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The Leominster Festival Society is promoting this Festival in order to bring a varied programme of music, drama and the visual arts to the people of Leominster and the surrounding countryside. It is hoped that many visitors from further afield will consider it worthwhile including Leominster in their holiday plans. We should like to draw attention to the two Saturdays within the Festival fortnight, 14th and 21st June, when parents should bring their children to an entirely FREE entertainment in the town centre.
The Leominster Festival Society is promoting this Festival in order to bring a varied programme of music, drama and the visual arts to the people of Leominster and the surrounding countryside. It is hoped that many visitors from further afield will consider it worthwhile including Leominster in their holiday plans. We should like to draw attention to the two Saturdays within the Festival fortnight, 14th and 21st June, when parents should bring their children to an entirely FREE entertainment in the town centre.


==Events by Date (table)==
==Events by Date==


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|Monday 9th June 1980
|Monday 9th June 1980
|'''[[Fashion Show]]'''<br>
|'''[[Fashion Show]]'''<br>''Original designs by Richard and Helen Vine and Friends''
''Original designs by Richard and Helen Vine and Friends''


|-
|-
|Tuesday 10th June 1980
|Tuesday 10th June 1980
|'''[[Leominster Choral Society Concert]]'''<br>
|'''[[Leominster Choral Society Concert]]'''<br>''Conductor - Vernon Thurgood''
''Conductor - Vernon Thurgood''


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|'''[[An Evening with Jake Thackray]]'''
|'''[[An Evening with Jake Thackray]]'''


'''[[An Organ Recital]]'''<br>
'''[[An Organ Recital]]'''<br>''by Marc Rochester''
''by Marc Rochester''




|-
|-
|Thursday 12th June 1980
|Thursday 12th June 1980
|''Leominster Drama Group presents''<br>
|''Leominster Drama Group presents''<br>'''[[Confusions]]'''<br>''Five interlinked one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn''
'''[[Confusions]]'''<br>
''Five interlinked one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn''


|-
|-
|Friday 13th June 1980
|Friday 13th June 1980
|'''[[Tour of Leominster's Historic Buildings]]'''<br>
|'''[[Tour of Leominster's Historic Buildings]]'''<br>''with Mr J Tonkin''
''with Mr J Tonkin''


'''[[Live Pop and Disco]]'''
'''[[Live Pop and Disco]]'''
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|-
|Saturday 14th June 1980
|Saturday 14th June 1980
|''Theatr Powys presents a''<br>
|''Theatr Powys presents a''<br>'''[[Children's Street Entertainment]]'''
'''[[Children's Street Entertainment]]'''


'''[[Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra (1980)|Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra]]'''<br>
'''[[Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra (1980)|Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra]]'''<br>''Conductor - Kenneth Page''
''Conductor - Kenneth Page''


|-
|-
|Sunday 15th June 1980
|Sunday 15th June 1980
|'''[[Lecture Recital]]'''<br/>
|'''[[Lecture Recital]]'''<br/>''by Fritz Spiegl''
''by Fritz Spiegl''


|-
|-
|Monday 16th June 1980
|Monday 16th June 1980
|'''[[Leslie Penning and Company]]'''<br/>
|'''[[Leslie Penning and Company]]'''<br/>''in a programme of Renaissance Music and Original Works''
''in a programme of Renaissance Music and Original Works''


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|'''[[Junior School Concert]]'''
|'''[[Junior School Concert]]'''


''The Leominster Arts Club Drama Group presents''<br />
''The Leominster Arts Club Drama Group presents''<br />'''[[Dark Lucy]]'''<br/>''A thriller by Philip King and Parnell Bradbury''
'''[[Dark Lucy]]'''<br/>
''A thriller by Philip King and Parnell Bradbury''


|-
|-
|Friday 20th June 1980
|Friday 20th June 1980
|'''[[The Baccholian Singers of London (1980)|The Baccholian Singers of London]]'''<br/>
|'''[[The Baccholian Singers of London (1980)|The Baccholian Singers of London]]'''<br/>''Music for Male Consort''
''Music for Male Consort''


''Local Amateaur Talent Competition''<br/>
''Local Amateaur Talent Competition''<br/>'''[[Midsummer Madness]]'''
'''[[Midsummer Madness]]'''


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|-
|Saturday 21st June 1980
|Saturday 21st June 1980
|'''[[A Free Afternoon's Entertainment]]'''<br/>
|'''[[A Free Afternoon's Entertainment]]'''<br/>''at The Grange''
''at The Grange''


'''[[The Festival Ball]]'''<br/>
'''[[The Festival Ball]]'''<br/>''with the Glenn Stephens Show Band''
''with the Glenn Stephens Show Band''





Revision as of 09:58, 21 March 2024

Leominster Festival 1980
Year 1980
Dates 8th - 21st June
Events 20


8th - 21st June 1980

The very first Leominster Festival opened in 1980 after at least two years of preparation and planning.

