With an exciting programme of drama, jazz, dance, architecture tours, landscape walks and international cuisine the annual Hornchurch Festival is set to become one of the best yet.
This year's format offers one of the widest ranges of activities for many years featuring many venues in Hornchurch and involving many of the borough's cultural organisations.
The festival begins with the popular Mini Open House on Saturday 28 May where residents can explore some of Havering's finest and most historic buildings and will run until Thursday 9 July with a History and Landscape Walk through Hornchurch and Upminster.
One of the highlights of the festival is the Langton's Summer Concert featuring the Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra. This event is fast becoming a local tradition where residents bring their chairs, rugs and picnics for an evening of classical music in Langtons Gardens.
Other highlights of the festival include:
• Shakespeare in the Garden with Illyria Theatre Company's production of 'Twelfth Night' on 14 and 15 June in the Gardens of Fairkytes Arts Centre
• The annual Havering Mela which will offer residents an international flavour of music, food and dance on the Queen's Green on 26 June
• Sunday Lunchtime Jazz session featuring Pete Corrigan and the Band of Hope taking residence every Sunday throughout June at the Queen's Theatre
• Tea Dance Concert at the Queen's Theatre featuring Paul Rhodes and local choir Dawn Chorus on 10 June
• Stacey Kent and her Band will perform well known jazz standards at the Queen's Theatre on 21 June
• Acoustic Roots@Fairkytes featuring Bob Fox under a canvas in Fairkytes Arts centre on 3 July
• Children's entertainment at the Queen's Theatre with Fireman Sam and his friends performing their first ever music festival Pontypandy Rocks on 29 and 30 May.
Further information on the festival including times and ticket prices for all events is available here.
Hornchurch Festival of Arts & Heritage 2011 Brochure [15Mb]
Councillor Andrew Curtin, Cabinet Member for Culture, Towns and Communities said:
"2011 is an important year for the Hornchurch Festival of Arts and Heritage as we mark the 75th anniversary of a library first being opened in Hornchurch."
"The arts, a sense of history and an enjoyment of nature are central to a better future for all. I do hope that this year's Festival will bring people from the whole borough experiences which will lift the spirits all summer long and beyond."
The festival begins with the popular Mini Open House on Saturday 28 May where residents can explore some of Havering's finest and most historic buildings and will run until Thursday 9 July with a History and Landscape Walk through Hornchurch and Upminster.
One of the highlights of the festival is the Langton's Summer Concert featuring the Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra. This event is fast becoming a local tradition where residents bring their chairs, rugs and picnics for an evening of classical music in Langtons Gardens.
Other highlights of the festival include:
• Shakespeare in the Garden with Illyria Theatre Company's production of 'Twelfth Night' on 14 and 15 June in the Gardens of Fairkytes Arts Centre
• The annual Havering Mela which will offer residents an international flavour of music, food and dance on the Queen's Green on 26 June
• Sunday Lunchtime Jazz session featuring Pete Corrigan and the Band of Hope taking residence every Sunday throughout June at the Queen's Theatre
• Tea Dance Concert at the Queen's Theatre featuring Paul Rhodes and local choir Dawn Chorus on 10 June
• Stacey Kent and her Band will perform well known jazz standards at the Queen's Theatre on 21 June
• Acoustic Roots@Fairkytes featuring Bob Fox under a canvas in Fairkytes Arts centre on 3 July
• Children's entertainment at the Queen's Theatre with Fireman Sam and his friends performing their first ever music festival Pontypandy Rocks on 29 and 30 May.
Further information on the festival including times and ticket prices for all events is available here.
Hornchurch Festival of Arts & Heritage 2011 Brochure [15Mb]Councillor Andrew Curtin, Cabinet Member for Culture, Towns and Communities said:
"2011 is an important year for the Hornchurch Festival of Arts and Heritage as we mark the 75th anniversary of a library first being opened in Hornchurch."
"The arts, a sense of history and an enjoyment of nature are central to a better future for all. I do hope that this year's Festival will bring people from the whole borough experiences which will lift the spirits all summer long and beyond."
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