Twinwood Festival

03/02/2025

Dear all...

Monday is never blue here at Twinwood.

We've got a very big name in the world of Swing and Jazz to announce today, with the return of The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, who last played at Twinwood in 2016, almost a decade ago and we are very lucky to welcome back Jake Vaadeland & The Sturgeon River Boys who were one of the highlights on the Moonshine Glade stage last year.

Jake Vaadeland & The Sturgeon River Boys
Monday 25th Aug @ Main Arena

The multi-award-winning Jake Vaadeland wowed us last year in Moonshine Glade, so much so that he returns for a Main Arena performance this year!

All the way from Saskatchewan in Canada, Jake Vaadeland is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter with a traditional sound and unique style that could be defined as a blend of Bluegrass and 50’s Rockabilly. In addition to his impressive vocals, Jake also specialises on guitar and banjo, and along with his band The Sturgeon River Boys, this all amounts to foot stomping, high energy performances.

AND....

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Saturday 23rd Aug @ Main Arena & Century Club

Devoted to dedicated renditions of 1920s & 1930s music, and formed over 50 years ago, hundreds of the UK’s finest Jazz musicians have performed with this band at some point in its history. Currently led by actor and band leader Duncan Galloway, it first achieved breakthrough success in Germany, and has since toured the world, from Helsinki to Kuala Lumpur, from Hong Kong to the USA.

Buy tickets for 2025 here :

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

31/01/2025

The Twinwood Festival, renowned as the ultimate vintage festival for music and dance, is set to return from August 22 to 25, 2025, in Bedford, UK. While the 2025 lineup is still being finalized, past festivals have featured an eclectic mix of swing, jazz, Americana, Soul and rock 'n' roll acts, including performances by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Si Cranstoun, and The Jive Aces.

For vintage enthusiasts, Twinwood offers more than just music. The festival is a vibrant celebration of bygone eras, featuring vintage fashion shows, dance lessons, and a bustling vintage market. Attendees often dress in period attire, immersing themselves in the styles of the 1920s through the 1960s.

Music aficionados will appreciate the festival's dedication to authentic performances, with multiple stages hosting a diverse array of artists. From big bands to solo acts, the festival provides a rich tapestry of sounds that capture the essence of vintage music.

Tickets for Twinwood 2025 are currently on sale. Given the festival's popularity, securing tickets early is advisable.
Book now!

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

29/01/2025

Hi Everyone!

We thought we'd take a moment to highlight some of your favourite Twinwood bands returning for the 2025 festival, which we all know you missed last year! Not to worry, for this year The Electric Swing Circus are once again back in Le Monde Électrique, and the Leylines return to Moonshine Glade.

Natty Congeroo & The Flames of Rhythm
Sunday 24th Aug - Main Arena & Century Club

Led by the stylish, flamboyant Natty Congeroo - the band’s repertoire comprises tight original numbers, and a selection of explosive interpretations of classic Hot Jazz, Swing and Rhythm ’n’ Blues songs from the 1930s & 40s. As well as a reputation for a hot authentic sound, the band is known for its unique style - its members dressed to the nines in sharp, eccentric-tailored vintage attire.

The Electric Swing Circus
Sat 23rd Aug -Le Monde Électrique
Synonymous with our decadent “Le Monde Électrique” stage, a 6-piece fusion of saucy Swing & stomping beats.

The Leylines
Sun 24th Aug - Moonshine Glade
British folk-punk for the perfect festival summer; fiddle-driven rabble rousers and songs that stir the soul.

The 309s
Sat 23rd Aug- Moonshine Glade
Authentic Texan Western Swing, & early Rock ‘n’ Roll from Memphis; this is Swing Jive, cowboy-style.

The Down for the Count All-Stars
Sat 23rd Aug - Control Tower &
Mon 25th Aug - Main Arena
Bringing the sounds of the Swing Era back to life, with a huge repertoire of faithful Big Band classics.

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.

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

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!

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

The Twinwood team

28/01/2025

We can’t wait to get our dancing shoes back on......

A Celebration of Vintage Music and Dance in Bedfordshire!
Nestled in the picturesque village of Clapham, just outside Bedford, this festival is a unique homage to the music and culture of the 1930s to 1960s. With its origins rooted in the legacy of Glenn Miller, Twinwood Festival has grown into one of the most beloved vintage music festivals in the world.
We're well into the process of booking a stellar line-up for Twinwood 2025.
So far we have announced:
The New Amen Corner
Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long - Featuring Tom Carradine and his China Plates.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK
The Ben Waters Big Band
We Three Kings of Rock and Roll
The Chicago Blues Brothers
Ray Collins' Hot Club
The Overtures
More to follow very soon....

Pick-up a range of camping and tickets here:
https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

10/01/2025

Join us this summer for warmer happer days.
A Celebration of Vintage Music and Dance in Bedfordshire!
Nestled in the picturesque village of Clapham, just outside Bedford, this festival is a unique homage to the music and culture of the 1930s to 1960s. With its origins rooted in the legacy of Glenn Miller, Twinwood Festival has grown into one of the most beloved vintage music festivals in the world.

We're well into the process of booking a stellar line-up for Twinwood 2025.
So far we have announced:
The New Amen Corner
Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long - Featuring Tom Carradine and his China Plates.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK
The Ben Waters Big Band
We Three Kings of Rock and Roll
The Chicago Blues Brothers
Ray Collins' Hot Club
The Overtures

Pick-up a range of camping and tickets here:

https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

06/01/2025

Hi Everyone!

We hope you've all had a great Christmas and New Year, and are starting to look forward to another spectacular Twinwood this Summer! With that in mind, we thought we'd kick off 2025 with a couple of band announcements that we know you'll love to hear...

The New Amen Corner.

The New Amen Corner returns to Twinwood in 2025, celebrating the music of the 1960s with an unforgettable show on the Main Arena, on the Friday night of the festival. This fantastic band is led by Glen Leon, a frontman renowned for his incredible vocal range. The band has gained the respect of 60s music lovers everywhere, and has starred alongside some of the biggest artists from the era. These include Chris Farlowe, Cliff Bennett, Dave Berry, Mike d’Abo, Mike Pender, P.P. Arnold, Steve Ellis, Tony Crane and Wayne Fontana and many more!

Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long
Featuring Tom Carradine and his China Plates.

Last year, Tom Carradine's much-loved Cockney Sing-a-long returned to Twinwood after a long hiatus, and returned in style with the backing of a brand-new full band. We are delighted to welcome Tom and his band back again this year, again to round out the festival on the Monday night in the Century Club, for another late party of pure nostalgia and unadulterated fun.

Tom Carradine & His China Plates will transport you back in time with traditional Music Hall favourites, as well as a few cheeky vintage re-imaginings of newer anthems.

Born out of the impromptu late night sing-a-longs around the battered old piano in our Nag's Head bar at Twinwood, Carradine's Cockney Sing-a-long has since become an international sensation, entertaining crowds across Europe and the UK with a good old-fashioned knees-up.

Tickets on sale now including camping packages.
(Twinwood CAMPERS with 3-Day Festival tickets have FREE entry on Friday. No extra Friday ticket is required.)
https://twinwoodevents.com/tickets/

Team Twinwood.

31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all of you!!! See you at Twinwood 2025! Love, Lola xx

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/