SUNDAY 24TH 6:45pm – Strictly UB40 Ending the River Festival program with a top quality tribute has become somewhat of a tradition and this year is no different, with the excellent Strictly UB40 headlining on Sunday. The band do what they say on the tin, with renditions of some of[…]
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The Bedford River Festival returns on Sat 23rd & Sun 24th July following an absence of 4 years. The event is FREE and features a Main Stage in Russell Park on the Embankment with musical line up with something for everyone in the community. The 2nd biggest free event in[…]
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COURTING + Ugly 8pm, Friday 21st October, Bedford Esquires Liverpool four-piece Courting return with a new single titled “Tennis”. The track comes alongside the announcement that the band have signed to [PIAS], as well as details of a new run of UK tour dates which are set to take place[…]
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“LOADED: AFTER THE PARK” Tom Grennan Aftershow Party – Saturday 4th June, Bedford Esquires 10.30pm – LATE We’re super proud to be involved with Tom’s return to Bedford and on the biggest stage possible, Bedford Park, courtesy of the good people at Bedford Park Concerts! What about after the park?[…]
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ENJOY YOURSELF – AFTER THE PARK – AFTER SHOW PARTY 10.30pm Friday 3rd June, Esquires Nite Klub, Bromham Road, Bedford When a band of a generation comes to town we need to celebrate in style. On Friday 3rd of June THE SPECIALS play Bedford Park and to celebrate this momentous[…]
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Big Country + Guests Live at Bedford Esquires, Friday 2nd December Big Country was originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson both native of the band’s hometown Dunfermline in Scotland. Initially driven by a shared vision of widescreen guitar melody, harmony and lyric,[…]
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HENGE – Live at Bedford Esquires – Friday 4th November Attention Humans! This is HENGE. We are not from this world. We bring you music from distant planets. We offer this gift for the edification of humankind… so that eventually your species may put an end to war and set[…]
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THE BLOW MONKEYS + special guests – Friday 15th July, Bedford Esquires With hits like Digging Your Scene and It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way, The Blow Monkeys epitomised the glamour of mid-80s pop at its most graceful and sophisticated. In the band’s frontman Robert Howard (aka Dr. Robert),[…]
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The Rifles (acoustic set) + Guests 8pm, Friday 29th July, Bedford Esquires British indie outfit the Rifles rose to popularity in the mid-2000s with a jaunty garage rock & roll sound that’s equal parts Jam-like swagger and a playfulness not unlike contemporaries the Kooks. First grabbing public attention with the[…]
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Bad Manners + Guests 8pm, Friday 1st July, Bedford Esquires Missing in action for 5 years in Bedford we finally get to secure a new date with ska legend BAD MANNERS at Esquires on Friday 1st July. Bad Manners were at their peak most popular during the late 1970s and[…]
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