30th April 2025
Swing Easy
Conoco Room, Louth​
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​The current line up of Swing Easy was formed in 2018 with a view to performing the classic swing and American Songbook repertoire. Swing Easy is made up of musicians local to the Grimsby and Lincolnshire areas.
Funded by audience donation.​
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April 2025
APR
2
Luna Piano Duo
Conoco Room, Louth
Graziana Presicce and Amy Butler formed the Luna Piano Duo in 2021 and their friendship and musical collaboration has flourished ever since. As well as performing well-known works, they are keen champions of hidden gems and brand-new music.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
APR
9
Swing Shift
Conoco Room, Louth
Seamlessly crossing musical boundaries, blending classic jazz with contemporary influences. Swing Shift is renowned for impeccable technique and passionate performance. Their live shows are electrifying, with engaging stage presence that delights audiences.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
APR
12
Newark Choral Society
Barnby Gate Methodist Church, Newark
Come and experience a performance of Stainer & Rev Sparrow-Simpson's meditation on the crucifixion of Christ, The Crucifixion by Newark Choral Society, conducted by Robert-John Edwards with soloists Matthew Burton and Matthew Jordan.
NCS will complete the performance with "Worthy is The Lamb That Was Slain", the glorious finale from Handel's Messiah.
Doors open at 7pm and the performance is expected to last around 75 minutes.
Tickets: £12 available on the door
For more information contact newarkchoral628@gmail.com
APR
13
Music for Lent and Passiontide
St Chad's Church, Dunholme
Cabra is a mixed-voice choir, singing a wide variety of sacred and popular music. The choir will be performing music for Lent and Passiontide, from the 16th to 20th centuries, together with congregational hymns.
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Refreshments served after the concert.
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Performance starts at 4.00pm
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St Chad’s Church, Dunholme, LN2 3QT
Funded by audience donation.
For more information contact 07757532210
APR
16
Meridian Music & Sound
Conoco Room, Louth
Claire Holdich returns to Allegro this time joined by harpist Stephanie Halsey. Together they are Meridian Music & Sound, through which they curate unique sound baths and immersive musical experiences designed to awaken the senses.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
APR
19
Clark Tracey's Champion of Jazz
The Blue Room at the Lawn
Clark Tracey’s Champions of Jazz Award-winning drummer, bandleader, composer, arranger, veteran of over 90 albums, Clark Tracey and this stellar band pay tribute to his drumming hero, the recently departed Roy Haynes. Clark collected every Haynes recording and transcribed, studied and emulated his style. Roy's signature ‘snap-crackle’ style was a constant in jazz for decades.
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Performance starts at 8.00pm
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The Blue Room at the Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, LN11 3BU
Tickets: £18. Jazzpac Members: £15. Under18s: £8
APR
23
Barney Heywood
Conoco Room, Louth
Barny is a bass/baritone soloist who lives on the Isle of Axholme. He sings with Scunthorpe Choral Society, the Isle Chamber Choir and Isle Choral Singers. He is rather fond of English art song including: Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Gerald Finzi and John Ireland.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
APR
30
Swing Easy
Conoco Room, Louth
The current line up of Swing Easy was formed in 2018 with a view to performing the classic swing and American Songbook repertoire. Swing Easy is made up of musicians local to the Grimsby and Lincolnshire areas.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
May 2025
MAY
3
When in Rome...
Swallowbeck Methodist Church, Lincoln
When in Rome... come and sing the music of Palestrina and his Rome contemporaries. Day workshop for voices and Renaissance instruments led by tutors Greg Skidmore (I Fagiolini) and Sue Addison (His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts).
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'Think Palestrina only wrote motets to be sung by a cappella choirs? Think again! The music of Palestrina (500 years old this year), and his contemporaries and successors works really well with voices and instruments and we look forward to enjoying a rare opportunity to perform some really beautiful music in this way.'
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Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
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Swallowbeck Methodist Church, Lincoln, LN6 8RZ
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Contact leonardwendy19@gmail.com and sixteen85.co.uk for more info.
Tickets: £30 for the day
MAY
7
Barnyard Bandidos
Conoco Rooms, Louth
A fusion of musical mystery, adding a twist to a variety of genres including western swing, classical, ska and a hint of klezmer Bandidos, stealing songs and melodies from our favourite singers and composers, arranging them in our own 'barnyard' style.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
MAY
10
Louth Choral Society with Grimsby Philharmonic Society
St James' Church, Louth
Joint performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Finzi 'My Spirit Sang All Day', Elgar 'As Torrents in Summer' and 'My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land'. Conducted by Karen Beer and Alison Willis. Guest appearance by international opera star Christopher Maltman accompanied on piano by distinguished French conductor, Audrey St-Gil.
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Doors open 18.30pm
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St James's Church, 6 Upgate, Louth, LN11 9ET
Available end of March from www.ticketsource.co.uk/louthchoral or Beaumont's, Bridge Street, Louth, LN12 0RU
MAY
10
Lincoln Choral Society
Conoco Room, Louth
Lincoln Choral Society presents Will Todd's Mass in Blue. The concert will also feature two other contemporary pieces, Every Day Wonders, The Girl from Aleppo (Cecilia McDowell) and Five Days That Changed the World (Bob Chilcott). These two works will involve local school children's choirs and choral scholars and musicians from Lincoln University. It will be an exciting concert using Lincoln Cathedral's fabulous acoustics.
