The Great British R&B Festival 2023

MaIn VeNuEs THE PENDLE HIPPODROME

SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST

12:30 – 13:30 FANDJANGO Hailing from the rolling hills of Lancashire this energetic 5 piece combine the refreshing gypsy flavours of jazz manouche with your favourite pop, rock & hip-hop from the past three decades. This band will have your fingers snapping and feet tapping to songs you forgot you used to love.

14:00 – 15:00 THE JAMES OLIVER BAND James plays Blues, rock a billy, rock and country…it’s all here in one explosive pickin package. James Oliver has already rubbed shoulders with Koch to name a few. Now, having recorded three vital, very contemporary albums with his old band, he is preparing to write a new chapter of not only his career but also Welsh music history. As music business veterans will tell you, success is 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration. As he enters the next stage of his career, James Oliver has a track record that shows he will not allow an ounce of his talents to be wasted. And with new musicians to interact with, chances are the music in store will exhibit hitherto unheard dimensions to delight his growing army of fans. many of the greats of the guitar firmament Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen and Greg

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