BMF 2026 Events
CHORAL NIGHT
Date: Wednesday 8th July 2026
Line-up: T.B.C.
Venue: St Marys Church
JAZZ NIGHT
Date: Thursday 9th July 2026
Line-up:
T.B.C.Venue: St Marys Church
B-FEST
Date: Thursday 9th July 2026
Showcase for young performers aged 9 – 19
Just a £1 donation for a ticket for all ages!
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
FRIDAY NIGHT
Date: Friday 10th July 2026
Line-up: DR. FEELGOOD + ANSLEY LISTER
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
Festival News
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS? As you may know, the Bures Music Festival is a not-for-profit event that has raised more than £200,000 for local charities. Thanks to the volunteers who organise and run the event, our existing sponsors and, of course, all the...
The Kopy Katz on Saturday
The Kopy Katz are a wild & fun 3-piece UK rockabilly band that cover songs by The Stray Cats as well as classic 50’s rockers like Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Elvis. They even apply their own unique rockabilly sound to T.Rex, The Rolling...
Southbound on Saturday
Southbound join the BMF Saturday (7th July) line-up with their exclusive take on British Blues. Drawing inspiration from blues, rock, jazz, funk and soul, this young London band are going to get the party started with their unique sounds and grooves. Whilst writing,...
BERNIE MARSDEN is our FRIDAY NIGHT HEADLINER!
In the early 70’s Bernie Marsden was an original guitarist for hard rock outfit UFO before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977. After PAL split up Bernie joined David Coverdale in the newly formed Whitesnake, helping to establish the band...
UK MICHAEL JACKSON – our Thriller Saturday headliner
The Team behind our twice sell-out Queen tribute act Rhapsody now bring you the King of Pop. With his mesmerising falsetto voice, Yvan Silva along with the backing of four hand-picked and extremely talented musicians (including a guest appearance from Slash), have...
Single event tickets are ON SALE NOW!
Choral on Wednesday, Jazz on Thursday, Blues and Rock on Friday with Laurence Jones (more TBA), The Kubricks, Ashton Jones and many more will get you dancing on Saturday plus The Kinx, UK Beach Boys and some other amazing acts to be announced on Sunday. There really...
Sunday’s Good Vibrations
The UK Beach Boys were rehearsed under the watchful eye of Adrian Baker, who was a member of The Beach Boys for 20 Years. The band were also invited to join The Beach Boys on stage at Thetford during their brief visit to the UK in the summer of 2003, and again at Hyde...
The Kubricks return!
You asked, and we listened! London ska favourites The Kubricks return to Bures Music Festival on Saturday 7th July 🙂 With new album The Heist under their belts, The Kubricks continue to evolve their unique blend of ska supporting UB40, Bad Manners, The Toasters and...
Waterloo Sunset on Sunday!
With three albums to their name & endorsement from non other than Dave Davies himself, The Kinx have established themselves as England’s premier Kinks tribute act. Paying attention to every minute detail and adopting the classic early 1960's red hunting jacket...
Ashton Jones on BMF Saturday 2018
You’ve been asking for his return, and we’ve manage to coax Ashton and his band back to make your BMF Saturday night full of funk, soul and some serious dancing. With support slots for Grammy award winning Shalamar, shows for Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Montreux...
2018 Earlybird Adult Passes released.
It's less than a month ago that we held the most successful Bures Music Festival ever. While the memories of good times and great music are still fresh in our minds we have released our 2018 Festival Passes for sale. We sold out last year so we are offering tickets...
Thank you!
Well, BMF’s over for another year, but what a fantastic festival we had this year. And now we’ve had a little time to come back to earth, our thoughts are turning to 2018 and all the things we can do to fine tune the festival for next year. For now, BMF wants to say...






