The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
Shoreham Wordfest Annual Festival 'Making Waves' has now concluded.

Thank you for supporting Shoreham Wordfest.

Shoreham Wordfest,
29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024

Ticket Information

There is a £2 booking fee for each order.

If you wish to be added to the waiting list for events which have sold out please send a request with the subject WAITING LIST to boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com  We will add you to the list and will contact you if we receive returned tickets.

Please note we can only offer refunds for tickets you can no longer use if the event is sold out and we can offer it to someone on the waiting list.  We are willing to consider offering an exchange for another event.  Please contact boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com with the subject REFUND or EXCHANGE if you have a refund or exchange request

If you have a carer and wish to request a free place for them please contact boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com with the subject CARER TICKET

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The Shoreham Centre

Curated and hosted by authors Elly Griffiths and William Shaw

Tickets

Tickets £10 each panel or £40 day ticket for all sessions  

This year we have a vibrant performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream from 'Bowler Crab Theatre Company' – in the words of one critic…' What a joy… an amazing cast and a wonderful adaptation of a much loved play…; we have a free concert of songs, music and drama from Shakespeare and his times in the ancient and lovely St. Mary de Haura Church; an Elizabethan song workshop for all comers, with dances for those so inclined; a Ceilidh with a rustic supper, free tot of mead and dancing to the harmonious sounds of Kate's Kitchen Band, to celebrate the great Bard's birthday.

Shoreham Wordfest, 29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024

Welcome to “Making Waves” Wordfest 2024, with luminaries such as Hugh Bonneville, Caroline Lucas, Kate Mosse; all-day Fatal Shore Crime Fiction and Sussex Lost and Found social history plus much more.  Dive in – with 32 events, there is something for all interests and ages.

 
Some featured events
Festival Brochure
See the events featured in our 2024 annual Wordfest festival
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Shoreham Wordfest's | Making Waves 2024 Newsletter
Discover Videos From Shoreham Wordfest
Videos from Shoreham Wordfest
Past Events
  • The Catalyst Club by Shoreham Wordfest
  • David Olusoga -The Job of a Historian
  • The Homecoming: Voices of The Windrush Generation – Colin Grant
  • Local and Live Festival talk – Rewilding the Seas – Henri Brocklebank of Sussex Wildlife Trust
  • Dr John Froude: Plagued: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Coronavirus
  • Hilaire Belloc, The Man Who Saw the Future by Chris Hare
Coming up in 2024
Annual Shoreham Wordfest "Making Waves" 29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024
Fatal Shore Crime Fiction day October 19

Shoreham Wordfest is a voluntary organisation and registered charity number: 1163258.