Come and help us build a vision of peace for 2026, through music visual arts, conversation, worship, silence and reflection.

Throughout the festival there will be displays featuring local artists, photography and contributions from schools. We will explore "Peace"  through poetry, the spoken word, conversations with experts and an embroidery day. There will be events for children and young people and our friends from different cultures.

Tickets will be on sale in 2026 when our festival brochure will be available and dates and times are confirmed.

The programme so far includes the following:

Festival Opening Weekend 20-21 June 2026
With Jackie Oates, Evolution of Fishermen and Fish from Oblivion
Festival Eucharist, Come and sing Evensong

Week One
English Wind Consort (Thursday Evening)
Lunchtime concerts with Manchester Reed Trio (Monday); Margaret Outen andTim Sagar (Wednesday); Chian-Chian Hsu (cello) and Charles Matthews (piano) on Thursday

Festival Central Weekend 26-28 June
Late night jazz led by Chris Gumbley (Friday) 
Choral workshop with Jeff Stewart (Saturday)
Choral Eucharist; afternoon recital led by Dellal MacDonald and Peter Martin (Sunday)

Week Two
Simone Damiani (piano); Stien de Neef (harp)
A collaboration with Stafford Gatehouse team based on this year's production of Richard III

Closing Weekend 3-5 July
St Mary's Children's Choir (Friday)
Foden's Band (Saturday)
Closing Eucharist and barbecue (Sunday)