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The 30th Stratford Music Festival ends this week with three ticketed concerts in the town: a Cuban jazz night on Tuesday 20 October, the Orchestra of the Swan at the Town Hall on Thursday 22 October, and a Last Night of the Proms in Holy Trinity Church on Saturday 24 October. Tickets cost £20 to £32 through the festival’s own box office.
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The concerts
- Tuesday 20 October, 7.30–9.30pm: Omar Puente Latin Quartet, One Night in Havana, at the Boston Tea Party café (CV37 6QW). Cuban violinist Omar Puente’s band. £20.
- Thursday 22 October, 7.30–10pm: A Little Night Music with David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan, at Stratford Town Hall, Sheep Street. Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Divertimento in D, Vivaldi’s concerto for two violins, Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Bach’s Air, Elgar, Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” and Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe”. £32 online.
- Saturday 24 October, 7.30–10pm: A Celebration of 30 Years: Last Night of the Proms, at Holy Trinity Church, the festival’s final event. £30.
The Orchestra of the Swan was founded in 1995 and is led by violinist David Le Page as artistic director; it often plays in Stratford, including at Rother Street Arts House (the old Stratford Play House).
How to book
Book on the Stratford on Avon Music Festival’s Ticket Tailor page, where each concert showed tickets available on 18 October. Prices shown are the general admission prices listed there.
A busy week in town
Saturday’s Proms concert falls on the same weekend as the Runaway Mop, when several town-centre streets close from early Friday 23 October until Sunday morning, and Sheep Street shuts for gas works. Holy Trinity and the Town Hall are both walkable from the riverside car parks; our Stratford parking guide has prices and the road closures page has the latest closures.
All three concerts are in our Stratford events calendar, alongside everything else on this week, and the Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society opens its new season the next evening, Sunday 25 October.
Alex Harrington
Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.
