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A season of events, performances, live entertainment and community projects will be held to mark a momentous year of cultural anniversaries in the Chichester district this year.Read more.

Festival 2022This year’s festival, which runs from 11 June to 10 July, will be a very special occasion – our tenth anniversary. As part of our celebrations, we are linking up with the Chichester District’s...

The Festive Jazz Café, the Festival of Chichester’s special seasonal treat of words and music which is usually held in historic St John's Chapel, is going online this year because of the current concerns...

After our successful come-back festival last year, we are looking forward to a full-scale, really exciting festival in 2022 with both live and virtual events. The festival will run from Saturday 11 June to...

Our annual Public Meeting will be held at 7pm in the Council Chamber, North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LQ on Tuesday, October 19 2021. At the meeting we will look back at the 2021 Festival and ahead to 2022...

Have a look at some of the images from the 2021 festival. There are various filters to enable you to identify images from different photographers that we've engaged. We are expanding this selection over the...

For 2022, we are looking forward to being a leading part of the Season of Culture.

As the country emerged from the pandemic, the Festival of Chichester returned with a bang. A month-long programme of exciting events – live, virtual and outdoors – ran from 12th June to 11th July.

Week 4 (4 to 11 July) What a time we’ve had, with a scintillating mix of outdoor, live and virtual events, offering audiences the chance to immerse themselves in fun, culture and entertainment. We’ve had some...

Week 3 (28 June to 3 July)Week 4 - click hereThe 2021 Festival of Chichester is now in full flow with a scintillating mix of outdoor, live and virtual events, which offer audiences the chance to immerse...

To celebrate the launch of this year’s Festival of Chichester, many city centre businesses took part in a special window display competition, which was judged on Friday 11 June by stage and screen actress...

Week 2 (21 to 27 June) The 2021 Festival of Chichester is now underway with a scintillating mix of outdoor, live and virtual events, which offer audiences the chance to immerse themselves in fun, culture and...