Bingley Music Live was an annual
music
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festival
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held in Myrtle Park,
Bingley
Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which had a population of 18,294 at the 2011 Census.
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,
West Yorkshire
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,
England
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. The festival featured a range of musical genres including
rock
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,
alternative rock
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,
indie rock
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and
pop music
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. Organised by
City of Bradford
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Council, it was held on the Saturday and Sunday and since the 2009 event, also on the Friday at the end of 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 was 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
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and bands from the 1960s and 1970s, such as
The Searchers
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,
Alvin Stardust
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, local band
Smokie,
Suzi Quatro
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,
Showaddywaddy
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,
Hot Chocolate
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,
Edwin Starr
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and
Boney M
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.
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
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, Pulse FM and featured contemporary pop acts, such as
Rachel Stevens
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,
McFly
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,
Liberty X
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,
Busted and
Gareth Gates
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. 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 was a free family night followed by a ticketed Saturday and Sunday lineup.
2007
Saturday 1 September Line Up
- Free Admission
Sunday 2 September Line Up
- Ticketed day
2008
Saturday 30 August Line Up
- Ticketed day
Sunday 31 August Line Up
- Free Admission
2009
Friday 4 September
- Free Admission
Saturday 5 September / Sunday 6 September
- Ticketed
2010
2011
2012
2013
2016
2,3 and 4 September.
2017
1, 2 and 3 September.
Main stage
Discovery stage
2018
31 August, 1 and 2 September.
Main stage
References
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External links
Bingley Music LiveSpike Island Myspace
Music festivals in West Yorkshire
Bingley
2007 establishments in England
Music festivals established in 2007