Gail Porter is famous for presenting numerous television programmes, having her bare bum splashed all over the Houses of Parliament and losing her hair to alopecia.
Armstrongs Social Club will continue to be one of the best venues in the area as they line up a series of entertaining nights in the New Year.
Opera Box will be performing The History of Opera (Abridged) at Pocklington Arts Centre on Wednesday, 15 February and the Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley on Thursday, 16 February 2012. Both concerts start at 7.30pm. In his own inimitable style, Brendan Wheatley and his guests will take you on a whistle stop tour of 400 years of opera. What is a castrato? Which composer died of a conducting accident? Why…
The Mayor of Beverley, Councillor Peter Astell, presented a cheque for £3,000 to Beverley Cornerstone at their Carol Service which was led by Beverley Brass Band. Beverley Cornerstone is a Christian organisation for adults with learning disabilities which has helpers from different churches. Causeway evenings are held most months with live music, drama, quizzes, and action songs with Makaton signing. They also organise a fun packed weekend holiday staying in…
Demon MC held a charity night and cheque presentation to the Macmillan Nurses charity at the Grovehill Pub in Beverley on saturday with live music from Bridlington band Alice in Thunderland. A great night was had by all and a cheque for £1000 was presented to the Macmillan Nurses charity by the Mayor of Beverley Peter Astell. The Demon MC have announced the new charity they are supporting as the “help the…
Alex Haworth and Katie Mountfield had a special 80s themed 30th birthday at Khans of Beverley. Friends came to the party sporting a variety of costumes that included Captain America, Rambo and even a Rubik’s Cube. Guests enjoyed an Indian buffet, live music from Beverley’s top cover band Reloaded and a disco. Khans manager Liam Docherty said; “It was very reminiscent of the old days when Khans held curry and a disco nights….
The Beverley Ragamuffins performed to a packed out Dog & Duck Inn on Friday night. The Ragamuffins will be performing again on Friday the 23rd September at the Queens Head, Wednesday Market. The performance begins at 8pm. [nggallery id=1742]
There was plenty happening in Beverley on Saturday night. In Bar Fusion, Wednesday Market Tom Brant was joined by friends to celebrate his birthday 21st birthday. At packed out Armstrongs Social Club Tracy Foster was given a massive 40th birthday bash with live music and a DJ. Also celebrating her 40th was Emma Ingran who enjoyed a special evening at Rolandos which was organised by her younger sister Susannah Bristo….
Do you love your rock and roll but have never got out there on the dancefloor? Beverley’s only Rock N Roll Night – held at Armstrongs Social Club on the last Friday of every month – is bringing a rock and roll dancing expert to their next gathering on Friday 24 June. Live music is the key to any Rock N Roll night at Armstrongs, and setting the tone for…
The Beverley Folk Festival 2011 once again pulled in the crowds. With the main events happening at Beverley Leisure Complex other fringe acts performed around the town in bars and in the town centre streets. Some dancers went pub to pub do their folk dance which proved to be a real hit with regulars in The Royal Standard. Hodgsons Pub hosted a couple of bands in their main room while…
The Beverley Ragamuffins performed live this weekend at the Queens Head, Beverley. The group who sing songs about the years gone by in Beverley were at the Wednesday Market pub performing as Beverley Folk Festival. [nggallery id=1546]
Bar Fusion hosted their new event, The Summer Of Unsigned live music nights. The Wednesday Market night spot are showcasing up and coming unsigned artists to the stage for what proved to be a fantastic night of talent. The first event saw Harry David from Scarborough and the Musical styling of Beverley’s very own Adam Lynch. [nggallery id=1543]
An historic East Yorkshire pub hopes to pull in pounds for charity by pulling pints of some of the county’s finest real ales. The New Inn in Leven is hosting the first Leven Real Ale Festival on 10-12 June. Set within the pub’s newly refurbished Georgian courtyard, the festival will showcase some of Yorkshire’s finest real ales and ciders as well as fine food and live entertainment. The festival gets…
David Elvidge wants to bring back personal responsibility, cut through red tape and maintain Beverley’s unique way of life. The Beverley Town councillor and former Mayor is hoping to make the step up to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council at next week’s election when he stands for the Conservative Party in the Woodmansey ward. David is well known as the driving force behind Beverley’s fantastic Armed Forces Day, but…
The summer of 2011 is set to bring a new surge of excitement to the East Riding, when ‘Angels In Action’ help to bring you live music, family fun activities and electrifying entertainment. Angels in Action, the Youth in Action initiative being rolled out by a group of young people from the Beverley-based CSV East Riding project, is now in flight according to the coach, Sue Dudill. The team is…
Formed by Belfast born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey in 2006 and taking their name from the groundbreaking multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930’s (the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union), the Edinburgh-based Southern Tenant Folk Union are now the most highly rated folk and bluegrass outfit in the UK today. Now with their third album they’ve continued to appropriate themes and ancient sounding…
The Beverley Memorial Hall was the venue for Katie Trevor who organised a night of live music as part of her A-Level course while also raising money for the MS Society. Picture: Katie Trevor performing live at the Beverley Memorial Hall HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1270] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge…
A local student is using the practical element of her A-levels to raise money for a charity close to her heart. Katie Trevor is staging a charity concert at Beverley Memorial Hall on Friday 4 March as part of her A-level Extended Project Qualification. This tests her management and leadership skills. But while the concert will go a long-way to securing her the grades she wants, Katie says she is…