Press releases

A new patron has been announced for next year’s Romsey Festival The Countess Mountbatten of Burma is set become the patron of the festival which will take place in July next year. The festival has a long standing history in the market town and has been held once every three years since 1984. Liz Wagner,…

Romsey Festival will again provide a showcase for some of the town’s most talented young musicians during the first two weeks of July. A highlight will be the Schools Choir Festival on Tuesday 4th July, with local schools in concert in Romsey Abbey, coordinated by Roger Kitsell.  This event was first held during the 2014…

The extensive programme for the 11th Romsey Festival between Saturday 1st and Sunday 16th July 2017 is now complete, and tickets are now on sale.  A dedicated Festival brochure will soon be delivered to every house in the Romsey area, summarising all the events. In the meantime the Romsey Festival website (www.romseyfestival.org) has been updated…

The programme for the 11th Romsey Festival between Saturday 1st and Sunday 16th July 2017 is almost complete, and tickets are now on sale.  The festival features the Beggars Fair on the middle weekend, and a special 30th Anniversary concert. Festival Chairman Dick Hewett hopes that the range of events will attract as wide an…

A taster of what is to come in July in the Romsey Festival will be provided through the next few months with a series of early events promoting the Festival. Music, poetry and environmental issues all feature. Between 10.30am and 3pm on Saturday 11th March the Romsey Methodist Church will host an eco-Fair entitled “Living…

Plans are well in hand for the forthcoming Romsey Festival, which will be held in Romsey and the surrounding area between 1st and 16th July.  This will be the 11th such Festival, which is held every three years to showcase the arts and culture of the historic market town The final events are being finalised,…

Event dates: Saturday 26th September to Saturday 3rd October Since early 2014 Romsey Town Council have presented a regular film show in the Town Hall, building from the original once a month show we now present up to three shows per month, screening modern films using the council’s own equipment. Having built up a regular…

The next Romsey Festival will take place between Saturday 1 and Sunday 16 July 2017. The Beggars Fair in 2017 takes place on Saturday 8 July. Further details about the Festival will be announced in due course. In the meantime, our 2014 events remain displayed on the site to give you an idea of the…

Highlights of the Festival – for Romsey Advertiser, 25 July 14 (To accompany montage of photos) Ronsey Festival closed on Sunday with the presentation of the Festival flag back to Chairman Dick Hewett at the end of the Closing Service in the Abbey URC Church. It had been a very successful 16 days of events….

ROMSEY FESTIVAL GRAND FINALE Romsey Festival finishes this weekend after a very successful fortnight of events. The Abbey was packed to the rafters last Friday for a Schools Concert organised by Roger Kitsell. A number of local schools took part and a significant sum was raised for Jane Scarth House. Another highlight was a busy…

  ROMSEY FESTIVAL’S GOOD START SET TO CONTINUE Romsey Festival got off to a hugely successful start last weekend, and the momentum is set to continue through to the end of the 16-day event. Concerts by Romsey Choral Society and the Michelmersh Silver Band attracted large audiences, whilst there were higher than expected attendances at…

FIRST WEEK OF FESTIVAL HAS GREAT PROMISE! “The Romsey Festival is here!” This will be the pronouncement from Chairman Dick Hewett at the Festival’s launch event in the Town Hall this evening, as the 2014 fortnight of events to celebrate Romsey’s culture and talent begins.   The first week of the Festival features exhibitions, history,…

FESTIVAL SPREADS TO THE VILLAGES   The 2014 Romsey Festival will be spreading its wings, with a number of events being held in the surrounding villages and attractions. So the Festival organisers are encouraging the public to venture outside the town for some of the Festival events.   The massed ranks of the Michelmersh Silver…

With 30 different venues for the 100+ events being held during the forthcoming Romsey Festival, organisers have been able to spread the festival across a large part of southern Test Valley. Yet at the heart of the festivities will be Romsey Abbey with events on every day of the two-week celebration. Romsey Abbey and United…

An array of home-grown classical musicians are among artists who have signed up for this year’s Romsey Festival in July. Half a dozen talented young performers are returning to the Romsey stage after leaving the town to pursue their musical careers elsewhere. The youngest is 19-year-old Rachel Maxey, who is now studying at Oxford University….

Organisers of the Folklights concert for this year’s Romsey Festival are all smiles following the recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Winners of the best duo category for 2014, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, are to headline a Festival concert on 17 July in the Lantern Theatre at Romsey’s Mountbatten School. The concert – booked…

A Festival for everyone: that is the aim of Romsey Festival 2014, which runs from 4th to 20th July 2014.   Festival Chairman Dick Hewett explains that the name has been changed from the Romsey Arts Festival in recognition of the ever-broadening spread of events and activities which are being included under the Festival umbrella, entirely…