BMF 2027 Events
CHORAL NIGHT
Date: Wednesday 7th July 2027
Line-up: TBC
Venue: St Marys Church
JAZZ NIGHT
Date: Thursday 8th July 2027
Line-up: TBC
Venue: St Marys Church
B-FEST
Date: Thursday 8th July 2027
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 9th July 2027
Line-up: TBC
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
Festival News
Saturday night kicks off with 80s electro grooves
Saturday night at Bures Music Festival is kicking off in style with the appearance of Suffolk-based Reno & Rome. Ready with their grooviest set, Reno & Rome are set to support The ELO Encounter and Rhapsody in the Big Top. They’re bringing original tunes and...
Bures Music Festival event tickets now available
This lovely weather means we can finally start thinking about summer and, more importantly, BMF2017. We’ve been planning like crazy for our 21st birthday, and we’ve got lots to tell you about. But first, we’re delighted to announce we are releasing individual event...
BMF Website gets an upgrade!
In preparation for the inevitable rush once the event tickets go on sale on the 1st April 2017 we have given the website an upgrade. Not only have we boosted the site speed by relocating the site on to a specialist hosting company we have also increased your security...
The Committed to bring soul to Sunday
Bures Music Festival’s Sunday line-up is hotting up, with yet another great act booked to join the party. Soul act and Commitments tribute The Committed have agreed to join Who’s Next and Doctor & The Medics on Sunday night to celebrate the festival’s 21st...
Amazing ‘The Who’ tribute act to co-headline Sunday
Said to be Europe’s premier live tribute to The Who, Who’s Next is booked to co-headline Bures Music Festival on Sunday, July 9 in the Big Top. Who’s Next captures a magical point in time when many believe that The Who were the greatest rock and roll band on earth....
Rhapsody is back for BMF 2017!
The act that created one of the biggest party nights in BMF history is returning to headline Saturday night. Thanks to the brilliant response of festival-goers in 2012 and requests to bring them back, ‘Rhapsody… Is this the real Queen’ can’t wait to help Bures Music...
Hold on Tight! The ELO Encounter to kick off Saturday night
“Not really a tribute, that cheapens what this band do, which is to transport you back to those days. So sensitively and authentically done, at times it felt like it was actually ELO being mirrored up there on the stage.” Bures Music Festival has secured The ELO...
Doctor and the Medics to headline Sunday
The ultimate masters of glam rock, Doctor and the Medics, who shot to fame worldwide in the 80s, are booked to headline BMF Sunday. The flamboyant rockers are stopping in on their whirlwind schedule to blow the roof off our Big Top in the biggest festival finale we’ve...
Christmas announcement
Hello! We wondered how we could send you all a really cool Christmas present. And we thought, why not announce the first band of 2017 – the headliner of Friday’s Blues and Rock night. And my goodness, it’s a beauty. So here goes... We’ve only gone and booked King...
A BIG THANK YOU!
Thanks to all the lovely people who attended BMF 2016 we managed to raise more than £12,500 for charity 🙂 We were delighted to distribute all the profits in a presentation ceremony last week. Among the many recipients were St Helena Hospice in Colchester and St...
Bures Music Festival is gearing up for its 21st birthday
We had an amazing 2016, but 2017 is going to be even better. It’s our 21st birthday and we’re already working on ways to make it awesome! The festival will run from July 5 to July 9, 2017 – five days of the best music and entertainment this side of the tracks. And the...
Give us your feedback to make 2017 even better
We hope you had a fantastic time at Bures Music Festival 2016. We really enjoyed ourselves and it was truly amazing to see so many happy faces throughout the weekend. But we know there are always areas that can be improved so that we can keep on getting better – and...






