JUNE 2024 UPDATE
Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club December 2008 to March 2024
Thanks to all the guests who have played at our sessions over these years - the total number of different acts was 230! Some played once, others played several times, the most appearances over 14 years of live music (we had to close the club for 18 months during the Covid 19 Pandemic) from one act was 11 performances! These were spread across our three different venues: Ilford Sports Club, the Royal Air Force Association Club and Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club - this venue remains the location of the club since the transition from the Green Fair Music Club to our new identity as RML Music Club in April 2024.
Redbridge Music Lounge has now taken over the club, following our partnership over all these years with the Music Club, the Midsummer Music Fest (since 2003), Fairlop Fair Live Music (from 2011 to 2022), Best of the Music Fest (since April 2013), and countless other events and programmes across Redbridge over the years
RML Music Club events continue to take place (normally) twice monthly on Friday evenings (except during August) at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club, 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG (12 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)
Each session features two or three diverse and talented acts in a friendly and intimate atmosphere, with a licensed bar. Great value and high quality live music entertainment!
All details can now be found on the Redbridge Music Lounge website: www.rmluk.org
More information from Steve Collins: [email protected] 07306 729555
Redbridge Midsummer Music Fest
2024 MMF weekend will take place 22nd and 23rd June in Valentines Park - Over 25 great live music acts will perform for YOUR FREE ENTERTAINMENT!
Full details of event and acts performing will be published on Redbridge Music Lounge website by 12 June: www.rmluk.org
The event marks 21 years since our first event!
As in previous years we are very proud and privileged to welcome yet another stellar line-up of excellent performers to celebrate LIVE MUSIC IN REDBRIDGE now fully coordinated by REDBRIDGE MUSIC LOUNGE!
This annual event has run every year since 2003 (except in 'COVID' years of 2020/2021), making this our 19th festival of 'Live Music for free, for fun, for everyone!'
As last year, both days of entertainment will take place in Valentines Park, regularly voted as one of the top 10 'Green Flag' Parks in the country!
Full programme and location details to be published shortly at www.rmluk.org - as always totally free to attend on both days, each with a completely different roster of music acts.
Both days' events will take place at the opposite end of the park to our popular 'Best of the Music Fest' monthly events (in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion, on the second Sunday of each month from April to October each year - the next free concert will be there on Sunday 14 July from 11am to 5pm as usual)
The closest Park entrance to the Midsummer Music Fest event is at the end of Melbourne Road Ilford IG1 4SB, but there are many entrances right around the park offering lovely walks to reach our informal music 'stages': On Saturday at the Music Lounge base in the Cranbrook Centre Garden (the former Cranbrook Bowls Club Pavilion, near the end of the Boating Lake, the opposite end of the lake from Cranbrook Road) and on Sunday at the nearby Valentines Park Cafe, ideal for a great family day out, beside the large Children's Playground, (and close to the public toilets).
Best wishes
Steve Collins and Chris Wyatt
(on behalf of Redbridge Music Lounge)
(07306 729555)
SATURDAY 22 June 2024 – Cranbrook Centre Garden (and adjacent field) (former Bowls Club Pavilion), 100 metres inside Melbourne Road park entrance, (towards the Boating Lake) Valentines Park, Ilford IG1 4SB
11am to 6pm
SUNDAY 23 June 2023 – Valentines Park Cafe, Valentines Park, Ilford (near Melbourne Rd park entrance (250 metres straight ahead beyond car park) 10.30am – 8pm
Best of the Music Fest
Redbridge Music Lounge and the Redbridge Green Fair Music Club completed our eleventh season of FREE and diverse live music in October 2023 at The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens, Valentines Park, Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA
BEST OF THE MUSIC FEST 2024 ON SECOND SUNDAY EACH MONTH FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER
Best of the Music Fest
Redbridge Music Lounge
The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens
Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA
Established in April 2013
Supported by Arun, Mona and Arjan in The Gardeners Cottage Café
Contact us: [email protected] Phone 07306 729555
www.rmluk.org
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RML MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHTS
Our RML MUSIC CLUB showcase sessions continue to run 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 live 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 (and more!) plus a diverse range of excellent support acts - visit www.rmluk.org for news of our future programmes!
Future programmes will continue to be open for new performers - please contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in taking part in future. All musical genres welcome - solo acts, groups, ensembles
More information: Steve Collins 07306 729555.
RML MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHTS
Our RML MUSIC CLUB showcase sessions continue to run 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 live 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 (and more!) plus a diverse range of excellent support acts - visit www.rmluk.org for news of our future programmes!
Future programmes will continue to be open for new performers - please contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in taking part in future. All musical genres welcome - solo acts, groups, ensembles
More information: Steve Collins 07306 729555.
BEST OF THE MUSIC FEST - the story so far....
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 2020 due to the Covid 19 Pandemic - our annual season had previously run on one Sunday of every month from April until October from 11am to 4.30pm, providing free entertainment with a host of diverse live music, and normally features about 50 different acts over seven events in each year! In 2020 we eventually managed two events in August & September, and in 2021 we were pleased to be able to hold six events from May to October, and in 2022 & 2023, we were able to return to our full annual programme of 7 monthly events from April to October, bringing our total number of different live music acts featured since April 2013 to 180! Thanks are due to all those amazing and generous performers, and to our enthusiastic and appreciative loyal and ever-growing audience, and of course to our Redbridge Music Lounge volunteers who help to ensure our events continue smoothly and successfully.
Thanks very much for your continued interest in our events programmes. Redbridge Music Lounge will sustain the programme through 2024, and continue their contribution to live music entertainment in Redbridge for another year. 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.
Steve Collins & Chris Wyatt
(Redbridge Music Lounge)
(07306 729555 (Steve) [email protected] )
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