The Chiddingly Festival

Chiddingly Festival has now been running for 31 years. The village of Chiddingly is in East Sussex, near to Hailsham, North of Eastbourne. Like many small rural villages, life revolves around the Church, the Village Hall and the pub (we used to have a shop and Post Office - those were the days).

All tastes are catered for - music, art, dance, puppetry, theatre, poetry and storytelling. This is a quite amazing festival for such a small village, the festival is an event that makes Chiddingly unique.

As always, the festival starts with a full peal of bells from the tower of Chiddingly Village Church.

The 2009 Festival Featured......

Marcus Brigstocke
Darius Brubeck
Claire Martin
John Hegley & Otiz Canelloni
Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
The Versuvio Wind Quintet

You can download the 2009 Festival Programme HERE.

24th September to 4th October 2009

Opening and Closing the Festival

Chiddingly Bell Ringers

Music and Dance
 

Jazz with Darius Brubeck
Jazz Singing Workshop with Claire Martin
Folk with Marie Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman
Classical Concert with Vesuvio

Arts and Crafts

The Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Performing Arts and Film

Poetry in the Pub
Comedy with Marcus Brigstocke
Diversions and Jour de Fte, a film by Jacques Tati
Storytelling with June Peters

Family Events

A Family Event with John Hegley and Otiz Canelloni
Pantomime - Aladdin