Worcester Festival
The Worcester Music Festival takes place during the Worcester Festival.
Kicking off on Saturday August 6th and ending with a spectacular finale fireworks display on Monday, August 29th, this year's Worcester Festival incorporated the Three Choirs Festival, the CAMRA Beer Festival, Worcester Music Festival, a host of Battle of Worcester events as well as marching bands, street theatre, exhibitions and workshops.
Under the festival umbrella fell other mini events such as the Film festival, a week-long Flower Festival Trail, and the sixth Worcester City Flower Show on August 6th in Gheluvelt Park; live music and drama at the Swan Theatre and Huntingdon Hall, Robots Family Trail, St Richard's Hospice Duck Race, Children's Ghost Walks and the week-long celebration of Douglas Adams, an English writer and dramatist, best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The event also incorporated a free open day at Worcester Porcelain Museum on Wednesday, August 17th, which celebrates the iconic Royal Worcester which dates back to the 18th century and is renowned for its rich heritage and classically English collections of porcelain.
The festival only started in 2003 and has just grown in momentum as individuals, organisations and groups representing large cross-sections of the community have caught the vision and run with it so much so that the festival has become an integral part of Worcester's identity over the summer.
To sum up in the words of Worcester Festival's mission statement; "It is a celebration of life, and of Worcester and its people."
For more information about Worcester Festival, log on to www.worcesterfestival.co.uk
