Category: Event News

Do you miss seeing the LotR films on the big screen? If so, you can attend a screening of the trilogy at San Francisco’s Trilogy Thursday, on August 18 2005 at the Presidio Theater, to benefit the charity Cure Autism Now. The event features all three films, plus raffles, door prizes, and a costume contest.…

The Broadway Theatre in Peterborough, England will show all three Lord of the Rings films back-to-back on the theatre’s big screen on July 23 and July 24, starting at 11:00 in the morning and ending at 7:00 that evening, with breaks between the three films. The 250 tickets cost £12.50 each. See Peterborough Today for…

In this article at The Cape Cod Chronicle, Harwich Junior Theatre director Lisa Canto talks about the challenges of bringing Tolkien’s The Hobbit to the stage and of how, to her, The Hobbit is about, “friendship, loyalty, and being courageous”.

The Fellowship Festival 2005, due to take place on 27-29th August at Wembley in the UK, has announced that Billy Boyd will be one of the special guests. You can read more about the festival and book tickets at their website here.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform Howard Shore’s Lord of Rings Symphony on 22nd and 23rd July at Heinz Hall. The performances will feature a world premiere live vocal performance by Billy Boyd. There is further information about this event at the orchestra’s website here.

Whilst the majority of performances of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony are in the US, in August there are 3 European performances in Greece, Germany and Norway. 9th August – State Symphony of Athens conducted by Markus Huber at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens. 13th August at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Neumünster, Germany.…

Trolls and Legends, a fantasy festival, will take place in Mons, Belgium from 24th to 26th June 2005. This event includes screenings of the LotR movies and on Sunday 26th June the guest of honour will be John Howe. There is further information about this event here.

On Thursday, August 18th, at the Presidio Theatre, San Francisco, there will be a charity screening of the LotR trilogy. The proceeds will go to CAN (Cure Autism Now). This event will include a raffle, door prizes, and a costume contest. There is further information about this event here.

From 14th to 17th July, Fellowship! the musical parody of The Fellowship of the Ring will be at Comic-con in San Diego. There are further details about this event at Fellowship the Musical.

Lord of the Rings actors John Rhys-Davies and Sala Baker, along with Royd Tolkien (great-grandson of JRR Tolkien) will be appearing at CauldronCon from 12th to 14th August 2005. This convention will take place at the Sheraton Ferncroft Resort, Danvers, Massachusetts.