The following venues participated in MusicFest 18. Venues 2, 6 & 8 have level access and disabled toilets, but we recommended that all venues should be contacted directly for full information using the phone numbers shown preceded with the Royston code 01763.
It was all FREE courtesy of Creative Royston, which runs Royston Arts Festival, and their sponsors for these events which are the Brian Leslie Racher Trust to whom we give thanks for their kind support.
Links to artists and their music can be reached by clicking on their names below.
1) THE OLD COURTHOUSE 246838
12:30 JOE HILLMAN
13:15 JOHN MEED & RHYS WILSON
14:00 SHERI KERSHAW BAND
14:45 BERNARD HOSKIN
15:30 KELLY & WOOLLEY
16:15 JOE HILLMAN
2) BANYERS HOUSE 290530
13:00 3FOLK
13:45 KASZAK & AFIFI
14:30 KELLY & WOOLLEY
15:15 DAVID SAVAGE
16:00 KELVIN DAVIES
16:45 KASZAK & AFIFI
3) GIN PALACE (CAMBRIDGE WINE BAR) 247076
13:00 BERNARD HOSKIN
13:45 THE LARKS
14:30 KELVIN DAVIES
15:15 PASS THE BUCH
16:00 BETH HEDGES
16:45 THE LARKS
4) OLD BULL INN 242003
13:00 SKY WEST
13:45 DAVID SAVAGE
14:30 BLACK SCARR
15:15 JOHN MEAD & RHYS WILSON
16:00 NICHOLSON & RANDALL
16:45 SKY WEST
5) Should have been THE GREEN MAN but the venue pulled out at short notice for reasons which could have been articulated months earlier!
6) JOLLY POSTIE 248734
12:30 RED VELVET
13:15 NA-MARA
14:30 ODETTE MICHELL
15:15 CAMBRIDGE & WALKER
16:00 RED VELVET
16:45 BOXWOOD CHESSMEN
7) CONSERVATIVE CLUB 243242
12:30 BILL TARRAN
13:15 CAMBRIDGE & WALKER
14:30 BETH HEDGES
15:15 NICHOLSON & RANDALL
16:00 BILL TARRAN
16:45 PASS THE BUCH
8) ROYSTON GOLF CLUB 243476
12:45 SHERI KERSHAW BAND
13:30 CHRIS BRIMLEY & PAUL ANDERSON
14:15 3FOLK
15:00 BOXWOOD CHESSMEN
15:45 PETER CROSSLEY
16:30 CHRIS BRIMLEY & PAUL ANDERSON
The Gala Concert was headlined by Thursday’s Band who were preceded by a selection of acts from the above.
Royston MusicFest Extra took place on the following Sunday 30th September at Banyers House and The Old Courthouse running from 12.45 at the first and 12.30 at the second. Resident acts were Max Bianco at Banyers and Zoe Wren at The Old Courthouse and each venue featured a first and last set by the resident act interspersed with sets from Jason Betley, Rich Keam and Ed Tattersall. It was all FREE to listen as usual.