FREE rehearsals at Hereford 2022, Three Choirs Festival. You can relax in the festival village at Hereford Cathedral and enjoy a wonderful FREE insight into the festival music coming up.
Open Rehearsals at the Festival
Want to try out some new music absolutely free? Dip into our cathedral rehearsals, listen to fantastic music and get a flavour of life behind the scenes at the festival. You can come into the rehearsal at any point, no ticket needed, and stay for as long or as short a time as you would like. There will be fact sheets, activities and a drawing competition for any children who come along, so they can get closer to the music too.
When are the rehearsals?
23 July 2.15pm-5.15pm Dvořák Requiem (Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
24 July 1.30pm-4.30pm Mahler Symphony No 4 (Orchestra)
25 July 9.30am-12.30pm Quo Vadis (Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
26 July 12.30pm-4.30pm The Creation (Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra)
27 July 10am-1pm Pietà (Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
28 July 1.30pm-4.30pm Voices of Power (Festival Youth Choir and Orchestra)
29 July 1.30pm-4.30pm Transformations (Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
30 July 9.30am-12.30pm The Dream of Gerontius (Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
Three Choirs Festival Village
Our Festival Village is the perfect place to relax, enjoy a drink and meet with friends.
Eating and Drinking
There will be two cafés serving light lunches, tea and cakes to eat in or takeaway. The festival bar will be open every day until after the evening concert, with a fine selection of gin, wine, cask ales and local ciders, courtesy of our friends at Wardingtonʼs Original Ludlow Gin.
Craft Tent
Members of the Herefordshire, Cotswold and Worcester Craft Guilds will be showing their work – the perfect opportunity to buy a gift from a highly skilled maker working within the Three Counties.
Community Bandstand
Enjoy free music and entertainment from local groups on our community bandstand as you relax in outside the cathedral. Highlights include:
Bandemonium
Hereford Big Band
Hereford Folk Ensemble
“El Squid”
The Nukelele Man
Clara Miln
For more information email info@3choirs.org or phone 01452 768928
Image credit: Michael Whitefoot