D'Oyly Carte Music Festival
14th, 15th & 16 June 2024
In 1890 Richard & Helen D’Oyly Carte built a 13-bedroom boutique hotel on their private island on the Thames near Weybridge for guests of the Savoy Hotel and the Savoy Theatre to visit for weekends of food, drink and entertainment.
The likes of Sir Arthur Sullivan, WS Gilbert, Oscar Wilde, JM Barrie (Peter Pan) and many others visited the island. So popular were these music events that locals sat on the mainland riverbanks to enjoy the music being performed on the island.
In June 2024 D’Oyly Carte Island will embrace the islands history with a festival of food drink and entertainment.
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Open D’Oyly Carte Island on14th, 15th & 16th June between 10am and 10pm limited to 1,000 people a day.
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Every day will include two live music concerts a day (lunch and evening).
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Food and drink including hog roast, Pimm’s bar, strawberries and cream, cocktails, wines and beers.
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Island guests will relax on the lawns and enjoy the music, food and drink.
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Live performances from the east garden terrace with speakers on the west garden and at D’Oyly’s.
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On the island will be 50 talented arts and crafts creatives displaying their products from stalls around the island.
D'Oyly Carte Music festival
D'Oyly Carte Music will preserve the islands musical heritage with a limited number of intimate performances in the grand ballroom by a few of the world’s top performing artists and attended by 50 of their friends and celebrity guests.
Summer Concerts 2025
Highlights
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D'Oyly Carte Island is sponsoring and promoting outstanding local artists in this matinee musical performance.
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Bring a blanket and folding chairs so you can enjoy food and drink on the East Garden and watch and support these superb artists perform on the stage.
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Food and drink will be available from a range of vendors around this island and will include soft drinks, beer, wine and cocktails. Food choice will include hog-roast, burgers, chips, crepes, sandwiches and baguettes.
Performance Schedule
Matinee – 11am – 4pm
Island Opens 11.00am
Act 1 12.00 – 12.45
Break 12.45 – 13.00
Act 2 13.00 – 13.45
Break 13.45 – 14.00
Act 3 14.00 – 14.45
Break 14.45 – 15.00
Act 4 15.00 – 15.45
Island Closes 16.00
Additional Information
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During these performances you and your family can wander around the magical D'Oyly Carte Island with its history of music entertainment and culture. Children under 10 enter free of charge.
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There will be a very good range of drinks and food and we thank visitors for not bringing their own food or drink onto the island.
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Visitors to D'Oyly Carte Island do so at their own risk.
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Sorry, no dogs during the Summer Concerts.