Bewdley Festival | Steam + Safari I - West Midlands Safari Park

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Seascape in Watercolour

Sat 8 Aug

Join Sarah Stokes, professional British wildlife artist, author, and instructor and learn how to paint this beautiful seascape in watercolour, capturing the energy of waves crashing onto the shore using just three primary colours.

Wildlife Workshop

Sat 5 Sep

Join Jess Pritchard for a coloured pencil workshop where you will learn how to draw a hedgehog following simple steps which can be translated into any future drawings you may do at home. You will learn how to add soul to eyes, fur techniques and accomplish the spines in a few easy layers.

The Deborah Bonham Band

Fri 9 Oct

We’re delighted to be bringing the talented Deborah Bonham Band to St George’s Hall to open this years festival. Deborah Bonham, over the course of an impressive career, has established herself as one of the finest Blues, Rock and Soul singers that the UK has produced. A string of critically acclaimed original albums, collaborations with Foreigner, Nazareth, Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, Ann Pee...

Kit De Waal

Sat 10 Oct

In Conversation Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to a Caribbean father and Irish mother, a childminder and foster carer. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sat on adoption panels. She advised Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption, foster care and judgecraft for members of the ju...

Alistair McGowan

Sat 10 Oct

3 in 1 An evening of comedy, poetry and beautiful piano music – it’s three great shows in one! After his Piano Album reached No 1 in the Classical charts, Alistair McGowan has been combining his gifts as a much-loved impressionist with his new-found talent as a classical pianist. This year sees the publication of his second book of poetry ‘Like Never Before’. Expect the comedy and impress...

Young Pianists of Bewdley

Sun 11 Oct

Bewdley is experiencing a golden age of young, talented classical musicians and we are delighted and proud to showcase three outstanding young pianists in this recital on the recently restored Broadwood Grand in the wonderful acoustic of St Anne's Church. Many classical music fans will have already enjoyed remarkable performances from Carys, Tymoteusz and Luke so this will be a great opportunit...

Stuart Maconie

Sun 11 Oct

The Beatles - ‘With A Little Help From Their Friends’ Stuart Maconie is a popular broadcaster and best selling author. He hosts both The Freak Zone and the weekend breakfast show on BBC 6Music with Mark Radcliffe - Sunday evenings wouldn't be the same without it! He also hosts Radio 4's Loose Ends, and is on the England team on Round Britain Quiz. He appears regularly on TV talking about anythi...

Liz Hyder I - workshop

Mon 12 Oct

Liz Hyder I - Creative Writing Workshop Liz Hyder is the acclaimed author of five books. Her first novel, Bearmouth , won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers and was The Times’ Children’s Book of the Year. Her previous book, The Twelve , won the Nero Prize for Children’s Fiction, a Tir Na n-Og award and was a Financial Times and Guardian Book of the Year. Her latest book, Th...

Liz Hyder II - author talk

Mon 12 Oct

Liz Hyder II - My Storytelling Journey Liz Hyder is the acclaimed author of five books. Her first novel, Bearmouth , won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers and was The Times’ Children’s Book of the Year. Her previous book, The Twelve , won the Nero Prize for Children’s Fiction, a Tir Na n-Og award and was a Financial Times and Guardian Book of the Year. Her latest book, The...

Rev. Kate Bottley

Mon 12 Oct

God And The Gogglebox Originally from Sheffield, The Reverend Canon Kate Bottley is an Anglican priest in North Nottinghamshire. After featuring in a viral flashmob video on YouTube Kate was invited to be part of Channel 4's Gogglebox in 2014. Kate currently presents Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2 and is a regular on both Steph's Packed Lunch and Songs of Praise. She is also often found ...

Steam + Safari I - West Midlands Safari Park

Tue 13 Oct

Steam + Safari I - West Midlands Safari Park Conservation In Action West Midlands Safari Park have over 165 species of animals and bring around 750,000 visitors to our area each year. Join Katie McDonald - Research and Conservation Officer who will be talking all about the the conservation work they carry out within and outside the Safari Park. Note that this ticket is part of a special off...

