Street Choirs Festival

[4] A book, Singing for our Lives: Stories from the Street Choirs[1] has been produced by a writing collective[5] and contains stories about the festival and interviews with attendees about their motivations for and experiences of attending the festival and singing in their choir.

The festival typically runs over a weekend from Friday night to Sunday afternoon.

Guest performers at the festival have included O'Hooley and Tidow (2015), Coope Boyes and Simpson (2017) and Barnstormer 1649 featuring Atilla the Stockbroker (2018).

[6] On Saturday morning, participating choirs rehearse together a set of 'massed sing' songs before performing the massed songs together as a massed choir, usually in a prominent outdoor location in the host town or city.

The participating choirs sing at designated locations in the host town or city on Saturday afternoon.

Singers gather for the massed sing at the Street Choirs Festival, Kendal, 2017
Singers gather for the massed sing at the Street Choirs Festival, Kendal, 2017