All posts tagged "music"

  • When BGT Brothers Richard and Adam Came to Prescot

    Britain’s Got Talent sensations Richard and Adam Johnson made a concert appearance in Prescot long before Simon Cowell laid eyes on them. The singing duo are long-time members of the Birkenhead Operatic Society, one of the North...

    • Posted May 28, 2013
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  • Prescot Choir Children Given £500 Boost for Holiday

    (Press release: Prescot Parish Church. Editor’s note: Yes, that is yours truly on the right!) The youngsters of a Church of England choir have received a £500 grant towards their summer holidays. Prescot Parish Church Choir were...

    • Posted May 22, 2013
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  • Prescot Festival Has First Class Music for Low Prices

    (Press release: Prescot Festival) Merseyside music lovers can enjoy orchestras, choirs and brass bands at low prices this June Tickets for the Ninth Annual Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts went on sale on 1 May,...

    • Posted May 10, 2013
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  • Merseyside Arts Festival Invites Locals to Get Involved

    (Press release: Prescot Festival) The Prescot Festival offers opportunities for people of all ages to get involved in arts and music this June. A ‘Come-&-Sing’ performance of Fauré’s inspirational Requiem is a highlight of the festival, which...

    • Posted April 23, 2013
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  • Prescot Festival Celebrates 100 Years of Britten

    (Press release: Prescot Festival) A Merseyside arts festival is marking the Benjamin Britten centenary with a performance of one of the composer’s most famous works later this year. The Wirral Symphony Orchestra will play Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes as...

    • Posted March 5, 2013
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  • British Weather Can’t Keep a Good Festival Down

    (Press Release) Neither the football nor the threat of rain kept music lovers from the Prescot Festival on Sunday night. Concertgoers packed into the Parish Church for the Diamond Jubilee-themed finale to 10 days of arts and...

    • Posted June 28, 2012
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  • More for Your Money at This Year’s Prescot Festival

    (Press release: Prescot Festival) A Merseyside arts festival is promising added value for concertgoers this year. The 10-day Prescot Festival will give locals more for their money when it gets underway next month. On 15 June’s opening...

    • Posted May 22, 2012
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  • George Formby, Les Mis on the Programme with Pilkington Choir

    (Via Prescot Festival) Our old friends Pilkington Choir are back in Prescot next week for a night of much-loved songs. The group will be in concert at Prescot Parish Church at 7.30pm on Friday, 27 April. Tickets...

    • Posted April 20, 2012
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  • Prescot Festival Wants Singers, Writers

    Merseysiders are invited to dip their quills and warm up their vocal cords in preparation for the 2012 Prescot Festival of Music and the Arts. For the eighth year in a row, singers are invited from across...

    • Posted April 16, 2012
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  • Prescot Festival a Success So Far — More to Come!

    The opening night was a sell-out, and a rare screening of Willy Russell’s Our Day Out saw a church hall packed to the seams, but there’s still more to come from the Prescot Festival. Tonight (Wednesday, 22...

    • Posted June 22, 2011
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