BMF 2025 Events
CHORAL NIGHT
Date: Wednesday 9th July 2025
STOUR VALLEY SINGERS and British soprano JESSICA EDOM-CAREY
Venue: St Marys Church
JAZZ NIGHT
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025
Line-up:
ART THEMEN ORGAN TRIO
with special guest Denny Ilett.
Venue: St Marys Church
B-FEST
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025
Showcase for young performers aged 9 to 19
Just a £1 donation for a ticket for all ages!
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
FRIDAY NIGHT
Date: Friday 11th July 2025
Line-up:
WHEN RIVERS MEET
BRAVE RIVAL
MIM GREY (duo)
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
SATURDAY
Date: Saturday 12th July 2025
Line-up: DAVID LIVE (Bowie tribute), GOOD TIMES (Chic tribute), THE DOWNSETTERS, WILSWOOD BUOYS, SLATER, THE CABIN BAND & THE WASHED UP FOLK BAND.
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
SUNDAY
Date: Sunday 13th July 2025
Line-up: YOUNG ELTON (Elton John Tribute), THE COMMITTED, LIANNE KAYE, KOPY KATZ, SKA TOWN SYNDICATE & BEER VALLEY DRIFTERS.
Venue: Recreation Ground – Big Top
Festival News
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...
Feel the vibes at Jazznights. Roger Beaujolais is joining us.
If you’re into your jazz you’ll know that a vibraphone can blow your mind while soothing your soul. And Roger Beaujolais is the best vibes player the jazz world can offer. Even if you don’t know what a vibraphone is, come along to Thursday’s Jazznights and find out....
Motown, pop and party tunes set to get the Sunday crowds moving.
Jupiter Ray are just what we’ll need to forget Saturday night’s hangovers and get on the dance floor. They’re festie regulars, with members who hail from awesome bands such as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. If they can get the Glastonbury crowds going, they’ll have no...
A second headliner for Saturday night? It’s going to be epic!
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life. Oh yes - it’s Abba people. Everyone loves a bit of Abba so we’re bringing in the unstoppable tribute band Planet Abba to co-headline with Fleetwood Bac for our mega double-act Saturday night. Bring two pairs...
Oh we’re so lucky. The Jim Jims have agreed to play on Sunday.
Oh là là! Chanson Francaise anyone? You’d better come along to BMF on Sunday because The Jim Jims are oh so very smooth and oh so very wonderful. Mais oui. Be prepared to fall under their sexy spell. For more about Sunday's line-up, click here.
Face Furniture set to charm the Sunday crowd.
Fancy a taste of something different for your perfect BMF Sunday? We’ve just booked Face Furniture – yes, funny name, funny guys. You’ll love this pair and their comic, poetic musings to music. For more about Sunday's line-up, click here.
Our superstar line-up continues… We’ve got Henry Padovani – original guitarist from The Police!
Who’s coming to Friday’s Blues and Rock night? Everyone! Because Henry Padovani - formerly of The Police and an X-Factor France judge - is coming to perform on our very own stage at the BMF. He’s supporting his old mates The Pretty Things so get ready for a night of...
Sunday’s hotting up! Indie band Frett is new on the bill.
Ooooh these guys are good. Can you picture yourself relaxing in the warm, hazy sunshine with a pint in hand listening to some Radioheady, Floydy, Everything Everything - type sounds? Good, because local superstars Frett are set to provide some mellow indie heaven for...