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Bandstand programme 2024

At the heart of Green Days is the Bandstand, the focus for a wide range of live music and many events. It is sponsored by our Diamond Partner ArtsEd Day School & Sixth Form. See the programme below and scroll down to read more about the performers. Watch here for updates!

Lara Pulver

Lara Pulver (Click to zoom in)

Saturday June 8th 2024

11am / Festival opening by Lara Pulver (Spooks, Sherlock, Gypsy, The Split)
Fancy Dress Parade Theme: Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (meet at 10.30am in Parish Hall) - Watch the film at The Chiswick Cinema Kids Club on June 1st or 2nd

11.15am-12.15pm / Brent Jazz Orchestra with Beverley Stone
17-piece band playing pieces from Duke Ellington to Woody Herman

12.15pm-12.45pm / ArtsEd students
Day School and Sixth Form performance from the UK's leading performing arts focussed independent school

12.45pm-1.30pm / Brent Jazz Orchestra with Beverley Stone
Second set

2pm - 2.30pm / Ballet For Life 
Ballet4Life.com® founded in Chiswick and celebrating 20 years of delivering dance to the community. Our performance on Saturday is focusing on excerpts from well-known Classical Ballets and will also feature a Ukrainian folk dance. 

3pm - 4pm / Calebo

4.30pm - 6pm / The BATS of Ealing
This accomplished 5-piece plays a wide variety of rock, pop and funk classics, from Bowie to Blue Sky - McCartney to The Monkees, Stevie Wonder to Santana.  

Sunday June 9th 2024

10.30am / Mass on the Green
Preacher: Father Neil Evans, 
Canon Steward of St Paul's Cathedral

12 noon / RockChoir
The pioneering contemporary choir of the UK

12.30pm / Canticum Vinum
Past and present parents from Orchard House School in Chiswick who meet once a month for singing and chat over a glass of vino.

1pm / Stagecoach Chiswick
A medley of dance, drama and songs

1.30pm / Zoku bellydancing
ZOKU族 dances bellydance style, a modern, group, improvisational style of belly dance created by Carolena Nericcio.

2pm - 5.30pm / Basement Door Bands
1:30 Henry Battrick
2:10 The Eegits
2:50 Elysium
3:30 Atlas
4:10 Badgers
4:40 Flo Wilkes

About the performers - Saturday

Brent Jazz Orchestra is a 17-piece big band, playing jazz from Duke Ellington and Count Basie through to contemporary work by composers such as Lenny Niehaus and Gordon Goodwin. The band has been going for over twenty years under the musical direction of Jim Barton and before him Willlie Garnett. The band is based in Chiswick, rehearsing on Wednesday nights at the Chiswick Catholic Centre and playing gigs around west London. 

East London born Beverley Stone has been immersed in popular music as long as she can remember, starting with the Great American songbook interpreted by the likes of Frank, Ella, Nat and Billie. Contemporary artists such as Carol King and Amy have also had major influences. She has travelled to many parts of the world, appeared on television, and performed at some of the finest venues in the land including Ronnie Scotts, the 606 Club, Pizza Express Soho, Hideaway and The Forum. Her debut album Butterfly Rising is available to buy on iTunes and Amazon. See more on her website.

ArtsEd Day School and Sixth Form
ArtsEd brings you a variety of performers from our Day School & Sixth Form. There will be solos and group numbers along with some instrumentalists and one of our students singing their own song! We will perform a mixture of genres. The Day School and Sixth Form is part of the wider ArtsEd London.

Ballet4Life.com®Ballet4Life.com® founded in Chiswick and celebrating 20 years of delivering dance to the community. Our performance on Saturday is focusing on excerpts from well-known Classical Ballets and will also feature a Ukrainian folk dance.  We offer friendly, fun, authentic dance classes and courses for adults. From beginner to intermediate and advanced, specialising in adult ballet; also offering Contemporary, Pointe, Ballroom & Latin, 50+Dance Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, #silverswans, and Character Dance. Something for everyone! We will show videos of previous performances. See website.

Zoku bellydance
ZOKU族 dances fat chance bellydance style, which  is a modern, group, improvisational style of belly dance created by Carolena Nericcio, fusing movements inspired by folkloric dances of the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and India.  It is a uniquely modern creation that does not represent an “authentic" dance from any particular region.

Dan Caleb is an introspective singer-songwriter influenced mainly by Elliott Smith and other similar artists such as Sufjan Stevens. His debut single, On the Hillside, was released in May 2018.

The BATS of Ealing 
This accomplished 5-piece plays a wide variety of rock, pop and funk classics, from Bowie to Blue Sky, McCartney to Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder to Walk The Moon.  They will have you stomping your feet, singing out loud and dancing on the grass! The BATS were formed in Ealing in 2002 by Bill on guitar, Alan (the Chiswick milkman, now retired) on drums/vocals, Terry on vocals/guitar and Stu on bass/vocals.  Stu moved away and was succeeded on bass by Graham, while Mel now completes their sound on keys and sax. Of the many gigs at pubs, street parties, and private parties over the years, a recent highlight was closing Glastonbury festival with the crowd at the Fluffy Rock Cafe after Coldplay's headlining set. See their Facebook page

About the performers - Sunday

Rock Choir
Formed in 2009, Chiswick Rock Choir is lead by musician Katy Seath. The choir welcomes everyone who loves to sing, with no audition or requirement to read music. Chiswick Rock Choir have loved performing at Green Days over the last 7 years, iand other local events such at the Chiswick Flower Market and Chiswick House. We rehearse on Thursday evenings, 7:30 - 9pm at Hogarth Community Centre. To book a free taster, visit www.rockchoir.com

Stagecoach Chiswick
We teach our students so much more than how to sing, dance and act. We help them blossom into well-rounded individuals, ready to embrace life and its opportunities. With 30 years’ experience in teaching the performing arts, we understand how to get the best out of our young performers.  We delight in seeing our students have fun, make friends, learn new skills and discover hidden talents. We encourage them to take ‘safe risks’ through rehearsals and performance, which brings out a willingness to take on new challenges. It’s so important for today’s children to be resilient, brave and self-assured. See more on our website. Over the years we have seen more than one million students unlock their potential, which is something they will value for their whole lives. 

Canticum Vinum
Canticum Vinum is mainly made up of past and present parents from Orchard House School in Chiswick. We meet once a month for some singing and chat over a glass of vino. We enjoy singing A Cappella and cover every genre from John Dowland to David Bowie!

The Basement Door
At The Basement Door our vision is to see young people empowered and facilitated through learning and performance to enhance their employability within their local community. The wider picture is to see the community come together to support our work with young people and to put us in a position where we can plant similar projects in other areas.

Henry Battrick
Atlas
The Badgers 
The Eejits
Flo Wilkes
Jess from Elysium

The Bandstand is sponsored by ArtsEd

The Bandstand is sponsored by ArtsEd

Arts Ed

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