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Breadsall Festival of Music 2015

In 2015, the Breadsall Festival of Music took place over a period of two weeks. The Festival began on the 20th October, in the All Saints Church, Breadsall, with a grand opening event including the highly acclaimed Dalesmen Choir, the Kanneh-Mason Family of Britain’s Got Talent fame, and our very own Dana de Waal. The two week long festival ended with a gala performance of the oratorio, ‘This Man’, sung by four Derbyshire based Choirs and soloists, on the 31st October 2015 in the Broadway Baptist Church, Derby.

Most performances and workshops took place in the All Saints Church, Breadsall, DE21 5LD.*

* ‘This Man’ tookplace at The Broadway Baptist Church, DE22 1BP.

Grand Opening

Grand Opening

The Dalesmen, The Kanneh-Mason Family, Dana de Waal

Compere: BBC Radio Derby’s Andy Potter

Tuesday, October 20th @ 7:30pm.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £10

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Drumming workshop with Beth de Lange

Drumming workshop with Beth de Lange

Beth de Lange

Saturday, October 24th @ 10:30am.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £10
Limited spaces available
NOTE: This event is exempt from festival season tickets

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Dana de Waal with Afrique Classique

Dana de Waal with Afrique Classique

Dana de Waal with Afrique Classique

Saturday, October 24th @ 7:30pm.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £8

Singing his own compositions and those of his wife, as well as old favourites from around the world, and weaving the songs around stories and anecdotes, Dana keeps the audience laughing and crying and thinking that they have never heard it quite like that before.

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Kirsty King Live

Kirsty King Live

Kirsty King

Tuesday, October 27th @ 7:30pm.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £8

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Neil & Helen Fox-White

Neil & Helen Fox-White

Neil & Helen Fox-White

Wednesday, October 28th @ 7:30pm.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £8

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Folk Fest: The Heartless Tarts, and All & Sundry

Folk Fest: The Heartless Tarts, and All & Sundry

Folk Fest: The Heartless Tarts, and All & Sundry

Thursday, October 29th @ 7:30pm.

All Saints Church,
Breadsall,
DE21 5DL

Tickets: £8

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This Man: A Modern Oratorio

This Man: A Modern Oratorio

This Man: A Modern Oratorio by Anne de Waal

Saturday, October 31st @ 7:30pm.

Broadway Baptist Church,
166 Broadway,
DE22 1BP

Tickets: £12
NOTE: This event is exempt from festival season tickets

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Breadsall Festival of Music 2014

Breadsall Festival of Music 2014 Banner
Breadsall Festival 2014 Banner

In October 2014, Derby introduced to the Midlands, a new Festival of Music! The Festival took place every evening from Tuesday, 28 October to Saturday, 1 November 2014 in Breadsall, Derby. The venue was the beautiful All Saints Church, Breadsall.

Local talent was showcased and in addition, the following artists were invited: The Heartless Tarts [Derbyshire Dales], The Wren Vocal Ensemble [Leicester], Lee Brown, On-the-spot loop composer [Derby], Internationally acclaimed singer Dana de Waal [Derby], Duffield Singers, [Derby], Fishpond Choir [Matlock Bath], All Saints Singers [Breadsall] and the prize winning OVS Choir [Darley Abbey].

Sir David Read, Fellow of the Royal Society, agreed to be the Patron of the Festival. This was an amazing scoop and we were so proud that Sir David took this on board in spite of his immensely full programme!

The Festival was met with an incredible response, with most nights drawing good sized audiences. The last night not only sold out, but received a full standing ovation. Numerous requests were received to repeat the event!