Dartmoor Resonance Music Festival

Saturday 16th June – Sunday 24th June

Dartmoor Resonance Music Festival

The unique Dartmoor Resonance Music Festival, devoted entirely to music inspired by, or connected with Dartmoor, from prehistory to the present day, has its inaugural concert 'Impressions of Dartmoor' at St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock, conducted by Simon Ible of Ten Tors Orchestra renown. The concert will form part of the church’s 700th anniversary celebrations, while the festival marks 20 years of the Dartmoor Society. The Tavistock concert will feature specially commissioned and newly reworked Dartmoor pieces by John Woolrich, Clive Jenkins, Nigel Shaw, Richard Stanbrook and Judy Whitlock, plus 'New Dawn: Dartmoor Sunrise' by Roger Bolton. Tickets for this concert are £20 (children 14 and under £5) are available at www.dartmoorsociety.com/drmf or on the door. You can find a full listing of all the events in the festival on the website, however local highlights include:

Wednesday 20th June

Jim Causley & Friends: ‘A Mighty River of Song’

The inspiration of contemporary folk music on Dartmoor, 7.30pm at Clearbrook Community Village Hall PL20 6JD. Tickets: Adult £10, Child (14 or under) £5.

Sunday 24th June

‘Festival Finale: Songs of War, Cuckoos and a Witch’

7.30pm at St Michael & All Angels Church, Princetown, PL20 6RE. Tickets: Adult £10, Child (14 or under) £5.