Twinwood Festival

20/12/2024

Happy Christmas one and all :) 🎄☃️🥳🥰❤

16/12/2024

Following the 80th memorial yesterday .

The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, fronted by bandleader Ray McVay, will perform at Twinwood 2025, on Saturday 23rd August.

15/12/2024

80th Anniversary of Glenn Miller's Departure from Twinwood Airfield, Bedford (15th December 1944).

This year we marked the 80th anniversary in musical and wartime history:

Glenn Miller’s final departure from Twinwood Airfield, Bedford, on December 15, 1944. The famed bandleader of the U.S. Army Air Forces, whose music uplifted countless spirits during World War II, boarded a Norseman aircraft on a mission to Paris to perform for Allied troops. Tragically, he was never seen again.

Miller's legacy endures not only through his timeless hits like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, and Chattanooga Choo Choo, but also through his profound impact on morale during one of history's darkest periods. His disappearance remains one of the great mysteries of the war, leaving an indelible mark on the world.

Today, as we commemorate this milestone, we reflect on his contributions to music, the resilience of the human spirit, and the sacrifices made by so many during World War II. Twinwood Airfield, now a cherished museum, stands as a beacon to Miller’s artistry and his enduring influence, ensuring that his music and memory live on.

Let us remember Glenn Miller not in sorrow but in celebration of the joy and hope he brought to millions. His melody may have faded from the air that day, but it continues to echo through the generations.

04/12/2024

Hi Folks! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I am already well into my Christmas shows. What a wonderful time of the year! Why not treat yourself or a loved one to tickets to Twinwood Festival 2025! It’s always great to have something to look forward to. Enjoy the season folks! Lola xx https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

02/12/2024

Sunday 24th August 2025, Main Arena

Ben Waters returns to Twinwood in 2025, and this time with a bang! We are excited to feature for the first time, his star-studded new project - The Ben Waters Big Band!

Ben Waters is a multi-award-winning pianist and vocalist, recently booked to perform at the Sydney Opera House and the Blue Note in Hawaii. He has just completed recordings with Keith Richards and George Thorogood, for an album project to be released in March 2025.

The Ben Waters Big Band is a powerhouse ensemble of world-class musicians, guaranteed to deliver an electrifying night of music rooted in the tradition of Louis Jordan, Fats Domino, and New Orleans legends like Dr. John and Professor Longhair. The audience can anticipate an exhilarating mix of 1940s and 1950s R&B, jump jive, boogie-woogie and swing, with a dash of New Orleans magic, making for an unforgettable night of music.

This new project of Ben's, coincides with the relaunch of his highly-acclaimed album Boogie for Stu, in which he played alongside all of the Rolling Stones, Jools Holland, and his cousin PJ Harvey, and which now contains his aforementioned new tracks recorded with Keith Richards and George Thorogood.

26/11/2024

Twinwood 2025 tickets make great Christmas presents. You can get them now :

You can stay up to five nights with your caravan, motorhome, or tent. (Your reservation lasts from Thursday 8am, to Tuesday 7pm). If you are camping on Twinwood's campsites, you get Friday's entertainment for free, and don't need to buy a Friday ticket separately. The exception to these entry times is the "SUPER" pitch, which gives you six night's stay, allowing you to enter the site on Wednesday.

On each day, the gate opens for arrivals at 8am and the gate closes at 8pm.

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

Photo Gareth Millar

22/11/2024

We are delighted to release a fantastic new batch of photos, with a focus on the sartorial splendour of last summer's Twinwood festival-goers! Thanks to Gareth Millar for capturing this fabulous slice of Twinwood life!

These images capture the unique atmosphere and magic of Twinwood Festival - a place to meet with friends and step back in time together to immerse yourselves in the music and fashion of decades past.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets for next year too!

Twinwood Festival is the biggest and best vintage music and dance festival around, showcasing over 100 live performances across 15 venues including a huge outdoor arena, with sprung dancefloors on all our main stages. We also have over 100 vintage traders and displays, classic vehicles, hair and bea...

