2023 Line up to be confirmed soon…
Choral
Date: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Venue: St Marys Church
Friday Night
Date: Friday 7th July 2023
Venue: Recreation Ground
Jazz Night
Date: Thursday 6th July 2023
Venue: St Marys Church
Saturday
Date: Saturday 8th July 2023
Venue: Recreation Ground
B-Fest - showcase for young performers
Date: Thursday 6th July 2023
Venue: Recreation Ground
Sunday
Date: Sunday 9th July 2023
Venue: Recreation Ground
Festival News
BMF’s back and tickets are on sale now!
Bures Music Festival has announced its joyful comeback from the restrictions of the past two years with a special 25th Anniversary event from 6th to 10th July, with many special guests and surprises in store. Preparations are fully underway, and organisers of the...
Bures Music Festival 2021 postponed until 2022
We’re so very sorry to announce that we must sadly postpone Bures Music Festival for one more year. There are a number of reasons for this. The government has made it clear that June 21st is the ‘earliest’ possible date for lifting restrictions and it’s just too close...
Bures Music Festival 2020 postponement
As you may know, the UK government has advised that because of coronavirus, restrictions on mass gatherings may not be lifted for some months. Because of this, we’re very sad to say we have no option but to postpone the festival until 6th – 10th July 2022. But there’s...
Are you ready for some GOOD TIMES?!
Endorsed by Ralph Rolle drummer with Nile Rodgers & Chic, GOOD TIMES are an amazingly funky 9 piece band who play completely live and are guaranteed to having you dancing to a full set of Chic classics as well as Nile Rodgers' & Bernard Edwards' produced hits...
THE BLOCKHEADS playing BMF 2020
We have been trying to book them for a number of years, so are over the moon to get them as headliner on Friday 10th July. I’m not sure they need any introduction, however if they do.... Rarely off the road since the demise of Ian Dury in 2000, but now with Derek...
WE WON EAFN SUFFOLK FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR!
Thanks to all you wonderful BMFers for coming to our little festival and for voting. We were up against some huge festivals so being a small charity event - with all of us being volunteers - it really does mean a huge amount to every single one of us. Onwards and...
2020 Saturday headliners: THE FILLERS
Playing as far afield as the Dominican Republic and recently Mexico filling in for The Killers, the band have played to audiences of up to 30,000 people since forming in 2006. Having been lauded by The Killers themselves, they are coming to Bures to play back to back...
Madness Tribute on Sunday!
On Sunday 12th July we close BMF 2020 with The Los Palmas 6 - unquestionably the best Madness tribute band in the world. Sax player Steve Turner played sax with Madness for eight years and recorded three albums with them.Both Lee Thompson and Woody from Madness have...
BMF donates over £15,000 to charities
Local charities have expressed their gratitude to this year’s Bures Music Festival at our recent presentation evening at The Eight Bells, Bures. We raised more than £15,000 for charities, and were delighted to distribute all the profits to worthy causes. This year we...
Thank you!
Thank you all for making it the best BMF ever! Slightly incorrect information (we actually SOLD OUT all 1400 tickets on Saturday and Sunday) but we made the front page of The Suffolk Free Press last week! See you next year :-)...
Saturday and Sunday are SOLD OUT. No tickets available.
Unfortunately for those without a ticket there are no more tickets available for sale.
BMF 2019 – Jazznights Thursday 11th July – St. Mary’s Church
Bures Music Festival is sorry to announce that due to a bereavement, Julian Marc Stringle can no longer perform for us tonight. Our thoughts are with Julian and his family. The incredible multi-instrumentalist Harry Green has kindly stepped in at short notice. Doors...