Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival 2025
January 19, 2022
Holt & Sheringham Norfolk 1940’s Weekend 2025
January 25, 2022
The Holt Festival is taking a year out in 2025.
The festival is an annual arts festival but is taking a break and will not be occurring in 2025.
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
The annual festival usually comprises a range of events, from food and theatre to music, fine art and more are venues all over town, in pubs and hotels, in tents and school halls.
There are performances at the church, the Auden Theatre, in the bookshop, and the magnificent open-air Theatre in the Woods.
Highlights in 2024 included the celebrated singer and actress, Barbara Dickson, giving a special acoustic performance of her songs at an intimate level. Nigel Planer, known from the 1980s TV series ‘The Young Ones’ and ‘The Comic Strip Presents’, will be in conversation about his time at the center of ‘Alternative Comedy’ and his recent writing. The festival will also feature a Derek Jarman day, celebrating the life of this hugely talented man in all its many facets.
Other treats include Rosemary Ashe, a leading figure of West End musical theatre, who brings her unique take on Ethel Merman and Dora Bryan in two unforgettable performances. There will also be folk music with The Shackleton Trio and some of the finest classical music performances, including The Piatti Quartet with a programme of Brahms and Schoenberg, as well as a truly magical performance of Baroque music with soprano Grace Davidson, saxophonist Christian Forshaw, and flautist Andrew Findon in St Andrew’s Church, Holt.
On the final Saturday, the festival was thrilled to welcome the legendary rock band The Zombies to close the Festival on the Stage on the Field, playing their hits including ‘She’s Not There’ and the worldwide chart-topping single ‘Time of the Season’.
If you are looking for a quiet time in the countryside, this is not it. If you’re looking for cultural nourishment, some belly laughs, and the pleasure of seeing some top-flight internationally recognised performers, you’re in the right place.
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