2nd December: A Christmas Carol...

And so to day two of our Festive-al Advent Competition.

Identify today's mystery festival star for your chance to win a copy of the suitably festive classic - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and a Festival goody bag.

We've been reading A Christmas Carol to get us in the mood for Christmas, and in readiness for the Bonne Maman Big Read book group next week. It's definitely one to cheer even the biggest Scrooge! 

To win, just tell us who today's mystery star is. We asked our mystery Literature Festival star about their favourite books, press play below to hear their answer…

2nd Dec - who said that? by Cheltenham Festivals

The competition is now closed.

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UPDATE: the mystery festive-al star was - Jeremy Paxman! You can watch the whole interview from the Literature Festival here...

1st December: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….

It’s the 1st day of December, and that can mean just one thing- our advent calendar competition is go!

Every day until Christmas we’re giving you the chance to win festival goodies - all you need to do is identify the mystery festival star! We’re kicking the competition off with a swing, and a prize from the Jazz Festival – a copy of Madeleine Peyroux’s Half the Perfect World and a bag of festival goodies.


Today’s mystery guest is a real Cheltenham favourite. We asked them what makes Cheltenham Jazz Festival so great, press play below to hear their answer…

1st Dec - who said that? by Cheltenham Festivals


This competition is now closed.

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UPDATE: The answer was, of course, Jamie Cullum! Well done to those that got it right, check the blog each day for another question...

Credit Marilyn Kingwill

Christmas is coming…

The secret Santa plans are in place, Christmas cake recipes are being exchanged and the office Christmas tree is about to come out of retirement – there’s no denying it, here at Festival HQ we're beginning to feel distinctly, well, festive!

To celebrate the festive season we’ll be giving away a hoard of festival goodies everyday right up until Christmas with our Festive-al Advent Competition.

Everyday we’ll introduce a mystery star from the 2011 festivals – and all you need to do is tell us who it is.

We'll be getting in the Christmas spirit from tomorrow so grab a mince pie, bookmark this page, and get ready to relive the best of the fests with us in the run up to the big day… ‘tis most definitely the season to be jolly!