Conducted by Kenneth Roberts Featuring the Bexhill Festival Choirled byLorraine Barryand guest soloist Thomasin Trezise. The first half features popular music celebrating the ‘Spirit of the Dance’, featuring music by Tchaikovsky(Waltz of the Flowers from ‘The Nutcracker’), Dvorak(Slavonic Dance), Bizet(Habanera/Danse Bohemien from ‘Carmen’), Boccherini(Minuet), Frederick Loewe (I Could Have Danced all Night from ‘My Fair […]
Welcome to The Bexhill Festival of Music 2025
This is our 16th Annual Festival, celebrating Live and Local Music throughout the Town.
You will notice that our “Proms Night” at the De La Warr Pavilion has had to
be brought forward to Sunday 18th May 2025 and will start our Festival this year.
The Festival includes a full variety of performers and musicians, professional
and amateur, ranging from internationally and nationally renowned orchestras
and performers down to individual musicians, all committed to playing
wonderful Live Music.
At the centre of the Festival, on Wednesday 18th June 2025 at the DLWP, you will find the Schools Summer Big Sing. This is where pupils and students from our local schools and colleges get to perform in this internationally renowned iconic building, accompanied by live professional musicians. This goes to the heart of one of the Festival’s central aims – nurturing music with our young people.
Huge thanks go to Bexhill Lions for their financial support and attendance
at the Big Sing.
Our thanks extend also to Bexhill Town Council for their grant-aid this year. The Advertisers in this booklet also financially support the Festival with their sponsorship; our thanks extend to them and, once again, to McPhersons – our Accountants.
To all our friends at the DLWP, thank you for your continued support over the years as a crucial partner in delivering this Festival.
If you like what the Festival is doing, and feel you may have something positive to give, the Trustees are looking for another active member. Please feel free to contact Brian for a chat.
Hope you like our new addition – the centre-spread venues location map – conceived and designed by our excellent Graphic Designer Tony Lindfield.
We hope you will attend as many events as you can. Many are free to
attend and many raise money for local and national charities.
Brian Beeston
Chairman
info@bexhillfestivalofmusic.co.uk
News & Reviews
What’s On (full listing on Events page)
Music under a New Sky – WEDNESDAY MAY 28
Featuring Tristan Fry (percussion), Paul Morgan (double bass), Mike Hatchard (keyboards/violin and vox). Three musicians with a stunning list of credits between them (Tristan Fry was the percussionist with Sky and has worked with all the major orchestras; Paul Morgan’s played with just about everybody including the Buddy Rich Orchestra and the Robbie Williams Big […]
Half-term Concert with Heathfield Silver Band at Bexhill Heritage Coronation Bandstand – SATURDAY MAY 31
Battle Ukulele Band – 1pm-1.45pmJoin this 15 strong ukulele band for a fun afternoon of music and song, performing a range of hits from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s and more. Any donations to Battle Food Bank. Heathfield Silver Band – 2pm-3.45pmHeathfield Silver Band is a lively local brass band that has been in existence […]
ContraBand Big band – an evening of Swing and Latin numbers – TUESDAY JUNE 03
ContraBand continues to be a 17 piece big band playing swing jazz, latin and other styles of music. We have been in our current formation since Covid. We rehearse weekly and have enjoyed gigging last year both indoors and also outdoors on bandstands. We are delighted to be involved with the festival again and this […]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Tchaikovsky THURSDAY – JUNE 05
Programme MENDELSSOHN Overture:Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)HAYDN Trumpet Concerto Interval TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 5 Gergely Madaras, ConductorMatthew Williams, Trumpet Spend a summer’s evening with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) at The De La Warr Pavillion as part of the Bexhill Festival of Music. Opening the concert is Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, a score inspired by a trip to […]
Brian Cope – FRIDAY JUNE 06
Brian is a local singer/songwriter with a keen interest in blues and roots American music. A story teller at heart his songs draw on the history and culture of the southern states of the USA. Bexhill Heritage Coronation Bandstand,De La Warr Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1JS From 2pm-3pm. Free event.
Crispian Steele-Perkins – FRIDAY JUNE 06
Eminent trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins is a local musician who has already played a couple of times with the St. Peter’s Choir. He will be doing a concert in which he will play his 8 different trumpets in a quasi-lecture describing the development of this wonderful instrument. He will be accompanied by Mark Shepherd the excellent […]
Rother Community Choir proudly presents: ‘Hello Summertime’ – SATURDAY JUNE 07
Rother Community Choir are a large adult choir who sing for fun and to raise money for St Michael’s Hospice and Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice. Enjoy an evening of live music and choral harmony singing. We sing anything from pop to musicals so something for everyone. This concert will feature a VE Day 80th […]
