Music

There will be plenty of Magic Moments at The South Holland Centre this Saturday (August 20) thanks to a soulful tribute. Soul Kinda Wonderful is coming to the Spalding stage, an award winning tribute to The Drifters, The Four Tops and The Temptations featuring Richie Sampson. The group itself were award winners at the National Tribute Awards in 2013, 2016 ...

Live music, speciality beers, great entertainment and sunshine made for a fantastic weekend at Holbeach Music and Beer Festival. Organised by Sean Taylor, this year’s event was a huge success with Sunday tickets selling out. The superhero-themed event saw a variety of acts take to the stage over three days, including tribute acts Live Wire, Arctic Monkeyz, Kazabian, Stereotonics, Oasish, ...

Sunday country and western afternoons return to Gedney Dyke this weekend. Tom Collins and Johnny Flinton are heading to the village hall this Sunday for musical entertainment. Collins hails from Scotland and has been in showbusiness for over 30 years. He released his first country and western album aged 16 and has been playing across the country including a stint ...

A toe-tapping, evening of great music and fun is promised in Moulton Chapel Community Centre this Saturday (August 6). The renowned Gary Wood Swing Band is heading to the village playing music from the Rat Pack and beyond for your listening or dancing pleasure. A spokesman for the centre said: “Gary is not only one of Britain’s best trumpeters and ...

Holbeach is getting ready to party this weekend. The town’s Music and Beer Festival is back with a bumper line up of brilliant local bands and fantastic tribute acts. Kings Field, off Fen Road, will be full of fun for all the family from Friday to Sunday. Among those taking to the stage are the Arctic Monkeyz, Kazabian, Planet Abba, ...

Jeff Gallant returns to Gedney Dyke Village Hall this Sunday alongside some other brilliant musicians. The country singer/songwriter made such an impression last month he’s heading straight back for the event at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm start. Also on the bill are the hugely talented duo of Julie Dawn (who also performs solo under Baddour) and Marc James. Contact Mary ...

Get ready to be blown away by an afternoon of country music headlined by The Texas Tornadoes UK. The Elizabethan Centre at Whaplode Drove is putting on the Country Music Afternoon on Sunday, August 7 from 2pm. The Texas Tornadoes are Pete Stothard and Stuart Payne. Pete is a well-known line dancer who made the natural progression into performing himself ...

Spalding party band Zebra have cranked up the volume for the next generation of South Holland musicians while citing worries over the future of venues such as The South Holland Centre. The band have donated two monitors to the Rock School Bus. The vehicle tours the area offering sessions for youngsters wanting to make a bit of noise with trained ...

Scottish duo James ‘n’ Wood are heading down to Gedney Dyke for this Sunday’s helping of country music. Steve James and Martin Coulson are from Glasgow but appeared at festivals throughout the country. The pair will be backed by Ed Cox. Doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.30pm start. To book a seat ring Mary 01406 362782.

Over 30 albums, well over 4,000 gigs and 20+ singles and EPs later, The Blues Band train is finally pulling into the sidings, but not until after their final tour steams into Spalding. It is now 42 years since five experienced musicians, no strangers to the pop charts of the 60s and 70s, decided they’d ignore the cultural slurry of ...

The organisers behind a Peterborough music festival have vowed to bring it back next year and hailed it a success. That’s despite one day having to be cancelled after James Dean-Bradfield, the lead singer of the headlining Manic Street Preachers, tested positive for COVID-19. But organisers said Friday’s Café Mambo event and the performances by Simply Red and Lisa Stansfield ...

A Moulton Chapel pub is putting on a free music festival this weekend featuring top local acts and a Beautiful South tribute band. The Jolly Farmer is hosting the event from 4pm on Saturday (June 18). An outdoor stage is being erected to host acts including Spalding-based The Sound Injectors. The high energy band will be bringing their ska, reggae, ...

Three-days of live music is coming to Peterborough this weekend. Manic Street Preachers, Simply Red backed by Lisa Stanfield and Ibiza’s legendary Café Mambo are making their way to the city’s Embankment for three nights of top musical entertainment. Café Mambo Ibiza Classics On The Embankment (June 10) will bring thousands of dance music fans together for an unforgettable experience ...

BBC 6 Music favourites, Low Hummer, have been added to the bill as one-to-watch talent in support of Manic Street Preachers at The Embankment, Peterborough on Sunday, June 12. This final announcement completes the lineup of a huge three-day takeover of live music which starts with Café Mambo Ibiza Classics on Friday, June 10, followed by Simply Red and Lisa ...

One of the UK’s most renowned singers is coming to Spalding. Soprano Lesley Garrett will be wowing audiences at the South Holland Centre on Friday, June 17. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and National Opera Studio, she’s performed across the world with her amazing voice leading to widespread recognition. She’ll be telling plenty of those tales in ...

Go your own way to the South Holland Centre for two exciting musical acts. On Saturday one of the UK’s leading Fleetwood Mac tribute acts is coming to Spalding. Fleetwood Machine bring to the stage a celebration of one of rock’s biggest ever bands. The show is performed by five experienced musicians who have found each other through their passion ...

A jazz duo will mark the return of concerts put on in Long Sutton by a voluntary group. Alan Barnes and Dave Newton will be heading to Long Sutton’s Market House on Saturday, May 14 at 7.30pm. It’s being put on by Long Sutton Town Arts, a voluntary group. After an enforced break they are once again bringing live performances ...

One of the original Sultans of Swing is heading to Spalding tonight (April 28) to talk about his time in one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. Dire Straits founding bassist John Illsley is at the South Holland Centre from 8pm. As part of the show The Life and Times of Dire Straits, he and some of his musician ...

Manic Street Preachers, Simply Red, Lisa Stansfield and Paul Oakenfold are all among those taking part in three days of musical delight on Peterborough’s Embankment this summer. Three huge gigs are being put on over three days, starting with the legendary Cafe Mambo bringing the Ibizan vibe to the banks of the River Nene on Friday, June 10. Serving up ...

Holbeach Town Band will be opening its doors for Learn to Play Week. For the 19th year, the band will be holding sessions from 2pm to 4pm for the week beginning Monday, April 4. Anyone interested in learning a brass instrument is welcome to go along for free. The week has been arranged to coincide with the schools’ Easter break ...