Featuring an incredible range of music, from classical to opera, contemporary and jazz, comedy, art, history and more.
The Nevill Holt Festival is an arts and culture festival taking place in Nevill Holt’s award-winning theatre, medieval chapel and across the beautifully landscaped grounds of the 13th century Nevill Holt Estate, in the Leicestershire countryside. Building on a decade of opera performances, the festival now includes opera, concerts, conversations, performances, art exhibitions, family events and open gardens. More new shows have also been announced and include a variety of music, comedy, and family fun staged across three areas of the festival. The complete line up will be announced in due course. Tickets on sale now.
Trinny Woodall hosts an in-conversation hour. Having built a loyal community as the founder and CEO of Trinny London, she will be hosting the event at the Leicestershire estate discussing styling, make-up and entrepreneurship.
Joining the food programme is leading nutritionist and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily English, who is also hosting an in-conversation event, to discuss the key themes from her new book Live to Eat.
Composer Gavin Bryars joins the music offering this year. Through the David Ross Education Trust (DRET), Bryars has been collaborating with students from local secondary schools to perform a unique concert especially for the festival.
Critically acclaimed musical comedy duo Bounder & Cad join the festival and British comedian, magician and television host Archie Manners also joins the comedy line up. Additions to the comedy lineup include the Dad’s Army Radio Show, as the nation’s favourite sitcom returns with Perry and Croft’s classic BBC comedy, which is brought to life in this acclaimed stage production.
Underbelly’s Cabaret Allstars take over the stunning Spiegeltent on the lawn with an incredible evening of circus, cabaret and music - not to be missed.
For families, Dead Poets Live presents the best possible introduction to poetry for early teens along with the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour - The Poetry of the Natural World. Festival goers can also discover their inner voice and learn how to beatbox with The Beatbox Collective and elsewhere, kids aged 5 to 12 are invited to learn circus skills from the National Centre for Circus Arts.
For sports fans, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby ‘Live and Unleashed’ sees England Rugby alumnus James Haskell and his podcast co-host former Sky Sports’ rugby presenter Alex Payne visit Nevill Holt for an unforgettable live podcast.
Finalising the design programme, Nina Campbell OBE, Veere Grenney and Alidad Mahloudji present Design and Decoration: Lessons from the Greats, which will be hosted by Hatta Byng Editor of House & Garden.
Nevill Holt Festival 2025: 30th May - 22nd June 2025
Further Information & Tickets: Nevill Holt Festival | Official Website