We are thrilled to launch the 2025 Beaminster Festival of Music and the Arts.

We have a super line-up this year, and it’s extremely varied, which backs up our constant aim of attracting new Festival goers to enjoy the magic.

There will be some extremely popular events, so remember, if you want priority booking please consider becoming a Friend of Beaminster Festival, or better still become a Sponsor or Donor. By supporting in this way, you will not only be helping Beaminster’s Festival to thrive, but you will also be helping our next generation of young musicians to gain valuable early experience.

As well as financial support, the Festival depends on the practical support of volunteers: stewards, caterers, hosts, drivers flower arrangers and many others, without which the Festival could not operate. Thank you – the Festival could not continue without you.

Make a note in your diary – 2025 Dates 28 June – 6 July

Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector

MONDAY MARCH 31ST Two one act plays touching on big issues but with gentle humour.

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Beaminster Festival Art Exhibition in conjunction with Mosterton Art Group

SATURDAY 28 JUNE -SUNDAY 6 JULY Come and admire the talents of our local artists

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String Workshop with the Gildas Quartet

SUNDAY 29 JUNE Very special opportunity to work with a professional String Quartet

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The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I The Three Inch Fools

TUESDAY 3 JUNE The stage is set for regicidal rivalries, devious dramatics, and plotting play. Bring a picnic and enjoy the Manor grounds

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Choral Evensong

MONDAY 9 JUNE University Music-Bournemouth-Chamber Choir and Friends

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KNDS Fairey Band

SATURDAY 28 JUNE 2.00PM Welcome back to the Fairey Band, practically an institution in Beaminster

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Martin James Bartlett and Dina Duisen piano 4 hands

SUNDAY 29 JUNE 7.30PM Enjoy the magic of 4 hands on one piano playing Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Ginastera

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Morgan Szymanski guitar

MONDAY 30 JUNE 11.30am Morgan Szymanski celebrates music inspired by the sun, moon and stars and the nature on earth

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Gildas Quartet

MONDAY 30 JUNE 7.00PM Experience the excitement of Shostakovich Quartet No.8 perfomed from memory

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Katherine Dienes-Williams

TUESDAY 1 JULY 11.30am The Director of Music of Guildford Cathedral presents an organ recital full of variety

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Trevor Ware Arctic Genius: Sir William Edward Parry, The Original Arctic Explorer

TUESDAY 1 JULY 2.30am Trevor Ware has written a fascinating account of the early Arctic Explorer Sir William Parry

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Steve Knightley

TUESDAY 1 JULY 7.30pm Steve Knightley promises an unforgettable evening of music and stories

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Jacky Zhang

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 11.30am Jacky Zhang phenomenal young pianist and composer BBC Young Musician Finalist.

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Alan Edwards I Was There: Dispatches from a Life of Rock and Roll

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2.30am Alan Edwards the godfather of British music PR, shares some great anecdotes.

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Corvus Consort and Ferio

WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 7.30pm Wonderful sacred choral music together with ethereal saxophones

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Ewan Millar oboe and Tomas Boyles piano

THURSDAY 3 JULY 11.30am Ewan Millar oboe and Tomas Boyles present an entertaining programme full of melody and virtuosity

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Daisy Goodwin Diva

THURSDAY 3 JULY 2.30am Bestselling author, Daisy Goodwin, returns with a thrilling novel with Maria Callas taking central stage.

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Lizzie Ball vocals and violin and James Pearson piano

THURSDAY 3 JULY 7.30pm Encounters with Gershwin – an evening of cool jazz

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Graffiti Classics

FRIDAY 4 JULY 11.30am Graffiti Classics know just how to make classical music wickedly funny!

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Julian Evans Undefeatable: Odesa in Love and War

FRIDAY 4 JULY 2.30am From love and marriage to the front line of Russia’s invasion.

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Guy Johnston cello and Tom Poster piano

FRIDAY 4 JULY 7.30pm Cellist Guy Johnston and pianist Tom Poster play Bach, Saint-Saens, Martinu and Beethoven

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Planet ABBA

Saturday 5 July 8pm Dance the night away to all those songs you know and love

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Meliora Collective -Gala Concert

SUNDAY 6 JULY 7.30pm Pocket Orchestra plays Ravel, Dvorak and Mendelssohn

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