Event A1: Chichester Art Society Exhibition 2025
The Society’s annual exhibition of original and contemporary art offers a wonderful opportunity to acquire unique artwork at an affordable price. There […]
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Event WT1: Chichester Harbour Boat Trips
Enjoy the beauty, wildlife and tranquillity of Chichester Harbour National Landscape on a trip aboard our solar-powered boat, Solar Heritage. Glide virtually […]
Event WT2: Sailing Trips on Oysterboat Terror
Enjoy a memorable, scenic trip around Chichester Harbour on board the beautifully-restored Victorian wooden oysterboat 'Terror'. Trips last about 2½ hours for […]
Event A2: Magdalena van der Passe and Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Poetry and art collide in this experimental exhibition inspired by engravings depicting scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, most notably by 17th-century artists Magdalena […]
Event WT3: Chichester City Tours – Walking Tours of Chichester
Take a fascinating tour of Chichester with an experienced and knowledgeable guide. Discover hidden gems that you may not have noticed and […]
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Event CO2: Green Energy Fun Day
Event CO2: Green Energy Fun Day
Transition Town Chichester helps you gain facts and advice about solar panels, heat pumps and home insulation. Visit homes with these installed […]
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Event W1: Just Stop – Pause Moments – part 1, with Linzi Martin
Event W1: Just Stop – Pause Moments – part 1, with Linzi Martin
‘Pause Moments’ are times for noticing when you need to just stop what you're doing or thinking for a while. Especially when […]
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Event WT4: St Wilfrid’s Hospice Moonlight Walk
Event WT4: St Wilfrid’s Hospice Moonlight Walk
On Saturday June 14th 2025, St Wilfrid's is inviting hundreds of walkers to take on a 5 or 10-mile in-memory walk around […]
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Event WT6: Guided Tours of Chichester’s Walls
90-minute guided tour round the two-kilometre circuit of the City’s historic walls, with insights into their construction in Roman times, their survival […]
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Event M4: Chichester Cello Day
Event M4: Chichester Cello Day
Join in a day of music making in a cello orchestra! This promises to be a fun day of musical discovery and […]
£35
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Festival launch on Cathedral Green
Festival launch on Cathedral Green
In a unique collaboration with the Cathedral this year, our launch will be part of the Trinity Sunday events organised through Chichester […]
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Event WT5: Highlights of Chichester’s History with Chichester Tour Guides
Event WT5: Highlights of Chichester’s History with Chichester Tour Guides
Join us for a 90-minute stroll with a qualified guide through the Cathedral precincts and the narrow streets of Chichester, taking in […]
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Event M7: East in the West: From Classical Roots to Persian Resonance
Event M7: East in the West: From Classical Roots to Persian Resonance
This recital by up-and-coming pianist Mahya Mahroomi bridges the rich traditions of Western classical music and Persian musical heritage, reflecting Mahya's remarkable […]
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Event M8: Samana
Event M8: Samana
Samana make music that leads one on a journey that evokes ancient beliefs, revolution and healing, alternately confronting and transcending the heaviest […]
£15
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Event SW1: “Cross Dressed to Kill” – Women who went to war disguised as men
Event SW1: “Cross Dressed to Kill” – Women who went to war disguised as men
This fascinating talk by former TV news/undercover video journalist Vivien Morgan asks why, in the 17th to 20th centuries, hundreds of young […]
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Event SW2: Cutting-edge new writing from Chichester
Event SW2: Cutting-edge new writing from Chichester
Come and hear some of the exciting new writing which is coming out a the University of Chichester's prestigious MA in Creative […]
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Event SW3: A precious moment: A talk on the Italian Neo-Realist Moment in World Cinema, by Chichester Cinema
Event SW3: A precious moment: A talk on the Italian Neo-Realist Moment in World Cinema, by Chichester Cinema
During and after WW2, Italy produced a key movement in the history of world cinema. Fascism, war, occupation and resistance led a […]
8 events,
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Event M9: 60 Minutes of Classical Music: Phillip James Leslie
Event M9: 60 Minutes of Classical Music: Phillip James Leslie
British concert pianist Phillip Leslie performs a 60-minute programme including works by Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Chopin, played on a new Bluthner, […]
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Event M10: Bogdan Vacarescu (Violin) & Mikhail Lezdkan (Cello)
Event M10: Bogdan Vacarescu (Violin) & Mikhail Lezdkan (Cello)
