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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
Bring on the Night!
What night? BMF Saturday night. Because The Secret Police are headlining alongside Bootleg Blondie. The Secret Police is the world’s longest running Police tribute band. Three incredible musicians recreate the sound of The Police during the time they dominated the...
BMF Saturday is going to get HOT!
Hot Tramp is a contemporary blues rock ’n roll trio from Ipswich. Drawing inspiration from the great electric blues bands of the 60s while adding a touch of soulful R&B, they aim not to reinvent the wheel but rather to keep it rolling. Hot Tramp injects youthful...
Ady Johnson returns!
BMF welcomes back Ady Johnson and his band. His sound is described as ‘Graham Coxon’s Spinning Top colliding with Tom Waits’ Bone Machine’. His new EP ‘Thank You for the Good Things’, produced by award winning producer Gerry Diver, has been met with rave reviews, as...
High energy start to Saturday night!
This band is fast becoming a festival favourite and it’s not hard to see why. The Turner Brothers know how to get people on their feet and dancing. They’re booked for BMF and we can’t think of a better way to get the party started. Originally from Watford, brothers...
Megastar to bring world-class blues to BMF Friday
Friday night at BMF just got very exciting indeed. How do we feel about having a Grammy-award winning artist in our midst? That’s right, we’re very, very happy to welcome blues musician Alvin Youngblood Hart and his band Muscle Theory to our festival. The likes of Bob...
All you need is love on Sunday
In the wake of sad news of George Martin, we’re honoured to announce our next band for BMF. There’s no greater and more fitting finale to BMF 2016 than the fabulous Counterfeit Beatles! The Counterfeit Beatles are huge in the UK and internationally. They’ve headlined...
Classic act returns for BMF Friday
We’re honoured and delighted to announce that the one and only, amazing and all-time favourite classic blues band Dr Feelgood is returning to headline our Friday night. From Canvey Island, Essex, Dr Feelgood have played at Bures Music Festival twice before, and we had...
Explosive headliner for BMF Saturday
Things are getting serious BMF friends. We’ve got a blinder of a headliner for Saturday and it’s just not possible to keep it to ourselves any longer… There are tribute acts and there are tribute triumphs. This band, ladies and gentlemen, is a triumph. Bootleg Blondie...
First 2016 band announcement!
Hello festivalers! 2016 is well and truly underway, and so is the planning for BMF 2016 🙂 It’s our 20th anniversary this year, so you know that means we’re doing everything we can to make it the best one yet. You wouldn’t believe what we’ve got happening, and we...
Line up for 2016 nearly complete!
We've been busy little bees booking the bands virtually since the day our 2015 festival ended and we've nearly completed the 2016 line up already! We can honestly say BMF20 going to be the biggest and best yet! There are only a couple of afternoon slots left, so if...