*General booking is now open. Call the box office on 0845 12 72 190 from 10am to buy your tickets. Please do be patient as lines will be busy...

Alternatively book online now!

*£5 tickets for under-30s are now on sale! Get the best available seat for any event...

*We are begininng our first foray into the blogosphere - do get involved! It's the place to go for all insider Festival info. You can leave comments below each post and we will soon set up a forum for you to air your opinions. Just click on the link to the left and give it a whirl!

*The brochure for Buxton Festival 2009 is now available. If you would like to receive a copy call 01298 70395.

*Maureen Lipman has sadly had to withdraw from the literary series on July 28. However, she is replaced by one of the world's greatest thriller writers, Jeffery Deaver.

NEWS

The Peak District hills host a friendly crowd of opera, music and literature lovers from all over the country during July’s Buxton Festival.

A morning literary series, afternoon concerts and rarely-performed opera in the evening offer a rich and unique cultural experience, attracting big names and a faithful audience to an historic and beautiful setting.

Buxton Festival is as good as an arts festival gets
The Independent

Competitively priced tickets offer an ideal opportunity to enjoy a broad range of events and particularly encourages young people to explore the arts without unreasonable expense.

Fine productions at good prices in a lovely setting – why isn't everyone at Buxton?
The Sunday Times

It is one of the only Festivals to specialise in producing rarely performed operas by major composers - each opera is staged uniquely for the Buxton audience and the intimate Opera House. In addition to the Festival's own productions several touring operas feature on the programme each summer.

Buxton is a very nice place to be, and with all this (opera, music and literature) on tap it approaches cultural heaven
Opera magazine

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Festival Office
3 The Square
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 6AZ

BOX OFFICE: 0845 12 72 190

t: 01298 70395
f: 01298 72289

Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

Administrator: Lee Barnes
*Contact Lee for all things Friends and general enquiries. Professional singers looking to audition for our 2010 chorus should contact Lee.

Business & development officer: Claire Rhodes
*For sponsorship, community events or to advertise in Festival literature contact Claire.

Press and marketing officer: Johanna Dollerson
*For media, marketing and website enquiries contact Johanna.

Literary series manager: Rosie Hughes
*Contact Rosie for all enquiries about the literary series.

Accounts manager: Mary Jarvis
*For all money-related enquiries contact Mary on Monday or Thursday morning before 2pm.

Chief Executive: Glyn Foley
*Contact Glyn for all important queries, including programming.

Artistic Director: Andrew Greenwood

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Friends' Events

Summer recital with Freddy Kempf
Stoney Middleton
Sunday June 14, 6pm

We are delighted to have been invited back to the beautiful home of Charles and Mary Richardson, set in picturesque Derbyshire countryside.

A recital by the acclaimed pianist Freddy Kempf will be preceded by drinks and canapés in the garden.

For this performance Freddy has chosen two well known Beethoven sonatas and Chopin's first Ballade.

Tickets: £35

SOLD OUT

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Patrons and Gold Friends priority postal booking opens on March 6*.
Friends priority postal booking opens on March 13*.
General booking, by telephone, post or the internet, opens on April 3.


*Friends! Please note that single members can now book only two tickets per event during the priority period. Joint members can book up to four seats per event. We hope that this new system will enable all our Friends to enjoy the opera, concerts and talks they choose.

If you would like to change to joint membership to book more tickets, please call the Festival office.

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