Whether you live in and around Bath and come to the area regularly, or you’re just visiting for the day, Milsom Place is right in the heart of things, providing a bustling and cosmopolitan public space which hosts a variety of local activities such as festivals, outdoor film screenings, jazz and fashion shows. Check back regularly to see what’s new.
Music in the Courtyards 2010
Long Summer evenings are made for eating outside and relaxing to mellow music. Start your weekends with live music in the courtyards at Milsom Place on Friday and Saturday evenings from 6.00-9.00pm, and Sunday afternoons from 12.30-3.00pm
Line up for the last music for the Summer and info on all the musicians.
27th - Jon Pickard
28th - John Diver
29th - Phil Harris
John Diver – John plays electric and nylon strung guitar in a wide range of styles from Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Country, Classical, Latin and Flamenco. He’s always trying new types of music and prides himself on being adaptable.
Phil Harris – Minor Swing is a band that allows Phil to explore his love of the music of Django Reinhardt. The band evolved from the group Café Nuage, a mainly classical and finger style jazz duo he formed with aspiring pupil Stuart Carter-Smith, now of Gypsy Fire. Minor Swing went on to tour extensively, including six trips to
Richard Jones – Richard is a young Violinist based in
Steve Franks – Steve is an extremely talented musician from
Brejeiro – Brejeiro is an exciting new acoustic group that specialises in the Choro style of music from
Jon Pickard specialises in live solo Spanish / Classical / Flamenco / South American guitar music. He works solely as a performer and teacher, mostly as a wedding guitarist or for corporate events, parties etc & has been a professional musician for over 20 years.
Manos Puestas - Through their stylish original compositions and innovative re-workings of Bebop classics, the Manos Puestas Quartet combine the improvisational flair and technical expertise of the jazz idiom with a deep commitment to groove and audience excitement. Previous festival appearances for MPQ’s musicians include WOMAD,
“Two man ting” is the duo project of Jon Lewis and Jah-man Aggrey of Le Cod Afrique. Improvised voice, Guitar, loops and percussion create an innovative and exciting mix of Afro-jazz, Highlife and dance. They have played extensively throughout
Mel & Henry-Jazz Times Two combines Mel Henry on Trombone and Terry Veal on Guitar. Playing an extensive repertoire of Classic Modern Jazz Standards (tunes by Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen, Jerome Kern, Victor Young et al.)
Mikhail Asanovic has recently graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music where he studied under the tuition of Craig Ogden and Gordon Crosskey for four years. Mikhail started to play the guitar when he was 14 whilst at
Daniel Gerrard has been playing guitar professionally for 17 years, starting out in blues, rock n' roll and pop music & more recently moving on to Flamenco/Gypsy music. After discovering busking, taking out his brand of dual guitar (recording his own backing track) he travelled to
