The family of former Crown Hotel owner Phillip Martin, who died in November, have ensured his legacy will live on after unveiling the Nantwich venue’s latest look.
The historic building was closed for five days while work was carried out on the bar and lounge area.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers are pressing ahead with plans for next year’s event and hope to make it the ‘biggest and best yet’ in memory of its founder Phillip Martin.
Mr Martin, who was proprietor of The Crown Hotel, established the festival in 1996 and was well ahead with plans for Easter’s music programme when he died of a heart attack aged 65 in November.
The founder of the Nantwich Jazz Festival Phillip Martin has died suddenly.
Mr Martin, who was landlord of the Crown Hotel in Nantwich, created the Jazz, Blues and Music Festival in 1996.
A Nantwich woman has won the Words & Music Festival’s first songwriting competition.
Abbie Frances scooped top prize and along with second and third place, she performed at The Crown Hotel in Nantwich on the final night of the week-long festival.
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival organisers are promising the ‘biggest and best’ yet as the event celebrates its 21st anniversary.
There’s a star-studded line-up to mark the milestone and more pubs and venues across the town will host performances during the Easter weekend, April 13-17.
Organisers of the 9th Words & Music Festival in Nantwich have hailed the six-day event a huge success.
Around 2,000 tickets were sold across the week of live music and poetry.
Author and journalist Sarah Henshaw will give a talk in Nantwich for the Inland Waterways Association.
Sarah’s talk, “The Strait and The Narrow”, will take place be at the Crown Hotel on October 20 for the Shrewsbury District and North Wales branch of the association.
Headline acts for Nantwich’s 9th Words & Music Festival have been unveiled.
Legendary punk poet Dr John Cooper Clarke and Scottish singer Eddi Reader, formerly of Fairground Attraction, will lead the line-up for the six-day festival.
The mum of battling Nantwich schoolgirl Elle Morris is planning a ball to help raise funds for her life-saving transplant.
Rebecca Whitfield hopes the event planned for July 8 will help the family prepare for when doctors call Elle for her double lung transplant.
The Crown Hotel in Nantwich will stage its Spring Wedding Fayre this Sunday – just in time for wannabe brides to pop the question on February 29!
The fayre will feature a host of recommended wedding suppliers from across Cheshire to help couples coordinate, style and shape their big day.
We welcome you to join us for a wedding fair at the stunning Crown Hotel, A Grade 1 listed building based in the historical market town of Nantwich. The Crown Hotel has been a focal point of Nantwich for the past four hundred years and we welcome you to visit the hotel, and a selection of our recommended suppliers. We[Read More…]
The Crown Hotel in Nantwich is to open a new-look restaurant at its town centre premises.
The former Casa restaurant has been converted and is to relaunch as the Crown Bar and Grill.
Canadian Frazey Ford proved a brilliant headline act for the opening night of the Nantwich Words and Music Festival.
Nantwichnews writer Sara Royle went along to watch.
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