News

A list of recent news stories from the Chester Chronicle, Chester Standard and Liverpool Daily Post can be found below, click on the links to read more. Be sure to come back regularly for the latest updates!

CLASSICAL REVIEW: RLPO star in the Chester Summer Music Festival Finale Concert/ Chester Cathedral - Liverpool Daily Post - July 19^th, 2011

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Ten Thing Brassensemble/ Chester Town Hall  - Liverpool Daily Post - July 14^th, 2011

Classical review: Gabrieli Consort, Chester Cathedral - Liverpool Daily Post - July 11^th, 2011

Classical festival season gets into the swing - Manchester Evening News – July 8^th, 2011

Hundreds turn out for The Big Sing in Chester  - Chester Chronicle – July 7^th, 2011

Soldier proposes at Chestival film screening  - Chester Chronicle - June 30^th, 2011

Chester Summer Music Festival kicks off with The Big Sing - Chester Chronicle – June 29^th, 2011

Soldier proposes at Chestival film screening - Chester Chronicle – June 28^th, 2011

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic executive Andrew Cornell returns to run Chester Summer Music Festival - Liverpool Echo – June 24^th, 2011

City festival sees visitor numbers soar - Chester Standard - June 23^rd, 2011

First Vaudeville Festival in Chester is a success - Chester Chronicle – June 23^rd 2011

Spectacular line-up for Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle – June 16^th, 2011

Midsummer Watch Parade, Mystery Plays and Vaudeville come to MBNA Chestival  - Chester Chronicle - June 16^th, 2011

Hundreds of people lines streets of Chester for Carnival of Giants - Chester Chronicle – June 16^th, 2011

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Ten Thing Brassensemble/ Chester Town Hall - Liverpool Daily Post - June 16^th, 2011

Vaudeville, midsummer parade and mystery plays at Chester’s MBNA Chestival - Liverpool Daily Post - June 16^th, 2011

City festival visitors inject huge cash boost - Chester First - June 15^th, 2011

City festival visitors inject huge cash boost  - Chester Chronicle – June 9^th, 2011

Roman invasion kicks off city festival with a bang - Chester First - June 7^th, 2011

City’s colourful start to Chestival celebrations - Chester Chronicle - June 2^nd, 2011

MBNA Chestival: This is Deva Roman Weekend gets 2011 festival under way - Chester Chronicle - June 2^nd, 2011

Chestival cinema times - Ellesmere Port Pioneer – June 1^st, 2011

Archaeological dig aims to find historic buildings in a Chester park - Liverpool Daily Post - May 30^th, 2011

Vaudeville Weekend to form part of MBNA Chestival 2011 - Chester Chronicle – May 26^th, 2011

Jazz pianist Stefano Bollani opens this year’s Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle -  May 26^th 2011

Outdoor cinema comes to Chester Amphitheatre as part of MBNA Chestival - Chester Chronicle - May 19^th, 2011

Chester Summer Music Festival to welcome rising folk star Emily Portman - Chester Chronicle - May 19^th, 2011

Chester to stage a world giants conference ahead of this summer’s Carnival of Giants - Chester Chronicle – May 12^th, 2011

Hundreds of Roman soldiers to invade Chester this summer - Chester Chronicle – May 12^th, 2011

Norwegian music sensations tenThing coming to Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle – May 12^th, 2011

A'bigger and brighter' Chester Festival this year - Chester First - May 9th, 2011

King's Singers are to perform at Chester Music Festival - Chester First - May 9^th, 2011

Line-up revealed for 2011 MBNA Chestival in Chester this summer - Chester Chronicle - May 5^th, 2011

The King’s Singers join the headliners for the 2011 Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle – May 5^th, 2011

Dynamic violinist Ruth Palmer plans unusual concert at Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle – Apr 28^th, 2011

Chester composer Matt Baker seeks choir of angels for Chester Mystery Plays in Miniature - Chester Chronicle – Apr 28^th, 2011

Girl power comes to the 2011 Chester Summer Music Festival - Chester Chronicle, April 14^th, 2011

