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IT’S Festival Time AT WOOBURN 16 HIYA [12.5x9 L]_Hoya Half Page 05/08/2016 11:28 Page 1 Registered Charity No:282538 26 SEPTEMBER - 22 OCTOBER 2016 A Festival for the Chilterns and Thames Valley Wooburn Festival FESTIVAL of MUSIC and ARTS 18 VARIED EVENTS, TO SUIT ALL TASTES, TAKING PLACE IN WOOBURN, BOURNE END, WYCOMBE AND BEACONSFIELD Classical Music Visual Arts MORE EVENT DETAILS on WEBSITE :- www.wooburnfestival.com BOX OFFICE :: WEBSITE or Bourne End Library 07746 730696 Festivals are entertaining huge audiences with celebrities and performers all over the country, but you don’t need to travel far because, for its 50th season, the Wooburn Festival is once again bringing the very best of art and music to your doorstep. It was the idea of the late Richard Hickox CBE, one of Britain’s leading orchestral conductors who, 49 years ago, brought musicians of international repute to play high quality music which could be easily and economically enjoyed. From humble beginnings, but with great ambition, it has become the Festival in the Chilterns and Thames Valley. Over the years the Festival has offered an ever-widening range of events featuring jazz, 28 Opera Lunchtime Recitals Poetry Spoken Word Folk and Jazz folk and opera as well as Chamber and Choral music. The Spoken Word Week held in Bourne End Library features events led by authors and poets in the same venue that presents a Photographic Exhibition. The hugely popular Visual Arts Exhibition has become the most prestigious exhibition of its type in the whole region. Paintings, pottery, sculpture and jewellery are exhibited by some 100 invited artists each year. Performance and presentation are always of the highest standard, and have featured many famous names. Young artists have been attracted to Wooburn when they were beginning their professional careers and many have since become well known. To advertise in Hiya Bucks text or call 07947 349134