Welcome to the Wymondham Music Festival website. Our aim is to provide you with useful information about the Festival that we hope makes it easier for you to enjoy our events.
This site was last updated on 14 July 2010
About Wymondham Music Festival
Music for everyone . . .
Our annual music festival, founded in 1996, takes place in the lively market town of Wymondham, Norfolk, famous for its glorious Benedictine abbey church, distinctive Market Cross, beautiful river valley and many other visitor attractions.
Throughout the summer . . .
There is a huge range of music on offer - evening concerts, daytime recitals, gigs, workshops, the Midsummer Jazz Picnic down by the river Tiffey, Town Busking Day and lots of other live music in the Market Place and at venues around the town.
Supporting local musicians . . .
Most of our artists live and work in Norfolk. We provide top quality performances from professional musicians, show-case local talent and promote our many excellent music societies.
The 2010 Festival Fortnight comes to a close...
A rousing performance by the Norwich Youth for Christ Gospel Choir last Sunday proved to be a thoroughly fitting climax to a wonderful 2010 Festival Fortnight.
We, the organisers, and you, the audiences, seem to agree that it’s been one of the best Wymondham Music Festivals in our 15 year history.
It actually seems rather invidious to single out individual events, and everyone will have their own favourite memory, but here are just a few of the highlights:
The Midsummer Jazz Picnic attracted the biggest audience ever for this family fun evening in the sun; we had a packed Abbey for a Gershwin lunchtime recital, the Combined High School Jazz Band in the Market Place had everyone impressed by the youngsters’ talent and sheer verve, Duo Contra’s combination of trumpet and harp really was heavenly, John Law’s Art of Sound was a staggering example of jazz virtuosity at its most approachable and more teddies than ever joined our Teddy Bears’ Picnic.
Even the piercing sound of the Norwich and Peterborough burglar alarm couldn’t spoil the wonderful Forties event in the Market Place on a warm summer’s evening - the Chameleon Band played on in the best English tradition and the assembled crowd merely cheered loudly when the alarm stopped!
The music hasn’t stopped just because the Festival Fortnight has come to a close - see the July-October page for a list of music right through to the autumn.
And then there’s next year.... Planning has already started (there’s no let-up for the hard working volunteers who organise Wymondham Music Festival!), so keep your eyes on this site as we bring you news of what’s on offer.
The 2010 Festival Fortnight is now over, but here are the key 2011 dates for your diary:
Festival Fortnight 2011 - Saturday 25 June to Sunday 10 July
Programmes and tickets available from Saturday 7 May
registered charity no 1081375
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