© 2024 - Michael Wooldridge
Events
These are the dates of Michael’s public events
Before making your journey, please do contact the venue using the number given to check that
the event is still on as shown here and that seats are available for you.
Do remember that at many of the dance events it is quite possible just to come along to sit and
listen, to enjoy the music and soak up the atmosphere.
Concert, Show and Dance Dates
2024
OCTOBER
Friday 11th, RYE, 7.15pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, Silent Movie Night accompanied by Michael at the Rye Wurlitzer, 01424 444 058,
Rye Wurlitzer Academy
Sunday 13th, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Sunday 13th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael and top drummer, Dean Morris, play for the Sunday night
dance club, all welcome for a friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
Friday 18th to Saturday 19th, PETERBOROUGH, Michael plays at the annual Allens Music Extravaganza Weekend, details from 01493 842 887
Wednesday 23rd to Thursday 24th, TORQUAY, Michael plays at the Wizard Music Festival arranged by Byron Jones, details from 0117 949 7742
Sunday 27th, BOGNOR REGIS, 2.30pm at The Jubilee Hall, Middleton-on-Sea, PO22 6JA, Michael is joined by top drummer Dean Morris for an
cheery afternoon of music for all to enjoy at Bognor Regis Melodytimes, 07925 383 744
NOVEMBER
Friday 1st, UCKFIELD, Michael plays the magnificent Wurlitzer for a Fright Night with Silent Film - The Phantom of the Opera - and a two course
meal, 7.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Monday 4th, NOTTINGHAM, 7.30pm at the Bonnington Theatre, Leisure centre, High Street, Arnold, NG5 7EE, Nottingham Organ Society, 07931
430 957
Tuesday 5th, LEAMINGTON SPA & District Organ Society, 7.30pm at Radford Road Church, Radford Road, CV31 1NF, 07867 646 753
Tuesday 12th, MILFORD-ON-SEA, 2.30pm at All Saints Church Hall, Greenbanks Close, SO41 0SQ, New Forest Organ Society, 07305 209 192
Wednesday 13th, BOURNEMOUTH, 2.00pm at the Pavilion Ballroom, Westover Road, BH1 2BU, Michael plays electronic organ for an afternoon tea
dance, 0300 500 0595
Saturday 16th, WOKING, Wurlitzer Tribute Show to Len Rawle MBE featuring Michael and guests, 2.30pm at The Leisure Centre, Woking Park,
Kingfield Road, GU22 9BA, 07944 285 266
Sunday 17th, RYE, 2.30pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, A Wurlitzer concert featuring internet music sensation Tom Horton and
Michael, 01424 444 058, Rye Wurlitzer Academy
Friday 22nd to Monday 24th, HELLIDON LAKES Cavalcade Keyboarders’ Weekend Festival for YAMAHA players, Hellidon Lakes Hotel, Hellidon,
Daventry, NN11 6GG, Michael presents this popular residential event, featuring a galaxy of top Yamaha artistes, including Glyn Madden,
Jean Martyn, Daniel Watt, James Sargeant and more, for more info here or call 07842 573 913 between 10am and 12noon on a Monday or a
Thursday morning
Tuesday 26th, BOURNEMOUTH, Michael plays cocktail piano and organ for the Tony Stace and Friends Festival at the Hotel Mirimar, 01609 748 295
DECEMBER
Friday 6th, RYE, 7.15pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, Christmas Wurlitzer with Michael and Guests, 01424 444 058, Rye Wurlitzer
Academy
Sunday 8th, UCKFIELD, join Michael and friends for the ESN Christmas Show for the Theatre Pipe Organ Preservation Society, featuring the largest
Wurlitzer in Europe, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Saturday 14th, WOKING Wurlitzer Christmas Open House featuring Michael and an Open Console for all to enjoy, 2.30pm at The Leisure Centre,
Woking Park, Kingfield Road, GU22 9BA, 07944 285 266
Wednesday 18th, BOURNEMOUTH 2.30pm at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, BH1 2BU, The annual Christmas Cracker, a free afternoon
