Boyes Gala Concert

2022 Concert

We are hoping to run the 2022 Boyes Gala Concert on Saturday, the 12th of March. If you would like to be a sponsor then please contact us by email on: eskdalefestival@gmail.com

2021 Concert

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Gala Concert has gone virtual!! After our successful “Virtual Jazz Lunch” the committee were able to organise for the Gala Concert to happen virtually. Click here to watch the video! Well done to all the students performing throughout and to their teachers!

2020 Concert

Festival Flourishes at Gala Concert

The annual Gala Concert of the Eskdale Festival went ahead last Saturday and featured a variety of items from a long programme of classes in the previous two weeks. Verse speaking, contemporary dance, piano solos, duets, ensembles, vocal solos and monologues formed the backbone to a concert which demonstrated the festival’s ability to survive, change and transform itself in the face of difficulties. “I think that this was one of our most successful years,” said outgoing chairman Dave Bradley. “Our performers and adjudicators have been so positive that it has been a joy to be at the Spa this year. More importantly the standards of performance from all age groups have been very high. Whitby is in the vanguard of the festival movement and visiting adjudicators have confirmed this to me several times.”

Dave thanked performers, sponsors, committee members and stewards at the concert and with help from Barbara Benson-Smith, M.B.E. and Rotary President Steve Maltby presented bursaries and trophies.

The Rotary Club of Whitby and District

Young Vocalist: Henry Pastor

Young Pianist: Isabelle Lyth

Young Instrumentalist: Emma Welford

Bursaries and Awards from the Eskdale Festival of the Arts

Commitment to the Festival: Charlie Flintoft

Musical Excellence: Tomi Daynes- Hall

Frances Quantrill Memorial Trophy: Edward Brown

Vicki Bradley Award for Creative Writing: Skye Telling & Jonathan Atkinson

Barbara Benson-Smith MBE Award for Dance: MESH Ballet

Albert Hicks Trophy for Young Musician of the Year: Hyunbee Jung

Hyunbee was also given £200 for her musical studies from the Young Musicians’ Trust.