International soloists hailing from Bucharest and St Petersburg, Bogdan Vacarescu (violin) and Mikhail Lezdkan (cello) join forces to fill the stunning acoustic […]
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Event W3: Passion of Flamenco
Event W3: Passion of Flamenco
Learn a new and exciting art form with a taster Flamenco class for complete beginners (mature man or woman). The class is […]
10 events,
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Event W4: Intro to Tap Dancing
Event W4: Intro to Tap Dancing
Discover the Joy of Tap! Join us for a fun and friendly one-hour session designed for beginner adults with Sarah from Sarah […]
£5
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Event CO3: Talking News for the Blind
Event CO3: Talking News for the Blind
Chichester Area Talking News celebrates 50 years of making local news available to blind and visually impaired people in West Sussex. To […]
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Event WT7a: Chichester Fun Bicycle Ride No.1
Event WT7a: Chichester Fun Bicycle Ride No.1
Chips on Centurion Ride: An ambling roll from Chichester Cross to the Lighthouse Chippie, collect our pre-ordered food and maybe something to […]
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Event WT8: Cathedral Quarter Tour
As the Cathedral celebrates 950 years, come and enjoy an outside tour of the Cathedral Quarter. This tour will be about the […]
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Event A3: Mindful Makers – Willow Workshop – Catalan Tension Tray
Event A3: Mindful Makers – Willow Workshop – Catalan Tension Tray
Discover the art of willow weaving in the serene setting of Denmans Garden. Join our Mindful Makers workshop to craft your own […]
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Event T2 – Chichester Cabaret Club
Event T2 – Chichester Cabaret Club
Chichester Cabaret Club was launched by award-winning Dawn Gracie 12 years ago to bring something different to the city. Since then, it's […]
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Event M13: An Evening of Aria and Song for Amnesty International UK
Event M13: An Evening of Aria and Song for Amnesty International UK
Join sopranos Rebecca Grove, Stephanie Peat and accompanist Anthony Groves on Saturday June 21st 7.30 p.m. for a midsummer's evening of classical […]
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Event W5: Sound Bath of Light: A Summer Solstice Journey
Event W5: Sound Bath of Light: A Summer Solstice Journey
Embrace the summer solstice with a meditative sound journey. Immerse yourself in the healing vibrations of global instruments and voice fostering deep […]
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Event A4: Make & Take Crafts
Event A4: Make & Take Crafts
Take time for yourself and make use of Scrapstore resources to learn new skills, get creative, and go home with a unique […]
£5
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Event K1: CBF Fundraiser: Supertato Silliness with Paul Linnet
Event K1: CBF Fundraiser: Supertato Silliness with Paul Linnet
Join Paul Linnet, co-creator of the bestselling Supertato picture books, in a riotous celebration of everyone’s favourite supermarket superhero! In a session […]
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Event SW4: An Evening with bestselling author Lucy Foley
Event SW4: An Evening with bestselling author Lucy Foley
Join us in conversation with bestselling author Lucy Foley to discuss her latest gripping thriller The Midnight Feast. In the shadows of […]
£5
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Event M16: Purcell to Piazzolla
Event M16: Purcell to Piazzolla
The West Sussex Guitar Orchestra, directed by Linda Kelsall-Barnett, presents a programme of dynamic repertoire including excerpts from The Fairy Queen by […]
£12
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Event SW5: Saving the Historic Britten-Norman Islander ‘Charlie November’ – G-AVCN
Event SW5: Saving the Historic Britten-Norman Islander ‘Charlie November’ – G-AVCN
Arun & Chichester Air Enthusiasts Society presents a talk by Bob Wealthy, Chairman of the Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society, about saving this […]
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Event CO4: The Dickie Bows and Petticoats Club
Event CO4: The Dickie Bows and Petticoats Club
A low-cost, high value daytime cabaret club for sassy seniors to enjoy afternoon tea, cabaret performers with a naughty edge, bingo, and […]
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Event A5: Painting Clouds with Fiona Bell Currie
Event A5: Painting Clouds with Fiona Bell Currie
A hands-on afternoon workshop painting clouds in the Studio at New Park Centre with enthusiastic teacher, Fiona Bell Currie. Suitable for absolute […]
£10
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Event SW6: Poetry and Jazz Café
Event SW6: Poetry and Jazz Café
Acclaimed poets Helen Ivory and Martin Figura link with Mike Carey's Big House jazz band to entertain and inspire. There's also the […]
£15
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Event CO5: Day of Discovery at Brandy Hole Copse
Event CO5: Day of Discovery at Brandy Hole Copse
Join one or more of a series of walks and activities looking at the life of Chichester’s only designated Local Nature Reserve. […]
