EARLY bird tickets have been introduced for Royston Arts Festival this year.

Reduced price tickets will be available for a number of events, in place of concessionary tickets, and can be booked through the arts festival website.

Tickets for some events, including the popular Town Trail with historian councillor F John Smith, are also available from The Stationery Cupboard, High Street, Royston. Proceeds for this event will be donated to the parish church’s challenge fund.

Festival chairman Graham Palmer said: “We thought we would give everyone the opportunity to benefit from reduced price tickets for the main events.”

Events include pianist Clare Hammond’s concert, The Small World of Meera Syal, and the Last Night of the Proms-style Youth Finale Concert.

Early bird bookings will close on August 31.

The festival takes place from September 21-29 and this year’s theme is Small World.

For more details visit www.roystonartsfestival.org.uk