featuring Michael at the Compton Theatre Pipe Organ, Ian Carter at the Steinway Grand Piano, Choirs, Readings and much more to fill you with
festive cheer, 0300 500 0595
Friday 20th, BURGESS HILL Keyboard Club, 7.15pm at The Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, RH15 8DX, 01444 241 26960 015 225
2025
JANUARY
Sunday 5th, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Sunday 12th, BRIGHTON, 3pm, Michael plays a Concert on the fabulous Wurlitzer Organs at Singing Hills Golf Course, Muddleswood Road,
Albourne, BN6 9EB, along with his special guest, Jamyma Hanson, Tickets from 01903 817 116 during office hours Monday to Friday
Thursday 16th, ANDOVER Music at HeART, 7.30pm at the White Hart Hotel, 12 Bridge Street, SP10 1BH, 01264 323 213
Sunday 19th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
Sunday 26th, STEVENAGE, 1pm at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Lytton Way, SG1 1LZ, Michael plays the Christie Theatre Pipe Organ in a special
afternoon of music featuring the one and only John Mann
FEBRUARY
Sunday 23rd, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
MARCH
Monday 3rd, BRENTFORD, 1.00pm, Michael plays the magnificent Wurlitzer theatre PIpe Organ in a Music For You lunchtime concert of two thirty
minute halves, Musical Museum, 399 High Street, TW8 0DU, 0208 560 8108
Friday 7th, RYE, 7.15pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, A night of jazz and fish and chips! Join internationally renowned star jazz singer,
Liane Carroll, with Michael at the Rye Wurlitzer, for a night of super music, with a fresh cooked fish and chip supper served at the interval, 01424 444
058, Rye Wurlitzer Academy
Sunday 9th, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Sunday 9th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
Monday 17th to Friday 21st, HEMSBY, Michael hosts and plays at the 40th Anniversary Hemsby Keyboard Cavalcade Festival, a super holiday at a
lovely venue and packed with great live music, call 07842 573 913 on a Monday or Thursday morning, or visit
www.cavalcadeproductions.co.uk/hemsby.htm
Sunday 23rd, UCKFIELD, Michael joins the UK’s most popular musical entertainer, John Mann, in concert on the largest Wurlitzer in Europe, 3.00pm
at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2, The Theatre Pipe Organ Preservation Society
APRIL
Wednesday 2nd, LETCHWORTH, 7.30pm at The Icknield Centre, Icknield Way, SG6 1EF, North Herts Music Live, 01462 671 991 or 07837 784 930
Sunday 6th, RYE, 2.30pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, A special show to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Rye Wurlitzer, recreating
its opening show on 6th April 1925, featuring star of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent Ventriloquist Steve Hewlett, George Mitchell Minstrel Singer Peter
Chapman, memories of the Blackpool Tower and Reg Dixon with Cameron Lloyd, a Silent Film Comedy, a Cream Tea and Michael at the Wurlitzer,
01424 444 058, Rye Wurlitzer
Saturday 12th, WOKING Wurlitzer Concert featuring Michael with special guest Jamyma Hanson, 7.00pm at The Leisure Centre, Woking Park,
Kingfield Road, GU22 9BA, 07944 285 266
Sunday 27th, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
Sunday 27th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
MAY
Sunday 11th to Thursday 15th, BLACKPOOL Cavalcade Organ Festival, The Imperial Hotel, FY1 2HB, Michael presents this popular residential
event, including a special last night ‘Magic of the Musicals’ show featuring international star singer Maggie O’Hara, more info here or call 07842 573
913 between 10am and 12noon on a Monday or a Thursday morning
