Kate Rusby
18 September, Theatre, 7.45, £20
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr
25 September, Studio, 8.00, £14
The Big Sing
Sunday 4 October, Concert Hall, 3.45, £4.50
The Magnificent Music Hall
Wednesday 7 October, Theatre, 2.30, £14
Mugenkyo Drummers
Saturday 10 October, Theatre, 7.45, £20.50
Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes
Wednesday 14 October, Theatre, 7.45, £22
Dr Hook feat. Ray Sawyer
Sunday 18 October, Concert Hall, 7.30, £27.50
All Star 60s
Friday 23 October, Concert Hall, 7.30, £27.50
Mad About the Musicals
Friday 30 October, Concert Hall, 7.30, £24
John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra
Thursday 5 November, Concert Hall, 7.00, £46
Leroy Jones featuring Ian Shaw & Joe Stilgoe
Saturday 7 November, Concert Hall, 8.00, £21
Joe McElderry: The Evolution Tour
Friday 13 November, Theatre, 7.45, £19.50
Armonico Consort: Christmas Oratorio
Sunday 6 December, Concert Hall, 5.00, £14.50-£36
The RAF In Concert
Thursday 10 December, Concert Hall, 7.30, £19-£25
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Friday 11 December, Concert Hall, 7.30, £21.50
Steeleye Span
Saturday 12 December, Concert Hall, 7.30, £21
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The autumn season at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, will strike a chord with music fans of every persuasion as a diverse array of talent prepares to head this way.
Heralding another strong showing for folk and roots music, the remarkable singer Kate Rusby plays the Theatre on 18 September in support of her critically lauded album, Ghost. She’s followed in the Studio on 25 September by the brilliant combination of Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr whose album, Murmurs, has been universally praised. England’s most popular roots partnership, Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes, play the Theatre on 14 October and folk-rock pioneers Steeleye Span close the season in the Concert Hall on 12 December.
Jazz fans will be thrilled to see legendary New Orleans trumpeter Leroy Jones with his regular touring quintet augmented by British singer Ian Shaw and pianist Joe Stilgoe, fresh from his West End run in High Society, part of Kevin Spacey’s finale season at the Old Vic.
Now in its sixth year, The Big Sing the returns on 4 October with the pop-up choir working with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Resonate Strings and Stephen Jackson, one of the UK’s top choral conductors, before performing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Accompanied by period instrumentalists and a line up of world class soloists headed by bass-baritone Sir Willard White, the Armonico Consort perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on 6 December; while the John Wilson Orchestra (5 November) showcase Gershwin In Hollywood and the RAF In Concert (10 December) revisit big band sounds.
Dr Hook are in action on 18 October as Brian Poole & the Tremeloes, The Troggs, Badfinger, Ivy League and the Pacemakers line up in All Star 60s on 23 October and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (11 December) re-imagine classic rock, pop and classical music..
X- Factor winner Joe McElderry will meet his devoted fans on 13 November and Gareth Gates continues his adventure in musical theatre by headlining the cast of Mad About the Musicals on 30 October. Meanwhile, Jan Hunt stars in The Magnificent Music Hall on 7 October.
With their thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums the Mugenko Drummers (10 October) celebrate their 21st year of performing in the traditional spirit of taiko with masked choreography, inventive lighting and breathtaking athleticism.
