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Welcome to Arts in Prescot,
the official website of the annual
Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts,
based in the historic Lancashire town of Prescot,
Merseyside, now home of
Shakespeare North



 

The Sixth Annual Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts runs from Friday 18 to Sunday 27 June 2010

Click here for TICKET information

Full Programme
(scroll down for additional daily events)
 

Fri 18th June

7.30pm

Prescot Parish Church


Opening Night
: Greenalls Brass Band & Highfield Male Voice Choir £4
 

Sat 19th June

11am - 4pm

Brown's Field


Prescot Carnival
FREE
 

 

7.30pm

Prescot Parish Church


Come & Sing:
Mendelssohn's Elijah
FREE
(download pdf form to participate)
followed at approx. 8.50pm by
A Tapestry of Music featuring 17th century period music FREE
 

Sun 20th June

3pm

Prescot Parish Church


Organ Recital with Professor Ian Tracey
£4
 

 

6.30pm

Prescot Parish Church (chancel)


New Music Concert featuring Tubalate (tuba quartet), Blue Moon String Quartet & COMA North West
£2
 

Mon 21st June

6.30pm

St Mary & St Paul's School
Schools Verse Speaking Festival
FREE
 
Tue 22nd June 7.30pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room
Classic Film:
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) £2
 
Wed 23rd June 8.30pm Clock Face Pub
Acoustic Night & Open Mic with Phil Jones
FREE
 
Thu 24th June 7.30pm Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Church
Swingshift Big Band with musicians from Deyes High School, Maghull
£4
 
Fri 25th June 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre
Light Music Night
with Orchestra Dell'Arte conducted by Edward Peak, formerly of the RLPO £4
 
Sat 26th June 11am Prescot Methodist Centre
The Parish of Prescot over the Centuries:
Interactive talk by local historian Rosemary Tyler FREE
 

 

2pm

Prescot Methodist Centre (start)


Prescot Prize Trail
hosted by Prescot Walking Group Entry £5 per person (includes map, instructions etc)
 

  7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre
Birkenhead Operatic Society: Songs from the Shows
£4
 

Sun 27th June

2pm

St Paul's Church


Festival Feast:
A charity dinner with musical entertainment £10
 
  6pm Prescot Parish Church
Choral Evensong
featuring the choir & organist of Prescot Parish Church
FREE
 
  7.30pm Prescot Parish Church
Last Night of the Proms
: Maghull Wind Orchestra FREE
 
 

PLUS

Saturday 19 & Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 June, 9.30 - 11.30am at the Prescot Methodist Centre Coffee Bar
Monday 21 - Friday 25 June, 11am - 2pm at Prescot Parish Church Shamela Balechandran: Art Exhibition

ALSO

Festival Exhibition at Prescot Library and Knowsley's Marvellous Medicine exhibition at Prescot Museum. See websites for opening times:

Prescot Library

Prescot Museum

Ticket Information

Advance ticket sales are only for events priced £4. You may also pay on the door, but bear in mind that space may be limited, especially at the Prescot Methodist Centre (capacity 200), where some concerts have been sold out in previous years.

For all other events, pay on the door.

How do I buy tickets in advance?

Online via TicketWeb, using a debit or credit card*

Phone 08444 771 000 to purchase tickets using a debit or credit card via TicketWeb*

Buy tickets in person at The Wool Shop, 32 Eccleston Street, Prescot, L34 5QJ

 

* If buying tickets online or by phone, a booking fee and postal fees (if you choose to have your tickets posted to you in advance) apply