Organisers of the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts expressed their sadness as they announced the suspension of operations after 48 years. The halt comes after audience numbers dropped and costs increased. It is expected to provide opportunities for the team to...
It was incongruously cold in Dockyard and Saturday’s concert took place in an unheated marquee. Sara Niemietz sang her first numbers clad in a borrowed ankle-length orange greatcoat. Openers were I Smile and I Want You, two quite measured, bluesy,...
New Breed Brass Band gave us a comprehensive and extended sampler of the musical history of 20th century New Orleans jazz. On the way they showed their mastery of the major jazz, swing, funk, rock, blues, reggae, folk and hip-hop styles of the previous century and...
Tessa Lark and Michael Thurber gave us a fascinating, unique blend of classical, folk and their own music in Bach to Bluegrass, the most recent show in the 48th Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts. After an Appalachian folk dance style introduction featuring bowed...
The Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts outreach programme held a workshop for men incarcerated at Westgate, with ten men taking part. A spokesperson said, “For example, on November 15, 2022 at 9:15am the Bermuda Festival initiated a ground breaking Outreach...