Bond themed `Music on Fire!` three night event at Windsor, September

The 2008 Windsor Festival, sponsored by Honda (UK), continues its growth this year with the introduction of an International String Competition in honour of the great violinist and conductor, Yehudi Menuhin, a founding Artistic Director of the Festival. Extending over fifteen days from Sunday 14 to Sunday 28 September, the programme will include performances by the competition semi-finalists as well as a series of concerts, literary talks, walks and tours, music nights, family events and exhibitions – and the launch of South East England’s Cultural Olympiad.

The three-night Music on Fire! outdoor spectacular returns to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst on 18, 19 and 20 September with classical and popular music, thousands of fireworks, a magical Son et Lumiere and night time drops by the Red Devils and the Black Knights, and which includes Windsor & Eton Choral Society in the performance line-up. This year it will celebrate James Bond and the centenary of his creator, former Sandhurst Officer Cadet, Ian Fleming. Guests are invited to picnic on the lawns while proceeds will go to the Army Benevolent Fund for veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Windsor Festival Box Office and online booking facility at windsorfestival.com open from 12 noon on Wednesday, 25 June. To request a programme and book tickets before this date write to Windsor Festival Society, 3 Park Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1LU. A box office will also be open at the Royal Windsor Information Centre in the Old Booking Hall, Windsor Royal Shopping (opposite Windsor Castle), daily 10am - 4pm from Wednesday, 25 June. For further details about places to visit in the Royal Borough or to book accommodation online log onto Windsor.gov.uk.

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