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The Hills Singers: Rejoice in Summer
2025-06-14 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | St Andrew’s Church, Churchdown Road, Malvern, WR14 3JX
The Hills Singers, directed by Carol Green, present ‘Rejoice in Summer’, a concert featuring work by Gjeilo, Todd, Mozart and Handel.
Tickets: £12 (£5 for students) – available by cash or card at the door
The concert will be followed by light refreshments.

Malvern Male Voice Choir in Concert with Students from Malvern St James: 'June Serenade'
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Holy Trinity Church, North Malvern Road, Malvern, WR14 4LR
Malvern Male Voice Choir is joined by singers from Malvern St James for a concert entitled ‘June Serenade’.
Tickets: £12 (18s & under: free) to include light refreshments – available online, from Parry’s of Malvern (open Tuesday – Saturday, 9.30am – 4.15pm) or by phoning 01684 573559

The Classic Blues Show
2025-06-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Great Witley Village Hall, Worcester Road, Great Witley, WR6 6HR
The Classic Blues Show celebrates the music of BB King, Clapton, Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Peter Green and many more. It’s the result of countless years of playing and experience. Through rock, blues, jazz, prog, soul, musicals, classical and trad folk, the lifelong love of the blues has brought the six musicians in The Classic Blues Show together to create this special musical celebration.
Doors open at 7.30pm; band on stage at 8pm.
Tickets: £13.94 – available to book online

Ranagri
2025-06-14 20:00 - 22:30 | West Malvern Social Club, West Malvern Road, WR14 4AY
West Malvern Social Club is very excited to announce the return of Ranagri following the huge impact of their visit to the venue last year.
Ranagri is an award-winning folk band from Ireland and England. With a unique blend of instruments that includes voices, guitar, bouzouki, flutes, whistles, harp/electric harp, and bodhrán/drums, they create a sound that is both mesmerising and unforgettable. The band has recorded five studio albums so far, with their latest release, entitled TRADITION II, receiving critical acclaim upon its release in July 2022. Folk Radio UK placed the album in its top 10 albums of 2022, cementing the band’s status as one of the most exciting and innovative folk bands around.
Doors open at 7.30pm; music starts at 8pm.
Tickets: £19.51 (including booking fee) – available to purchase online at Ticketsource

Music in the Park 2025
2025-06-15 14:30 - 16:30, 2025-06-22 14:30 - 16:30 | Priory Park, Great Malvern
Back for 2025, join Malvern Town Council for an 18-week programme running throughout the summer months (with the exception of 6 July) that will see bands from around Worcestershire coming to play in the Priory Park Bandstand. There is something for everyone, with many genres covered over the season including brass band, jazz, pop, folk, blues and many more.
All concerts run from 2.30pm – 4.30pm (except 17 August 2025, when there will be an earlier start with an additional band at 1pm) and are free to attend.
Bring a rug or folding chair to sit on if you wish. It’s just a three-minute walk from the park to some of Great Malvern’s wide range of shops and cafes, where you can purchase a drink, lunch or treat to enjoy whilst listening to the music. This is a family-friendly event and well-behaved dogs are welcome (on a lead) in Priory Park.
Programme for 2025
Sunday 11 May: Worcestershire Youth Concert Band
Sunday 18 May: Waiting for Gary
Sunday 25 May: Impact Steel
Sunday 1 June: Appleby Stone
Sunday 8 June: Malvern Hills District Brass Band
Sunday 15 June: Sunset Levels
Sunday 22 June: West Coast Sound
Sunday 29 June: Band yet to be confirmed
Sunday 13 July: Band yet to be confirmed
Sunday 20 July: The Barflys
Sunday 27 July: Family3Steel Band
Sunday 3 August: Totally Stu’d
Sunday 10 August: Nothin’ but Dust
Sunday 17 August: Tewkesbury Town Band (preceded by additional band at 1pm)
Sunday 24 August: Lee Richardson & Friends
Sunday 31 August: Bourbon Alley
Sunday 7 September: Flat Tonic
Sunday 14 September: Worcester Concert Band – cancelled due to weather

Queen of the Night: A Tribute to Whitney
2025-06-19 19:45 - 22:00 | Malvern Theatres, WR14 3HB
After selling 100,000 tickets in 2024, including a UK arena tour and sold-out shows at the Royal Albert Hall, the London Palladium and other UK venues, Queen Of The Night – A Tribute to Whitney Houston returns to celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2025.
The show is a celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of all time: Whitney Houston.
Enjoy the ultimate tribute to Whitney’s remarkable musical repertoire in an electrifying production that honours her timeless songs with sensational vocalists and a full live band.
Prepare to be blown away by an special journey through three decades of all-time hits including I Wanna Dance With Somebody, One Moment In Time, I’m Every Woman, I Will Always Love You, My Love Is Your Love, So Emotional, Run To You, Saving All My Love, How Will I Know, Million Dollar Bill and The Greatest Love Of All, plus many more.
Please note that this is a tribute production not associated with the Estate of Whitney Houston.

