 Festival 2008 opened with Marin Alsop's final performance as principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Mexican rockers Los de Abajo performed at the Lichfield Garrick, along with jazz vocal group The Passion, The Puppini Sisters, the Bryan Corbett Quartet, Rainer Hersch, Sir Roy Strong and The Hairy Bikers.1928 Indian Silent film "Shiraz" was brought out of the British Film Institute Archives and a new score was commissioned and performed live by the Sabri Ensemble.