Howden Festival Archive

Welcome to a look back on past years of the successful 'Howden Festival'

2007

For 2007 Jacky Carver joined us as President of the Festival and gave us immeasurable support. A full programme of well received and well attended lunchtime recitals, early evening and main evening feature events again broke new ground with the inclusion of jazz. Our audience totals reflected the appreciation of those attending, rising as they did by 32%. Of particular note this year was the White Rosettes who went on to win the Gold Medal at the National Barbershop Convention after performing for us. more >>

2006

The 2006 Festival, the sixth to be held, was notable in providing a number of 'firsts'. We held our first Comedy Night and had both the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu and David Fanshawe, the composer of the work, attending an electrifiying performance of 'African Sanctus' at the Minster. The Festival demanded speed and stamina of its visitors with early, mid and late evening events when Saffron followed Vanessa Latarche after Timothy Ackroyd and Brian Sewell's 'Hogarth: The Compassionate Satirist'. more >>