ABBA Sensation
2025-06-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Regal Tenbury Wells, 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells WR15 8AE
After another sold-out concert, we simply had to get an extra date and this is it! So do not miss out – book today.
Widely regarded as one of the best ever ABBA tribute Acts, they play to packed theatres and festivals all over Europe. It’s a stunning stage show that combines costume changes, lighting effects and a faithful reproduction of the ABBA sound, meaning a great evening’s entertainment is guaranteed for guests of all ages.
The band loves audience participation, so you can feel free to sing along, clap or even get up and dance.
Please note, this band’s concerts tend to sell out very quickly, so please book your tickets as soon as possible to secure a great night out.

A Beautiful Thread – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music
2025-06-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Malvern Theatres, WR14 3HB
Performed by Anton Lesser, Lucia Bonbright and Orchestra of the Swan.
Starring acclaimed actor Anton Lesser, A Beautiful Thread weaves Thomas Hardy’s life – dramatic as any of his narratives – with his beautiful poetry and great novels, including Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure.
Hardy included more music in his work than any other writer, and Orchestra of the Swan’s Artistic Director, David Le Page, has created a musical programme of shimmering beauty – a Mellstock folk band style, that brings together West Gallery music with Holst, Warlock and contemporary folk. Adapted by Deirdre Shields, Hardy’s extraordinary writing shines as brightly as ever in this magical evening of literary and musical beauty.

Malvern Community String Orchestra - Summer Concert
2025-06-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern, WR14 3BG
Malvern Community String Orchestra presents its annual summer concert, which will be held at Christ Church in Avenue Road.
The programme will include works by Britten, Gershwin and Parry.
Tickets cost £10 (free for under 18s) and are available on the door (cash or card accepted).

Summer Organ Concert
2025-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 | St James’s Church, West Malvern Road, Malvern, WR14 4BB
Iain Simcock, previously organist at Abbaye de Solesmes (France), Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, plays Louis Vierne’s Fifth Symphony.
Tickets: £10 on the door

Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo and Requiem by Maurice Durufle
2025-06-21 18:30 - 20:30 | Great Malvern Priory, WR14 2AY
Cheltenham Bach Choir presents a concert at Great Malvern Priory featuring the effervescent and colourful Sunrise Mass by the popular Norwegian-American composer, Ola Gjeilo, alongside Duruflé’s passionate and opaque Requiem. With two of the rising stars of the UK singing scene, Nancy Holt and Patrick Keefe, joining the choir as soloists, this promises to be a special event of the highest quality music-making.
Tickets: Adults £20 / £5 students and children aged 18 and under – available from Malvern Tourist Information Centre and online at Ticketsource

Keith Little Quartet (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Bar 7, 57 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HN, United Kingdom
Free entry
Keith Little (piano) has spent many years playing in Germany but has now come back to Cardiff, where he started his playing career. The quartet features acclaimed reeds player Zoltan Sagi. Zoltan studied clarinet at college with Robert Earle and later Frank Allen (CBSO). He draws much inspiration on Saxophone from Johnny Hodges, Cannonball Adderley and Stan Getz. His early experience was with dance bands, and New Orleans jazz, playing with Dan Pawson. After a period in music education, he spent 3 years with Chris Barber. He has played with many exceptional musicians in top class bands including the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. Completing the quartet are Rachel Hayward (guitar) and Bill Lynn (bass).

Panama Jazz Quartet (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-27 20:00 - 22:00 | The Muggery, The Muggery, 58 Old St, Upton upon Severn, Worcester WR8 0HW, Upton - upon - Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HW, United Kingdom
Free entry
This lively New Orleans quartet have played at many jazz clubs, social clubs, etc over the years, including many trips to Northern Spain and Brittany. Tom Doughty (trumpet and vocals), Clive Johnstone (clarinet, saxophones and vocals), Alan ‘Oggy’ Hogg (banjo, guitar and vocals) and Keith Tolley (double bass and vocals).

