Festival 2026

Saturday 12th September 2026 - Sunday 20th September 2026

**The programme for 2026 Festival is here! A four-day Fringe Festival (featuring fun and social events in unusual places) will be followed by a four-day Literary Festival, with a number of evening social events planned. The Festival will be finishing with a garden party with an added Agatha-themed twist.

Tickets for the Fringe Festival are now on sale (with more events to come), as well as the main Literary Festival programme which takes place in the Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey.**

We will also be hosting our Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th April 2026.

The dates of our up-coming Festivals are:

  • Saturday 11th September 2027 – Sunday 19th September 2027
  • Saturday 9th September 2028 - Sunday 17th September 2028
  • Saturday 8th September 2029 - Sunday 16 September 2029

Agatha Christie Festival 2026 supports the UK National Year of Reading

Agatha Christie Festival 2026 supports the UK National Year of Reading

Under the Patronage of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Under the Patronage of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Kindly Supported by:

Torbay Council
English Riveria Bid Company
Agatha Christie
GWR
The Linbury Trust
The Colwinston Charitable Trust

Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust

Project Partners:

English Riviera
Unesco City of Literature
The East Gate Bookshop