During our Festival Langham Brewery will be ‘taking over’ the Waverley in west Bognor Regis between 20th and 22nd September and during those dates, all the beers will be from Langhams. They will also be launching a new beer at the festival – further news to follow!
Support our Festival Fiver Fundraiser ⭐
The Southdowns Music Festival is now into its second decade here in Sunny Bognor Regis.
Over the years, we have entertained and involved thousands of people who have come away with big smiles on their faces, and warmth in their hearts!
We want to continue giving people a great time, but we need your help to make this happen please. Every year our costs go up and things get increasingly tight, so anything you can give to help us continue our festival and make it bigger and better, would be hugely appreciated.
Please follow this link:
to give a fiver!
Many thanks for all your support.
We’re thrilled that the Mary Rose & Royal George Morris Dancers will join us for this summer’s event.
They will dance on Saturday 23rd September – times and locations to follow.
Mary Rose and Royal George are a Portsmouth based dancing team, who aim to bring a lively new approach to the entertaining morris style of dancing. Their unique style takes its inspiration from a number of morris traditions including, Border, Cotswold, Molly and Rapper. These influences added with their own unique flair make them a true pleasure to watch.
Established in 2015 they are building a fantastic reputation for themselves as a team of unique dancers who are fun and enjoyable to watch and socialise with.
Find out more: Mary Rose and Royal George.
Come and have a go on our new stage!
The new stage is open from midday until 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday.
Interested? Email rnash10@hotmail.com
The popular `Making Your Mark` returns this Wednesday, 15th February at the Waverley.
It’s just £2 for the session (10am to 12 noon) to include tea or coffee.
Come and have fun and brush up on your ukulele skills. What’s not to like?!
What an absolutely fabulous weekend! ⭐️
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Thank you for sharing our festival with us here in Bognor Regis – it has already been cited as ~
“A wonderful, well-received festival”
“Another great festival”
“2022 was probably the best festival so far”
“Such fun!”
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With huge thanks to all the wonderfully talented people involved – the musicians, the crafters, the singers, the dancers, the technical teams, the workshop leaders, the stewards, the venues and promoters etc and to all those who bought tickets to support our local music scene.
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It was so good to enjoy live music, dance, workshops and so much more, together.⠀
We’ll be sharing more images (and videos) from the event over the following few days. ⠀
Do tag us into your festival images and videos, we’d love to see them.⠀
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With love and HUGE thanks, the Southdowns Music Festival team.⠀
Photo credits to @lynandtrevsports
Huge thanks to the autumn edition of Chichester Area Talking News for the interview with Roger Nash, our festival chair person and organiser.
You can listen to autumn version of Talking News just here: Chichester Area Talking News.
The programme includes:
Introduction to the Autumn 2022 edition of Insight
David Bathurst on singing Beatles songs
Roger Nash – Southdowns Music Festival
Shetland Islands 2 with Kate Cameron
ROVI – Melissa Ratledge and Lesley Gogarty
The Kings Ride – Helen Millen
Phil Hewitt talks about the Chichester Festival Theatre
Chartres with Michael Bevis
Chestnut Tree House – Nicky Clark
Dragonflies and Aircraft with Richart Williamson
The Country Diary In Song – A Folk Musical Tribute To An Edwardian Lady | Saturday 24th September
2.30pm | Regis Centre Studio 1
South Downs regulars, acapella quintet Broomdasher bring their much much-praised folk musical based on Edith Holden’s Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, to this year’s Festival.
In the show, almost thirty of the most popular traditional folk songs – including Wild Mountain Thyme; Bushes and Briars; The Seeds of Love and If I was a Blackbird – take you on a nostalgic journey through the year in a musical version of the classic book recreating a heart-warming and intimate atmosphere – with encouragement to join in the familiar choruses.
Described as “Wonderful” by Fatea Magazine, “Fantastic Entertainment” by Folking and “A Stunning Evocation of Rural Life” by The Birmingham Mail, the show has entertained sold-out houses across the country.
Tickets for this event are £10.50, concessions £8.50 and free to our 4-day festival ticket holders. Tickets are available at www.regiscentre.co.uk
