Bandstand Busking

Here We Go Magic

Bandstand Busking — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:27 +0000

What’s better than a busk with Here We Go Magic? That’s right, a busk with Here We Go Magic and a husky dog. Have you ever met anyone who does not like a husky dog? Don’t trust ‘em!

Watch below for some HWGM action:

of Montreal

Bandstand Busking — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:24:39 +0000

We were utterly delighted to have of Montreal back for a low key last minute busk in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Despite only announcing mere hours before the main event, an eager crowd gathered nonetheless and listened to Kevin Barnes & co perform his ever weird pop songs. Brilliant.

Watch the busk below:

Simone Felice

Bandstand Busking — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:59:46 +0000

Simone Felice and his lovely cohorts treated us to some tunes on a showery April afternoon. The rain managed to hold out until we finished. Thanks, rain. Watch Simone’s magic below:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Bandstand Busking on The Guardian

Bandstand Busking — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:22:16 +0000

There is a fantastic audio/visual documentary on The Guardian about Bandstand Busking.

Check it out here!

Thanks very much to Viv, Martin and Jim for creating a lovely feature.

Bandstand Busking — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:00:19 +0000

Happy Christmas from Bandstand Busking!

Hello!

From everyone here at Bandstand Busking, a very merry Christmas and happy holidays to you.

We wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who helped make a busk happen, who played, who came, who watched a video… everyone who helped make another fun year for Bandstand Busking. We’ll be back next year and we hope to see you soon.

Here is a little recap of some of 2012 happenings:

Dark Dark Dark at Hampstead Heath – watch
Ra Ra Riot at Festival of Britain bandstand – watch
Thousands at Lincoln’s Inn Fields – watch

MELTDOWN FESTIVAL 2011 at the Southbank Center
Woodpigeon – watch
Peggy Sue – watch
She Keeps Bees – watch
Guillemots – watch

The Leisure Society at Arnold Circus – watch
Jesca Hoop at Arnold Circus – watch
Copy Haho at Arnold Circus – watch

Veronica Falls at Northampton Square – watch
Sea of Bees at Northampton Square – watch
Peggy Sue at Northampton Square – watch

The Deer Tracks at Northampton Square – watch
Big Deal at Northampton Square – watch

Forest Fire at Arnold Circus – watch
The Lampshades at Arnold Circus – watch

All busks can be seen here.

That’s all from us! See you in the new year!

Over and out,
Bandstand Busking

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Veronica Falls

Bandstand Busking — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:00:51 +0000

Hark back to sunnier times, with Veronica Falls performing at Northampton Square bandstand this summer. They released their debut LP on Bella Union this year and here they are with a coupla songs from it….

Forest Fire

Bandstand Busking — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:16:21 +0000

New Yorkers Forest Fire swung by Arnold Circus bandstand in early December to play us a few jams from their latest record. Have a watch and listen below:

The Lampshades

Bandstand Busking — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:24:11 +0000

We were absolutely delighted to have our old favourites The Lampshades (formerly Lulu And The … ) return to do another busk for us. It was pretty chilly under Arnold Circus, but the drizzle held off until just after we finished. It was a great treat – see for yourselves:

The Deer Tracks

Bandstand Busking — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:24:43 +0000

Power! With some fluke luck we finally figured out how to turn the power on at Northampton Square bandstand, and lucky for us it meant we could watch The Deer Tracks perform us some dreamy songs. Wonderful.

Big Deal

Bandstand Busking — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:30:19 +0000

On Halloween weekend Big Deal treated us to an autumnal set in Northampton Square bandstand. You can see the dark was looming even in the early afternoon, as the year winds to a close… watch a few videos from the busk below: