The Gower Festival has its origins in 1976, although the current format dates from the following year.

Since those early days we have progressed, and we are now firmly entrenched in the musical scene of this area and of the whole of Wales.

I was recently handed a newspaper article from 1999 in which I found the following quotation from one of our Friends who used to return to Gower each year for the Festival:

"the concerts were unforgettable, the beautiful Churches, the incomparable music, the summer evenings and the friendly people, it is a really worthwhile event".

That just about sums up the ethos of the Festival and I think you will find the 2008 programme fully lives up to the standard we try hard to maintain.

I will be pleased to welcome you to our Festival and hope you will enjoy the programme of events that we have arranged.

 If you have just found us, why not sign up as a Festival Friend and so enjoy regular news and the priority booking facility that is so essential for the smaller venues.

As ever we are grateful to the local clergy who bid us welcome to their beautiful Churches and their delightful settings which play a huge part in maintaining the character of the Festival.