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Manx Music Festival returns to the Villa Marina today

The Guild has been running for over 130 years

Some of the finest of the Manx arts will be on show for the next seven days.

The Manx Music, Speech & Dance Festival - or 'The Guild' as it's more commonly known, returns to the Villa Marina today (22 April).

It'll run until Saturday, 29 April.

The Guild is one of the oldest running festivals on the Island at 131 years. 

It was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid-19, but it made its return last year, complete with some new classes.

This year sees the one hundredth anniversary of the Cleveland Medal presentation.

To mark this once-in-a-lifetime occasion, a celebratory lunch was held at the Talk of the Town restaurant for Medal winners, Company members, official accompanists and guests in the presence of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer and the Honourable Laurence Skelly, President of Tynwald.

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