Concerts by Coach
The CBSO offers coach services from Cheltenham and Lichfield/Sutton Coldfield (selected evenings). Book a coach seat for £15 with your concert ticket - book online when purchasing your concert, or call 0121 780 3333.
Please note that from September 2022 coaches will only be available from Cheltenham, with coach tickets priced at £17.50 per person.
Cheltenham Connection Coach
For matinées coaches depart from the Royal Well Bus Station, GL50 3DN at 12:30pm.
For evening performances, the coach will depart at 5:45pm.
The running time for concerts (including the interval) is around two hours, and we begin the return journey outside Symphony Hall, from Centenary Square, approximately 15 minutes after the end of each performance.
| Date and Time | Concert |
|---|---|
| 2 June 2022, 7:30pm | Queen's Platinum Jubilee |
| 20 September 2022, 7:30pm | A New World: Kazuki Yamada and Nicola Benedetti |
| 2 November 2022, 2:15pm | Mozart's Clarinet Concerto |
| 7 December 2022, 2:15pm | Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony |
| 2 February 2023, 2:15pm | Kazuki conducts The Planets |
| 19 April 2023, 2:15pm | Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony |
| 1 June 2023, 2:15pm | Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin |
Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert
In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne in 1952. To mark this …
A New World: Kazuki Yamada and Nicola Benedetti
Classical
A burst of joy: Dvořák's Carnival Overture is one of those pieces that makes the whole orchestra seem to tingle
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Classical
A colourful celebration of a great orchestra? A fabulous dream ballet? Or simply the greatest symphony Rachmaninoff never wrote?
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
Classical
CBSO leader Eugene Tzikindelean takes the spotlight in Nielsen’s life-affirming Violin Concerto.
Kazuki conducts The Planets
Classical
Mars, Venus, Jupiter... everyone has their favourite bit of The Planets.
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Classical
Mozart loved to direct his music while he played it – and that’s exactly what Julian Rachlin will be doing today, as together with viola player Sarah McElravy …
Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin
Classical
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes a very welcome return to perform Chopin's glowing Second Piano Concerto, alongside Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
Lichfield Connection Coach
Lichfield – 5:30pm at Lichfield Bus and Coach Station Parking, Birmingham Road, a pay and display car park opposite Lichfield City railway station.
The running time for concerts (including the interval) is around two hours, and we begin the return journey outside Symphony Hall, from Centenary Square, approximately 15 minutes after the end of each performance.
| Date and Time | Concert |
|---|---|
| 2 June 2022, 7:30pm | Queen's Platinum Jubilee |
Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert
In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne in 1952. To mark this …
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Community-run Coach Schemes
A number of community-run coach schemes are also available:
Stafford, Gnosall and Haughton:
Joanne Cotterill (Happy Days Coaches)
01785 229 797
joanne@happydayscoaches.co.uk
Newport, Telford and Shropshire:
Jan Sterling (Newport Music Coach)
01952 813 949
newportmusiccoach@gmail.com
Church Stretton and District:
Graham Heath
01694 722 216
heath@knollcrest.co.uk
Shropshire, Wellington and Mid-Wales:
Nick and Judith Marshall
01743 365447
afa.kingstreet@gmail.com
Leominster, Hereford and Ross On Wye:
Liz Hill, Rural Concierge, Hereford Butter Market, High Town, Hereford HR1 2AA
01432 370 514 or 07966 378 170
info@rural-concierge.co.uk