A rare chance to hear the thrilling sound of the tango quintet (violin, double bass, guitar, piano and bandoneon) with TANGO 5. Argentine bandoneon player Santiago Cimadevilla joins top UK musicians for a programme of music from the great periods of Tango. Traditional tangos by Osvaldo Pugliese and Anibal Troilo exude charm and rhythm alongside the passionate and sinuous sounds of Astor Piazzolla’s controversial Tango Nuevo

10.00 Candlelit Concert at Stydd - Michael Symmons Roberts Poet

The Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University reads from his work, which is characterised by a strong spiritual core. Winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award, and shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Forward Prize, and twice for the T.S. Eliot Prize, poet Michael Symmons Roberts has received major awards from the Arts Council and the Society of Authors. He is well known for his broadcast work and his long association with composer James MacMillan. www.symmonsroberts.com

10.00 Crown Top Kings in the Village Hall

Western swing, jump jive and rock and roll to round off the evening from four of Lancashire’s finest. “Wearing the crown of British Western Swing they are indisputably the coolest, smoothest red hot musicians around” www.crowntopkings.com

The Ian McMillan Orchestra is a meeting of words and music; a place where poems become songs and songs become stories and stories work their way into your imagination so that you think you knew them all along. Words and Music have always complemented each other; in The Ian McMillan Orchestra they share the same space, drive the same train, inhabit the same tent. And it’s a big tent. Join poet Ian McMillan (presenter of BBC Radio 3’s The Verb) with his orchestra. www.theianmcmillanorchestra.com

10.00 Candlelit Concert at Stydd - Joshua Ellicott, Tenor with Mea Wade, Oboe

Tenor Joshua Ellicott makes a welcome return following his appearances at last summer’s festival. Those who heard his recital on the opening night will wish to book early to ensure they hear him in the intimate surroundings of Stydd. This year he will perform Vaughan Williams’ atmospheric settings of William Blake for Tenor and Oboe, alongside a new work by Festival Director Martin Bussey entitled Summer Nights, setting poems by Byron, Meredith, Marvell and Clare. Oboist Mea Wade plays Britten’s captivating 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo Oboe. Truly a concert to catch the unique quality of Stydd Church. www.joshuaellicott.com

6.30 Art Exhibition

7.15 Festival Opening

7.30 Opening Concert - Tango 5

7.30 The Ian McMillan Orchestra

7.30 Katherine Bryan, Flute