The festival will be held on April 28th to May 2nd, 2022.
More than 50 choirs will be participating including overseas choirs from Iceland, Germany and Switzerland and boys and youth choirs.
The festival will take place throughout Cornwall with Regional concerts from Penzance to Saltash. Daytime concerts will also be held at venues including Pendennis Castle, the Minack, Tate St Ives and Killacourt Newquay so our visiting singers will have the opportunity to see much of Cornwall.
The opening concert on April 28th will be held at the Cathedral. There will be Gala concerts at the Hall for Cornwall on Sunday May 1st (featuring Voces8 ) and Monday May 2nd )where Men Aloud will be performing).
Choir competitions will take place at the Cathedral on April 30th and May 1st and there will be Educational Outreach programmes.
Bards of the Gorsedh will be playing an important part in the Festival as Musical Directors of Cornish Choirs, trustees of the Festival and, most importantly, Gareth Churcher as the Festival’s Artistic Director.