Tuesday 4th July 6pm

Hartland Primary School

A concert to give a taster of the different music happening at Hartland Primary School, with performances from our violin and piano students as well as the Hartland Primary School Choir and the School Brass Band. We look forward to seeing you there!

Entry is free, but there will be a retiring collection in aid of the school. Refreshments will be served.

Thursday 13thJuly 7.30pm

Hartland Town Band and the Torridge Male Voice Choir

Town Band members are of varied ages and most live in the village, regularly playing for concerts, events and charitable organisations throughout the year and seasons – such as the Sea Sunday Service at the Quay (July 9th 7pm). Their programme promises us some lovely music for a summer evening.

TMVC, a registered charity,is a popular group of around 30 singers who give regular concerts in the local areathroughout the year. Their programme will include sacred and secular songs and sea shanties.
Wednesday 19thJuly7.30pm

Folk at Stoke

The Folk Orchestra of North Devon plays soulful airs and toe-tapping dance tunes from English and European traditions to while away a summer's eve.

Making a guest appearance will be the Make Music group from Northam Lodge.

Wren is a music charity with over 30 years’ experience in delivering all aspects of community music.

Its mission is to work with music and culture to educate, to inspire creativity, to promote inclusion and to celebrate identity and diversity. They work with all ages, from early years to 80 plus, in a variety of settings from schools to theatres and from the street to residential homes.

Saturday 22nd July 7.30pm

Hartland Chamber Orchestraconducted by Malcolm Woodcock. The programme will include Mozart’sOverture to The Impresario, Boccherini’sCello Concerto no 9 in Bb with guest soloist Heather Harrison and Haydn’sSymphony 103, The Drum Roll.

Sunday23rd July11am

Festival Eucharist

With members of Hartland Chamber Orchestra and the Hartland Coast Mission Community choir expanding the musical element, this will be our usual service with a few extra treats!

Monday 24thJuly 7.30pm

Torridge Shanty Group

The Torridge Shanty Group was formed three years ago as part of Parkinson’s UK’s Torridge Branch. The benefits of music in general, and singing in particular, have long been recognised in everyone, but none more so than in Parkinson’s Disease. In this case however, the group has gone from strength to strength, now regularly performing at venues throughout the area with well-known sea shanties and folk songs. They encourage audiences to join in by displaying most of the lyrics.

This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy an evening of singing these rollicking salty songs as well as popular folk songs.

Proceeds will be split between the church and the charity.


Sunday 30th July3pm

Organ and Clarinet Classics

David Robinson andIdony Perrett, will perform aprogramme to include works by Bach, Mozart, Weber and Widor.

David is a renowned local organist who was very keen to come and play the newly refurbished organ at St. Nectan’s.

He himself suggested that “organ recitals on their own can be a bit odd”, so he is bringing with him a brilliant young clarinet soloist to add colour and variety to the programme.

Idony, who comes from Bude and is currently a scholar at the Welsh School of Music and Drama, will be going to the Royal College of Music in Septemberto continue her studies.

The programme will include works by

Bach, Mozart, Weber and Widor and, including an interval, should finish around 4.30pm.

Thursday 5October6pm

The Ammonites

This group from Bristol is celebrating its 40th Anniversary and wants to offer a concert of mostly sacred choral music in the church.

Formed by John Stone, in a double bit of word play, they joke they are akin to ‘old fossils’, hence the name!

Art and Craft

in and around the church

24th – 30th July

During one week of the festival, local artists will display their work in the church and refreshments will be served from 10am-4pm

Activities for children

For further details of any of these events, please call the Parish Office (01237 441142) or email

A celebration of

Music and the Arts

in the tranquil setting of

the Parish Church

of Hartland

(on the road to Hartland Quay)

Admission £5.00

No charge for under 16s

Refreshments available

Bring a cushion!