Harwich Festival 2025
June 19th – June 29th
The Latest News From Harwich Festival

Sealed Bid Auction is Live
Welcome to our Sealed Bid Auction! Raising Money for the Harwich Festival and the & Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre. Simply email us at info@harwichfestival.com with your bid by 23.59pm on Sunday 15th June or better still pop in to…

Atlanticus presents Oceanic
We are delighted to be welcoming Atlanticus to this years festival at St Nicholas’ Church on Saturday 28th June (7.30pm). £15 (plus a small booking fee). Atlanticus is a unique British-American musical partnership bringing together US saxophonist Peter Fraize, and…

Tim Horton to play at Festival
We are excited to announce that one of the UK’s leading pianists ‘Tim Horton’ will be performing at this year’s annual festival of the arts on Wednesday 25th June (1pm) at St Nicholas Church. Tim Horton is one of the…

Sealed Bid Art Auction
We’re holding a Sealed Bid Auction to raise money for the Harwich Festival. View the Art Work in our Foyer Now. View via our website from Tuesday 27th May at 4pm. Bid in person, via email or on-line from Friday…

Frankenstein Unchained
FRANKENSTEIN UNCHAINED! Sun 29th June (7.30pm) @ St Nicholas ChurchAn interactive trip through the world of Mary Shelley’s classic story Featuring live narration by Madeline Smith, star of: Plus a new original soundtrack performed live to picture, underlining and supporting the story. YOUR…

Download the HF25 Programme
It’s here! All the events in one place! Download your own programme below or keep an eye out at venues & shops across town for a paper copy. If you are able to help distribute fliers & posters then drop…

Film 183 @ The Harwich Festival
The Harwich Festival has joined forces with Film183, a film society established to support the Electric Palace cinema, to present a special movie day for all-comers. The Film183 committee elected to show two bio-pictures reflecting both art and music. The…

Expressions of Trauma
Healthwatch Essex are delighted to announce that the Expressions of Trauma exhibition, hosted by their Trauma Ambassador Group, will be running at The Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre from 20th – 29th June 2025. A mixed media collection of works,…

Ella Johnson Exhibition
Ella Johnston: New Works at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre 16 June – 17 July 2025 The Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre presents a solo show by artist Ella Johnston, running from 16 June to 17 July as part of…

Camera Club Exhibition
We are delighted to have the Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club exhibiting at the Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre during this years annual festival of the arts (June 19th -29th). Harwich and Dovercourt Camera Club Summer 2025 Photographic Exhibition at…

Bonnie Dobson announced
Bonnie Dobson and Friends Ben Crosland on bass and Ben Phillipson on guitar The Harwich Festival is proud to announce a special performance by Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson. Her extraordinary career spans seven decades and shows no signs of…

Impromptu Shakespeare
Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. The Bard is back! With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare play every time – performed by Impromptu Shakespeare’s whip smart cast.Packed with priceless wit, lyrical…
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