Max Keen

Tue 13 Oct

The Life & Times Of Dudley Castle Three quite separate castles have existed on the hilltop overlooking the community of Dudda , the 'clearing in the wood' originally founded in Saxon times. Built around 1071, the fortress we know today as Dudley Castle came to an end during the English Civil War in 1647, and was finally destroyed by fire in 1750. With his signature light hearted banter, and ...

Glenn Tilbrook

Tue 13 Oct

The Voice of Squeeze With Special Guest Leon Tilbrook It's over 40 years since Glenn Tilbrook answered Chris Difford's advert for like-minded souls, launching the band that became the world famous Squeeze. What followed was a remarkable catalogue of enduring pop classics - Take Me I'm Yours, Cool for Cats, Up the Junction, Another Nail in My Heart, Tempted, Labelled With Love and Black Coffe...

Ben Bowling

Wed 14 Oct

Claire Spencer - Her Life, My Mother Ben Bowling is son of two artists - Claire Spencer & Frank Bowling - and works with museums, galleries and art historians to safeguard his parents' artistic legacy. Ben is also Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at King's College London and former adviser to UK Government, the European Commission, Interpol and the United Nations. His book...

John Robb

Wed 14 Oct

Punk Rock Ruined My Life Join us for a special evening with multifaceted UK music legend John Robb. Not just a familiar face from TV, he’s also a best-selling author, musician, journalist, presenter and cultural commentator. He's also a publisher, festival organiser and eco-campaigner, the singer of post-punk mainstays The Membranes, and the founder of influential music website Louder Than War....

Turner & Constable - Exhibition On Screen

Thu 15 Oct

Exhibition On Screen Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other - Turner in 1775, Constable in 1776 - they used landscape art as a way to reflect the changing world around them. Marking 250 years since their births, this landmark exhibition explores Turner and Constable's intertwined lives and legaci...

Turner & Constable - Exhibition On Screen

Baroness Natalie Bennett

Thu 15 Oct

In Conversation with Adrian Goldberg Natalie Bennett is a British politician and journalist who led the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. In 2019, she became a life peer as Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, providing the Greens with representation in the House of Lords. In addition she advocates for environmental protection, social justice, democratic reform, and economic equa...

Adam Frost

Thu 15 Oct

A Life In Gardening Adam is an award-winning British garden designer and presenter on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World. He regularly presents the RHS Flower Show, and has featured on The One Show, DIY SOS, and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. He also lectures on a wide range of horticultural topics, and is a regular contributor to Gardeners’ World and other horticultural magazines. In this inspiring talk...

Dr. Gareth Williams

Fri 16 Oct

Fool’s Gold - The inside story of the Herefordshire Viking Hoard Dr Gareth Williams studied history at the universities of St Andrews and Bergen. He specialises in the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and has been an expert witness in criminal trials regarding antiquities and Viking hoards - notably in the Herefordshire Viking Hoard investigation. In 2015, metal detectorists uncovered an important...

Alfie Moore

Fri 16 Oct

It's A Fair Cop Following his laugh out loud performance at 2024's Bewdley Festival, Alfie Moore returns with a fun-filled, interactive show ahead of recording Series 10 of his hit BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s A Fair Cop’. Alfie ‘swears in’ the audience as police officers before sharing a brand new, real-life scenario from his ‘casebook’. He playfully challenges the ‘audience cops’ to say what t...

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Seascape in Watercolour

Sat 8 Aug

Wildlife Workshop

Sat 5 Sep

The Deborah Bonham Band

Fri 9 Oct

Kit De Waal

Sat 10 Oct

Alistair McGowan

Sat 10 Oct

Young Pianists of Bewdley

Sun 11 Oct

Stuart Maconie

Sun 11 Oct

Liz Hyder I - workshop

Mon 12 Oct

Liz Hyder II - author talk

Mon 12 Oct

Rev. Kate Bottley

Mon 12 Oct

Steam + Safari I - West Midlands Safari Park

Tue 13 Oct

Max Keen

Tue 13 Oct

Glenn Tilbrook

Tue 13 Oct

Ben Bowling

Wed 14 Oct

John Robb

Wed 14 Oct

Turner & Constable - Exhibition On Screen

Thu 15 Oct

Baroness Natalie Bennett

Thu 15 Oct

Adam Frost

Thu 15 Oct

Dr. Gareth Williams

Fri 16 Oct

Alfie Moore

Fri 16 Oct