Festivals

New bands join big names at Osfest

Bands from Shropshire and Wales will be taking to the same stage as some of the biggest names in the music world appear at the Osfest festival next week.

JLS fans reassured over Osfest date

JLS

JLS fans were today reassured that the chart-topping band will still be appearing at Shropshire’s Osfest music festival – despite the group planning to break up later in the year.

Taste of Shropshire at Italian festival

Hobsons Brewery owner Nick Davis, Ludlow Italian Twinning Association chairman Stanley Jones and brewer Shayne Adams make a toast with Old Henry ale

Brewers from Shropshire-based brewery Hobsons are preparing to set off with a special delivery to an Italian town twinned with Ludlow for its annual Magnalonga.

Comedy stars sign up for Ludlow Fringe

Lucy Porter – headlining a night of comedy at Ludlow

Comedy stars Jo Brand and Lucy Porter have been announced as two of the headline acts for this summer’s first-ever Ludlow Fringe Festival, delighted organisers said today.

Bill Roache will star at literary event

Bill Roache

Coronation Street’s Ken Barlow and gardening expert Monty Don have been named as some of the stars attending a festival on the Shropshire border next month.

Review: Theatre of Blues Festival, Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury

Blues

If blues music conjures up images of men with pork-pie hats playing to smoke-filled rooms with dim lighting then think again as the Theatre of Blues Festival being held this weekend at Theatre Severn is about to change all that.

Osfest 2013 tickets selling well

A star-studded festival in Shropshire with headliners including boy band JLS has sold about half of its tickets so far, organisers revealed today.