TICKETS
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NEXT EVENT
Brighton Guitar Group
Saturday, October 24th is the date for our joint concert with the Brighton Guitar Group. We are very much looking forward to this event which will be the first time we have worked with Jon Rattenbury’s ensemble. We will play separately and together in a new program of music.
The concert will take place in St George’s Church, Kemptown, Brighton, starting at 6 pm.
Tickets are £10 from
https://www.ticketsource.com/fretful-federation-mandolin-orchestra
or £12 on the door.
Under 16s free.
PAST EVENTS
Brighton Fringe 2026
Our annual concert at St George's Church Kemptown will be on Tuesday 5th May 2026 at 7.30 pm. Featuring a new composition from David Sutton-Anderson called Kemptown Tangos.
Crowborough Concert
A return to Crowborough with an entertaining program of music, including the World Premier of a new composition by David Sutton-Anderson called Kemptown Tangos. 10th April 2026 at 7.30 in The Crowborough Community Centre, Pine Grove, TN6 1FE...
Purbeck Guitar Festival
Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra concert June 27th 2025 7.30 pm Lady St Mary Church, 18 Church St, Wareham BH20 4ND. https://loveitlocalmagazine.co.uk/events/mandolin-orchestra-concert/
Brighton Festival Fringe Concert 2025
The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra in concert with renowned guitarist and lutenist, Sam Brown. May 20th 2025 at St George's Church, Brighton. “The Eric Clapton of the lute”, Sam Brown is counted amongst of the top cordophonists of his generation, known for his...
St George’s Anniversary Concert 2025
22nd February 2025 at St George's Church, Brighton. 1pm. This is a free concert. Our second half program will feature music from the Regency period including work by Scarlatti, Cecere, and Beethoven. The first half will be presented by Brighton Consort. Ticket details...
Burgess Hill
The orchestra will be returning to the Burgess Hill Festival on June 29th at 7.30 pm. St John the Evangelist Church Lower Church Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9AA. Telephone 01444 230499 Facebook FB.me/stjohnbh Website stjohnschurchbh.org.uk Tickets priced at £10 available...
Brighton Fringe Concert
This year our Brighton Fringe concert will take place back at our usual venue of St George's Church on Tuesday May 21st at 7.30 pm. Program to be announced.
Chris Acquavella Concert
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BMG Festival in Cambridge
The orchestra took part in the biennial BMG Festival in Cambridge, April 5th -7th at Churchill College. Some of our members played in the British Fretted Orchestra performance on the opening night and the whole orchestra repeated our recent performance of Shadow of a...
Brighton Fringe Concert 2023
Two Mandolin Orchestras - Brighton Fringe Concert 2023 This year we are very excited to welcome an orchestra from Holland to join us for our annual visit to the Fringe. The Fusion Mandolin Orchestra, conducted by Danielle De Rover, will just perform once during their...
Music and Wine
Music and Wine at St. Luke's Brighton - Friday, 4th November. More information from St Luke’s website. We return to the Music and Wine at St Luke’s concert series with a wonderful new program of entertaining music plus some guests from the Sussex Folk Orchestra...
Paddle Round the Pier
Paddle Round the Pier Event date: Saturday, July 6, 2019 - 12:30 to Sunday, July 7, 2019 - 13:15 Details: Come and Try Mandolin and Ukulele sessions will take place on the bus from 12.30 to 1.15 on Saturday and Sunday. Location: Paddle HQ near West Pier, Brighton...
Jubilee Library event
Jubilee Library event Event date: Friday, June 21, 2019 - 14:30 to 15:00. Details: The Frets will be taking part in this Make Music Day event in the library. The whole program runs from 10 til 5 but we will play for half an hour at 2.30. It should be a fun day,...
Brighton Fringe Concert
Event date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 19:30 Back again at the Fringe with our new program which will include a performance of "the other ocean" written by Esmeralda Conde Ruiz and featuring film provided by Screen Archive South East. Find more about this on our 'Adopt A...
St George’s Park Retirement Village
Event date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 19:30 Our first visit to this Ditchling community. Location: St George’s Park Ditchling Common Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0SF