Festival Insights

  • Literary Festival

    Am I ever disappointed by the books? Am I ever disappointed by the events linked to them? Practically never.

  • Edinburgh Fringe

    I reckon I’ve been in Edinburgh every August for more than 20 consecutive years. It’s intoxicating.

  • Summer’26

    How, indeed does one ‘top that’ when clearly you have just finished a fortnight that genuinely hasn’t had any lows, and which has actually had a whole series of extraordinary highs.

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Petworth Literary Festival returns this autumn! 29 October - 9 November. Tickets on sale from 10am Wednesday 10 September This year’s festival promises an inspiring line-up including Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey and astronaut Tim Peak
Grateful to the Jess Gillam Ensemble for an unforgettable performance on Saturday night - what a way to close this year’s Petworth Summer Festival!
We’re thrilled to announce that @littleredpetworth has won the Petworth Summer Festival window competition. The window looked absolutely fabulous,and with the Jess Gillam Ensemble performing at the festival’s finale tonight- those poste