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Performance starts at 7:30pm
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Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PX
Tickets: £10 - £25
www.lincolncathdral.com and on the door
MAY
14
Adele Dixon & Barry Whitfield
Conoco Room, Louth
Adele Dixon is a mezzo soprano and singing teacher. Barry Whitfield is a highly accomplished professional musician with a strong background in arranging. Their vast repertoire covers everything fron Bach to Broadway, carabet and comedy.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
MAY
21
Lincs Effect
Conoco Room, Louth
Lincs Effect is a choral quintet comprised of the choral scholars at Lincoln Cathedral. They sing a wide range of music from early renaissance polyphony through to a cappella arrangements of jazz standards and sea shanties.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
MAY
21
Music Divine
St Mary Magdalene Church, Lincoln
Music Divine: A concert of Renaissance music for voices and instruments performed by the Lincoln Renaissance Band and friends conducted by Richard Lindsay.
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The Lincoln Renaissance Band are joined by the Lincs Effect from Lincoln Cathedral in a delightful programme of music by G. Gabrieli, Tomkins, Jannequin, Holborne and Gibbons and the newly formed group, Zoffany (recorder, viols and sackbutt).
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Performance starts: 7:30pm
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St Mary Magdalene Church, Bailgate, Lincoln
Tickets: FREE (Retiring collection)
MAY
24
Joanna Eden Quartet
The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln
‘Songwriting with melody, mystery and bite,’ says Mojo magazine. With six solo albums to her credit, Joanna is considered one of the UK’s finest singer-pianists. Her style meanders through jazz, soul, bossa nova and blues, beautifully crafted compositions giving life to personal and expressive lyrics, which - like her songwriting hero Joni Mitchell - question and reflect life's changes. Joanna will feature work from her latest album Love Quiet.
‘The UK's answer to Diana Krall and Norah Jones.’ TIME OUT
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Performance starts: 8.00pm
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The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln, LN1 3BU
MAY
28
William Lord
Conoco Room, Louth
Will is a Louth-based 15 year old who plays several instruments including keyboard, guitar and drums in a variety of genres and styles. He is a member of local band, Meridian and recently performed with Grimsby musician, Leon Blanchard at The Living Room, Cleethorpes.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
June 2025
June's one to watch!
Cat Evison
Conoco Room, Louth
​Saxophonist and Composer Cat presents reflections on recent history in a programme of her own works for solo saxophone and electronics. Characteristically melodic with post-minimalist influences, her work envelops the listener in sound in an experience that's almost cinematic.
JUN
4
Cello & Co
Conoco Room, Louth
We welcome back Michele Roulson on cello ad George Hoggard on piano playing a wide range of music from Vivaldi to Lord of the Rings - Argentinian Tango to timeless movie themes - musicals to recent hits - something for all tastes.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
JUN
11
Olivia Thomas & David Beer
Conoco Room, Louth
Olivia is an accopmlished singer who studied at Newcastle University and Trinity Laban Conservatoire. She teaches piano and voice at Blackheath Conservatoire. David is a classically trained pianist working and teaching in Lincolnshire.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
JUN
18
James Kirby
Conoco Room, Louth
James performs throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East. He was a member of the Barbican Piano Trio for over thirty years and enjoys teaching at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Eton College. Today's concert feature music by Beethoven, Brahms and Liszt.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
JUN
21
A European Musical Journey Through the Ages
St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln
Sixteen Eighty Five members are delighted to be working again with the Lincoln Branch of Amnesty International in promoting this Midsummer concert of Renaissance and Baroque music and song and raising the profile of the work Amnesty International. The concert features music by Byrd (erstwhile organist at Lincoln Cathedral) and, of course, Handel and JS Bach from whose birth year (1685) we take our name, alongside music by other English, French, German, Italian and Spanish composers. Come and join us for the ride!
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Performance starts at 7.30pm
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St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln, LN5 7AR
Tickets: FREE (retiring collection in aid of Amnesty)
JUN
25
Cat Evison
Conoco Room, Louth
Saxophonist and Composer Cat presents reflections on recent history in a programme of her own works for solo saxophone and electronics. Characteristically melodic with post-minimalist influences, her work envelops the listener in sound in an experience that's almost cinematic.
Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
July 2025
July's one to watch!
Felicity Turner
Conoco Room, Louth
Felicity recently graduated with First Class Honours in Music from the University of Hull, where she specialised in vocal performance and music psychology studies. Building on this foundation, she is now in the final year of her master's degree in Music Therapy.
JUL
2
Felicity Turner
Conoco Room, Louth
Felicity recently graduated with First Class Honours in Music from the University of Hull, where she specialised in vocal performance and music psychology studies. Building on this foundation, she is now in the final year of her master's degree in Music Therapy.
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Refreshments served from 11.45am - 12.40pm.
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Performance starts at 12.45pm
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Conoco Room, Louth Library, Northgate, Louth, LN11 0LY
Funded by audience donation.
JUL
25
Green Room Piano Festival
Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford
An unforgettable evening featuring some of the world’s finest young pianists, who have spent an intensive week in Stamford refining their craft under the mentorship of renowned professors from across the globe.
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Your support makes an impact - 20% of proceeds will be donated to Anna's Hope, supporting children and young people with brain tumours.
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Performance starts at 7.30pm
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​Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, PE9 2DL
Tickets: £20. Concessions: £18