 16 July 2022
10:40 11:30
Mini Music Makers with fun for children ages 0-5 and their families.

Mini Music Makers
Mini Music Makers

Messiah Choral Workshop with Hilary Davan Wetton
Saturday, 16 July 2022
11:00 21:30
The conductor Hilary Davan Wetton will give a one-day choral workshop to explore and perform Handel's Messiah! The Come & Sing day will include singing, vocal tips, teamwork and a performance – all in the company of other musically minded people and under the expert direction of Hilary Davan Wetton. There will also be a supper provided by the popular St Margaret’s ‘Lunch on the Lane’ series…

Performance of Handel’s Messiah
Saturday, 16 July 2022
19:00 21:00

La Bohème
Sunday, 17 July 2022
19:00 22:30
Performance of Puccini’s operatic masterpiece ‘La Bohème’ with a cast of international singers and a long picnic interval to soak up the beautiful gardens at St Margaret’s.

La Bohème
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
19:00 22:30
Performance of Puccini’s operatic masterpiece ‘La Bohème’ with a cast of international singers and a long picnic interval to soak up the beautiful gardens at St Margaret’s.

Poetry Reading & Workshop with Luke Kennard
Thursday, 21 July 2022
19:00 21:30
Poetry Workshop with Luke Kennard

12hr Music Marathon
Friday, 22 July 2022
09:00 21:00
Putney Festival Music Marathon

La Bohème
Saturday, 23 July 2022
19:00 22:30
Performance of Puccini’s operatic masterpiece ‘La Bohème’ with a cast of international singers and a long picnic interval to soak up the beautiful gardens at St Margaret’s.

Putney Festival Young Musician of the Year - Winners Concert
Sunday, 24 July 2022
17:00 18:15
Concert given by the winner of the Putney Festival Young Musician of the Year competition

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June 24, 2022