MAY 2021 UPDATE
From 14 February this year we presented some virtual sessions of Best of the Music Fest, with more than 40 musical acts live-streaming from their homes to YouTube and Facebook, thanks to volunteers from Redbridge Music Lounge. Sessions from 14 February, 7 & 21 March, 11 & 25 April and 9 May are still available to view on YouTube and you can find the links to these from www.bestofthefest.live or from www.rmluk.org
Now finally we are able to launch a new season of live music once a month in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion in Valentines Park Ilford:
Best of the Music Fest
Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club present
Our ninth season of FREE and diverse live music (following relaxation of the Covid 19 Virus lockdown)
The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens
Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA
Sunday 23 May 2021 11.00 to 4.30pm with
11.00am Bob Gilbert - singer/composer in many genres
11.35am Anna Wells - singer/songwriter/keyboard player
12.15pm Nomad – jazz-funk trio keyboard/bass/drums
1.10pm Jane & Richard – Americana & folk music duo
1.50pm Darklights - piano, vocal & cello trio
2.45pm Arty Parker Band - acoustic original songs
3.40pm Catherine Lima Jazz Quartet – 4-piece band play jazz/blues/Latin
(Please note: Times are approximate and programme may be subject to change)
We hope to live-stream the event to YouTube and Facebook, and to make the recording available on YouTube after the event too - please see details at www.bestofthefest.live
Future events planned: 4th Sunday each month June to October 2021
(subject to funding & any restrictions that may recur from Covid 19 Virus Pandemic)
Today’s event supported by LB Redbridge, Vision RCL & the Gardeners Cottage Cafe
All welcome – bring your picnic blanket! Some socially distanced seating provided
Please be aware audience numbers will be limited to ensure event is Covid-safe
More information from rgfmusicclub@gmail.com Phone 07306 729555
www.rmluk.org www.rgf.org.uk
DECEMBER 2020 UPDATE
The COVID 19 Pandemic, and particularly the high incidence of infection, and spread of the virus, in Redbridge borough continues to curtail the normal live music activities of the Green Fair Music Club and Redbridge Music Lounge. The organisers, performers and supporters of our events are really missing this aspect of our arts and community activities
Best of the Music Fest events in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion, Valentines Park this year were ultimately restricted to just two of our normal 7 monthly events. These were held very successfully in Covid-safe conditions on 23 August and 6 September before restrictions once again prevented the final three events that we had planned. These were therefore our only public live music events in 2020 following the lockdown in the wake of the Covid 19 Pandemic in March this year.
Also cancelled since March 2020: Live music usually once or twice a month at the Green Fair Music Club, Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club in St George's Road/Pavilion Road Ilford on Fridays 8 - 11pm
Meanwhile Chris Wyatt from Redbridge Music Lounge has been sorting the video archives of the Green Fair Music Club in order to bring you a selection of live recordings from the Music Club shows in recent years, (and elsewhere), particularly from some of the acts who otherwise would have performed at Best of the Music Fest or the Midsummer Music Fest this year.
Check out the links on the Music Lounge website:
https://www.rmluk.org/media-video/music-video/
(The pandemic also resulted in the cancellation of last year's Redbridge Midsummer Music Fest in June, traditionally run in partnership with Redbridge Music Lounge www.rmluk.org since 2003, as well as the Fairlop Fair in July, where many of our varied acts have also provided a wealth of great live music performance every year since 2011)
Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club 2020 cancelled till further notice
(Watch this space for details of future programme when this becomes possible again: Our sessions usually run on two Fridays each month, except August. Every session normally features two or three varied and excellent acts in a friendly and intimate atmosphere)
We hope to continue when circumstances allow with a new season of the Green Fair Music Club in this great venue with feel-good evenings featuring more very talented acts from the diverse realms of live music - Full details below when possible)
REGRETTABLY OUR SESSION SCHEDULED FROM FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2020 ONWARDS HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO THE UNCERTAIN AND UNPREDICTABLE SITUATION WITH THE CORONA VIRUS EPIDEMIC
Events normally take place at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG (10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
Information from Steve Collins: rgfmusicclub@gmail.com 07306 729555 www.rgf.org.uk
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REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHTS
Our Green Fair Music Club showcase sessions are currently suspended from running usually one or two Fridays each month. The format normally varies from month to month featuring some return appearances by popular previous acts as main guests, opportunities for young performers, debut appearances by acts new to us, and occasional themed nights. The programme always provides a host of class acts and fine music as well as offering a platform for some of the brightest and best new talent, especially from the local area.
