What's On

Petworth Festival Literary Week 2019

Saturday 26 October - Sunday 3 November

Programme announced and Box Office opens Wednesday 2 October.

If you require a wheelchair access seat or extra assistance and/or are a carer for a disabled person please telephone our Festival Manager, Kate Wardle, 01798 343055, any weekday between 10am-5pm.

The events listed below have already taken place at our 41st Petworth Festival 2019!

Tuesday 16 July
Festival Service
6:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Free
Wednesday 17 July
Hitchens: Alfred, Ivon, John and Simon (exhibition)
10:00 AM
Kevis House Gallery
Free
Ivon Hitchens: Space through Colour (lecture)
11:15 AM
Leconfield Hall
Sold Out
Viktoria Mullova (violin) with Misha Mullov-Abbado (bass, composer, arranger)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Selling Fast
Thursday 18 July
The Dad’s Army Radio Show (comedy theatre - 5pm)
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Armonico Consort – Beowulf
7:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
The Dad’s Army Radio Show (comedy theatre - 8pm)
8:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Friday 19 July
Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Ke Ma (piano)
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Sir John Tomlinson with Rozanna Madylus and Counterpoise
7:30 PM
Champs Hill
Available on Door
Rick Wakeman’s Piano Odyssey
7:30 PM
Midhurst Rother College
Sold Out
Saturday 20 July
Come and Sing... the music of Disney with Ben Parry and friends
1:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
A Celebration of the First Moon Landing - Fly Me to the Moon (5pm)
5:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
A Celebration of the First Moon Landing - Fly Me to the Moon (8pm)
8:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Chineke! (chamber ensemble)
8:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Sunday 21 July
The Wind in the Willows
1:45 PM
Petworth House
Free
John Etheridge’s Sweet Chorus (jazz)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Monday 22 July
I Fagiolini – Leonardo: Shaping the Invisible (choral)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Tuesday 23 July
The Brook Street Band - Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus (12noon)
12:00 PM
Sofas & Stuff
Sold Out
The Brook Street Band - Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus (3pm)
3:00 PM
Sofas & Stuff
Sold Out
The Scott Brothers Duo (piano/organ/harmonium)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Luke Kempner (comedy)
8:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Wednesday 24 July
The Jazz of Dudley Moore
7:30 PM
Champs Hill
Sold Out
Imogen Cooper (piano)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Thursday 25 July
Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: Abingdon Wind Quintet
12:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Georgie Fame
7:30 PM
The Stables at Petworth
Sold Out
Friday 26 July
Coffee Concert with Trio Simbora (traditional music)
11:15 AM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) with Huw Watkins (piano)
7:30 PM
Champs Hill
Sold Out
Comedy in the Stables with Julian Clary
7:30 PM
The Stables at Petworth
Sold Out
Saturday 27 July
Hao Zi Yoh (piano)
12:00 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Festival Walk
1:30 PM
Bignor Park
Free
Jazz in the Stables with Ray Gelato and the Giants, The Dime Notes and the West Sussex Big Band
5:30 PM
The Stables at Petworth
Available on Door
Sunday 28 July
Murray Lachlan Young - Modern Cautionary Tales for Young Children (ages 6+)
11:15 AM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Laura van der Heijden (cello) with the Brodsky Quartet
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Monday 29 July
The Julian Bliss Septet
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Tuesday 30 July
Nicholas McCarthy (piano) and Oliver Wass (harp)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Kabantu (world and traditional music)
8:00 PM
St Mary, Easebourne
Sold Out
Wednesday 31 July
Royal Academy of Music Lunchtimes: The Hill Quartet
12:00 PM
Sacred Heart Church, Petworth
Sold Out
Dance workshop with Kathleen Gilbert and Ensemble Hesperi
3:00 PM
St Mary, Easebourne
Available on Door
Matthew Barley (cello) with Soumik Datta (sarod) and Ustad Sukhvinder Singh (tabla)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Ensemble Hesperi (baroque music)
8:00 PM
St Mary, Easebourne
Available on Door
Thursday 1 August
The HandleBards - Much Ado About Nothing (outdoor theatre)
7:00 PM
Bignor Park
Available on Door
Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening (traditional music)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out
Friday 2 August
Coffee Concert with Bowreed (traditional music)
11:15 AM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Barry Douglas (piano)
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Available on Door
Riot in Petworth! (contemporary)
7:45 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
Saturday 3 August
Duo Diez – Violeta Barena (violin) and Dimitris Dekavallas (guitar)
12:00 PM
Leconfield Hall
Available on Door
MILOŠ (guitar) with Ensemble7
7:30 PM
St Mary's Church
Sold Out