Advance dates for 2014

Please add to your diary, the 2014 Wharfedale Festival will take place over the week of 10th to 17th of May 2014.

Programme 2013 available

The 2013 Programme for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is now available to purchase.

You may buy a printed copy by contacting the Secretary for costs or by making a £1 donation towards costs you may receive a PDF copy of the Programme via email.

Please note, payment is made via a secure PayPal transaction (check for a locked padlock on your browser) and the PDF file will be emailed to the email address you used when paying via PayPal no later than this evening (if not before).

Looking back on Festival 2012

Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts 2012

Started on 12th May with junior Musical Theatre vocal classes and finished on the following Saturday with adult vocal classical classes.

Our adjudicators were June Rayner, Ann Warr and Carol Schroder for Speech & Drama, and Stanley Roocroft, MBE, Dr Vivien Pike and Mary Powney on the music side.

On Sunday, we were welcomed to Christchurch, one of our Festival bases, where we held our Special Service of Rededication.

Speech and Drama continued through Monday and Tuesday in as many as three venues at once, with Theatre classes at the Kings Hall on Monday evening and on Tuesday night at the Kings Hall, we had five steel bands, a variety of brass solos and three brass bands.

Read more: Looking back on Festival 2012