Name: Edinburgh Renaissance Band Goes Further Afield
Start: 2024-08-14T18:30:00
Location: artSpace@StMarks

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Classic big band jazz and swing from across the ages, played by a very big band indeed – back for our regular slot at the Fringe. Join us for charts you'll love from Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Melba Liston and Duke Ellington, all the way to the present day, plus some more left-field choices. Dancing in the aisles is strongly encouraged, or sit back and be blown away by this wonderful, timeless music.

South London Jazz Orchestra

Edinburgh New Town Church

Going further afield, we have added some real treasures from Eastern Europe and Central America. You can hear fine early music from unfamiliar composers, women as well as men, and from our more usual repertoire. It is performed on our huge collection of period instruments: sackbuts, cornetts, serpent, shawms, curtals, bagpipes, recorders, gemshorns, viols, violins, rebecs, hurdy-gurdy, associated percussion and more, joined by singers. The band is entering its second half-century with just as much enthusiasm as ever: the show is fun, friendly, fascinating and free for children, who are very welcome.