Live Music News
Grassroots music at Bingley Arts Centre
Both Bingley First Monday Folk and Rumble have moved to the Bingley Arts Centre following the closing of The Ryshworth Club.
There have been 3 events so far and they all seem to have gone down really well. The next ones are Friday 20th March with Gilank and Gurgles at Rumble, and then Serious Sam Barrett on East Monday (6th April) at Bingley First Monday Folk.
Sounds In Town 5
Sounds In Town will be at Cottingley Town Hall Church on the 25th March from 7pm.
There will be a host of acoustic musical performances featuring: piano, violin, ukulele, accordion, guitar, solo vocals and the Cottingley Town Hall Church Choir!
Entry is FREE (donations welcome) and here will be lots of home-made cake on offer during the interval.
Doors open at 7pm. Performances start at 7.30pm prompt.
Cottingley Town Hall, Main Street, Cottingley, Bingley, BD16 1SR
Live at the Chip ‘N’ Ern
The upstairs space at the Chip ‘N’ Ern is now getting regular use as a live music venue. There’s a new website where you can easily see what’s on AND you can book the space if you want to play there.
Matt Broadbent and Ella Jay played an amazing couple of sets last Thursday, and we’ve got *4 Short Sets from Allan Eaton, Cobbydale Stealers, Cath Harney, and Matt and Margret on March 26th, then 2 Daves and a John on April 2nd.
Myrtle Park Bandstand
We will soon be announcing the line up for the Myrtle Park Bandstand this summer. There will be live music every Saturday and Sunday in June, July, August from 2pm - 4pm. If that’s not enough there will be a few events before and after those months, AND a scattering of weekday events in the summer holidays.
Updates will be on the website, and there will be a paper flyer printed soon.
Bradford Accordion Band
The Bradford Accordion Band narrowly missed out on the 2026 Royal Philharmonic Society’s Inspiration Award.
They got some great coverage on the BBC and Calendar, and had a good night out in London at the ceremony.
Bingley Music Town Steering group member and founder of the Bradford Accordion Band, Anita said “Sadly it was not our night but it’s been an amazing event and experience from the minute we were nominated.”
Bradford Music Strategy
Bradford Producing Hub has been awarded funding by Arts Council England to lead a major new initiative that will put Bradford’s grassroots music scene front and centre
Work has already started on the Bradford Music Strategy and we’re pleased to be a part of it.
We have a place on the advisory group, so our job is to funnel your ideas, comments and suggestions to the people putting the strategy together.
Read more in this article: Bradford Producing Hub secures Arts Council England funding to create District’s first music strategy.
Kirsty Brannan debut EP
You may well have seen Kirsty performing in and around Bingley - and we’ve booked her to play the Bandstand in Myrtle Park in the summer.
She’s planing to release an EP of original songs and put on a live show later in the year and has launched a Crowdfunder campaign to raise the funds to make it happen.
Supporters can claim a number of exciting rewards in return for pledges such as CDs, show tickets, signed artwork posters or even a private house concert.
To find out more and to support the campaign https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/kirsty-brannan-debut-ep
You can follow her on Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @kirstybrannanmusic
