Festival Programme 2026

Purple entries are optional paid events, for which you can get TICKETS

Underlined entries are links

Programme is subject to change PRINTABLE VERSION

Friday 9^th October

Time	Priory Hall	Wenlock Cellars Wine Bar	Pottery	Online
7pm	Foraged feast – all gluten-free Venison or Nut Roast Veggies and greens Seasonal Fruit Cobbler £15  [Tickets]			See HERE
7.30		Poetry with Offa’s Press
8pm	The Offering with GAWIE special guests
8.30			Folk collective – music, stories, poetry and laughter! Bring an instrument, your voice, or a tale! Or just enjoy (like I will!)
9pm	Emma Linney Band £15 including food £10 without food [Tickets]

Saturday 10^th October

Time	Priory Hall	High Street	Methodist Hall	Pottery	Holy Trinity Church	Much More Books	Fire station
10 am		Book Fair 10am-3pm Street performers Well dressing workshop Compton Choir	Sacred stories 10-12	Jon Row & Friends story round 10-1	Portrait workshop 10-2 £20 [Tickets] Led by Max Baccenello
11 am
12:00 midday	Morris workshop 12-1
1 pm	Parade Prep and play 1-6		Light In the Darkness with Psychologist and poet Steve Thayne 1-4			Book Launch Heledds Song By Fiona Collins
2 pm							Simon fletcher – A poetry workshop with Simon 2-4 £10 [Tickets]
3 pm				Zahra Afash Stories wirg Zahra 3-4 £5 [Tickets]
4 pm					Tales of St Milburga with Danielle Free 4.30-5.30 £5 [Tickets]
5 pm
6 pm		6.30 Light Lantern Parade
7 pm
8 pm	Cabaret 8- late £10 with An Nemia  [Tickets]

Sunday 11^th October

Time	Pottery	Methodist	Holy Trinity Church	Hybrid
9 am		Service and Sacred Stories with Martin Daws	Service and Sacred stories with Zahra Afash	That Sunday Morning thing with Andy Jukes 9.30-10
10 am	Story Round with Dawn Ellis 10-12			World Story telling Café with Despina Aristeidou World Storytelling Café live from Much Wenlock with Jon Row, Keith Rogers and the mayor of Much Wenlock WHAT IS THE HYBRID CONCERT?
11 am
12 am	Writing workshop with Simone Gilliatt, lighting your words. 12-1.30
1 pm
2 pm	Story Song and Poetry with Amy Douglas & Martin Daws 2-3pm £5 [Tickets]
3 pm	Writing our well wishes with Lucy Wells and Andy Jukes
4 pm