Launch of 2011 Chester Summer Music Festival line-up - Chester Chronicle - 23^rd Mar, 2011

Chester residents invited to walk tall with your own personal giant - Chester Chronicle – Mar 22^nd, 2011

Chester School Makes musical magic with Manchester Camerata - Chester Chronicle – Nov 11th, 2010

St Oswald’s School celebrate African dance sessions with Soweto- Chester Chronicle – Nov 4th, 2010

Chester stages its first ever children’s Literature Festival with GobbleDEEbook - Chester and Flintshire Chronicle – Oct 21 2010

New Novel set in Chester is inspired by First World War - Chester Standard - Oct 19 2010

The Shell Chester Literature Festival gets underway next week - Flintshire Chronicle – Oct 14 2010

GobbleDEEbook teen festival in St Mary’s Centre, Chester - Chester Chronicle - Oct 6 2010

Action Transport Theatre to take part in Shell Chester Literature Festival - Chester Chronicle – Sept 30 2010

Chance for everyone to get involved in GobbleDEEbook children’s literature festival in Chester - Chester Chronicle – Sept 27 2010

Tickets on sale for city Literature Festival - Chester Standard - Sept 23 2010

Launch of 2010 Shell Chester Literature Festival - Chester Chronicle – Sept 8 2010

Theatre in the Quarter’s next production, James takes to the stage for Chester Literature Festival - Ellesmere Port Pioneer – Aug 25 2010

Chestival 2010 news and reviews – Chester Chronicle.co.uk – Aug 2010

Chester Summer Music Festival 2010 comes to a close – July 15^th 2010

Choirs on song for Big Sing in Chester City Centre – July 8^th 2010

Chester Summer Music Festival 2010 –What’s On – June 24^th 2010

St Mary’s Centre once again key venue for Chester Summer Music Festival – May 20^th 2010

Three star names revealed for An Audience with… at Chestival 2010 – April 21^st 2010

Chester Festivals and Chester Music Society restore Steinway piano - April 14^th 2010

Box Office opens for the 2010 Chester Summer Music Festival -April 1^st 2010

Chestival 2010 will see Chester once again invaded by Romans March 25^th 2010

World Town Crier Championships will form one of the highlights of Chestival 2010, March 18th 2010

Line-up unveiled for 2010 Chester Summer Music Festival, Mar 3rd 2010

Chestival 2010 urges Chester people to get involved in this summer’s festival, Feb 25th 2010

Chester to host 2010 World Town Crier Tournament this summer, Feb 25th 2010

Chestival 2010 promises a month of arts and entertainment activities, Feb 18th 2010

Chestival – major festival could bring £6million to the city, Feb 18th 2010

Ex-National Theatre director Richard Eyre supports Chester’s Rose Theatre bidChronicle Oct 22 2009

Author Paul Dowswell at Chester Catholic High SchoolChronicle Oct 22 2009

Theatre legend Richard Eyre backs Chester’s bid to get Rose TheatreChronicle Oct 22 2009

Chester Literature Festival celebrates 21st yearChronicle Oct 22 2009

Richard Eyre talks Gielgud, Miller, Brando and theatre ahead of his Chester Literature Festival dateDaily Post Oct 16 2009

Author David Peace talks murder, mystery and Brian CloughDaily Post Oct 12 2009

Explorer Alastair Humphreys comes to Chester Literature Festival to talk about his adventuresChronicle Oct 1 2009

David Peace heads for 2009 Chester Literature FestivalChester and Flintshire Chronicle Sept 24 2009

WI members take part in Chester's Literature FestivalStandard Sept 21 2009

Chester writer publishes History of TeaChronicle Sept 17 2009

Chester author David Whitley fully booked with success of debut novel The Midnight CharterChronicle Sept 17 2009

World renowned authors at the Shell Chester Literature Festival 2009Chronicle Aug 27 2009

Embark on a journey of discovery at Shell Chester Literature FestivalChronicle July 9 2009

Wirral author Caroline Rance signs copies of novel Kill-Grief inspired by Chester Infirmary in Waterstones, ChesterChronicle May 14 2009