Provisional Calendar
Festival of Chichester
Forthcoming events
Below you’ll find two listings. One a calendar of events already listed as part of the 2026 Festival, the other a list of events that organisers tell us they plan to arrange but which have yet to be formally registered on our system.
The full brochure for our 2026 Festival will be available from early April. Till then, you can refer to our two Provisional Calendars below. Their main purpose is to help organisers avoid booking dates that clash with similar events.
The first calendar will show events already entered for the festival by their organisers (click here to add your own).
The second calendar will show provisional dates for festival events (about which we have been notified but which the organiser has not yet formally entered).
If you are an organiser and would like us to put your provisional date onto this calendar, please contact our coordinator.
We would further suggest that you consult the Chichester Living website for the dates that you are considering for your event as there might be other major happenings in the city on that date which will affect your potential audience.
Festival of Chichester
Provisional events calendar
Events already registered for the 2026 Festival
Monday, 8th June, 2026
- Spoken word Priory Park Society Mini Festival (June 8-14) 11am - 4pm
Priory Park Society
Priory Park, Chichester
Saturday, 13th June, 2026
- Music An Evening of Song 7.30pm - 9pm
Bognor Regis Music Club
Regis School of Music
Sunday, 14th June, 2026
- Walk or tour Highlights of Chichester 11.30am - 1pm
Chichester Tour Guides
Chichester Cathedral Bell Tower - Music Singing in The Bishop’s Garden 2pm - 4pm
John Gleadall
Bishop’s Palace Gardens - Music The Sound of Katie Brown 2pm - 4pm
Katie Brown Soprano
Fernleigh - Music Festival of Chichester, Shipley Arts Festival and Stradivarius Piano Trio welcome you 6pm - 8.30pm
Bernardi Music Group : Stradivarius Piano Trio
Great Ballard School, Eartham
Tuesday, 16th June, 2026
- Walk or tour Guided Tree Walk through the Garden 10.30am - 12pm
Friends of Bishop’s Palace Garden
Bishop’s Palace Gardens
Wednesday, 17th June, 2026
- Walk or tour Historic walks through Chichester 11am - 12.30pm
Chichester City Tours
around Chichster – starting from Novium Museum - Workshop Improv Workshop with Chichester Improv and Drama 6pm - 7pm
Charlie Edworthy
Roussillion Park Community Hall - Music ECCO Community Orchestra 7pm - 8.30pm
Laura Ritchie
University Chapel (Chapel of the Ascension) - Community Prehistoric Sites in Sussex: Mystery and Legend 7.30pm - 9pm
History People UK
Chichester City Arts Centre
Thursday, 18th June, 2026
- Art & Craft Thursday Late | Celebrating Pride
Pallant House Gallery
Pallant House Gallery - Spoken word An Evening with Greg and Kate Mosse 7pm - 8pm
West Sussex Libraries
Edes House, Chichester
Friday, 19th June, 2026
- Music The Jazz Club with UK No1 Guitarist Nigel Price 8pm - 10.30pm
20/20JAZZ
Chichester Inn
Saturday, 20th June, 2026
- Spoken word Celebrate Women Writers 9.30am - 6.30pm
Chichester Women’s History Group
Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester - Music Opera Night 2026 7.30pm - 10pm
60 Minutes of Classical Music
Jeneses Community Centre, Bognor - Music Chichester Singers Summer Concert 7.30pm - 9.45pm
Chichester Singers
Chichester Cathedral
Monday, 22nd June, 2026
- Art & Craft Chichester Art Society Annual Exhibition 10am - 4pm
Chichester Art Society
Oxmarket Contemporary - Spoken word Solo 2 Darwin – in the Footsteps of Amy Johnson 7pm - 10pm
Arun & Chichester Air Enthusiasts Society
Boxgrove Village Hall - Music Sasha’s Guitar Legacy 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Linda Kelsall-Barnett
St John’s Chapel, Chichester - Community Romans and Normans playing in the park 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Cichester’s Four Cities
Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester
Wednesday, 24th June, 2026
- Community Sussex Castles: History and Folklore 7.30pm - 9pm
History People UK
Chichester City Arts Centre
Thursday, 25th June, 2026
- Spoken word Small Ship Ocean, Rivers, Expedition Cruising And Tours 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Roger Mallock
New Park Centre, Chichester
Friday, 26th June, 2026
- Music A European Odyssey 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Hampshire Recorder Sinfonia
St George’s Church, Whyke - Music 2026 Chichester Jazz Club All-Stars 7.45pm - 10.15pm
Chichester Jazz Club
Pallant Suite
Saturday, 27th June, 2026
- Walk or tour Hope Through Education for the Girls of Afghanistan 2pm - 4.30pm
Chichester Quakers
Friends Meeting House, Chichester - Music Strings Of Light (Secrets of the Harp-Guitar) 4.30pm - 5.40pm
Jon Pickard
Chichester City Arts Centre - Music Strings of Light (Secrets of the Harp Guitar) 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Jon Pickard
Chichester City Arts Centre - Music Nashville Nights 7pm - 10pm