Programme Introduction

The Festival is to take place in various venues in the attractive small market town of Leominster. The town, which grew up around the Priory Church and is still largely medieval in character, is well worth a visit not only for the many interesting features it has to offer, but also for its setting in beautiful Herefordshire countryside close to the Wye Valley and Black Mountains of Wales.

The Leominster Festival Society is promoting this Festival in order to bring a varied programme of music, drama and the visual arts to the people of Leominster and the surrounding countryside. It is hoped that many visitors from further afield will consider it worthwhile including Leominster in their holiday plans. We should like to draw attention to the two Saturdays within the Festival fortnight, 14th and 21st June, when parents should bring their children to an entirely FREE entertainment in the town centre.

Events by Date

Date Events
Sunday 8th June 1980 Choral Festival Service
All welcome at The Priory Church Leominster

Idle Pleasures
An entertainment with words and music

Monday 9th June 1980 Fashion Show
Original designs by Richard and Helen Vine and Friends
Tuesday 10th June 1980 Leominster Choral Society Concert
Conductor - Vernon Thurgood
Wednesday 11th June 1980 An Evening with Jake Thackray

An Organ Recital
by Marc Rochester


Thursday 12th June 1980 Leominster Drama Group presents
Confusions
Five interlinked one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn
Friday 13th June 1980 Tour of Leominster's Historic Buildings
with Mr J Tonkin

Live Pop and Disco

Saturday 14th June 1980 Theatr Powys presents a
Children's Street Entertainment

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Kenneth Page

Sunday 15th June 1980 Lecture Recital
by Fritz Spiegl
Monday 16th June 1980 Leslie Penning and Company
in a programme of Renaissance Music and Original Works
Tuesday 17th June 1980 The New Delta Jazz Band
Wednesday 18th June 1980 Junior School Concert

The Leominster Arts Club Drama Group presents
Dark Lucy
A thriller by Philip King and Parnell Bradbury

Friday 20th June 1980 The Baccholian Singers of London
Music for Male Consort

Local Amateaur Talent Competition
Midsummer Madness

Saturday 21st June 1980 A Free Afternoon's Entertainment
at The Grange

The Festival Ball
with the Glenn Stephens Show Band



Events by Date

Sunday 8th June 1980

Choral Festival Service
All welcome at The Priory Church Leominster

Idle Pleasures
An entertainment with words and music

Monday 9th June 1980

Fashion Show
Original designs by Richard and Helen Vine and Friends

Tuesday 10th June 1980

Leominster Choral Society Concert
Conductor - Vernon Thurgood

Wednesday 11th June 1980

An Evening with Jake Thackray

An Organ Recital
by Marc Rochester

Thursday 12th June 1980

Leominster Drama Group presents
Confusions
Five interlinked one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn

Friday 13th June 1980

Tour of Leominster's Historic Buildings
with Mr J Tonkin

Live Pop and Disco

Saturday 14th June 1980

Theatr Powys presents a
Children's Street Entertainment

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Kenneth Page

Sunday 15th June 1980

Lecture Recital
by Fritz Spiegl

Monday 16th June 1980

Leslie Penning and Company
in a programme of Renaissance Music and Original Works

Tuesday 17th June 1980

The New Delta Jazz Band

Wednesday 18th June 1980

Junior School Concert

The Leominster Arts Club Drama Group presents
Dark Lucy
A thriller by Philip King and Parnell Bradbury

Friday 20th June 1980

The Baccholian Singers of London
Music for Male Consort

Local Amateaur Talent Competition
Midsummer Madness

Saturday 21st June 1980

A Free Afternoon's Entertainment
at The Grange

The Festival Ball
with the Glenn Stephens Show Band