Malvern Jazz Jam (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-27 20:00 - 22:00 | The Swan Hotel, Waterside, Upton - upon - Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0JD
Free entry
For many years there was a Jam at Upton, and after last year’s success we warmly welcome Roy Snook, his team, and the excellent and supportive house band who have made the Jam a success in West Malvern (first Friday of each month at West Malvern Social Club). Please come along with voice or instrument, and book yourself in for a number or two. All welcome and you don’t have to be a virtuoso – mistakes happen, the occasional note is fluffed, but it’s always fun.

Music at the Musuem (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 | Tudor House Museum, 16 Church Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HT
Free entry
There will be Music at the Museum all afternoon, in the beautiful garden and inside if necessary. Tea, coffee and cake, too.
1pm – 1.45pm: The Foregate Brothers
Andy and David are a quirky and irreverent guitar/vocals duo, playing the lighter side of jazz from the 20s to the 50s, with a smattering of humorous originals and the occasional blues thrown in for good measure. Working on the philosophy of ‘what’s the worst that could happen’ means that literally anything could!
2pm – 2.45pm: Fishmongers Friends
Kicked off our 7th Upton Jazz Fringe. The Friends are a Herefordshire based, mixed shanty group who sing to raise money for St Michaels Hospice so please give generously.
3pm – 3.45pm: Len Cole Saxtet
The Len Cole Saxtet was formed and inspired by the late Len Cole from Earls Croome. Six saxophones – Karen, Angie, Angela, May, Dave and Jon – will play familiar upbeat numbers ranging from the Beatles, St Louis Blues and Birdland and ending with a rock ’n roll finale.
4pm – 5.15pm: Worcester Ukulele Band
The band has played gigs around Worcester and beyond for many years. We entertain audiences with lively renditions of songs from the early 20th century to the present day… we take on all challenges, we encourage audience participation and hope you leave with a smile and feeling uplifted. We raise around £20,000 a year!! Our charity for this year is MAGGS, giving hope to the homeless.

Upton Jazz Fringe - Saturday (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 | The Swan Hotel, Waterside, Upton - upon - Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0JD
The Swan Hotel hosts the Upton Jazz Fringe on Saturday and Sunday.
Programme for Saturday 28 June
12pm – 12.45pm: Fishmongers Friends
Local band kicks off our 7th Upton Jazz Fringe. The Friends are a Herefordshire based, mixed shanty group who sing to raise money for St Michael’s Hospice so please give generously. Anything goes at the Fringe!
1pm – 1.30pm: Max Dmytruk
Maksym and his family were welcomed in Upton under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. Max is a professional musician (saxes, clarinet and flute) of over 20 years standing. He once played with the great Bob Wilber who also played Upton. We’re delighted to have Max back at Upton Jazz. If you admire Strayhorn and Desmond then you’ll love Max!
2.15pm – 3.30pm: A Touch of Jazz
Fringe regulars from Malvern, and the house band for the very popular Malvern Jazz Jam (first Friday every month). A Touch of Jazz aptly describes what these experienced players offer. Great Jazz standards, maybe a cool Bebop tune, or a copacabana flavoured bossa. With Kate Hill on keyboard, Steve Gallaghan on bass, David Balen on drums and Roy Snook on saxes.
4.15pm – 6.15pm: Shades on Black
Shades on Black are a 12 piece based around Stratford upon Avon playing vocals and instrumentals from the 20s on, incorporating Latin through to more modern jazz interpretations. Expect a wide range from fast paced charts to slow emotive ballads, with vocalist Angie, and the band consisting of Geoff, James, Jon, Marie and Rose on clarinets/ saxes, Matt, Harrison and Mike on trumpet/ trombones, Tom on keys, Callum on bass and Steve on cajon.
7pm – 8.30pm: Natural Right Band
Anything goes at the Fringe…Natural Right are a Reggae/Ska band that have been creating their own, original, music. They have a unique sound that fuses Reggae with indie and ska vibes. Like the Specials, they offer some edgy social comment too. Their energetic performances are sure to get the crowd moving. They have recently supported Captain Accident, Buster Shuffle, The Kubricks, The Skapones & The Undercover Hippy; and now they are welcome in Upton.
9pm – 10.30pm: Tunehead
Funk, soul and acid jazz is at the heart and soul of this 5 piece band. Tunehead play for you the music closest to their hearts – a funky, jazzy and edgy blend of irresistibly danceable music – echoes of Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, The Average White Band or Grover Washington, conjuring up memories of good times. Party time at the Swan Hotel…!

