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A YEAR-LONG FESTIVAL WITH MAIN WEEKEND

SAVE THE DATE – Our upcoming Events Brochure for 2026 (free download)

Events Brochure 26 – update 5.12.2025

11th December 2025

AE Housman and A Herefordshire Lad

Speaker: Max Hunt (including lunch)

23rd March 2026

A Century of Popular Songs – 1860s to 1960s

Speaker: Richard Churchley (including afternoon tea)

3rd April 2026

The Most Heroic Failure of Modern Times – Shackleton’s Antarctic

Speaker: Jeremy Holmes (including lunch)

27th April 2026

Behind the Scenes at the Movies

Speaker: Stuart St Paul

6th May 2026

A Portrait of John Moore – His Life and Works

Speaker: Kirstie Bingham (including lunch)

29th May 2026

In the Footsteps of Laurie Lee: a Guided Walk

Guide: David Parker

10th June 2026

A Feast-ival of Words, with EODS Singers

Performers: EODS Singers (tickets include interval drink)

13th June 2026

Richard III – Bones Beneath the Car Park

Speaker: Dave Andrews

17th June 2026

An Afternoon with Gardening Expert

Speaker: Reg Moule

18th June 2026

Secrets of the Tower

Speaker: Claire Penny

21st June 2026

John Moore – ‘Brensham Village’

Host: Evesham Walking Festival

25th June 2026

Uncompromising Genius – The Life and Work of Frank Lloyd Wright

Speaker: Fiona Rose (includes tea/coffee & cake)

26th June 2026

A Killer in Paradise

Speaker: Tom Hindle (includes tea/coffee & cake)

26th June 2026

Author, Editor, Podcaster, with Henry Eliot

Speaker: Henry Eliot (includes tea/coffee & cake)

26th June 2026

Festival Quiz Night

Light supper included

26th June 2026

Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth of Gold

Speaker: Dr Gillian White (including tea/coffee and cake)

27th June 2026

Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics and Power

Speakers: Antonia Keaney and Harriet Cullen (including tea/coffee and cake)

27th June 2026

So Who Was Anne Neville?

Speaker: Rebecca Batley (including tea/coffee and cake)

27th June 2026

An Evening with Ship’s Figurehead Carver

Speaker: Abbie Cooke

27th June 2026

Secrets of the Tower

Speaker: Claire Penny

28th June 2026

An Afternoon with AJ Pearce

Speaker: AJ Pearce

28th June 2026

Through the Lens of a Royal Photographer

Speaker: Jack Boskett

28th June 2026

4th July 1776: the American Colonies Declare Independence

Speaker: Linda Hart

4th July 2026

Death of a Clown with Robin Hillman

Performer: Robin Hillman

8th July 2026

Battle of Evesham Festival Weekend

Speaker: Professor Alice Roberts and others speakers, 1st and 2nd Aug

Professor Alice Roberts and other speakers
1st August 2026

Top of the Wold: Tales from the East Riding, with Mikron Theatre Company

Performers: Mikron

9th August 2026

‘Flog It’ battles ‘Bargain Hunt’ with Robert Arley

Speaker: Robert Arley

10th September 2026

Sincerely Noel: A Celebration of Noel Coward, and so much more

Performers: Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page

19th September 2026

The Motor Men: Lord Nuffield and Herbert Austin

Speaker: Max Hunt

30th September 2026

Prince George & Master Frederick

Speaker: Rosalind Freeborn (price includes lunch)

9th October 2026

From Perfect to Ordinary

Speaker: Rachel Sargeant (includes tea/coffee & cake)

17th October 2026

My Life and Times as a Film Extra

Speaker: John Kinory (includes tea/coffee and cake)

17th October 2026

The Orwell Tour: Travels Through the Life and Work of George Orwell

Speaker: Oliver Lewis (includes tea/coffee and cake)

17th October 2026

Pages from My Passport

Speaker: Amelia Dalton (includes tea/coffee and cake)

17th October 2026

Macready! Dickens’ Theatrical Friend

Performer: Mark Stratford

17th October 2026

Libraries of the World

Speaker: Sue Ablett (price includes lunch)

23rd October 2026

Emmeline Pankhurst – Angel or Anarchist?

Performer: Liz Grand

27th November 2026

Dr Albert Schweitzer and Reverence for Life

Speaker: Galen Bartholomew (price includes lunch)

30th November 2026

Evesham is known as a festival town and the year-long annual Evesham Festival of Words has greatly enhanced that reputation.

The Festival celebrates all things word – written, sung and spoken. With a diverse range of speakers and performers, from near and far, it attracts book-lovers, authors and those who just like a good story. 

With small friendly events our attendees have the chance to meet their favourite author or performer, or just chat to like-minded folk.The picturesque town of Evesham, with its historic buildings, charming riverside setting, and varied range of venues, adds greatly to the Festival’s character. Join us in celebrating the power of words to connect, inspire and entertain.