Expect the best of local rock, jazz, folk, blues, country & Americana artists plus a diverse range of excellent support acts - watch this space for news of our next programme!
Future programmes when possible will continue to be open for new performers - please contact us at rgfmusicclub@gmail.com if you are interested in taking part in future. All musical genres welcome - solo acts, groups, ensembles
More information: Steve Collins 07306 729555.
Young people aged 16 to 25 years will always be welcome following our previous joint initiative with the Young People's Live Music Connections Project led by Redbridge Music Lounge which offered practice, support and performance opportunities for the borough's young musicians so please get in touch if you are interested
REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHT!
FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2020 - our last event before lockdown and the temporary closure of the tennis club bar and social club
7.45 - 11PM
at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG
(10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
CORRAGH
Corragh play lively Irish dance tunes and songs, tonight as a trio
featuring fiddle, mandolin, bodhran & guitars.
Influences include the Dubliners, Christy Moore and the Pogues, guaranteed to get your feet tapping! https://corragh.wordpress.com
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STEPHAN LIEBRECHT aka NEMOLO
Singer, songwriter, guitarist from Nemolo. Tonight (with surprise special guest vocalist!) performing original songs from new album Little Islands – check out soundcloud.com
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JUSTINA
Urban-Pop/R&B, Singer-Songwriter & BIMM Music Graduate
Admission only £5 (Under 18’s £2)
No membership required
No age restriction All welcome Licensed Bar (Cash Only)
www.rgf.org.uk 07306 729555 rgfmusicclub@gmail.com
THE MUSIC CLUB WILL HOPEFULLY RETURN TO CRANBROOK CASTLE TENNIS CLUB SOMETIME IN 2021 - WATCH THIS SPACE!
REGRETTABLY OUR SESSION SCHEDULED FROM FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2020 ONWARDS HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO THE UNCERTAIN AND UNPREDICTABLE SITUATION WITH THE CORONA VIRUS EPIDEMIC
Events normally take place at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG (10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
Information from Steve Collins: rgfmusicclub@gmail.com 07306 729555 www.rgf.org.uk
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REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHTS
Our Green Fair Music Club showcase sessions are currently suspended from running usually one or two Fridays each month. The format normally varies from month to month featuring some return appearances by popular previous acts as main guests, opportunities for young performers, debut appearances by acts new to us, and occasional themed nights. The programme always provides a host of class acts and fine music as well as offering a platform for some of the brightest and best new talent, especially from the local area.
Expect the best of local rock, jazz, folk, blues, country & Americana artists plus a diverse range of excellent support acts - watch this space for news of our next programme!
Future programmes when possible will continue to be open for new performers - please contact us at rgfmusicclub@gmail.com if you are interested in taking part in future. All musical genres welcome - solo acts, groups, ensembles
More information: Steve Collins 07306 729555.
Young people aged 16 to 25 years will always be welcome following our previous joint initiative with the Young People's Live Music Connections Project led by Redbridge Music Lounge which offered practice, support and performance opportunities for the borough's young musicians so please get in touch if you are interested
REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHT!
FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2020 - our last event before lockdown and the temporary closure of the tennis club bar and social club
7.45 - 11PM
at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG
(10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
CORRAGH
Corragh play lively Irish dance tunes and songs, tonight as a trio
featuring fiddle, mandolin, bodhran & guitars.
