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Upcoming gigs – information and setlists:
Saturday 27th June 2026 Earthfest at Emersons’ Green: Assemble 11.30 play in front of the Library 12.-12.45
SETLIST (Summer Tunes of Time, Place and Celebration)
1. Rogues March – Intro. Bobby . Percussion
2. 29th May – Intro: Wind: last 4 bars. Ann counts
3. Butchers of Bristol – Intro: Basses: Colin counts
4. Great Eastern Polka – Intro: Fiddles : John L. counts
Singers: tbc – audience participation
5. Wednesday Night – Intro: Wind : Ann counts
6. Sussex Cotillion – Intro. Chords. Tony counts
7. Portsmouth – Intro: Boxes : Heather M counts
8. Fairy Prince (Briggy Dance) – Intro: Basses : Colin counts- check trombones are ready !
9. Blaydon Races – Intro: Fiddles: John L counts (this will be cut if we are out of time) 10. Trumpet Hornpipe – Intro: Boxes : Intro: Heather M
11. Helston – Intro: Boxes Dance – Heather J ‘officiates’. So far we have 5 dancers
12. Let Union Be – Intro: quiet D chord, then singers sing 1st verse with quiet picking – audience participation
Assemble 11.30 am, play 12 noon – 12.45 in front of the library (outdoors, hardstanding) Park in the shopping centre car park. There are toilets in the library. There is no green room, although you can use the organisers tent in the park if needed, as last time (but it’s not secure). Travel light.
Thursday 23 July, Pensford Evergreens, 7.30pm Pensford Memorial Hall, Publow Lane, Pensford, BS39 4HW Timings:
arrive from 6.30 pm – we assemble in the room at the back of the hall and need to be ready before the opening business announcements
7.15 Opening business announcements (planned coach trips etc), then we start
8.00 End of first half
Break for raffle 20 minutes. Tea and biscuits for the band. Band are advised NOT to
buy a ticket
8.20 ‘drift ‘ back re-start
8.57 Thanks and brief prayer
9 pm We finish on the dot – or they get up and leave
NB The timing needs to be a bit flexible – real-time negotiations with their chair – “shall we
break after the next number?” etc. The break could be anything from 15 to 20 minutes
Thursday 26 November, Thornbury Stroke Support Group, 2pm Jubilee Hall, Alveston
Monday 14 December 2026, St Stephen’s lunchtime concert
Brigstowe Village Band 