Malvern Food & Music Festival
2025-06-28 11:00 - 2025-06-29 19:00 | Malvern Rugby Club, Spring Lane, Malvern, WR14 1AJ
FAB Food & Music Festival is coming to Malvern in 2025 for the weekend of Saturday 28 June (11am – 10.30pm) & Sunday 29 June (11am – 7pm) at Malvern Rugby Club.
Early bird day ticket prices start at just £2.50, with kids 4 & under free.
The festival promises two days of epic tribute acts (Red Hot Chili Peppers & Dua Lipa tributes on Saturday; Madonna and Bon Jovi tributes on Sunday), plus local cover bands & funky DJ sets.
With fantastic world street foods, mouth-watering sweet treats and artisan traders showcasing food, drink & gifts, the festival will also feature a kids’ zone offering funfair rides, bouncy castles, arts & crafts fun, glitter tattoos, unicorn hair, plus, on Sunday from 2pm – 3pm, Elsa & Spiderman meet & greet and photos.
Even more to enjoy: clairvoyant and crystals stall; BK Piercing for all your piercings; and Breast Cancer Now charity stall.
Dogs on leads are welcome at this event.

Fishmongers Friends (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 12:00 - 13:00 | The Swan Hotel, Waterside, Upton - upon - Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0JD
Free entry
Fishmongers Friends, a local shanty choir, kick off our 7th Upton Jazz Fringe. Anything goes at the Fringe!

Ben Holder Quartet (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 12:00 - 14:30 | Upton Parish Church (St Peter and St Paul’s), Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcs, WR8 0JQ, United Kingdom
Entry by wristband
Ben Holder is the most acclaimed and exciting jazz violinist in the UK. His classical studies began at the age of six and were complemented by training at the Birmingham Conservatoire. An introduction to jazz came in his early teens – classic masters such as Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Stephane Grappelli – and led Ben to truly find his place as a musician. Ben possesses an innate sense of swing rhythm (something which often eludes classical players), breath-taking technical ability and true showmanship on stage. He offers flawless musicianship, heaps of energy and personality and a visible passion for his craft. Ben’s various awards bear testimony to these abilities. Often playing across the UK, Europe and further afield, he is a first-call jazz violinist for many of the country’s top venues, line-ups and studios. Ben Holder’s Hot Club Quartet is an exciting line-up of talented musicians. Led by young jazz virtuoso Ben Holder on violin and vocals, the quartet benefits from the slick guitar stylings of Dominic Ashworth, with Paul Jefferies on bass and Nick Millward on drums. You can expect the best of Hot Club Gypsy Swing with top-notch musicianship and musicality plus energy and excitement in abundance. A show not just of great music, but also of great rapport and entertainment.

Cate Cody Trio (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 12:00 - 14:30 | The Boathouse, Waterside, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HG, United Kingdom
Free entry
Many of the songs Cate choose to put her stamp on belong to that great age of song sophistication, coming from the pen of the masters of the ‘jazz age’. She does full justice to them, their melodies caressing, lyrics expressing, reflecting on their subtleties and breathing new life into them. Cate is delighted to be accompanied by Dave Green (bass) and Dave Newton (piano). Growing up in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Newton had a musical upbringing with the piano trio sound of Peterson, Tatum or Garner an ever-present feature in the Newton household. After graduating from Leeds College of Music in 1979 and working in the north of thecountry for a while, he moved to London where he rapidly became a much sought after pianist teaming up with Alan Barnes, guitarist Martin Taylor and saxophonist Don Weller. He has worked regularly with Carol Kidd, Marion Montgomery, Tina May, Annie Ross, Claire Martin and of course Stacey Kent. David Newton was voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz awards for the thirteenth time in 2014 and was made a Fellow of Leeds College of Music in 2003.

Brian Chell and Dominic Steele (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 12:00 - 15:00
Free entry
Performing at The Muggery from 12pm on Saturday and at Mojito’s from 3.30pm on Sunday
Brian Chell is a regular performer in the Midlands and North West and features the music of guitar greats such as Kessel, Montgomery, and Joe Pass. Brian has played alongside many top British jazz greats. He was for many years the jazz guitar tutor at Keele University. Today he is joined by up and coming jazz singer Dominic Steele who is making a name for himself on the London jazz scene singing in the style of Sinatra, Bennett and Nat King Cole.

Dave Vaughan Swingtet (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 13:00 - 15:30 | Bar 7, 57 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HN, United Kingdom
Free entry
From the borders of Devon and Cornwall comes this swinging seven piece band led by Dave Vaughan (reeds and vocals), who has worked in jazz and
function bands for the past twenty years. His passion for swing and blues add a strong influence to the band’s sound. Joining Dave are Arthur Brown (trumpet and vocals), Ian Emby (guitar and vocals), Paul Barnham (keyboard), Barry Stanford (Trombone), Mike Sayer (double bass) and Brian Clark (drums).