Influences include the Dubliners, Christy Moore and the Pogues, guaranteed to get your feet tapping! https://corragh.wordpress.com
+
STEPHAN LIEBRECHT aka NEMOLO
Singer, songwriter, guitarist from Nemolo. Tonight (with surprise special guest vocalist!) performing original songs from new album Little Islands – check out soundcloud.com
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JUSTINA
Urban-Pop/R&B, Singer-Songwriter & BIMM Music Graduate
Admission only £5 (Under 18’s £2)
No membership required
No age restriction All welcome Licensed Bar (Cash Only)
www.rgf.org.uk 07306 729555 rgfmusicclub@gmail.com
THE MUSIC CLUB WILL HOPEFULLY RETURN TO CRANBROOK CASTLE TENNIS CLUB SOMETIME IN 2021 - WATCH THIS SPACE!
BEST OF THE MUSIC FEST 2020
Best of the Music Fest in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion began in 2013 but was unable to commence its 8th season of Sunday lunchtime & afternoon concerts in April this year - the season has previously run on the second Sunday of every month from April until October from 11am to 4.30pm, with a host of diverse and entertaining free live music and would normally feature about 50 different acts over seven events!
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS OF OUR PLANNED 2020 SEASON, SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENTS ARISING FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
STOP PRESS - UPDATE ON 2020 SEASON
Hi everyone, the Redbridge Music Lounge Trustees have regretfully had to issue the following statement:
"The new regulations about gatherings of more than 6 people being banned from Monday 14 September means that future Best of the Fest concerts will be put on hold for the foreseeable future".
We were so pleased to provide two sessions of Best of the Music Fest in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion on 23 August and 6 September. You can still enjoy recordings of the performances at these events via www.bestofthefest.live or via www.rmluk.org
Our thanks again to all the musicians who played at these sessions and those who were scheduled to play at one of the remaining sessions that we had planned on 20 September, 4 October and 18 October but sadly, the advice from the Council's Public Health Officer is that it will be very difficult if not impossible for us to run any more of our sessions in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion this year, in view of the Government's recently announced extended restrictions
Regrettably all the remaining sessions therefore had to be cancelled till further notice.
Evidently, some Event Industry organisations and professionals are still looking at the details of the new restrictions, but for the present Redbridge Music Lounge are exercising community responsibility and avoiding the risk of further potential spread of the virus, as well as possible public liability risk to our charitable organisation and its resources.
Sadly also, we have now been advised that any return of the Green Fair Music Club to the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club will not be possible before January 2021 at the earliest, while the current pandemic situation persists
Thanks very much for your continued interest in our events programmes. Let's hope it will be possible eventually to offer more live music entertainment in Redbridge. In the meantime, please take care of yourselves and our very best wishes to you. Please keep in touch, and, if you wish to be added to my e-mail group, just let me know by email or text message.
We will continue to help promote all our supporting musicians and music acts whenever and however possible.
