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The opening act for our Music Festival this year will be the Snake Davis Band who are playing on Friday 6th October.
One of the things that Snake is famous for is his iconic sax rift on Take That's hit A Million Love Songs. Here is Snake talking about that recording on the BBC's One Show.
Snake chats about his career and his solo on Take Thats' "Million Love Songs" with Carrie Grant
So here is the line up for the final weekend of this year's Birkenshaw Music Festival
Friday 27th October at 7pm – Jen Armstrong - Jen is a locally born Yorkshire lass from Bradford, spending her childhood growing up in the Yorkshire Dales. Jen is now an internationally acclaimed singer songwriter and plays her music all over the world. Expect to hear well known songs from the sixties to the noughties, it will be a great evening! Tickets £10
Saturday 28th October at 7pm – Jacob Walsh – The Yorkshire Tenor Jacob is a classically trained tenor and he’ll be entertaining us with both classic opera pieces such as Nessum Dorma and musical theatre favourites including Maria and Bring Him Home Tickets £10
Sunday 29th October at 4pm - to close our festival we will be having a special Songs of Praise service with accompaniment from local organist Daniel Beaumont. Free Admission
Ticket Information
Tickets will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Gifts and Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or by contacting Pat Trueman on 07368 892365/[email protected]
A season ticket is available for £60 which gives you free admission to all of the events.
So here is the line up for the third weekend of this year's Music Festival.
Friday 20th October at 7pm - The New Mill Male Voice Choir We are delighted to welcome the choir, who have previously performed at York Minster and the Royal Albert Hall, for a great evening of sea shanties, pop, show tunes and sacred and choral music. Tickets £10
Saturday 21st October at 7pm – Simeon Wood. You name it, Simeon can probably play it! Simeon enjoys performing all over the world playing on an ever-increasing array of unusual instruments, all with unique sounds. The list of instruments he plays continues to grow. Celtic whistles, panpipes, South American quena, Chinese flutes and the Ba-Hu, Flutes of various sizes from the bass to the piccolo, and very occasionally the didgeridoo. Be rest assured that some more unconventional objects like the walking stick and bicycle pump will also make a welcomed appearance. (www.simeonwood.co.uk) Tickets £10
Sunday 22nd October at 4pm – Musica Mirfield Choir We are pleased to welcome the young people from Musica Mirfield to sing for us. Tickets £5 (Under 16s free)
Tickets for all concerts will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or are available now from Pat Trueman on 07368 892365 email: [email protected] . A season ticket which gives free admission to all of the concerts during the festival is available for £60. All events take place at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw
We are continuing the run down of concerts for this year's Music Festival.
On Sunday 15th October at 4pm we will be welcoming Bradford Cathedral Choir to sing Choral Evensong for us. The cathedral choir performed at out first music festival in 2016 and we are looking forward to hearing them again. Free Admission for this event.
The line up for the Birkenshaw Music Festival is now complete and we will be running through the acts over the next few days.
Tickets for all concerts will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or are available now from Pat Trueman on 07368 892365 email: [email protected] . A season ticket which gives free admission to all of the concerts during the festival is available for £60. All events take place at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw
Saturday 14th October at 7pm – Sundown Swing A great evening of swing music is in store from the 1920s to the 1970s including classics by the greats such Glen Miller Count Basie and Benny Goodman (www.sundownswing.org.uk) Tickets £10
Sunday 15th October at 4pm – Choral Evensong sung by Bradford Cathedral Choir Free Admission
The line up for the Birkenshaw Music Festival is now complete and we will be running through the acts over the next few days.
Tickets for all concerts will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or are available now from Pat Trueman on 07368 892365 email: [email protected] . A season ticket which gives free admission to all of the concerts during the festival is available for £60. All events take place at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw
On Friday 13th October @ 7pm we will be welcoming Chris Bannister who will be performing his “A Songwriter’s Legacy” show. Chris is an exceptional singer/songwriter who has gained an international reputation over the last two decades. He will be performing a show of singer-songwriter classics, with
songs from artists like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, David Gates, Clifford T Ward, Gordon Lightfoot, Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Janis Ian and many more. (www.chrisbannistermusic.com) Tickets £10
The line up for the Birkenshaw Music Festival is now complete and we will be running through the acts over the next few days.
Tickets for all concerts will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or are available now from Pat Trueman on 07368 892365 email: [email protected] . A season ticket which gives free admission to all of the concerts during the festival is available for £60. All events take place at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw
On Sunday 8th October at 4pm we will be welcoming the Harrogate based chamber choir Voces Seraphorum for a concert titled An Autumn Serenade. Their programme will range from the sixteenth century to the present day (both sacred and secular. The concert will last approximately an hour with refreshments at the end.. Tickets: £5
The line up for the Birkenshaw Music Festival is now complete and we will be running through the acts over the next few days.
