Whether it’s celebrating the life you are living, remembering someone you see no longer or
thinking about the big questions,
everyone is talking about matters of life and death.
Gloucester’s first ever Festival of Death and Life brings together speakers, music, poetry, crafts and coffee to help all ages talk more and think more. Explore ‘what song you’ll have’ and listen to reflective music; hear the kind of poems that will make you smile or cry, and listen to international experts.
Join us for this unique weekend!
Speakers include
Music from
Gaudeamus
Gloucester Community Choir
Companion Voices
plus local poet Johnny Precious.
There will be activities for families,
space to talk with Gravetalk, and an exhibition.
Weekend tickets: £25
Talks: £5
Concerts: £7
Carers and under 12s free
Date and Time
Event Description
Price
Detail / Book
Friday 21 June
17:30
Registration
Free
17:30
Gravetalk Café
Free
Details
18:00
Reflective Space
Free
Details
19:30 – 20:45
Concert – What song will you have then?
£7
Book
Saturday 22 June
09:00 – 09:30
Pause for Morning Thought
Free
Details
09:30 – 10:00
Coffee and Registration
09:30 – 17:00
Gravetalk with Children’s activity
Free
Details
10:00 – 11:00
What is Everyone Saying About Death with Sandra Millar
£5
Book
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee
11:30 – 12:30
Stones in My Pocket, the Weight of Grief with Dulcie James
£5
Book
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Seriously Messy Workshop with Lucy Moore
£5
Book
15:00 – 15:30
Tea
15:30 – 16:30
Companion Voices: Singing for the Dying with Judith Silver
£5
Book
15:30 – 16:30
Thinking About Death Differently with Emma Curtis
£5
Book
16:30 – 17:30
Erica Buist and Sandra Millar in conversation
£5
Book
19:15
Pre-concert Drinks
20:00 – 21:00
Concert – Gaudeamus : In Paradisum
£7
Book
Sunday 23 June
10:30 – 11:45
Requiem Eucharist
Free
Details
12:15 – 13:00
Dead Good Adventure? A Conversation about Death and Dying with Sandra Millar
£5
Book
12:00 – 17:00
Gravetalk Café and informal conversations
Free
Book a full weekend ticket for £25 : includes access to all the events above.
Book
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