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Event SW7: The Road to Sitges: Lee Millar, Roland Penrose and Picasso
Event SW7: The Road to Sitges: Lee Millar, Roland Penrose and Picasso
Antony Penrose talks about his famous parents’ journey, begun in pre-war Paris and ending in 1970s Sitges. It’s a tale of intimate […]
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Event SW9: Book Launch: Brilliant Blue by Karen Stevens
Event SW9: Book Launch: Brilliant Blue by Karen Stevens
Join Karen Stevens for the launch of her short story collection Brilliant Blue. Rooted in the south coast on the infamous Duncock […]
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Event M44: Emily Barden
Emily is a renowned choral conductor and professional singer with an unmistakeably beautiful voice that has led to her touring and performing […]
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Event A6: Chichester Pride Summer Late at Pallant House Gallery
Event A6: Chichester Pride Summer Late at Pallant House Gallery
Pallant House Gallery and Chichester Pride are delighted to be partnering to deliver a night full of fun. Enjoy free access to […]
Event SW10: The Coastal Plain: past, present and future
Event SW10: The Coastal Plain: past, present and future
From Brighton to Portsmouth the wonderful Sussex and Hampshire landscape is under threat from development. Archaeologist Mark Roberts examines clues from the […]
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Event M17: Absuma
Event M17: Absuma
Join Absuma, resident band, at Chichester’s underground venue Havana, for an unforgettable night of live music blending folk rock, psychedelia, and Americana […]
£12
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Event T3: The Pergola Open Air Theatre: Round and Round The Garden
Alan Ayckbourn's acclaimed comedy from the Norman Conquests trilogy, in the open air setting of West Dean Gardens. Arrive from 5.30pm if […]
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Event W6: Cabaret – A Singing and Dancing Workshop
Event W6: Cabaret – A Singing and Dancing Workshop
Life is a Cabaret! Join Jess from Sarah Moore Dance and Step into the spotlight and immerse yourself in the joy of […]
£10
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Event SW29: A Sense of Direction, with Chichester Festival Theatre artistic director Justin Audibert
Event SW29: A Sense of Direction, with Chichester Festival Theatre artistic director Justin Audibert
An exclusive evening with Chichester Festival Theatre artistic director Justin Audibert will be one of the city’s big summer highlights. Under the […]
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Event M19: Italian musicians The Duo Elisir
Event M19: Italian musicians The Duo Elisir
We warmly welcome, from our twin city of Ravenna in Italy, the international musicians The Duo Elisir, comprising Matteo Salerno, flautist, and […]
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Event SW12: Small ship, rivers and expedition cruising
Broadcaster, tour leader and travel expert Roger Mallock is author of CruiseMaster, the definitive British guidebook for explaining the pros and cons […]
Event T4: The Pergola Open Air Theatre: The Drunkard or Down With Demon Drink!
The Drunkard or Down With Demon Drink! by Brian J Burton. A Rollicking Victorian Musical Melodrama. Cheer the Hero, Hiss the Villain. […]
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Event CO6: Chichester Gala
Event CO6: Chichester Gala
Chichester Gala is taking place on Saturday 28h June in Priory Park. Come and enjoy a great day out of music, dance, […]
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Event A7: Meet & Draw: An Alpaca Art Experience with Jasmine Simpson
Event A7: Meet & Draw: An Alpaca Art Experience with Jasmine Simpson
Join artist Jasmine Simpson for a unique outdoor drawing workshop, observing and sketching live alpacas! Hosted in collaboration with Our Back Garden, […]
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Event M45: Snail’s Progress Gamelan
Event M45: Snail’s Progress Gamelan
Come and listen and relax to the exotic, mystical, meditative music from the beautiful Indonesian islands of Java. You can't miss us, we will […]
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Event WT9: Elegant Entertainment in Georgian Chichester
Event WT9: Elegant Entertainment in Georgian Chichester
Join local historian Alan Green on this new walk exploring where Georgian Cicestrians obtained their entertainment and meeting some of those who […]
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Event WT10: Historic Chichester, discovering some tales of the unexpected
Event WT10: Historic Chichester, discovering some tales of the unexpected
Between 2016 and 2018, Chris Hare managed the Chichester Heritage Trails project for the Chichester Society. He draws on that project and […]
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Event M25: Consort of Twelve: An Excursion to Vauxhall Gardens
Event M25: Consort of Twelve: An Excursion to Vauxhall Gardens
Chichester’s Consort of Twelve recreates a concert typical of Georgian-era London’s famous Vauxhall Gardens. Featuring singer Rebecca Leggett, organist Charles Harrison and […]
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Event CO8: Chichester: City, Devolution and Transport
