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20th March 2025

12:00 - 22:30

Wilfred Owen Festival. A series of events over the week to commemorate Wilfred Owen's legacy in the town of his birth and to accept the donation of the Wilfred Owen violin and Wilfred Owen string quartet of instruments gifted to the people of Oswestry by their maker, Edinburg based Steve Burnett renowned luthier and environmentalist.…

12:00 - 22:30

19:00 - 20:30

A talk by Author Natalie Cumming A true story, tracing a precious violin across landscapes devastated by war and terror, to safety and restoration in 21st century Britain. Abraham and his family flee the Bolsheviks, from St. Petersburg to Odessa and safety in the UK. Abraham’s skill on the violin earns them food and lodgings,…

20:00 - 22:00

Emma & Ellika Photo Credit Duncan Strouts

Rhydycroesau Village Hall

Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 7JE

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Deeply rooted in the old fiddle tradition, Emma & Ellika play tunes and improvised second voices with power and variety. New compositions by both Emma and Ellika stand side by side with traditional material from Bingsjö and Orsa in the county of Dalarna. Fiddles and re-tuned violas; voices with strongly personal expressions. Blue notes, gravity,…

12:00 - 22:30