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# What's on across the coming week
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/whats-on-across-the-coming-week/
- Published: 2026-09-18T08:49:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T08:49:53.000Z
- Description: A round-up of events taking place across Lichfield and Burntwood.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: What's On

From theatrical productions and heritage walks, to live comedy and cathedral music, here is what is happening across the local area over the next seven days.

### 🎭 Theatre, Stage & Cinema

- **The Sound of Music** | *Lichfield Garrick*
  - **When:** 18th September (7.30pm) and 19th September (2.30pm and 7:30pm)
  - **Details:** Lichfield Operatic Society presents the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein family musical.
- **General Medical Emergency Ward 10** | *Lichfield Garrick*
  - **When:** 18th September (7.45pm)
  - **Details:** Live comedy-theatre performance on stage in the studio.
- **A Brief Case of Crazy** | *Lichfield Garrick*
  - **When:** 19th September (7.45pm)
  - **Details:** High-energy touring comedy theatre.
- **Magical Honey** | *Chase Terrace Community Centre, Burntwood*
  - **When:** 20th September (2pm)
  - **Details:** Family-friendly theatre performance featuring storytelling and dance.
- **What A Difference A Day Makes** | *Lichfield Cathedral*
  - **When:** 22nd September (7.30pm) and 23rd September.
  - **Details:** Live drama performed inside the historic cathedral.
- **Hadestown – Teen Edition** | *Lichfield Garrick*
  - **When:** 23rd September (7.30pm) and 24th September (7.30pm)
  - **Details:** Youth theatre production of the acclaimed mythic musical adaptation.
- **The Misanthrope (Screening)** | *Lichfield Garrick*
  - **When:** 24th September (7pm)
  - **Details:** Cinema screening combining classic comedy and modern stage production.

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### 🎸 Live Music

- **Anneka Ugiomoh** | *The Quill and Scholar*
  - **When:** 18th September (8pm)
  - **Details:** Live acoustic performance to kick off the weekend.
- **Chris Newcombe** | *Toluca*
  - **When:** 18th September (8pm)
  - **Details:** Live gig at Toluca.
- **The Blackheart Orchestra** | *The Hub at St Mary's*
  - **When:** 18th September (8pm)
  - **Details:** Award-winning multi-instrumental electronica and classical crossover duo.
- **The Dirty Rocking Scoundrels** | *The Feathers*
  - **When:** 18th September (9pm). *Free Event.*
  - **Details:** High-octane rock 'n' roll hits live in the pub.
- **Rich Dickinson's Driving Force** | *The Feathers*
  - 19th September (9pm). *Free Event.*
  - **Details:** Classic blues-rock live performance.
- **Folk on the Farm** | *Woodhouse Farm and Garden*
  - **When:** 20th September (11.30am)
  - **Details:** Live folk music performances
- **This Flight Tonight – The Songs of Joni Mitchell** | *The Hub at St Mary's*
  - **When:** 24th September (8pm)
  - **Details:** Celebration of the acoustic music and songbook of Joni Mitchell.

### 🏛️ Heritage, Talks & Exhibitions

- **Exhibition: A Life in Letters** | *Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum*
  - **When:** Running daily through to 31st October.
  - **Details:** Display exploring the correspondence and written legacy of Samuel Johnson.
- **Burton and its Breweries in the 1950s and 1960s** | *Darwin Hall*
  - **When:** 18th September (7.15pm)
  - **Details:** Local history talk covering the heritage of regional brewing.
- **Trent Valley Model Railway Society Exhibition** | *Lichfield Life Church*
  - **When:** 19th September (10am-4pm)
  - **Details:** Model railway layouts and club displays on view for all ages.
- **The Battle of Arnhem/Operation Market Garden** | *Staffordshire Regiment Museum*
  - **When:** 19th September (10am-4pm) and 20th September (10am-4pm)
  - **Details:** Commemorative WWII military history weekend with museum displays.
- **Samuel Johnson Birthday Celebrations** | *Lichfield Guildhall*
  - **When:** 19th September (11.30am)
  - **Details:** Civic community event celebrating the anniversary of Lichfield's famed lexicographer.
- **Burntwood Family History Group Talk** | *Chase Terrace Community Centre, Burntwood*
  - **When:** 19th September (2pm)
  - **Details:** Local talk and advice session.

### 🤝 Community & Family

- **Repair and Share Cafe** | *Curborough Community Centre*
  - **When:** 19th September (2pm-5pm)
  - **Details:** Community drop-in to repair household items and reduce waste.
- **The Turtle Who Turned the Tide** | *Waterstones Lichfield*
  - **When:** 20th September (2pm). *Free Event*
  - **Details:** Children's book reading and storytelling session.

*For more events, check out the* [*Lichfield Live Events Calendar*](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/events-calendar/?utm%5Fsource=gemini)*.*

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