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MAY 2018 | ISSUE #67
Legendary musician, Gilbert O’Sullivan, will be
celebrating five decades in the music industry
with a special matinee concert. A perfect
excuse to grab your picnic basket and enjoy a
sparkling afternoon of classic such as ‘Alone
Again Naturally’ and ‘Get Down’. And to round
off the Festival in style, Bury St Edmunds
welcomes Grammy and Brit award-nominated
UB40 for a sensational evening of 80s classics.
With a line-up full of firm music favourites
there is guaranteed to be something to suite
all tastes from the vocal stylings of Berlin’s
Ute Lemper to South Africa’s Grammy awardwinning
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (the stars
of Paul Simon’s multi-million selling ‘Graceland’
album).
Aled Jones
Celebrating local talent is an exciting
collaboration between one of the most prolific
entertainers of the past 30 years, Aled Jones,
and the young talent of Bury St Edmunds’
Voice Squad as well as performances from the
St Edmundsbury Singers, The Edmund Octet
and Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra.
Music is not the only art form on display. In
the abundance of brilliant acts, literary legend
and one of Britain’s most remarkable poets
Benjamin Zephaniah returns to the stage with
his first tour in eight years, the hilarious Roger
McGough will be setting his wit and wordplay
to the musical sound of Little Machine
and direct from Sadler’s Wells the festival
welcomes The Tap Pack for a cocktail of highenergy
tap dancing entertainment.
Ute Lemper
This year the festival will run for 10 days
between Friday 18 – Sunday 27 May. Tickets
are now on sale with festival brochures
available from The Apex and other locations
in Bury St Edmunds. A full line-up of
events can also be found online at
www.buryfestival.co.uk
Benjamin Zephaniah
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