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Festival Events
1 July
11:00 am
High St - in front of St George’s Church, Deal
Free Community Stage
We will brighten your Saturday morning!
7 July
7:30 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
Resonate Chamber Orchestra
British conductor Henry Kennedy brings the brilliant young Resonate Chamber Orchestra (RCO) to Deal
8 July
11:00 am
Community Stage outside St George’s Church, Deal
Free Community Stage
We will brighten your Saturday morning!
8 July
12:00 pm
Poetry Day
Hosted by Jacob Sam-La Rose and Luke Styles featuring UK poets and Deal poet Jessica Mookherjee
8 July
7:00 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
The Music of Ray Charles
National Youth Jazz Orchestra featuring Tommy Blaize
8 July
9:30 pm
Smugglers Records Shop, King Street
Deal Playlist
A 45min set of music drawn from the collection of LPs at Smugglers Records
9 July
10:00 am
9 July
7:30 pm
The Astor Community Theatre
The Soundless Dark
Norma Winstone: voice, Will Bartlett: piano and Tony Kofi: alto and soprano saxophones
10 July
11:00 am
St Andrew's Church, Deal
Music for Tenor, Horn and Piano
Greg Tassell tenor, is joined by Bryan Walker horn and John Harper piano.
10 July
1:00 pm
10 July
4:30 pm
11 July
11:00 am
11 July
2:30 pm
The Guildhall, Sandwich
Kreutzer Quartet Pre Concert Talk
David Matthews, Luke Styles and Peter Sheppard Skærved
11 July
3:00 pm
The Guildhall, Sandwich
Kreutzer Quartet
The quartet performs complete cycles of works by contemporary composers from David Matthews, a former Deal Festival Artistic Director, to Michael Tippett.
11 July
5:00 pm
11 July
7:30 pm
Walmer Castle Grounds
Love’s Labours Lost
The Changeling Theatre Company in collaboration with English Heritage
12 July
1:00 pm
12 July
4:30 pm
12 July
7:30 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
Hilary Summers with Andrew West & Helen Crayford
Hilary Summers: What’s So Great About Opera? with Andrew West.
Helen Crayford: Rags to Riches
Helen Crayford: Rags to Riches
13 July
10:30 am
Meet at The Guildhall, Sandwich
Sandwich Local History Society Walk
Walk in the footsteps of Thomas Becket, discover where the
13 July
1:00 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
The Ringlemere Quartet
Jane Browne (Violin), Adrian Smith (Viola), Keren Starer-Shaw Cello), Helen Crayford (Piano)
13 July
3:30 pm
The Astor Community Theatre
Books Booked 4 – Anna Sayburn Lane with William Shaw
Anna Sayburn Lane with William Shaw - Local Crime
13 July
5:30 pm
St George’s Church
T.S. Eliot Four Quartets
Gawain Douglas will recite these poems with interludes played by his wife Niki on the piano.
13 July
7:30 pm
The Lighthouse Pub, Walmer
Iain Ballamy Trio
Iain Ballamy (saxophone), Huw Warren (keyboard), Yuri Golubev (bass)
14 July
10:30 am
St George’s Church Hall, High Street, Deal
The Great Big Bag of Fun
A specially designed musical experience for under 5s and their parents or carers.
14 July
4:00 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
Books Booked 5 – Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory - Women: Untold Histories
14 July
9:30 pm
Smugglers Records Shop, King Street
Deal Playlist
A 45min set of music drawn from the collection of LPs at Smugglers Records
15 July
11:00 am
Community Stage outside St George’s Church, Deal
Free Community Stage
We will brighten your Saturday morning!
15 July
1:00 pm
The Astor Community Theatre
Young Musicians Showcase Concert
Deal Music and Arts Education presents a concert performed by young people.
15 July
4:30 pm
15 July
7:30 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
Celebrating Trevor Pinnock with The English Concert
An all Mozart programme celebrating Trevor Pinnock’s career.
16 July
11:00 am
The Astor Community Theatre
Kuljit Bhamra
11.00am Tabla workshop
1.00pm Solo Concert
An award-winning record producer, composer, virtuoso
16 July
4:00 pm
St George’s Church, Deal
Tredegar Brass Band
The band has earned a worldwide reputation for artistic innovation and excellence, touring, recording and giving premieres of ballets and orchestral collaborations.