Event CO8: Chichester: City, Devolution and Transport
During this information sharing event, speakers from operating companies and local government will explain the pros and cons of transport strategies for […]
£5
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Event WT11: Cathedral Cloister Tour
The Cathedral itself is well known, but what about the Cloisters? Join Cathedral Guides for a fascinating tour of this less well-known […]
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Event SW13: Heard But Not Seen
Event SW13: Heard But Not Seen
A talk by author, Michelle Magorian based on two of her best-selling books. From the romance and suspense of A Little Love […]
£8
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Event SW14: A Holocaust Survivor’s Testimony
Event SW14: A Holocaust Survivor’s Testimony
Deported in 1941 to the Riga Ghetto Manfred Goldberg aged 11, his brother aged 7, and their mother spent three and a […]
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Event SW15: The West Sussex Fascists
Event SW15: The West Sussex Fascists
What did World War One veteran and county councillor, Charles Bentinck Budd; Angmering farmer, Jorian Jenks; and Rustington vicar, Rev. James Croslasnd […]
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Event SW16: Japan’s Powerful Women
Event SW16: Japan’s Powerful Women
Author and raconteur, Lesley Downer, bubbles with excitement and fascinating detail, telling stranger-than-fiction tales of empresses, novelists and warriors, courtesans and geishas. […]
Free
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Event A10: Exhibition by Catherine Barnes, Festival Artist
Catherine creates large and medium sized oil paintings on canvas with smaller work on paper covering a range of subjects including seascapes […]
Event A11: Exhibition by Diane Henshaw, Festival Artist
I am a potter with a purpose-built studio in my back garden. I mainly throw functional stoneware and also hand build decorative […]
Event A12: Exhibition By Min Maude, Festival Artist
Formerly head of wardrobe at the Old Vic, Min is also a widely exhibited painter working in mixed-media collage, paint, and ink. […]
Event A11: Stephen Codner, Festival Artist
Paintings in oil and acrylic, small and medium size, beach, harbour and local scenes, townscapes, figure compositions. www.stephencodner.art Park in Cattle Market […]
Event A9: Exhibition by Rosy Turner, Festival Artist
Oil paintings and watercolours of a wide variety of subjects including seascapes and landscapes. www.rosyturner.com Parking available in the drive or on […]
Event A14: Exhibition by Martin V Smith, Festival Artist
Colourful paintings created by a process that includes deliberate randomising; the crystalline outcomes are strangely neither wholly abstract nor figurative becoming openly […]
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Event W8: Intro to Musical Theatre Dance
Event W8: Intro to Musical Theatre Dance
Curtain Up – Light the Lights! Step into the spotlight with our exciting dance workshop set to the show-stopping Everything’s Coming Up […]
£5
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Event M27: Vivaldi: Gloria
Event M27: Vivaldi: Gloria
Chichester Chorale concludes its 20th Anniversary Year celebrations by returning to the stunning setting of Boxgrove Priory to perform music including Vivaldi’s […]
£15
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Event SW17: 1945 and beyond — From the People’s War to the People’s Peace, by Chichester Cinema
Event SW17: 1945 and beyond — From the People’s War to the People’s Peace, by Chichester Cinema
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a Talk for the Festival of Chichester, looking back at […]
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Event A15: Sustaining Creativity: Ceri Hand on Building a Lasting Artistic Career
Event A15: Sustaining Creativity: Ceri Hand on Building a Lasting Artistic Career
Don’t miss this rare in-person event on Saturday, July 5th, as leading industry expert Ceri Hand shares game-changing strategies for building a […]
£50.00
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Event CO9: Tesoro at The Pavilion
Event CO9: Tesoro at The Pavilion
Tesoro Duo will be singing a wonderful mix of Mediterranean and Riviera-inspired songs from the world of movies, musicals and more, plus […]
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Event M32: Singing In The Bishop’s Palace Gardens
Event M32: Singing In The Bishop’s Palace Gardens
An annual celebration of singing involving several community choirs local to Chichester. Come and listen - and sing! Free entry.
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Event M33: She’Koyokh Klezmer & Balkan Band
Event M33: She’Koyokh Klezmer & Balkan Band
She’Koyokh is “amongst the finest klezmer ensembles on the planet” (The Australian). Always popular at the Festival of Chichester, their name is […]
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Event M34: Rebetiki Serenata: Voices of Greece
Event M34: Rebetiki Serenata: Voices of Greece
Join Pavlos Carvalho and Greek folk group Plastikes Karekles for a night of traditional Greek Rebetiko music. Guitar, bouzouki, baglama and evocative […]
£15
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The 2025 festival will run from Saturday 14 June to Sunday 20 July.
