Out-of-Town Events
The first instance of a local church being used as a concert venue for the Lichfield Festival occurred in 1992, when St. John’s Hospital Chapel in Lichfield and St. Matthew’s Hospital Chapel in Burntwood were added to the roster.
From 1997–2007 the events in Lichfield were augmented by concerts in churches around Staffordshire, with the aim to provide exposure to the arts for as wide an audience as possible under the Lichfield Festival banner. It was then and remains policy to avoid, as much as possible, repetition of venues, and performances have taken place in Yoxall, Alrewas, Hawksyard, Hoar Cross, amongst many others.
From 2008 the country church series was relabelled as FEAST (Festival Events Around Staffordshire), with the scope for venues, beyond churches and beyond the traditional understanding of what a venue can be, to be brought into the Festival fold.
Other events take place annually at Swinfen Hall Hotel, and within the city St Michael's church and St Chad's church are now regular venues. These events have tended to have a healthy bias towards chamber music and smaller recitals.
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