This Sunday – 30th April – we’re back once again at the Bandstand in Priory Park, Southend on Sea. 3.00pm to 4.30pm. And it’s free entry. Hope to see many of you there!

We have a great Sunday afternoon concert coming up on St George’s Day, 23rd April. It’s at Avenue Baptist Church, Milton Road, Westcliff. Please see the poster for more information. Proceeds are going to MacMillan Nurses and we have a new program of music for you! Hope to see you …

We have a number of private bookings coming up, but we shall be playing at an open event on Saturday, 4th December. We will return to the annual Bazaar held at Benfleet Methodist Church, 67 High Road, South Benfleet SS7 5LH between 10am and 1pm. They always put on a …

21st October. We’ve been back in business for three months, with regular rehearsals and two major performances behind us – Southend Bandstand on 18th September and Tenterden Folk Festival on 3rd October. We continued our long association with Paul Carpenter Films when Paul himself came to Tenterden and took almost …

I’m pleased to say that this Saturday, 18th September, we shall be presenting our first live concert in eighteen months. Just over thirty of us will perform at the Southend Bandstand in Priory Park, commencing at 3.30pm ’til just after 4.30pm. We’ve worked hard to get up to standard again …

As we move through the spring season, things are starting to look at least a little bit brighter than the symbolic picture above would suggest! There is no certainty yet when we shall be able to recommence live activities, but it will be not before 17th May when the Government …

2nd November 2020 Unfortunately, we’re still unable to start back with our live activities due to the Covid Virus situation. It’s just over seven lockdown months now and, following the latest news this week, it seems there’s no immediate end in sight. We’ve accepted that we’ll inevitably be closed until …

Unfortunately we wont be making our annual trip to Tenterden Folk Festival in October this year because the event has been cancelled. On the positive side, we have been invited back there for October 2021. At this stage our return to “normal” remains unclear. The logistics of operating an orchestra …

SUNDAY 15 MARCH 2020 10am We are constantly following the situation regarding the coronavirus. Unfortunately the advice on the matter is rather tenuous and everchanging by the hour. This may be inevitable but it doesn’t inspire confidence or allow us to make firm decisions. As this post ‘goes to air’ …

Do you play an instrument? Are you wanting to play with other people and have some fun with it? As bookings continue to roll in, we’re looking for additional players to spread the workload … and it’s very likely we are looking for YOU! Most instruments are suitable and we …