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Bingley Music Live is an annual music festival held in Myrtle Park, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England. The festival features a range of musical genres including rock, alternative rock, indie rock and pop music. Organised by Bradford Council, it is held on the Saturday and Sunday at the end August, with one of the days having free admission. First held in 2007 it was shortlisted in the ‘Best New Festival’ category of the Virtual Festival Awards The ethos of the event is to present high quality music at an affordable price and give a platform for local bands from across West Yorkshire to a large audience.
History
Bingley Music Live evolved from a previous event at the same venue called Music At Myrtle. Music at Myrtle was first held in 1991, had free admission, and featured headline performances by tribute acts and bands from the 1960s and 1970s, such as The Searchers, Alvin Stardust, local band Smokie, Suzi Quatro, Showaddywaddy, Hot Chocolate, Edwin Starr and Boney M.
In 1998, it became a two day event with the addition of The Pulse Party in The Park (external link). Programming for the Party in the Park was by local radio station, Pulse FM and featured contemporary pop acts, such as Rachel Stevens, McFly, Liberty X, Busted and Gareth Gates. In this format, it continued successfully for eight years.
In February 2007, it was announced that the event was to be cancelled because of escalating costs, shrinking audiences and a decline in support from the music industry for this type of event. Bradford Council took on the sole responsibility for organising the event giving it a new identity as Bingley Music Live in September that year.
In 2009 the format is to be a free family night followed by a ticketed Saturday and Sunday lineup.
Bingley Music Live 2007
Saturday 1 September Line up: From the Jam, The Bluetones, White Light Parade, The Touch, Splash Alley, The Analogue Bombs, Sharp Darts. Free Admission
Sunday 2 September Line Up: The Charlatans, The Twang, Milburn, Elliot Minor, Random Hand, Scars on 45, The Good Die Young, Talk to Angels. Ticketed day.
Bingley Music Live 2008
Saturday 30 August Line Up: Happy Mondays, Scouting for Girls, The Automatic, Terrorvision, Delays, Infadels, Ebony Bones, Sergeant, Billy The Kid, Michael Mallinson. Ticketed day.
Sunday 31 August Line Up: Echo & the Bunnymen, Alabama 3, Natty, The King Blues, Jubilee, The Sylvias, Desert Eskimo, Redwire, Hundred Dollar Cigar. - Free Admission
Bingley Music Live 2009
As of 14 June 2009, to be confirmed.
Friday 4 September Line Up: TBC - Free Admission
Saturday 5 September / Sunday 6 September Line Up: Doves, Calvin Harris, Editors, The Zutons, The Futureheads The Sunshine Underground, Reverend and The Makers, Ocean Colour Scene - Ticketed
References
- BBC Bradford & West Yorkshire
- Virtual Festival Awards 2008
- Community Pride June 2008Local free paper produced by Bradford Council
- Extract from local newspaper The Telegraph and Argus for 21 February 2007.
- The Telegraph and Argus 1 September 2008.
- The Telegraph and Argus 10 June 2009.