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MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY

Saturday, 7th December, 2024

Ho ho ho! We wish you a thoroughly Merry Christmas with our usual annual festive fayre. Sing-along carols and seasonal sensations are the order of the day...

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NAUGHTY OR NICE...?

Saturday, 9th December, 2023

Catering to both sides of the morality divide this Christmas, we've a whole heap of pieces to get the festive period off with a bang!

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SLEIGHING IT!

Saturday, 10th December, 2022

For Christmas this year, the LGSW is SLEIGHING IT! Buckle up for the usual mix of Festive Fabulousness, Camp Christmas Choons and Seasonal Sensationalism...

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O COME ALL YE GAYFUL

Saturday 11th December, 2021

Now we have the taste for it, we're back with another live in-person concert, this time bringing you our traditional festive fayre. Bring on the mince pies!

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LOCKED DOWN BUT NOT OUT

Saturday 28th November, 2020

COVID-19 might have put paid to all our live concert plans this year, but we've not let that stop us! We pre-recorded a concert just before lockdown to watch in the comfort of your own home.

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FOR FOLK'S
SAKE

Saturday 11th May, 2019

Our Spring concert is dedicated to the truly diverse types of folk music that exist out there; it's not all Morris Dancing and Lederhosen! 

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LET'S
DANCE

Saturday 21st April, 2018

From one art form to another, our music selection for this concert is one designed to make you move!

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HELLO
SAILOR!

Saturday 22nd April, 2017

Sailing away with a concert connected to life on the ocean wave, featuring Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman' and Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'.

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ADVENTURES IN MUSIC

Saturday 9th April, 2016

Our first ever wholly-family-friendly concert included timeless classics such as March of the Toys, Sabre Dance and Pixar Medleys.

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LGSW GO
DUTCH

Sunday 2nd August, 2015

The LGSW went abroad for our annual 'bandcamp', hitting Amsterdam with a concert of our finest crowd-pleasers, fitting in well with the end of Dutch Gay Pride Week 2015.

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NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Saturday 25th October, 2014

Our 2014 Autumn concert celebrates some pieces which are usually associated with full string orchestras...showing that wind bands can have just as much impact!

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CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2013

Saturday 21st April, 2018

The second annual Christmas concert featured the likes of In Dulci Jubilo, The Snowman, and Selections from the Nutcracker Suite.

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CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2012

Saturday 8th December, 2012

Our first annual Christmas concert was held in support of London-based charities The Food Chain and Opening Doors London. Also featuring special guests Clare Summerskill and Will Davis.

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SHOW TUNE
CRAZY

Saturday 28th October, 2011

Picking up songs and medleys from a wide range of favourite musicals and operas, including selections from South Pacific, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Fiddler on the Roof.

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SUITE DREAMS

Saturday, 19th October, 2024

A tasty treat for Autumn, with some sweet sweet suite music (plus some other tasty morsels!) that will be sure to give you suite dreams.

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Saturday, 21st October, 2023

Our showpiece is Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. But it wouldn't be an LGSW concert without truly eclectic accompanying pieces! Danse Macabre, The Planets, and even Thriller make an appearance. 

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CURTAINS UP

Saturday, 15th October, 2022

Some may call us Drama Queens, but we do love the theatre. And this concert is dedicated to all forms of theatrical magic, from ballet and opera to Shakespeare and musicals.

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GREATEST
HITS

Saturday 16th October, 2021

We're back for our first in-person concert for over a year! We welcome everyone back to musical heaven with a mix of some of our favourite pieces from the past 10 years.

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JINGLE ALL THE GAY

Saturday 14th December, 2019

It's that time of year, bringing classic, camp and traditional festive treats, served alongside mulled wine and mince pies!

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SAY
NOEL

Saturday 8th December, 2018

A festive collection of awesome favourites and new discoveries, in our traditional seasonal way!

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TINSEL
TASTIC

Saturday 9th December, 2017

Our Christmas festival is doused with mulled wine, stuffed with mince pies and features Mariah Carey atop the tree...

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CAMP AS
CHRISTMAS

Saturday 10th December, 2016

Our 2016 festive concert, dialling up the camp seasonal tunes and upping the sparkle.

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MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY

Sunday 6th December, 2015

Our Christmas Cracker kicked off with the a broad mix of carols, fanfares, camp classics and pop favourites.

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LGSW PRESENT:
GEEK!

Saturday 18th April, 2015

Aiming our first concert of our anniversary year squarely at our geek friends, our spring concert features themes from Star Trek, Doctor Who and Game of Thrones...rounded off with some Mario!

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CHAMBER CONCERT

Saturday 14th June, 2014

The first ever LGSW Chamber Concert featured the best small groups from within the band's ranks, including a trombone ensemble, sax quartet and even a recorder ensemble!

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MUSIC FROM FILM & TV

Saturday 26th October, 2013

Playing tribute to some of the best arrangements from Film and TV tunes from past and present, including Harry Potter, Star Wars, Aladdin and Murder, She Wrote.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MIN

Saturday 13th October, 2012

A truly international concert, focussing on some of the best wind band music from around the world. A global treat taking the audience to France, America, Japan and Africa.

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

Saturday, 27th April, 2024

An interplanetary and parallel universe sojourn to explore some truly out of this world music from the worlds of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and classical pieces inspired by the infinite expanse of space.

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DOUZE POINTS

Saturday, 29th April, 2023

To celebrate EUROVISION COMING TO THE UK (!!), we have a glorious programme of pieces with all the European flavour you could wish for. 

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LOCATION LOCATION, LOCATION!

Saturday, 7th May, 2022

An international flavour to get us all out of the Lockdown funk from the past two years. Something for everyone, but with a global sparkle!

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VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS 2020

Saturday 19th December, 2020

In keeping with the COVID restrictions, we were able to record a socially-distant Christmas concert to continue our annual mission of making the Yuletide Gay, broadcast on Youtube. Ho ho ho!

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STAGE &
SCREEN

Saturday 12th October, 2019

It's curtain up and lights down for some firm favourites from the realms of theatre and film. Jazz hands at the ready!

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GEEK:
LEVEL UP!

Saturday 13th October, 2018

After acquiring enough XP, our popular Geek concert is back for another monster evening of music from TV, film and video games...

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FIT FOR A
QUEEN

Saturday 7th October, 2017

LGSW put on their finest tiaras and roll out the red carpet for a whole concert on all things Royal.

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SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Saturday 8th October, 2016

An evening of music designed to evoke the seven deadly emotions: Wrath, Envy, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony and Pride.

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10 FABULOUS YEARS

Saturday 10th October, 2015

To celebrate the tenth year of the LGSW, our autumn concert featured some of our favourite pieces we've ever played, along with some of our previous players and conductors making a cameo!

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DON OUR GAY APPAREL

Saturday 13th December, 2014

Our third annual Christmas Concert fused traditional and not-so-traditional pieces, including Prokofiev's Troika, Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride, and Selections from Home Alone...

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BRITAIN / AMERICA

Saturday 21st April, 2018

The LGSW has members from both sides of the pond, and we celebrate that in this concert with pieces from composers notable in the UK and the US alike.

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SPRING
FAYRE

Saturday 6th April, 2013

Truly getting into the Spring spirit featuring music from Sousa, Copland and Wagner. All played alongside a concert fete with homemade cakes and biscuits, jams, jellies and chutneys!

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PROM-TASTIC

Saturday 24th March, 2012

The Last Night of the Proms coming early, with LGSW celebrating the best of British! Featuring folk songs, The Beatles, Freddie Mercury and, of course, finishing up with Rule Britannia.

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