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
Tonight we have The Pretty Things, Henry Padovani and La Vendore Rogue!
An amazing night ahead with legends The Pretty Things and Henry Padovani - plus local cross-genre-roots quintet La Vendore Rogue. We can’t wait! Proposed timings for Friday 11th July La Vendore Rogue - 7.15pm Henry Padovani - 8.30pm The Pretty Things - 9.45pm The...
Fab Fest Food!
Fab music? Tick. Great location? Tick. Well-stocked bar? Double tick. But what about food you may ask? Well, Dolvinny Catering have got plenty to tickle your tastebuds over the next five days. From curries to mexican wraps, falafels to hog roast and every fast food in...
ATTENTION ALL ONLINE TICKET HOLDERS!
We are improving things each year and have this lovely new website and online ticketing system. As usual there are teething problems and if you bought your tickets before last week you should have been informed on your ticket confirmation email that (unless you buy...
Roger Odell returns to host Jazznights presents!
Not only do we have legends Alan Barnes and Roger Beaujolais (see older posts), but we also have Larraine Odell and The Jazznights Trio to kick off the night. Larraine Odell began her career with the group CMU and has since performed with Jimpster at Ronnie Scott’s...
Child and Youth Tickets
As a family friendly event we offer some excellent options for bringing you children with you to enjoy the music. To ensure that we can control the number of children all children under 16 must have a valid ticket to gain entry to the festival. All primary school...
BMF is greening up its act!
This year the team behind BMF have not only been working hard to bring you five days of brilliant music, we’ve also been looking at ways to improve our impact on the countryside. Fact: we’ve served over 60,000 pints since the first Bures Music Festival back in 1997....
The Pretty Things are coming to Bures
FRIDAY HEADLINE ACT CONFIRMED! Amazing news! BMF has hit the big time. We’ve secured rock legends “The Pretty Things” for Blues and Rock night on Friday. Comprising guitarist Dick Taylor - who started The Rolling Stones with Mick and Keith - alongside Frank Holland,...
Choral night is booked! Funky Voices are coming to town.
We’ve got a brilliant act for Wednesday’s Choral Night. Funky Voices is a choir with all the energy and passion you’ll need to lift you gently over hump day and transport you towards the weekend. We hear there’ll be 60-odd performers in St Mary’s Church. Come and see...
LaVendore Rogue complete Friday’s Blues and Rock night.
Remember Hokie Joint from 2012? How could anyone forget their amazing performance? Well, they’ve regrouped as LaVendore Rogue and are bringing their “in-your-face, cross-genre-roots music” to Friday's Blues and Rock night to complete the line-up with The Pretty Things...
Dumbfoundus is booked to bring reggae beats to BMF Sunday.
What haven’t we got already on Sunday? Reggae of course. So who better than Dumbfoundus to bring some mellow, chilled reggae sounds to BMF – all the way from the balmy and exotic Norfolk coast. See, no one can say BMF’s not cool. For more on Sunday's line-up, click...
Thursday night’s complete. We’ve booked Larraine Odell and the Jazznights Trio.
Wow, the night just gets better. Back by popular demand this year, super soulful jazz performer Larraine Odell is gracing our stage for Jazznights Presents on Thursday. She’s backed by the brilliant Jazznights Trio – regulars on the professional jazz scene. Only the...
Let’s rockabilly out at BMF on Sunday. We’ve got The Humdingers!
We came across this review: "A band called The Humdingers played. They looked a bit like they'd just escaped from the set of "Deliverance" and they played a sort of skiffle music..." No idea who wrote it, but it’s good enough for us. The Humdingers sound perfect in...