10/11/2024

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

07/11/2024

Hi Everyone, hot on the heels of last week's announcement of The Chicago Blues Brothers, here's news of another epic, star-studded show coming to Twinwood in 2025...
We Three Kings of Rock and Roll

Sunday 24th August 2025, Main Arena

We Three Kings of Rock and Roll brings the spirit of four legends together (yes four, not three, more on that later...) in an epic theatre show comprised of West End stars, that features Steve Halliday's tribute to Elvis Presley, alongside guest stars recreating the spirit of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.

After the roaring success of this show at Twinwood a couple of years ago it was inevitable that we would be bringing it back here again, and we are delighted to include it in our 2025 lineup.

When we last brought this show to Twinwood (pictured above), we'd never seen the Main Arena so packed, and it should be mentioned that specially for us, it was expanded to Four Kings, with the inclusion of Peter's Gill's fabulous tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, and of course the show will include this "Fourth King" again when it returns to Twinwood in 2025.

This is an uplifting, unforgettable show celebrating these great icons, with an accuracy to their performances that will transport you right back to the days when Rock and Roll was King!

You can buy tickets now :

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

29/10/2024

Hi Everyone, the Twinwood 2025 band announcements are building up now, and we've got another real treat for all of you lined up next year with this spectacular show:

Saturday 23rd August 2025, Main Arena

The Chicago Blues Brothers come to Twinwood Festival in 2025 as the biggest and most-loved Blues Brothers show in the world. For over 27 years, this unforgettable band has rocked prestigious venues worldwide with electrifying, high-octane performances that have taken over iconic stages from the O2 Arena in London, to the Madinat Theatre in Dubai.

This production is a jubilant homage to the legendary Jake and Elwood Blues, bringing together the best of Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Country, and Motown in one thrilling show. Audiences can expect the unexpected, with surprises and zany theatrics woven into every performance.

Joining Jake and Elwood on stage are The Sweet Soul Sisters, whose powerhouse vocals add an extra layer of soul, and the phenomenal CBB Band, whose masterful musicianship delivers the hits you know and love. Prepare yourself for an evening of non-stop dancing and musical magic, packed with infectious energy and fun from start to finish!

Tickets are on sale now for next year’s festival:

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

15/10/2024

Hi Everyone, we've got a special announcement today, with the return of one of our favourite international bands to Twinwood 2025...

Ray Collins' Hot Club on Saturday 23rd August 2025, Main Arena

Ray Collins' Hot Club is one of those rare bands who match the creativity of their critically-acclaimed albums, with a wild stage presence overflowing with boundless energy and showmanship. Their own original compositions have brought them international fame, with a perfect mixture of Jump Blues, Swing and Rock 'n' Roll.

They will be flying over from Germany just for Twinwood Festival, and will have everyone in our Main Arena jumping and jiving. The band wowed us all when they first appeared here in 2022, and we can't wait to welcome them back in 2025 for their second appearance.

With over a dozen albums, movie appearances, and tours in over 30 countries to their name, this is a band that keeps the vintage sound alive with true authenticity and a star status, that evokes the legends that inspire their music.

Tickets on sale now : https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

01/10/2024

The Overtures are our first band announcement for 2025, we are bringing back a favourite of yours. It has now been a few years since The Overtures performed here, so we are delighted to welcome them back again to Twinwood's Main Arena on the final evening of next year's festival. Main Aren - Monday 25th August 2025

The Overtures have spent the past twenty five years building their reputation as the finest sixties tribute band in the country. You’ll hear every aspect of 60s music from the early beat-pop of The Beatles and The Kinks, the ‘surf' sound of The Beach Boys, the rhythm and blues of The Stones, the folk-rock of the Byrds and Mamas and Papas through to the power of The Who.

The band have just returned to the UK from a two-month sell out tour of their Bootleg Sixties Theatre Show in Europe. And the recent release of their first ever full album of original songs, ‘Onceinaworld’, continues to receive rave reviews worldwide....
They have a reputation of being the go-to band to entertain at the parties of some of the biggest celebrities in the world, for example Elvis Costello and Diana Krall's wedding, Lulu's 60th birthday party, and they have performed at numerous private parties for Paul McCartney, Richard Branson, Elton John and more.