Tickets for all concerts will be available from 1st September from Gorgeous Cards on Bradford Road in Birkenshaw or are available now from Pat Trueman on 07368 892365 email: [email protected] . A season ticket which gives free admission to all of the concerts during the festival is available for £60. All events take place at St Paul's Church, Birkenshaw
The Festival opens on Friday 6th October at 7pm when we will[ be welcoming back the fabulous Snake Davis Band. Snake is an amazing saxophonist who has played with some of the biggest names in the music business. Expect an evening of soulful music as well as upbeat tracks that will get everyone dancing. Tickets £18
On Saturday 7th October at 7pm we will be entertained by another old friend Kathryn Mitchell who will be singing a selection of songs from the 1950s and 60s. Tickets £10.
Ok, so the Birkenshaw Music Festival 2023 may not be Glastonbury, but we can guarantee that you won't have to shower in a field or sleep in a tent!
We are pleased to announce another act for this years festival which is Sundown Swing who also played at our 2016 festival.
Sundown Swing are a 16-17 piece big band based in Huddersfield. They were formed in 2011 by a group of friends who were all experienced musicians having previously played in concert bands, brass bands and amateur orchestras.
Their repertoire ranges from the 1920s through to the 1970s including music by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Glen Miller, Count Basie and Benny Goodman. Although the accent is on swing music they also include Latin, waltzes and bossa novas to add variety to their programme.
Sundown Swing have played at venues across the UK and this year will be playing once again at the Edinburgh Festival.
It promises to be a great evening.
We are delighted to announce another act for the 2023 Birkenshaw Music Festival.
On Saturday 21st October the wonderfully talented musician Simeon Wood will be performing for us.
Simeon was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and started playing the flute at the age of 8. After 10 years, Trinity College of Music, London, was where his performance and writing skills were honed.
Simeon enjoys performing all over the world playing on an ever-increasing array of unusual instruments, all with unique sounds. The list of instruments he plays continues to grow. Celtic whistles, panpipes, South American quena, Chinese flutes and the Ba-Hu, Flutes of various sizes from the bass to the piccolo, and very occasionally the didgeridoo. Be rest assured that some more unconventional objects like the walking stick and bicycle pump will also make a welcomed appearance.
Simeon says “My work as an itinerant musician has led me to play in extraordinary venues. From caves to castles, palaces to giant redwood forests as well as the more conventional festivals, cruise ships, halls, theatres and art centres”.
When he's not touring Simeon is regularly commissioned to write music for television and theatre productions. Appearances on BGT, the BBC’s One Show and the Chris Evans Breakfast show.
It promises to be a very entertaining evening.
Click the link below to hear Simeon playing Fields of Gold.
Fields of Gold written by Sting and performed by my good self. The arrangement is close to that of Eva Cassidy. A timeless and beautifully sensitive arrangem...
We are pleased to announce that the wonderful choir Voces Seraphorum will be joining us again this year for our Music Festival. They will be doing a concert at 4pm on Sunday 15th October with afternoon tea afterwards.
We are delighted to announce that the third act for this year’s Birkenshaw Music Festival will be the wonderful Chris Bannister. Chris is an exceptionally talented singer-songwriter who has recorded five albums of his own material and built up an international following over the last two decades.
Chris will be bringing his “A Songwriter’s Legacy” show to our Music Festival on Friday 13th October and he will be performing a range of singer songwriter classics with songs from artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Denver, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, David Gates, Clifford T.Ward, Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis Ian, Nick Drake and many more.
Learn more about Chris at his website: www.chrisbannistermusic.com
To get you in the mood for his show, here is a video of Chris performing the John Denver classic “Annie’s Song”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiMpfuRAorA
Chris Bannister performs Annies song in rehearsal for the music of John Denver, trying the song in a higher key
We are pleased to announce another performer for this year's Birkenshaw Music Music Festival. We are delighted that Jacob Walsh - The Yorkshire Tenor will be entertaining us on the final weekend of the festival with a programme of opera classics and musical theatre favourites.
Great news - after a five year gap the Birkenshaw Music Festival will return in October 2023. It all kicks off with the legendary Snake Davis Band on Friday 6th October.
The legendary saxophonist Snake Davis and his band are returning to St Paul's, Birkenshaw for a gig on Saturday 3rd September 2022 at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £18 and are available from Pat Trueman on 07368892365 or Audrey Firth on 01274 683071.
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