THERE will be live theatre aplenty, along with music and more as this year’s Bromsgrove Festival enters its second week.
Sunday, July 5
National Theatre Live will bring Les Liaisons Dangereuses to Fairfield Village Hall at 7pm. Visit: bromsgrovearts.org.uk for more and tickets which, for the striking new staging, are £15.50.
Black Country Brass will be next up for the Bands in the Park series. People are urged to take along chairs, blankets and a picnic for the weekly free concerts at 2.30pm every Sunday in the Sanders Park Jubilee Bandstand.
Afternoon Tea and Music at The Music Box, Stoke Road, Wychbold, is from 3pm to 4pm. Local celebrity violinist Charlotte Moseley joins Alastair Moseley on piano to play popular classical masterpieces from the last three centuries including favourites, Praeludium and Allegro, Salut D’Amour and Schindler’s List. Email: Alastair Moseley at: [email protected] or Joyce Chamberlain at: [email protected] for tickets, which are £25 (£20 concessions). For more, information, call Alastair on 07824 836576 or Joyce on 07849 774529.
A Musical Afternoon with Tea and Cakes takes place at Avoncroft Arts Society, Redditch Road, Bromsgrove, from 3pm to 4.30pm. This charity event will raise funds for the Primrose Hospice and is being held as part of the 2026 Go Yellow Campaign. There will be music by the choir and other performers and audience participation is welcomed. Adults are £5, children go free. Tickets available from Lynne Taylor on 07846 599167. Visit: primrosehospice.org for more information.
A free-to-attend Festival Choral evensong takes place at St John’s Church in Bromsgrove at 6pm. The event will feature canticles sung to the setting by Howells – ‘Collegium Regale’ – and anthem ‘The Heavens are Telling’ by Haydn.
Wednesday, July 8
Shakespeare Stories – A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place at Bromsgrove Baptist Church, New Road, from 10am to 11am. The story is immersively retold in modern English for all the family. This all age, interactive production welcomes viewers to the enchanted forest, where they can be a fairy, a lover or an actor, and experience the fun and frolics of Shakespeare’s tale. Tickets are £5.04 (£7.21 including booking fee). Visit: rhiannafrost.com/the-shakespeare-collective-bookings for more.
The latest in the Festive Classics programme sees the Sennet brass quintet take the audience through the years of music. The programme includes works by Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart through to the jazzy ‘blue’ tunes of Duke Ellington. The performance starts at midday at Avoncroft Museum’s New Guesten Hall and lunch is available at 1pm. Tickets – available from festiveclassics.co.uk or by calling 01527 832492 – are £16.50 (£6 for students or under 25s) and an extra £16.50 for the two-course lunch.
The Pericles Project: Home and Displacement takes place from 7pm yo 8pm at Bromsgrove Baptist Church, New Road. The workshop takes inspiration from ‘Pericles, Prince of Tyre’, a play co-written by George Wilkins and William Shakespeare. In the workshop, participants engage with modern day refugee stories and artworks, and create their own theatrical response. Suitable for those aged 14 and over. Tickets are £6.13 (including booking fee). Visit: rhiannafrost.com/the-shakespeare-collective-bookings for more information.
Might As Well Giggle – live stand-up comedy featuring Shazia Mirza – takes place at 8pm at The Boat Shack, Worcester Road, Upton Warren. Shazia – previewing her brand new show – has featured on Would I Lie To You, Eastenders and The Island with Bear Grylls. Support from Jackie Kain and MC host Luke Baker. Tickets £10 in advance plus booking fee, £14 on the door Visit: ticketsource.co.uk/Nextcrazeuk for more.
Thursday, July 9
Anthony John Clarke takes centre stage at Bromsgrove Folk Club at 8pm at Catshill Social Club, Meadow Road. Anthony is a great singer, songwriter, raconteur, wit and all round nice guy who has been a regular at the club and the Festival for over 30 years. He brings a sackful of songs and stories. Tickets are £8 for members, £10 for non-members and £4 for under 25s. Available from Eventbrite (including booking fee) or on the door. Visit: bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk for more.
Friday, July 10
Blondish – the definitive Blondie tribute act – are at Artrix at 7.30pm. They boast fierce vocals that uncannily recreate Debbie Harry’s unmistakable style, driving guitars, and synth-infused soundscapes. Tickets – £25 plus booking fee – are available by emailing: [email protected] or by calling 01527 361324.
Visit bromsgrovefestival.co.uk for more on these events and future activities.
