WATFORD COLOURSCAPE FESTIVAL 2025

Saturday Aug 16th to Monday Aug 25th

Colourscape returns to Cassiobury Park in Watford with a full ten-day festival

Our amazing FESTIVAL TWO Colourscape will be installed in Cassiobury Park from August 16th to 25th. Enter a new world of colour and light. Explore a unique labyrinth of about 70 interlinked chambers of intense colours and discover musicians and dancers interacting with you.

Weekends will feature ensembles; dancers; new instruments, computer music. Weekdays will feature resident musician Michael Ormiston presenting family-friendly music where you can join in.

Saturday Aug 16th: COLOURSCAPE PREVIEW DAY - Explore colour and light with the Colourscape team of artists who can explain the perceptions of colour.
Sunday Aug 17th: Manasamitra present Lullaby-Sonic-Cradle: with Carnatic singer (Supriya Nagarajan), electric viola (Neil Valentine) and electronics and field recordings (Duncan Chapman) PLUS Simon Limbrick (percussion)
Monday Aug 18th to Friday Aug 22nd: our resident musician Michael Ormiston: free-flowing performances and workshops for families. Fantastic for all ages from babies through to 100 year-olds
Saturday Aug 23rd: John Butcher saxophone, David Stevens (computer musicians) and Simon Desorgher (flutes) PLUS Jordan James Bridge contemporary dance
Sunday Aug 24th:Lawrence Casserley, Pascal Marzan and Hannah Marshall perform their own creative improvisations on computer, cello and guitar

Monday Aug 25th: ROTHKO Collective is a contemporary music ensemble reshaping and redefining classical music. With a versatile ensemble of viola, flute, harp and percussion they will play a range of music from re-workings of Purcell to young British composers.

LOCATION: Near the Bandstand, Cassiobury Park Ave/Shepherds Rd, Watford WD18 7HY. Nearest station Watford Metropolitan Line.

TIMES: From 11 to 5pm Weekends and Bank Holiday Monday and from 11am to 4pm Monday - Friday (NOTE - Music plays from 11.30 to 4pm weekends and 11.30 to 3.20 weekdays. To experience Colourscape in a quieter way the best time is the final 40 mins of the day)

ADMISSION: PRE-BOOKED ONLY - £TBA