Ely Arts Festival

Ely Arts Festival is a triumph with over 7000 people enjoying events across two weeks!

Ely Arts Festival is celebrating its largest and most successful festival to date. In 2024 there were 43 events across the two weeks (almost double the events in 2023), all enjoyed by over 7000 people.  Highlights included the festival family fun day (despite the weather) which featured musical performances on the bandstand, circus skills, dance …

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Hundreds of Singers and Musicians Captured the ‘Spirit of the Fens’ at Ely Arts Festival’s Flagship Concert

On Saturday 19th June, the audience in Ely Cathedral were treated to a programme of live  and virtual performances coordinated for Ely Arts Festival, by artistic director Chris Parsons.  The evening included moving renditions of Somewhere over the Rainbow and Sing! and the premieres of  newly composed scores by Chris Leedham and David Sims, against …

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Ely Will Be Celebrating the Spirit of the Fens, with Refreshed Arts Festival this June

Organisers are delighted to announce that Ely Arts Festival is back for 2021. After the enforced break in 2020 due to Covid, a new volunteer committee has formed to bring together arts and cultural events and activities to celebrate how the creative ‘spirit of the Fens’ has endured through this challenging time. Ely Arts Festival …

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