What to expect in 2023

Live Music encompassing all genres

We have soloists and bands performing blues, rock, funk, folk and jazz throughout the festival fortnight. If you love live music Ludlow will come alive with gigs at venues all over town - most of these venues also have real ale and local beers btw!

We are very pleased to announce that some of our old favourites are back again this year.

Jon Pickard will mesmerize his audience with his harp guitar. His show features classic, Celtic and Spanish melodies which come alive with new energy when heard played on the harp guitar - if you didn't see his performance last year, we seriously recommend booking your seats for this stunning piece of musicality.

Singer-songwriter Joe Bayliss is with us again too, weaving stories within his songs that are relatable and emotional, to create an atmosphere that will take you with him on his musical journey.

We also welcome back our friends Lucas D & the Groove Guetto, made up of some of Birmingham's best musicians. They are a 6 piece soul outfit which will get your toes tapping, and we encourage you to come along and dance the night away at Ludlow Brewery - we also recommend a pint or two of Ludlow Gold!

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Folk Music at Ludlow Brewery

Flatworld are back! Come along and listen to groove-laden music from Eastern Europe and beyond. Music lovers should not miss the opportunity to see these talented musicians as they create distinctive melodies on saxophone, flute and mandolin, woven with classical harmonies played on the violin.

They are an energetic ensemble who are masters of rhythm!

Reviewers are saying:

"Brilliant... like The Ukrainians meet klezmer" - Genevieve Tudor, BBC Radio Shropshire

"Love the music..." - The Ukrainians

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Stars of TV, Screen & Theatre

This year we have several famous faces joining us and they will appear in interview-style events, which should delight audiences as you'll get to see the real person behind the performer.

Dame Judi will discuss her enduring love of Shakespeare in a career that spans 65 years: from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. She is going to be interviewed by actor/director/friend Brendan O’Hea. She will guide her audience through her rehearsal process and invite them to share in her triumphs, disasters and backstage shenanigans. The event will also include accounts of her creative partnerships with such luminaries as Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn, Ian McKellen, and Kenneth Branagh.

Jasper Carrott has been persuaded to drop by for a chat on stage with his friend Alistair McGowan. Alistair says, “Jasper and I have known each other for a good many years, and in our tour, in 2021, where we both did our sets and bantered in-between we just had great fun, which seemed to delight our loyal fans.  I will be asking him to re-live a few of his most loved sketches which never fail to make me laugh.” 

Both shows are already sold out!

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Superb Comedy Gigs

Drew Taylor, Harun Masho'd and the lovely Carol Robson the self-proclaimed party poet are back again this year, with their different styles of comedy fun.

The welsh comic Drew Taylor uses razor-sharp wit and his hilarious storytelling that will have you laughing in the aisles.

"Clever stuff" - review by Bath echo

Harun Musho'd is a rising star on the comedy circuit with his sharp and witty humour and his unusual thought process, be prepared to laugh on subject matter from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Carol Robson will bring us a sparkling performance of spoken word, poetry and comedy which shows that ageing doesn't have to mean that you stop enjoying life and exploring new ideas. She says, "spend the kids' inheritance and mature disgracefully' - I tend to agree!

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