Our festival has been running for more than 50 years and in that time audiences have been entertained by a host of world class and nationally acclaimed performers.

The next event within the Thornbury Arts Festival programme is the annual Thornbury Eisteddfod which for 2024 will run from Sunday 10th March to Sunday 17th March. Download the 2024 syllabus by clicking on this link: Thornbury Eisteddfod Syllabus 2024.

For 2023 we produced a programme of three evening events, with comedy, gospel music and a charming reading of wartime letters between Brief Encounter actress Celia Johnson and her husband Peter Fleming (brother of James Bond author Ian) set to delight festival-goers.

The comedy came courtesy of a sold-out show by policeman-turned comedian Alfie Moore.

Uplifting and joyous singing came from the BIG Gospel Choir, some of whose members sang at the King’s coronation, while the heartwarming Posting Letters to the Moon was brought to the festival by Celia and Peter’s daughter, Lucy Fleming, and her husband Simon Williams.

We also organised a guided walk around Thornbury to discover the history of the town’s pubs, as well as four lunchtime talks.

Our popular lunchtime talks talks covered life as a Second World War land girl, given by Fiona Warin, and how a busy country auction house operates - an insight by Wotton Auction Rooms senior auctioneer Philip Taubenheim.

Dr Nancy North looked at the NHS at 75, while author Justine Pullan talked about publishing her first novel.

Click on the menu links to SEVERN VALE ART TRAIL and Thornbury Eisteddfod for details about these popular annual events, which come under the umbrella of Thornbury Arts Festival and will run again in 2024.