Artichoke's Dining with Alice, Chouf Ouchouf, Mariano Pensotti, Mariza and Kronos Quartet among others. Recent musical commissions include Dan Jones's Music For Seven Ice Cream Vans. Holloway was succeeded by William Galinsky, formerly the organiser of the Cork Midsummer Festival in Ireland. In October 2017, it was announced that Daniel Brine would be taking over as Festival Director. 2020 saw the festival go on hiatus caused by COVID-19 pandemic and will return in 2021. Creative partnerships and bridge schemes The Festival was the main East Anglian participant in the creative learning schools' programme, working with 49 Norfolk schools. The Creative Partnerships scheme has been cut by the government, but from 2012/13 the Festival will receive a total of £1.35 million annually from Arts Council England to enable it to become a bridge organisation for developing arts opportunities for children and young people, acting as a bridge between the arts and education sectors. Directors Sir Henry Wood (1908–1930) Sir Thomas Beecham (1936 – Norman Del Mar Vernon Handley Richard Philips Heather Newell Marcus Davey (1995-1999) Jonathan Holloway (2004–2010) William Galinsky (2011 – 2017) Daniel Brine (2017-present) References External links Norfolk and Norwich Festival Culture in Norwich Arts festivals in England Festivals in Norfolk Festivals established in 1824