De Mowbray Music
Based in Thirsk, North Yorkshire
DE MOWBRAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
The De Mowbray Music Festival is a weekend of high-class professional performances and events in Thirsk, with a wide range of genres, from classical to musical theatre, as well as community events for all to get involved in.
2025 Dates
Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 August 2025
With the biggest programme so far, the fifth De Mowbray Music Festival takes advantage of some of the most impressive venues in Thirsk. With a stunning marquee set up in the beautiful gardens of Thirsk Hall, the imposing St. Mary's Church and The Ritz Cinema, one of the oldest continuous running cinemas in the country, opening in 1912, this summer festival promises to showcase the very best of Thirsk.
Tickets on sale here
Code EARLYBIRD10 for 10% off before 1 May
or get them in person from
White Rose Bookshop, Thirsk
from Monday 31 March
2025 Programme
Night at the Musicals
Last year's SOLD OUT event returns in 2025, with everybody's favourite songs from the shows. With high energy numbers and beautiful love songs, Eleanor Sandars returns to open the De Mowbray Music Festival.
Thursday 14 August, 7pm
Thirsk Hall Garden
Verdi's Requiem
The spectacular Durham Voices return, after their spell-binding recital last year, to bring us Verdi's Requiem. Joined by the Festival Orchestra, with Music Director Benjamin Ellin, this musical force will be performed in St. Mary's Church.
Friday 15 August, 7pm
St. Mary's Church, Thirsk
Poet's Corner
The wonderful community stage will be open to all performers again in 2025, with both children and adults taking part. From dance and poetry, to music, if you or your group would like to take part and have a 20 minute slot, complete this form and we would love to have you there!
Saturday 16 August, 10am
Thirsk Market Place
Don Giovanni
Flat Pack Music and the Festival Orchestra will be performing Mozart's dark and thrilling opera Don Giovanni in the atmospheric grounds of Thirsk Hall. Benjamin Ellin returns to the stage as Music Director for one of Mozart's greatest operas.
Saturday 16 August, 7pm
Thirsk Hall Garden
Wallace & Gromit
The final event of the De Mowbray Music Festival 2025 is perfect for all ages. The Festival Orchestra will accompany a screening of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers in The Ritz Cinema. This beautiful cinema, opened in 1912, will enchant audience members, while the film itself will be enjoyable for young and old alike.
Sunday 17 August, 3pm
Ritz Cinema, Thirsk
2023 Gallery
Take a look at the full programme here:
“This was living evidence of what can come from dedicated individuals and groups, collaborating at all levels can deliver for a community. There should be only one way up - to engage even larger and varied audiences with continuing quality productions.”
Article in the Darlington & Stockton Times
“Herriot Hospice Homecare is so grateful to have been supported by this year’s De Mowbray Music Festival. From providing refreshments for the opera at St Mary’s, to holding a raffle during an Evening of Jazz at Thirsk Racecourse, it was an incredibly special and thoroughly enjoyable weekend. We have loved being part of the festival this year, and extend our thanks to everyone involved with planning and running the festival for their support.”
Herriot Hospice Homecare
2021 Gallery
Take a look at the full programme here:
“The Festival was a charitable gift to Thirsk and all who attended its events. The varied contributions, the melding of musical forms and worlds, provided something for every taste. But the standout point was the quite exceptional quality of the performers and performances which brought audiences to their feet in admiration and thanks.”
A Letter of Thanks to the Darlington & Stockton Times from Dr John R Gibbins