Live Music

Young Bedford Writers: Nicholas Goldwin speaks to Katy Hurt

For country singer Katy Hurt, music has always been a fundamental part of life. Having grown up in the US and arriving in England at the age of seven with a fully-formed passion for country music, she found herself...

Scouting For Girls joining Olly Murs in Bedford Park next summer

Bedford Park Concerts say Scouting For Girls will be Olly Murs' special guests when they kick off their summer concert series next year. The team, who have been bringing some of the world's...

Shop local: How some Bedford indies are hoping others follow their lead

Bedford's non-essential shops, plus hairdressers, barbers, beauty salons and gyms, are throwing open their doors again today, a month...

blender brings live music to Bedford’s Brewpoint this month

Live music is returning to Bedford this month, as Brewpoint launches Music on Point at its outdoor pop up bar.Curated by the blender team...

Common sense prevails as four-day Bedford Park Concerts gets go ahead

Bedford Borough Council's sub-licensing committee has allowed common sense to prevail after they have given the go-ahead for Bedford Park Concerts 2021, despite objections from the...

Opinion: Borough Councillors – Just let them entertain us

It seems like all Bedfordians everywhere were astounded, when they learnt that Bedford Park Concerts was at risk due to an objection by the Borough Council's Environmental Health Officers...

Esquires announces much-anticipated socially distanced reopening

Bedford's much-loved live music venue, Esquires, has announced that it will be reopening its doors in November, eight months after lockdown...

WATCH: Time-lapse film of David Litchfield completing Esquires’ crowdfunder mural

The global coronavirus pandemic has hit some industries particularly hard, and live music is one of them. As one of the first businesses to close its...

Singer songwriter Simon William: from Harrold Co-Op to centre stage

Hailing from the sleepy north Bedfordshire village of Harrold, music has been a big part of Simon William's life for a decade now. As well as singing (and working at the local...

Everything Everything to play fundraising concert at Bedford Esquires

A campaign to raise money for grassroots music venues will see Everything Everything playing a gig at Bedford Esquires as soon as live music is...

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