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WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD FESTIVAL

June 26-29, Alnwick, Northumberland

The festival is hosted at several venues in Alnwick and  elsewhere.

Please see individual event listings below for venues and ticket booking links. You musn't miss our headline concerts on the Saturday and Sunday, featuring Maddy Prior, Werca's Folk and VoiceMale!

Any questions, contact us via the Contact Us page.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

The Oak Tree Book Cover

The Oak Tree

Thursday 26 June, 2.00pm to 3.00pm


Event featuring The Oak Tree by Julia Donaldson. 

For young readers aged 3 to 6 years.


Alnwick Library, in Alnwick Playhouse 

Phone: 01670 622156


[Booking link to come soon]



Image by Jane Burn

Poetry and Music

Thursday 26 June, doors 7.00pm for 7.30pm start

In association with Coquetdale Creatives and Rothbury CAN


Jane Burn, Environmental Poet of the Year 2023/4 and remarkable visual artist, is joined by Dave Roe, Ali Rowland, Mike Pratt and musicians Rod Clements, Janice Burns and Jon Doran. 


Rothbury Golf Club NE65 7RX

£8.00 / £4.00 for 18  yrs and under

Image by Jane Burn


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Earth Summit

 Friday 27 June, 7.00pm

A new play with music which follows Ella, a teenage girl dropped off by her mum at a conference centre for a dance audition. Unfortunately, Ella’s mum has got the wrong venue and Ella is caught up in an emergency ‘top-secret’ world conference, the ‘Earth Summit’. Presented by students from local schools who brought you ‘The Air We Breathe’ last year.


Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium

£8.00 / 4.00 for 18 yrs and under


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Poets Go Wild

 Saturday 28 June 10.30am - 12.30pm

Catherine Ayers, Noel Hodgson and more wonderful local poets


Hauxley Discovery Centre NE65 0JRT

Free but ticketed


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Working Wood

Saturday 28 June 10.00am - 11.00am

Talk by Geoff Jackson

Timber is strong and beautiful. How are different species used to create everything from a front door to a delicate cabinet or a cathedral roof?


Alnwick Playhouse Studio Hub

£4.00

 Multi-ticket Offer: Working Wood talk and Heart of an Oak film £10.00


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Heart of Oak

Saturday 28 June 11:30am

This meditative nature film contemplates the world of a 210 year-old oak tree and life it supports over a year.


Alnwick Playhouse Studio Hub

d derFilm only £8.00 / £4.00 for 18 yrs and under

Multi-ticket Offer: Working Wood talk and Heart of Oak film £10.00


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Earth Matters - Simonside & Beyond

 Restoring nature for planet and people


Saturday 28 June 2.00pm - 4.30pm

 Can the purchase of Rothbury Estates by the Wildlife Trusts help lead the search for a balance between nature recovery, farming and local communities?  International expert Professor Alastair Driver, Senior Advisor Global Rewilding Alliance, will bust some myths about rewilding in a compelling talk. Then join the discussion on all aspects of rewilding, nature-based solutions, regenerative farming, land use and food security with our panel including Mike Pratt, CEO of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, James Barber, local farmer and land manager, and Alastair Driver.

Chair: Tom Burston, farmer and former deputy director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.


Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium

£10.00 / £5.00  for 18 yrs and under


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Maddy Prior & Kate Fox

Saturday 28 June 7.30pm

 

Maddy Prior, one of the most influential singers in the country and a dynamic solo performer, will be accompanied by Spud Sinclair on guitar in a special set of songs which will highlight her long-held commitment to the natural world and humanity’s place in it. 

Kate Fox, poet and humorist will perform extracts from her book ‘On Sycamore Gap’ and ‘The Soil Speaks’, a new poem inspired by regenerative practices at West Wharmley Farm near Hexham as part of an exhibition at the Sill National Centre for Landscape Discovery Centre


Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium

£18 / £6 for 18 yrs and under


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Sing for the Planet: workshop with Sandra Kerr & Jon Doran

Sunday 29 June 10.30am - 4.30pm

Singing workshop for singers of all levels.

Sandra Kerr says: "One of my passions as a musician, singer and writer, has always been to encourage people’s skills, whether they are young, old, experienced or absolute beginners. There is nothing as satisfying as seeing the development of others, often within the space of one session – observing the growth in confidence, musicianship and creativity. It’s a way of ‘going on’ oneself…"

Participants will have the opportunity to show off what they have learned by singing in the evening Sing for the Planet  Concert!

 

£12 including Sing for the Planet Concert ticket

Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium


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Paul Armfield - Songs About Trees

Sunday 29 June 4.45pm

Having spent the past 30 years balancing a career in bookselling with his sideline as a singer songwriter, Paul Armfield has finally reconciled the two worlds in an album of songs about books and reading. With his intimate baritone and warm stage presence, his renditions of these literate, witty songs, accompanied only by his guitar and musical saw will leave you completely charmed.

 

£15.50

Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium

Image by Alice Armfield


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Werca's Folk & VoiceMale

Sing for the Planet: Concert featuring Werca's Folk & VoiceMale

Sunday 29 June 6.00pm - 7.15pm

with Werca’s Folk, VoiceMale and the Sing for the Planet workshop singers.

Werca's Folk performs the beautiful songs of their region, and a wide range of folk and contemporary songs expressing the joys, hardships and hopes of women past and present. 

​VoiceMale sings a wide range of songs, mainly from the North East folk repertoire, but also including gospel, world music and contemporary popular songs.

The Sing for the Planet workshop singers will show off what they have learnt in the earlier workshop.


£10 / £5 for 18 yrs and under

Alnwick Playhouse Auditorium


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