Queens Platinum Jubilee

Special Event in Celebration the Queens Platinum Jubilee in association with the Harwich Town Council.Join us in Cliff Park for a day of free fun with music, dance, food & drink, kids activities, sports, flower show, exhibitions and much more.Find out all the details.... HERE

Harwich Festival 2022

Our annual 10 day festival returns with a bang.Check out of the details by clicking on the image below.

Alex Hart (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

Co-sponsored by the Alma Inn and Dining RoomsDevon songstress Alex Hart is a member of leading folk artist Seth Lakeman’s and former Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre’s bands, as well as a performer in her own right. She will be treating you to some well-known covers as well as her own compositions.

Intarsia (HF 2022)

Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre

Intarsia is an emerging duo of performers from diverse backgrounds. Jo May and Sarah Matthews have worked together since 2018, combining voice, violin, viola, octave fiddle, tenor guitar, balafon and a whole range of other percussion instruments. The sounds of these wooden instruments blend to create intricate delivery of original and traditional material inspired by...

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Matthew Crampton (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

HUMAN CARGO Songs & stories of migrationA welcome return for Matthew Crampton’s entertaining look at human migration, now with more Harwich stories than ever. Enjoy folksong and expert storytelling while hearing some remarkable local tales.‘An elegant, vital insight into human suffering and survival,’ Cerys Matthews. ‘Do not miss,’ Songlines magazine.Singer and storyteller Matthew Crampton has strong links with...

Thane and the Villeins (HF 2022)

Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre Main Road, Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom

The Harwich Festival is proud to present Thane and the Villeins as part of our annual festival.A fantastically exciting, playful and inventive saxophonist, Art Themen has been a beloved character of the British jazz scene for over 50 years, famously combining his role as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with saxophone duties in the bands of...

Charlotte Rowan (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

Charlotte Rowan - accompanied by pianist Charlotte StevensonBorn in Scotland, Charlotte was invited at age 16 to study at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA. Selected as concertmistress of the Conservatory Orchestra in her first year, she subsequently performed under the conductor and pianist Leon Fleischer and featured on the Washington Performing Arts Series with...

On the Strandline (Theatre) (HF 2022)

Almost as old as the oldest civilisation is the myth of the flood. The story of a few who survive the waters through Divine intervention, and the help of a boat… but the flood we face is not a myth, and we have no one to save us but ourselves…Commissioned by the Time & Tide...

On the Strandline (Theatre) (HF 2022)

Almost as old as the oldest civilisation is the myth of the flood. The story of a few who survive the waters through Divine intervention, and the help of a boat… but the flood we face is not a myth, and we have no one to save us but ourselves…Commissioned by the Time & Tide...

Luca Luciano (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

Ft Yuki Osedo on Piano“Masterful Clarinet! Luca is a noted Italian clarinettist and composer who now makes his home in London, having developed an enviable reputation as an instrumental virtuoso around the UK and overseas via recordings and concert hall appearances” (The Musician). Internationally recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to contemporary clarinet music, he starts...

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Baluji Shrivastav OBE (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

BALUJI SHRIVASTAV OBE - virtuoso multi-instrumentalist -The Times"intoxicating"-Vogue Runway"Convention-defying Indian composition that you will want to play over and over again"-Songlines"blind musician takes the stage with a bold vision excels in sitar, surbahar, dilruba, pakhavaj and tabla"- Times of IndiaBaluji Shrivastav OBE is an Indian multi-instrumentalist who was blinded at 8 months old and has become...

Chris Ingham (HF 2022)

St Nicholas Church

"One of Britain's best singer-pianists" LONDON EVENING STANDARDAs leader of his jazz quartet, Chris has produced three acclaimed repertoire CDs celebrating the work of Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagy), Dudley Moore (Dudley) and Stan Getz (Stan) and has performed the associated live shows over 150 times throughout the UK. As a composer, in 2017 he provided the...