Thornbury Arts 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.

For 2024 we have produced a programme of three evening events, with comedy, folk music and a concert version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance set to delight festival-goers.

The comedy comes courtesy of anaesthetist, author and stand-up comic Ed Patrick, who brings his debut tour to Thornbury.

Folk duo Filkin’s Drift are well known for their live performances on guitar and fiddle and made headlines globally last year when they completed an 870-mile concert tour on foot around the coast of Wales.

Meanwhile, the Bristol Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society comes to the festival having completed a successful production of the comic opera The Pirates of Penzance at the Redgrave Theatre in Clifton.

Our programme also features an ever-popular Sunday morning guided walk. Join Meg Wise from Thornbury and District Museum on the God, Gossip, Scandal and Riot tour.

There are also two Saturday afternoon talks - one by conservation expert Tim Bray on the work of the Bristol Zoo Project and the other by Bristol designer and letterpress printer Nick Hand about his bike tour of public libraries, taking a printing press with him.

Please click on this link Box Office  to check the full details about all the events, dates, times, venues and to buy tickets.

Looking ahead to 2025, our annual Thornbury Eisteddfod will take place in March, while the Severn Vale Art Trail runs in May.