The Longcroft Gospel Choir will be performing at All Saints’ Church, Bishop Burton on Friday 5 July.
Founded and directed by Jonathan Chapman, the Longcroft School Gospel Choir is well known in the local area. They regularly perform at parties, ceremonies, weddings and music concerts.
From watching Eddi Reader in 2010 to performing as a main act on the same night as her in 2017, Sarah Shiels’ development and journey with Beverley Folk Festival is wonderful. You can read Sarah’s Beverley Folk Festival journey below:
“8 years ago I started my involvement with Beverley Folk Festival by watching Eddi Reader, who is for me, the most brilliant singer to come out of Scotland and probably the rest of the world.
Humber Film is previewing their Hull music video A Place They Called Forgotten Town next Tuesday (28 February) evening ahead of its online release.
Featuring community groups from around Hull, the film has been produced for Not Forgotten Town, one of 60 projects funded through Hull 2017’s Creative Communities Programme, delivered in partnership with the Big Lottery Fund.
A major music video shoot for Humber Film’s Hull City of Culture 2017 – Creative Communities Programme will take place in the Old Fruit Market in Hull.
The song ‘A Place They Called Forgotten Town’ is a musical and lyrical reworking by Hull-born Henry Priestman of his late 1980’s chart hit ‘Forgotten Town’ by The Christians which was written about the state of the country at the time (the North especially), which particularly affected his home town.
Further names have been announced for Beverley Folk Festival 2017, including renowned Scottish singer Eddi Reader.
A host of artists have been announced for Beverley Folk Festival 2017, with full-weekend tickets currently on sale at a £35 discount on the final sale price.
Beverley Folk Festival’s acclaimed programme of free activities and events for families and young audiences is set to be better than ever in 2014.
Medieval and Renaissance style musicians York Waits and folk musicians Henry Priestman and Nick Rooke are all set to perform at the Christmas Festival of Food & Drink on Saturday 30th November in Beverley Minster.
The Christmas Festival of Food & Drink take place again for the second consecutive and Beverley Minster.
On Friday 21st June, Longcroft School welcomed back musician Henry Priestman, who ran a song writing workshop with selected students from Years 9 and 10.
Sunday saw top author Ian Rankin make an appearance at the Beverley Folk Festival. The crime writer who recently received an OBE for services to literature
Having been established in 1983, and organised by the White Horse Folk Club, based in Beverley the festival has developed over the years into one of this country’s most popular festivals of its kind.
2013 looks set to be a scorcher – not just in terms of the weather but for those attending Beverley’s folk festival as it re-locates to the local racecourse for its 30th Anniversary.
For 29 years, the Beverley Folk Festival has helped to put Beverley on the music map. With past acts ranging from Paul Carrack and Billy Bragg, to Steeleye Span and Joe Brown, the ever-popular event has become a hit with both local residents and festival-goers from further afiel
Students at Longcroft School were given the opportunity to appear live on stage at the Beverley Folk Festival on Friday 15th June, after a song writing master class with musician Henry Priestman.