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WEEK ONE
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| Sat 31 May, 7pm
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Festival Family Evening: Hog Roast on the Hill
Sponsored by Sabih Nashat & Wheatland Services
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| Sun 1 June, 11am
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Festival Service
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| Sun 1 June, 12.15pm
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Opening of Festival Art Exhibition
Sponsored by Keim Paints
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Mon 2 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Film: Looking for Richard (12)
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Tue 3 June, 8pm
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John Moore and Martin Jones: Food for Thought
Sponsored by Tanners Wines Ltd
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Wed 4 June, 8pm
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Festival Lecture: Richard III, The Director’s Journey
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| Thur 5 June, 7.30pm
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Gone to Earth: Remembered and Revisited
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| Sat 7 June, 12 noon
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Organ recital by Glyn Williams
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| Sat 7 June, 7.30pm
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Open Air Concert: The West End Comes to Wenlock
Sponsored by English Heritage & Virtual Shropshire
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WEEK TWO
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| Mon 9 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Tue 10 June , 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Wed 11 June, 11am to 4pm
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Wenlock Priory Artists Day
Sponsored by English Heritage
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| Wed 11 June, 2pm
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Book Launch: Cynthia Gamble - John Ruskin, Henry James
and The Shropshire Lads
Sponsored by Wenlock Books
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| Wed 11 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Thu 12 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Fri 13 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Sat 14 June, 9.30am
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Festival Ramble
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| Sat 14 June, 2.30pm
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Vaughan Williams Celebrated
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| Sat 14 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Play: Richard III
Sponsored by The Shropshire Star
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| Sun 15 June, 7.30pm
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In Conversation: Sir Roy Strong, Alex James & Gabrielle Drake
Sponsored by Twenty Twenty Contemporary Art Gallery
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WEEK THREE
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| Mon 16 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Film: Clockwise (PG)
Sponsored by Mr and Mrs Hugh Trevor-Jones
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| Tue 17 June, 7.30pm
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Elisabeth Wingfield in Concert
Sponsored by Lowe & Fletcher Ltd
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| Wed 18 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Lecture: Mark Horton – From Wenlock to Coast
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| Fri 20 June, 6pm to 8pm
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Literary Evening with Persephone Books
Sponsored by Philip Dunne MP
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| Sat 21 June, 10am to 5pm
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Family Fun Day
Sponsored by Nick Tofiluk & George Saey
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| Sat 21 June, 7.30pm
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Much Wenlock Male Voice and Ladies Choirs in Concert
Sponsored by The Lady Forester
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| Sun 22 June, 1.30pm to 5pm
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Open Gardens
Sponsored by Mrs Ann Trevor-Jones
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| Sun 22 June, 7.30pm
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Festival Finale: Apollo String Quartet
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THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
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Art Exhibition
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Window Dressing Competition
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Future Festival Dates
2008 May 31 – June 22
2010 June 5 – June 27
2012 June 2 – June 23 (Olympic Year Festival*)
* As the birthplace of the modern Olympic movement 2012 will be an important year for Much Wenlock. For further information regarding plans for 2012 please contact the Festival Committee.
