2009 Festival

After the fantastic event that was Rhythms of the World (ROTW) 2008 held in our new setting of the Hitchin Priory, planning for ROTW 2009 is now well under way, but as ever there is still time to get involved in making this great community event even better.

Those of you who attended the festival last year know how well Rhythms fitted into the rolling grasslands of the Priory – the festival had all the best bits of past festivals without any of the problems that had led to us moving the festival the few yards down from the town centre. It was a real community, family-friendly event – as someone put it, it felt like Hitchin was inviting the world to its summer fete!

ROTW 2009 will build on the success of 2008 – the elegant St Mary’s Tent, the huge bow-shaped stage canopies, the community arena, the children’s area, ‘street art’, the Arcadecletic stage, Blunt Beats’ chill out zone and the food, drink,  craft and community group stalls. With seven stages, some 150 acts from around the world and from Hitchin and plenty of green grass from which to drink in the colourful sights and sounds, it will be the event of the year and one not to be missed.

Tickets and programmes for the event are now on sale across North Herts  - full details are available on our tickets page or in the press on where to buy tickets. As last year, ticket numbers will be limited by our event license, which means, given the success of ROTW 2008, there is likely to be limited ticket availability over the actual weekend, so we would urge you to make sure you get yours from our local vendors or through the internet sooner rather than later.