Poetry Competition
Category: Press
Would you like to advertise your organisation with us?
Would you like to advertise your organisation with us?
Every year, the Royal Wootton Bassett Festival welcomes over 1000 performers to the town
to take part in our competitive festival of the Arts, covering Speech & Drama, Musical Theatre, and
Music. The festival runs over Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November, 2026.
Our Programme is also an A5 booklet and is produced in November. It is sold to those
attending the festival.
We offer the following advertising spaces:
Half page advert in the Programme – £30 (landscape orientation)
Full page advert in the Programme – £60 (portrait orientation)
Or would you be interested in sponsoring a trophy for our festival?
If you are interested or if you have any questions, please contact Jackie Petrie, Advertising &
Sponsorship Officer, at Jackiepetrierwbf@outlook.com or Tel. 07938 983979
Living Magazine Feature!
New home and new dance classes reports Swindon Advertiser
We are delighted to have caught the attention of the Swindon Advertiser again:
Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival is marking its 15th year with a new home and with a brand new set of classes for dancers.
For many years the event has attracted hundreds of entries from all over the area for its music, speech and drama categories.
And this year they will be heading for The Deanery in Wichelstowe.
Read the rest of the article here.
Swindon 105.5 visits RWB Arts Festival
Want to hear the sounds and celebrations of our Festival?
Then have a listen to all the excitement on Radio Swindon 105.5’s Spotlight Show with Keith Defter.
Organisers celebrate 10th anniversary of RWB Arts Festival
Appearing at the Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival at the weekend, award-winning Coral Rumble told the Adver: “I think the main piece of advice would be based on the old saying: ‘You can’t edit a blank piece of paper but you can edit bad work.’
See more here.
Swindon Advertiser on Coral Rumble’s upcoming visit
An award winning poet will be making an appearance at Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival this weekend.
The festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary and has invited Coral Rumble along.
Coral has had three poetry collections published and won the Caterpillar Poetry Prize for her poem Mustafa’s Jumper.
She has appeared on TV and radio and featured in 150 anthologies.
During her time there she will be judging the poetry competitions, running a workshop for children and signing books for fans.
See more here.
The Gazette and Herald Celebrates Us!
The organisers for the ninth festival had to employ four adjudicators to give expert feedback and advice to those taking part in the event at the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy.
Students took part in over 70 separate classes from solo, group and duologue acting to mime, news reading, choral speaking and poetry recitals. The level of talent and hard work displayed was exceptional this year said the organiser with over 100 trophies and medals being awarded to the top performers.
See the rest of the Gazette and Herald’s article here.
RWB Arts Festival Advertising Opportunity
New RWB Arts Festival Syllabus Launched for 2017
The Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival 2017 Syllabus has recently been launched at a Friday evening concert. The programme included performances from every section of the Festival. Thank you to all those who took part, their teachers, their friends and family.
See more details here.
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