OLDHAM Choral Society and Manchester Beethoven Orchestra are embarking on a new venture in a shared concert on their return to the Royal Northern College…
View More Oldham Choral Society and Manchester Beethoven Orchestra embark on new venture with shared concert
A FOUR-DAY music festival is bringing performers from around the UK to Saddleworth this month. Music lovers can enjoy the annual Autumn Music Festival from…
View More Festival to hit right notes this Autumn
RADIO legend Mike Sweeney and his band are playing the classic songs of the sixties at a fundraising event on Friday, October 7 in Greenfield.…
View More Sweeney’s Sixties Classics come to Greenfield
MARSDEN Jazz Festival celebrates 30 years when it returns this October against the odds after a funding blow. There will be four days of world-class…
View More Marsden Jazz Festival is back for 30th year against all odds
OLDHAM Coliseum Theatre is auditioning for talented young people to join the cast on stage for this year’s pantomime, Robin Hood. The theatre is seeking three…
View More Coliseum seeks young dancers and actors to join Robin Hood this Christmas
THE planned ‘Millgate Night at the Proms’ concert will be replaced by a special ‘Millgate Concert For Queen Elizabeth’ following her death. There will be…
View More Millgate to change Proms event to Concert for Queen Elizabeth
MARSDEN Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary when it returns against the odds in October after a funding blow. There will be four days of…
View More Marsden Jazz Festival is back for 30th year against all odds
THE POPULAR Diggle Blues Festival returned to the village bigger and better than ever. Despite some last minute line-up changes, the event went ahead smoothly…
View More Diggle rocks as Blues Festival returns
EXCLUSIVE A GLOBAL music superstar ‘performed’ a Whit Friday solo spot in Greenfield to the most select of audiences. And the Independent can now confirm…
View More EXCLUSIVE: Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger pays secret visit to Whit Friday
THE sound of brass rang around Saddleworth as the popular Whit Friday Band Contests returned for the first time in three years. The event, dubbed…
View More Sound of brass returns to Saddleworth with Whit Friday band contests
OLDHAM Coliseum Theatre presents a Sing-a-Long-a double bill on Saturday, June 11 with interactive screenings of Dirty Dancing and The Greatest Showman. From the producers of the smash…
View More Have The Time of Your Life at sing along screenings at Oldham Coliseum
A WORLD premiere comes to Delph next month, revealing a story of women’s emancipation more than 200 years before winning the right to vote. Singers…
View More History making women set to hit right notes at Saddleworth world premiere
THE historic first concert at the new Saddleworth School in Diggle brought together talented local young musicians as well as special guests from Norway for…
View More Young musicians and special guests perform first concert at new Saddleworth School
UPPERMILL Band is performing a homecoming concert at Uppermill Conservative Club on Sunday, May 8 – their first in the village since Spring 2020. While…
View More Band of hope – Uppermill home coming for brass players
OLDHAM Choral Society proved that live music is alive and well after the Covid-19 pandemic as they put on their debut performance at The Stoller…
View More Oldham Choral Society brings sound of music to The Stoller Hall with Italian Treasures
OLDHAM Choral Society makes its debut at the Stoller Hall in Manchester on Sunday, April 10 with a top programme of music and soloists, starting…
View More Oldham Choral Society to sing for first time at Stoller Hall
BRASSED Off meets The Full Monty in Richard Cameron’s The Glee Club at Oldham Coliseum Theatre this month. The show runs from March 15-19, presented…
View More Musical Miners in comedy at Oldham Coliseum
A SELL-OUT audience enjoyed the latest charity show from Mid-Life Crisis at the Playhouse 2 Theatre in Shaw, raising more than £1,400 for good causes.…
View More Another charity show success for Mid-Life Crisis at Playhouse 2
By Stuart Ferguson THERE are many psychological and emotional benefits of singing – so why not join a choir like Oldham Choral Society? For a…
View More Be Happy! Sing with Oldham Choral Society
AN evening of musical time travel is on the programme for a performance by concert prize winning Karski String Quartet at the Millgate Arts Centre,…
View More Haydn and seek! Quartet bring music through the ages to Millgate
Brett Savage of Inner Space Records, High Street, Uppermill turns the spotlight on Gdansk81 for his latest look at the local music scene FOR people…
View More What’s up dock? Gdansk81 set sail for bright future with new EP and headline gig
ENJOY pop and rock hits from the 1950s to 2000s as Mid-Life Crisis return to Playhouse 2 in Shaw on Saturday, March 5. After an…
View More Mid-Life Crisis bring music hits to fundraising show
A SADDLEWORTH band has been rewarded with a sell-out show for its farewell performance. Indie trio, Gardenback, are embarking on other projects after their farewell…
View More Goodbye Gardenback Sell-out gig for local trio’s farewell
‘THE Greatest Rock & Roll Band in The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy have lived up to the title for the last four…
View More Show-stoppers! ‘Greatest’ rock ‘n’ roll band are heading for Uppermill
TWO versions of the Gloria rang around St Paul’s Church in Royton as Oldham Choral Society put on their latest concert for a full audience.…
View More Oldham Choral Society concert is ‘Glorious’
ROLL up, roll up, for An End of the Pier Show which will raise the roof at Oldham Coliseum in aid of Maggie’s Oldham cancer…
View More Roll up for End of the Pier show in aid of Maggie’s
AFTER a tough 2020 which saw the first-ever cancellation of Marsden Jazz Festival in almost 30 years, the award-winning event is returning this October. Taking…
View More Marsden Jazz Festival is bringing back live music this October
COME and join in the magic of live performance in Oldham as Live@thelibrary is back! There is an exciting programme to entertain you over the…
View More Live@thelibrary makes welcome return to Oldham
OLDHAM Coliseum Theatre and Roma-led charity KaskoSan are presenting a series of live music jam sessions exploring the rich lyrical and performance traditions of the…
View More Oldham Coliseum supports Roma and Romani Gypsy artists through live jam sessions
HE’S been Steve Steinman longer than he’s been Steve Murray. But Saddleworth is very much part of the DNA of one of the world’s most…
View More Meat and greet former Greenfield landlord! Steve’s a real dead ringer for Loaf and he’s heading back to Oldham
WHEN the last notes sounded at the 2019 Whit Friday brass band contests no-one envisaged the sound of silence enduring for more than two years.…
View More Don’t Leave it late! Tickets available for return of brass band music to Saddleworth
THE community is paying its fond final goodbyes to stalwart Nancy Rhodes, who has died aged 89. Nancy, widow of the late Rev Duncan Rhodes,…
View More Community bids fond farewell to Nancy Rhodes
MARSDEN Jazz Festival is asking audiences to help them return to live music this October by supporting their Crowdfunding campaign to raise £10,000. Yorkshire Pennines-based…
View More Marsden Jazz Festival hopes crowdfunding support will secure spectacular return
UPPERMILL record shop owner Brett Savage has penned the first of a new series of musical profiles for the Independent. Here, for starters, Brett from…
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