Elton John himself said of them: “They're the best band of their kind in the world!”.

Tickets on sale now - https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

30/09/2024

Hi Everyone! Here’s a brilliant new batch of images from last month’s Twinwood Festival, courtesy of official Twinwood photographers Stephen Astley-Jones and June Essex. Click Here to view the latest images on our website in all their glory. Please feel free to tag yourself and others.
https://twinwoodevents.com/gallery/latest/

Twinwood Festival 2025 will boast four days of live music from Friday August 22nd to Monday August 25th 2025, with campers having up to five nights stay normally, or six nights with our special SUPER package.

Please note that our ELECTRIC pitches and SUPER pitches (with private toilet pod), are selling out very quickly, so head on over to our ticket shop here to grab those pitches while you can!

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

See you all again next year, and stay tuned for all the great pictures and news!

30/09/2024

Hi Everyone! Here's a brilliant new batch of images from last month's Twinwood Festival, courtesy of official Twinwood photographers Stephen Astley-Jones and June Essex. Click Here to view the latest images on our website in all their glory. Please feel free to tag yourself and others.
https://twinwoodevents.com/gallery/latest/

Twinwood Festival 2025 will boast four days of live music from Friday August 22nd to Monday August 25th 2025, with campers having up to five nights stay normally, or six nights with our special SUPER package.

Please note that our ELECTRIC pitches and SUPER pitches (with private toilet pod), are selling out very quickly, so head on over to our ticket shop here to grab those pitches while you can!

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

See you all again next year, and stay tuned for all the great pictures and news!

19/09/2024

Hi Everyone!

The results and gallery of the Mr & Miss Vintage UK finals 2024 round-up!

Once again, these live finals were held on the Sunday of Twinwood Festival inside our grandest indoor venue, The Century Club, and a stylish audience gathered to await the showing of our exquisitely dressed contestants.

We are thrilled to announce that in the ladies competition, Bryony Walker was awarded 3rd place, Amber Brookes won 2nd place, whilst Keri Bettis achieved 1st place, and the title of Miss Vintage UK 2024!

In the mens competition, Connor Heath was placed 2nd, but Jon Stevens won the 1st place and earned the distinguished honour of Mr Vintage UK 2024.

You can view a full line-up of all the finalists, and a great gallery on our website via the following link...

https://twinwoodevents.com/mr-and-miss-vintage-uk/2024/

e'd like to also give a big thank you to our regular hosts and judges: Dusty Limits, Lola Lamour and Mark Ewing. In addition, we'd also like to give a special thanks to our guest prize-giver this year, Will Keel-Stocker from the Bevin Boys!

(Photo by June Essex)

05/09/2024

Hi Everyone!

As everything finally begins to settle down after another marvellous Twinwood Festival, we would like to thank all of you - our wonderful festival-goers - for making it so special. Even after more than twenty years, seeing all of your smiling faces, fabulous outfits, and energetic dancing never gets old. You make Twinwood what it is – a place of joy, music, and community.

In addition to all of you fabulous festival-goers, a heartfelt thank you also goes out to all the people who help bring Twinwood to life as a dazzling show – our brilliant artists, the hard-working production team, dance instructors, traders, staff, and stewards.
Thank you all for making it so memorable!

What's more - we have an initial gallery of Twinwood 2024 already up. Our first batch of images comes from the fabulous photographer Steven Hogg, and you can view a selection in our first gallery here, with LOADS more to come!...

Twinwood Festival 2025 will boast four days of live music from Friday August 22nd to Monday August 25th, with campers having up to five nights stay normally, or six nights with our special SUPER package.

Please note that our ELECTRIC pitches and SUPER pitches (with private toilet pod), are selling out very quickly, so head on over to our ticket shop here to grab those pitches while you can!

View the latest fabulous images from Twinwood Festival 2024

30/08/2024

Camp site A is now sold out !