Rico’s Littlest Big Band with Cia Tomasso (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 13:30 - 16:00 | Upton Memorial Hall, 8 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HA, United Kingdom
Entry by wristband
Enrico Tomasso is considered one of the top jazz trumpeters on the jazz scene and six times winner of best trumpet category in the British Jazz Awards. He playsthe top festivals and jazz clubs around the world, having an exciting presence and dynamic personality on stage. His command of the instrument and broad stylistic ability place him in demand in the recording world. He met and was mentored by Louis Armstrong as a child and met and played with many more of the ‘Jazz Maestros’ on his journey.
Cia Tomasso steered her education towards music and jazz during secondary school and started sitting in with informal jazz sessions at 15. Her influence is from a really wide spectrum of listening which has resulted in a unique style, singing with a joyful and relaxed feeling. Rico’s Littlest Big Band is a play on the description of The John Kirby Band of the late 30’s, ‘The Biggest Little Band’. Rico has been playing these wonderful transcriptions for many years but now includes the vocal arrangements in the same engaging style as a showcase for Cia Tomasso’s wonderful interpretations.
Robert Fowler and Trevor Whiting take on the clarinet and sax duties whilst the swinging rhythm section is Colin Good, John Sutton and Jerome Davies.

Max Dmytruk (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 14:15 - 15:15 | Mojito’s, High Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HJ, United Kingdom
Free entry
Max returns to Mojitos, with an hour of superb solo saxophone; a real treat.

Foregate Brothers (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 15:30 - 16:30 | Mojito’s, High Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HJ, United Kingdom
Free entry
The brothers will take their caravan of quirkiness from the Museum and squeeze into the corner of their favourite venue, Mojitos. Something to do with pizza?

Amy Roberts Quartet (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 15:30 - 18:00 | Upton Parish Church (St Peter and St Paul’s), Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcs, WR8 0JQ, United Kingdom
Entry by wristband
The Amy Roberts Quintet features two of the most exciting and versatile musicians on the jazz scene today. Both multi-instrumentalists, they perform an eclectic range of high-octane music on a range of clarinets, saxophones and flute. With inspiration drawn from the all-time heroes of reed players, Amy Roberts performs well crafted arrangements that pay homage to Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Earl Bostic, Charlie Parker and many more. Making up the quintet are John Hallam (reeds), Tom Kincaid (piano), Nick Millward (drums) and Tom Clarke-Hill (bass).

Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Academy GYJO combo Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 16:00 - 19:00 | Upton Baptist Church, Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcs, WR8 0HN, United Kingdom
Free entry
Gloucestershire Music return with their Gloucestershire Jazz Live [GJL] music centre. Youth groups GYJA andGYJO will feature as well as their combos, a brief GJL jam session spot, plus the adult band Jazz2Go will have their Upton debut too. Expect genres, styles and idioms right from the roots of 20th century Jazz right up to modern day influences.

Andy Leggett’s Centenary Serenaders (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 16:30 - 19:00 | Bar 7, 57 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HN, United Kingdom
Free entry
Following on the success of The Sopranos, this is an exciting six piece jazz band, formed in 2021 by reeds man Andy Leggett, playing a wide variety of swinging jazz with influences ranging from New Orleans, to Arlo Guthrie, via Sydney Bechet, Johnny Dodds and Jimmy Noon. The front line is completed by Dave Deakin on trombone, and Ceri Williams on trumpet, with Rachel Hayward on guitar and banjo, Bill Frampton on double bass and Paul Archibald on drums.

Alex Clarke Quartet – The Cole Porter Songbook (Upton Jazz Festival)
2025-06-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Upton Memorial Hall, 8 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HA, United Kingdom
Entry by wristband
Alex Clarke (reeds), a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and three-time Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominee, is recognised as one of the most in-demand saxophonists on the British jazz scene. Rooted in the bebop & swing traditions, her powerful, melodic playing draws inspiration from the likes of Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt & Cannonball Adderley. Alex has performed with notable names such as Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams & Mark Nightingale and regularly works with top ensembles including The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra. Leading her own quartet featuring some of the UK’s finest musicians, namely Dave Newton (piano), Dave Green (bass) and Steve Brown (drums), she released her latest album ‘Only A Year’ in 2022. For this afternoon’s performance, Alex’s quartet will be exploring the music of Cole Porter, performing innovative arrangements of his repertoire from the 1930s and 40s and featuring iconic songs from his most loved musicals such as Kiss Me Kate, Jubilee & Anything Goes.