The DiElle Trio
Boxgrove Village Hall - Music There is Sweet Music 7.30pm - 9.15pm
SouthDownsSoloists
Boxgrove Priory Church
Monday, 29th June, 2026
- Community Chichester Society: Regeneration in the City 6pm - 8pm
The Chichester Society
Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester - Theatre Pergola Open Air Theatre 7.30pm - 9.45pm
New Theatre Productions
West Dean Gardens
Wednesday, 1st July, 2026
- Music By The Sleepy Lagoon – Selsey Gramophone Society 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Alex McDevitt
Selsey Town Hall - Music 60 Minutes of Classical Music 4.30pm - 5.30pm
60 Minutes of Classical Music
Bognor Club - Community Sussex Folk Song and Folk Song Collectors 7.30pm - 9pm
History People UK
Chichester City Arts Centre
Friday, 3rd July, 2026
- Art & Craft Pictures in the Porch + 100 11am - 6pm
Catherine Barnes
Juno Studio, Chichester - Music A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Linda Kelsall-Barnett
St John’s Chapel, Chichester - Theatre Letters Live – A Performance 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Arts Dream Selsey
Westberry House - Music The Jazz Club presents virtuoso harmonica artist Rob McCann! Blues, Jazz, Film Themes and MORE! 8pm - 10.30pm
20/20JAZZ
Chichester Inn
Saturday, 4th July, 2026
- Music Cello & Piano with Prof Laura Ritchie & Dr Christine Tokatlian 7pm - 9pm
Laura Ritchie
University Chapel (Chapel of the Ascension) - Music American Choral Music on the 250th Anniversary of American Independence 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Portsmouth Baroque Choir
St George’s Church, Whyke - Music European Polyphony and Modern Echoes Across the Atlantic 7.30pm - 9pm
Reading Phoenix Choir
Boxgrove Priory Church
Sunday, 5th July, 2026
- Music Cello Day 10am - 4pm
Laura Ritchie
University Chapel (Chapel of the Ascension) - Theatre Poisoned Beds 2.30pm - 4.15pm
John Gleadall
New Park Centre, Chichester - Music Piano Masterclass with Dr Christine Tokatlian 5pm - 7pm
Laura Ritchie
University Chapel (Chapel of the Ascension) - Music Handel’s Samson 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Portsmouth Choral Union
St Paul’s Church, Chichester - Walk or tour Historic and Literary Slindon: a guided walk 7pm - 8.30pm
History People UK
The Forge
Wednesday, 8th July, 2026
- Art & Craft Sussex Rural Writers 7.30pm - 9pm
History People UK
Chichester City Arts Centre
Saturday, 11th July, 2026
- Walk or tour We are still here: a Palestinian community holds onto its land 2pm - 4.30pm
Chichester Quakers
Friends Meeting House, Chichester - Music The Laurel Canyon Experience 7pm - 10pm
The DiElle Trio
New Park Centre, Chichester - Music Summer Concert 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Chichester Symphony Orchestra
St Paul’s Church, Chichester - Music Ailson Pearce – International Soprano 7.30pm - 9pm
Bognor Regis Music Club
Christ Church, Chichester
Monday, 13th July, 2026
- Music The Jazz Club presents United States legendary saxophonist Greg Abate Quartet plus support! 8pm - 10.30pm
20/20JAZZ
Havana Bar and Venue
Tuesday, 14th July, 2026
- Art & Craft Influential Queens of Egypt – a perspective by Eileen Goulding 10.45am - 11.45am
The Arts Society Chichester
Assembly Room at the Council House, Chichester
Wednesday, 15th July, 2026
- Community All Change! How the Coming of the Railway changed Sussex Forever 7.30pm - 9pm
History People UK
Chichester City Arts Centre
Saturday, 18th July, 2026
- Music Serene Sounds: Classical Music Sound Bath 3pm - 4pm
Transposed
Chichester City Arts Centre - Music Songs of Hope: 50th anniversary concert at Boxgrove Priory Church 7.30pm - 9pm
The Renaissance Choir
Boxgrove Priory Church - Music Summer Soul 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Trevor Veale
Fishbourne Centre
Events which we gather are slated to take place during the festival period but which are either not yet registered or are major events outside the festival remit.
Thursday, 25th June, 2026
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Poetry & Jazz Cafe, Assembly Room
SDPF
Monday, 29th June, 2026
-
Chichester: Planning in the city
The Chichester Society
Thursday, 2nd July, 2026
- Art Exhibition Catherine Barnes “Pictures in the Porch PLUS” at Juno Studio
Friday, 3rd July, 2026
- Art Exhibition Catherine Barnes “Pictures in the Porch PLUS” at Juno Studio
Saturday, 4th July, 2026
- Art Exhibition Catherine Barnes “Pictures in the Porch PLUS” at Juno Studio
Sunday, 5th July, 2026
- Art Exhibition Catherine Barnes “Pictures in the Porch PLUS” at Juno Studio
Tuesday, 7th July, 2026
-
Poetry & Music, Novium
SDPF
Thursday, 9th July, 2026
- Goodwood Festival of Speed
Friday, 10th July, 2026
- Goodwood Festival of Speed
Saturday, 11th July, 2026
- Goodwood Festival of Speed
Sunday, 12th July, 2026
- Goodwood Festival of Speed
Friday, 17th July, 2026
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The Skylark and the City, pastoral poetry and acoustic guitar, St Johns
SDPF
