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: Sound-Stream present a continuous stream of music from calm, meditative moments and more dynamic, flowing musical phrases, performed by an ensemble of: Duncan Chapman (flugelhorn/electronics), Simon Limbrick (percussion/electronics), Lucy Nolan (harp/electronics), Supriya Nagarajan (Carnatic voice), and Neil Valentine (electric viola).
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) create free-flowing improvisations PLUS Jordan James Bridge and Rosalia Panepinto: contemporary dance
Sunday Aug 24th:Lawrence Casserley, Pascal Marzan and Hannah Marshall perform their own creative improvisations on computer, cello and guitar. PLUS local composer Eve Vickers creates music with natural found objects and computers
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. Parking in the Cssiobury Car Park, Gade Ave, Watford WD18 7LG then walk up the hill towards the Band Stand

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-BOOKING RECOMMENDED -
ON-LINE BOOKING for our Colourscape Festival in Watford (August) is now open…Click HERE to see the daily programme for Watford, and to book tickets.