Our apologies for the disappointment, which we share acutely, as I'm sure you can imagine
Steve Collins
(Redbridge Music Lounge & Redbridge Green Fair Music Club)
(07306 729555)
(Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club present Best of the Music Fest in
The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens
Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA, subject to funding)
FREE and diverse live music on the second Sunday each month since 2013
- Final event of 2019 – all donations (£400) went to MacMillan Cancer Support
- Best of the Music Fest 2020 finally launched 23 August - see performances on YouTube or Facebook via www.bestofthefest.live or www.rmluk.org
Best of the Music Fest 2020
Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club
Our eighth season of FREE and diverse live music (following temporary relaxation of the Covid !9 Virus lockdown) began Sunday 23 August
The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens
Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA
Sunday 23 August 2020 11.00 to 4.30pm featured
- Ayo Bamidele - soulful singer/songwriter and guitar
- Two’s Company – piano duo, light classics & show hits
- Lizzie B – Originals & covers with acoustic guitar
- Storm in a Teacup - folk music from many lands
- Michelle Rees - fun, singalong, disco/Latin, rock ‘n’ roll
- Dave Rich – Singer/songwriter blues/jazz/soul songs
- Déjà Vu – beautiful songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash
Sunday 6 September 2020 11.00 to 4.30pm featured
- Track 19 (Acoustic) – young band spanning rock genres
- Jenny LaTouche – solo from soul/gospel/R&B choir leader
- Sam Castell-Ward - unique raw original poetic songs
- Black*Scarr – fiddle/guitar with entertaining songs
- Ian Hollyer - popular songs from past decades
- Al Neville & Rachel Eyres - original songs, guitar, violin
- Sue Holliday Jazz Band - jazz standards & originals
Future events (planned for Sundays 20 September, 4 & 18 October 2020)
(subject to ongoing restrictions arising from Covid 19 Virus Pandemic)
Regrettably these sessions also had to be cancelled till further notice
rgfmusicclub@gmail.com Phone 07306 729555
www.rmluk.org www.rgf.org.uk
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Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club also presented live music in 2019 at
Fairlop Fair
The Boathouse Bar
Fairlop Waters
Hainault
Saturday 6th July 2019 from 11am to 6pm
Fairlop Fair Music Programme Saturday 6 July 2019 11am – 6.00pm
Fairlop Waters, Forest Road, Barkingside IG3 6HN (10 mins walk from Fairlop Station on Central Line – Hainault loop). Performance Area: ‘The Boathouse’ Bar Patio overlooking Fairlop Waters
Programme featured:
11.00 Kimberli Artist - New age indie pop songwriter
11.35 Al Neville - 'Songs to make you laugh and cry' (from Al's new CD release)
12.10 Crescendo - “from Cinderella Rockafella to Fiddler on the Roof” plus Hebrew songs
12.50 Forgotten Songs - Indie band with original songs
1.30 Deja Vu - Beautiful Songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash in three-part harmony
2.10 Glade Community Singers - Community choir led by Davida Robinson
2.50 Replay - Classic pop songs from 60’s, 70’s, 80’s…..
3.30 Darklights - Melodic pop & jazz, vocal & keyboard duo
4.10 Amanda Blue & John Drummond - Acoustic heartfelt ballads & popular songs
4.50 Blue Roses with Bernice - jazz/blues/American songbook
5.30 Little Rock - American-styled country rock and blues trio
Programme may be subject to slight change Steve Collins 07306 729555 or Chris Wyatt 07929 071155
and
Redbridge Green Fair
Valentines Park
Ilford
Sunday 7 July 2019 from 11.30am to 6.30pm
Specially selected programme of FREE diverse live music
Redbridge Green Fair Cranbrook Centre Field Valentines Park
(5 mins walk from Melbourne Road entrance Ilford Essex IG1 4SD)
Sunday 7 July 2019 – Redbridge Music Lounge Stage 11am – 7pm Cranbrook Centre)
11.00 RML Players Festival Band - Well-loved pop songs!
11.35 Playing Rapunzel - Multi-instrumental female folk duo with stories and myths in song
12.10 Stephan Liebrecht & Sue Lees - Popular covers and original songs
12.50 Deja Vu - songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 3 part harmony
1.35 Heads UP! - Funky jazz - sax, guitar, bass, drums
2.15 Loose Change Bluegrass, folk & country trio
2.55 Sally Vinson & Rachel Eyres - Vocal & instrumental folk/bluegrass duo
3.35 Spangles Gang - Old-time, folk, country & bluegrass band
4.15 (Caribbean Carnival Procession Across Green Fair Site…..)
4.30 The Blue Hearts - R&B, rock and soul favourites
5.10 The Traveling Tilburys - songs of Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan & George Harrison
6.00 The Tea Project - Psychedelic blues & rock trio
Programme may be subject to slight change
Further information: Steve Collins 07306 729555 or Chris Wyatt 07929 071155
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Due to Covid 19 Pandemic neither the Green Fair
nor Fairlop Fair were able to take place in 2020
