Salisbury International Arts Festival 2009

Offering sixteen days of performance, visual arts, literature and music which envelops the city of Salisbury in a colourful and vibrant celebration of the arts.

The 2009 Salisbury International Arts Festival takes place from Friday 22nd May until Saturday 6th June. The Festival Themes for 2009 are: a cultural theme of India, the elemental theme of Water, and Devotion.

The programme includes:-
Free Opening Event - Transe Express with Mobile Homme Market Square
Free Salisbury Festival Treasure Trail - All Around Salisbury
Free Salisbury Live - music all around Salisbury
Salisbury Vespers Classical Music - Salisbury Cathedral £25, 23 May
The Sun Dragon - Salisbury Arts Centre £7, 23 May
Music For Mind and Soul- Wardrobe Museum Gardens £20 24 May
Opera at Trafalgar Park £25, 24 May
Craig Ogden and Judith Hall St Martin's Church £18, £16 25 May
Drop-In Arts Workshops Salisbury Arts Centre £5, 25 May
Free Hoodwink - Leap of Faith Theatre - Salisbury Arts Centre 25 May
Meet the Tashi Lhunpo Monks - Salisbury Arts Centre £13, 25 May
New Art Club: This is Modern Comedy- Salisbury Playhouse £15, 25 May
Sacred Music and Masked Dance- Salisbury Arts Centre £13, 25 May
Free It's Street Theatre Day - Market Square 26, 30 May
John Lill Classical Music - Wilton Church £20, 26 May
Vocal Sampling - Salisbury Playhouse £17.50, 26 May
Abhinava Dance Company- Salisbury Playhouse £20, 27 May
Django à la Créole New Orleans Jazz Band - Salisbury Arts Centre £13, 27 May
Andy Sheppard and Kuljit Bhamra - Salisbury Arts Centre £13, 28 May
Architects of Air - Amococo Cathedral Close £3, 28 May - 01 June
Tony Benn:An Audience With... - Salisbury Playhouse £14, 28 May
Dusk at Stonehenge with Kuljit Bhamra £15, 29 May
Kathryn Tickell Band - Salisbury Playhouse £17.50, 29 May
Rain on the Window Classical Music - Salisbury Cathedral £12.50, 29 May
Tallis Scholars Classical Music - Salisbury Cathedral £27.50, 29 May
Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf Comedy - Salisbury Playhouse Theatre £10.50, 30 May
Opera Project: The Marriage of Figaro - Salisbury Playhouse £25, 30 May
Shakespeare's Globe on Tour - Trafalgar Park £17.50, 30, 31 May
Orlando Consort with Kuljit Bhamra - Wilton Church £18, 31 May
Rainer Hersch: All Classical Music Explained Comedy- Salisbury Playhouse £15, 31 May
Seven Elements - Confluences IV Classical Music - Wilton Church £20, 01 June
Stones in his Pockets Comedy - Salisbury Playhouse £16 01 June
Endellion String Quartet Classical Music - St Thomas' Church £18, 03 June
El Tanbura - Salisbury Playhouse £17.50, 04 June
Under Milk Wood - Salisbury Playhouse £10, 04 June
Clare Teal - Salisbury Arts Centre £17.50, 05 June
Srishti Dance Company - Salisbury Playhouse £13.50, 05 June
The London Mozart Players- Salisbury Cathedral £32.50, 05 June
Festival Finale Closing Concert - Cathedral Close £15.50, 06 June

Many events are held at Salisbury Arts Centre, and also right across town, in village halls and schools. There are free events nearly every day.

For more details, please see the Salisbury International Arts Festival website.

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