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A YEAR-LONG FESTIVAL WITH MAIN WEEKEND

Glos/Worcs & the Atlantic Slave Trade

Tony Conder

21st March 2025

Kath Ryan – The Cake Lady

Kath Ryan

18th April 2025

Lost Women of Shakespeare

Jeremy Holmes

22nd April 2025

Mohandas K Gandhi

Galen Bartholomew

14th May 2025

How We Made the Golden Age of Steam

David Parker

Golden Age of Steam
21st May 2025

Long Lost Families, with Ariel Bruce

Ariel Bruce

Ariel Bruce
11th June 2025

Around the World in 30-ish Musicals

Evesham Operatic and Dramatic Society

EODS FoW 2025
14th June 2025

Chance Findings

Sue Ablett, Galen Bartholomew and Noelle Chambers

Chance Findings
18th June 2025

A.E. Housman: A Worcs Lad and his Abiding Appeal

Linda Hart & Max Hunt

AE Housman
23rd June 2025

In Summertime on Bredon Guided Walk

Max Hunt

26th June 2025

Living the Dream

Ruth Hogan

Ruth Hogan
27th June 2025

WWII at Blenheim Palace – Evacuees and Espionage

Antonia Keaney

Antonia Keaney
27th June 2025

How Words Get Good

Rebecca Lee

27th June 2025

Festival Quiz Night

Helen Yendall and Chris Cherry

27th June 2025

Dining with Great Writers: Samuel Pepys on Food

Judith Headley

Samuel_Pepys
28th June 2025

A Shropshire Lad Travels – Gloucester to Cambridge

Linda Hart

A Shropshire Lad
28th June 2025

An Afternoon with Sue Moorcroft

Sue Moorcroft

Sue Moorcroft
28th June 2025

An Evening with Miranda Krestovnikoff

Miranda Krestovnikoff

Miranda Krestovnikoff
28th June 2025

Evesham – Heritage and People: A Guided Walk

Gill Pawson

29th June 2025

An Afternoon with Jo Thomas

Jo Thomas

Jo Thomas
29th June 2025

The Great Train Robbery – Revisited

Ian Boskett

29th June 2025

Bikes and Books – From Evesham Velo Park

Helen Russell

Helen Russell
19th July 2025

Hush Hush! A Bletchley Story

Mikron Theatre Company

Mikron Theatre Company
10th August 2025

Coward at Sea

Michael Lunts

6th September 2025

Producing the BBC’s Antiques Road Show

Robert Arley

Antiques
10th September 2025

Eyam: The Plague Village

Ian Braisby

3rd October 2025

Reasons for Treason: The Gunpowder Plot

Alan Tolley

3rd November 2025

The Second Best Bed

Liz Grand

28th November 2025

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.