Bingley Music Festival

Bingley Music Festival: Bingley Music Live 2012 early bird tickets available at £40 & b.f. (booking fee). See ticket page and click '2012 tickets' to buy. Limited to 1000 tickets so don't miss out!

With Friday night reaching capacity this year the early bird tickets guarantee Fri/Sat/Sun entry for ticket holders. No pricing decision regarding Friday night has been made at the current time, but it is likely to be some form of ticketed entry next year in order to manage the overall capacity and safety of the attendees.

Further announcements on the overall pricing & ticketing policy for BML 2012 will be made in due course.

Bradford Council has staged music events of one kind or another at Myrtle Park since 1991. Initially a 3 day event featuring classical, pop and jazz soon became a single day of pop which saw retro pop acts such as Edwin Starr, Suzie Quatro, Boney M, Alvin Stardust etc.

In 1997, following a partnership with local radio station The Pulse', the event became a 2 day event which in addition to retro pop saw the familiar Party in the Park' style of event that featured a number of acts from the then current chart scene. Unfortunately the very first Party in the Park which was all set to stage an up and coming girl band called All Saints' was cancelled. The reason for cancellation: - as a mark of respect following the death of the Princess of Wales which occurred earlier that day. Amongst the acts that appeared throughout the Party in the Park era included Charlotte Church, Busted, McFly, Rachel Stevens and Gareth Gates.

This format continued right up to 2006 which turned out to be the final year. In February 2007 The Pulse announced their withdrawal from the partnership which in turn saw Bradford Council pull the plug on the event. In May 2007 following a considerable amount of pressure from supporters of the event the Council made a U turn and decided to go alone and organise the event in its entirety. As a result a reformed and re-branded event Bingley Music Live' was launched onto the festival circuit. With only 12 weeks to put the event together and Bradford Council struggling to persuade agents to release their bands to come and perform at an unknown festival with no previous history it looked as if the first Bingley Music Live would also be the last. With a solitary line up consisting of From the Jam', The Bluetones' and local support it was essential that Bradford Council quickly turned things around. In came an industry professional who with only 9 weeks until event day managed to secure indie legends The Charlatans and newcomers The Twang making the event a success, going on later in the year to be shortlisted in the Best New Festival category of the UK Festival Awards.

Bringing you right up to date and the festival is still organised, in the main, by the same team that started the festival who with a hands on approach and a mutual love for live music are devoted to delivering you the best festival possible.

Since it began in 2007 there has also been strong growth in the festival's following which has resulted in sell out crowds for the past two years seeing notable performances from James, The Enemy, Public Image Ltd, Seasick Steve, Editors, Calvin Harris, Doves, The Zutons as well as breaking acts such as Example, Professor Green, V.V. Brown, Sound of Guns and Kassidy.

Bingley Music Festival at Myrtle Park in Bingley, Yorkshire on Friday, 31 August 2012.

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