5th Havant Music Festival
13th – 20th October 2024
The Havant Music Festival is returning for a 5th season this October, hosting a 8-day event for music aficionados who want to experience live music across the borough.
Its 2024 line-up this year, will feature a series of Acoustic Jazz and Classical Music concerts performed at venues across the Borough of Havant and a Live Stream Music Concert for local artists, singers, and musicians to promote and share their music with a wider audience.
Sunday
13th October
Elizabeth Jane Baldry – St Thomas Church Warblington
2.30 PM
Sunday 13th October
Amber Tremain – The Pallant Centre
Tuesday 15th October
The Dementia Choir – St James Church, Emsworth
Wednesday 16th October
Beryl Francis – St Faiths Church
Wednesday 16th October
Langstone Big Band, Open Rehearsal – Emsworth Social Club
Friday 18th October
Courtiers – Emsworth Social Club
Saturday 19th October
Havant Symphony Orchestra – Warblington School
Sunday 20th October
Renaissance Choir – St Faiths Church
Elizabeth-Jane Baldry, who grew up in Emsworth, Will entrance you in Thomas a Becket Church, Havant.
Amba Tremain, From Leigh Park, will wow you with her amazing voice, helped by her choir, Vox, in Havant’s Pallant Hall.
Beryl Francis, will entertain you after lunch in St Faith’s Church, Havant
The Langstone Big Band will be delighting you and making you want to dance!
A real treat on 18th October in the Emsworth Sports and Social Club, will be the local folk group, The Courtiers, to set your feet tapping.
Our crowning musical offering will be the renowned local Renaissance Choir, who have toured Europe. St Faith’s Church will be packed out for thos on the 20th October, so do book your tickets before they sell out.
Faith Ponsonby, Festival Chairperson said: “Many of us are desperate for live music & performing arts to return to the stage and really chase away the blues of COVID.
So, Havant Music Festival is back at last after over 2 years of waiting, to give you a taster of much more to come in the future.
Havant Music Festival was founded in 2017, but after growing in popularity for 3 seasons, Covid halted live music. Now we are here again, giving local talent a chance to share their love of music in this corner of Havant.
The ambition of the festival commitee, if there are funds left, is to help young people discover music and music-making and nurture their talents, perhaps helping them on their way
with grants.
The objectives of the Havant Music Festival are:
To showcase and promote the talents of the community and local music scene.
To bring accessible music to residents living in the South-East corner of the Borough of Havant.
To encourage children and young people to experience performing arts and being part of a festival.
To raise awareness of Dementia and the many benefits of using music to improve mental health and well-being, aiding communication and self-expression within a care setting, and for reminiscing.
The intention is to be non-profit making, so ticket prices, especially for young people, are kept low. The Festival will need to build funds to seed corn future festivals and create opportunities for accessible music, and also may choose to support charities and local music groups in the Borough.