Friday 16th, WARWICK, Michael plays a concert at the weekend festival arranged by Chris Powell’s Music4You at the 4* Delta by Marriott Hotel, 429
Stratford Road, CV34 6RE, 07877 481 424
Thursday 22nd, KINGSWINFORD and District Organ Society, 8.00pm at The Royal British Legion, Summerhill, DY6 9JG, A special show featuring
vocalist Maggie O’Hara with Michael and David Ingley playing organs and piano, 01384 274 500
Sunday 25th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
Thursday 29th, GAINSBOROUGH Keyboard Showtime, 7.00pm at The Trinity Arts Centre, DN21 2AL, 01427 615 265
JUNE
Sunday 8th, COLCHESTER Keyboard Concerts, 2.30pm at St. Margarets Church Hall, Stansted Road, CO2 8RA, 07859 731 918
Tuesday 17th, BIDEFORD, 7pm at The Kingsley Hall, 17 Atlantic Way, Westward Ho!, EX39 1HX, Bideford Keyboard & Organ Club, 01237 475 914
Wednesday 18th, PLYMOUTH, 7.15pm at Plymstock Community Centre, The Broadway, PL9 9GH, Plymouth Broadway Organ & Keyboard Club,
07732 022 328 or 01752 880 310
Sunday 29th, UCKFIELD, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, Michael plays for a friendly afternoon Tea Dance on the
mighty Wurlitzer, with Ballroom, Latin and popular Sequence Dances, 01825 88 00 88 Extension 2
JULY
Sunday 6th, SOLIHULL, 2.30pm at Fentham Hall, Marsh Lane, Hampton in Arden, B92 0AH, Michael plays a concert on the magnificent Compton
theatre organ for the Cinema Organ Society, 01564 794 778
Sunday 20th, RYE, 2.30pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, A Wurlitzer concert featuring the UK’s favourite musical entertainer, the one
and only John Mann, and Michael, 01424 444 058, Rye Wurlitzer Academy
Sunday 27th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
AUGUST
Wednesday 6th, NORWICH, 7.30pm at Hellesdon Community Centre, Wood View Road, NR6 5QB, Michael plays a concert for Norwich Keyboard
Lounge, 07786 445 605
Wednesday 13th, ECCLES, 1pm at the LTOT Heritage Centre, Peel Green, M30 7HJ, Michael plays the Wurlitzer and Compton organs, 0161 427 2180
Wednesday 13th - Thursday 14th, LLANDUDNO Musical Breaks, Michael plays Wednesday Evening and Thursday Morning concerts at the festival
at the The Kensington Hotel, 6-8 Nevill Crescent, LL30 1AT, 01384 274 500
Thursday 14th, TYWYN, 7.30pm, Michael plays a concert on the beautiful 3/9 Wurlitzer that was originally at the Granada Cinema, Woolwich, now
at Neuadd Pendre, Brook Street, LL36 9DP, 07769 685 117
Sunday 31st, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
SEPTEMBER
Friday 12th, RYE, 7.15pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, The annual Rye Proms with Michael and the Rye Bay Crew, 01424 444 058, Rye
Wurlitzer Academy
Saturday 13th, WOKING Wurlitzer 30th Anniversary Concert featuring Michael with David Ivory and Byron Jones BEM, 7.00pm at The Leisure
Centre, Woking Park, Kingfield Road, GU22 9BA, 07944 285 266
Sunday 21st, UCKFIELD, Michael is joined by internationally acclaimed organist, Dr. Carol Williams, for an afternoon of solos and duets featuring
the largest Wurlitzer in Europe and the Carlo Curley Organ, 3.00pm at The East Sussex National, Little Horsted, TN22 5ES, 01825 88 00 88 Extension
2, The Theatre Pipe Organ Preservation Society
Monday 22nd, DERBY Organ & Keyboard Society, 7.30pm at Littleover Social Club, 61 Blagreaves Lane, DE23 1FQ, 01332 731 676
Tuesday 23rd - Wednesday 24th, STOURPORT Musical Breaks, Michael plays Wednesday Evening and Thursday Morning concerts at the festival at
the Stourport Manor Hotel, DY13 9JA, 01384 274 500
Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd October, HEMSBY, Michael hosts and plays at the 40th Anniversary Hemsby Keyboard Cavalcade Festival,
a super holiday at a lovely venue and packed with great live music, call 07842 573 913 on a Monday or Thursday morning, or visit
www.cavalcadeproductions.co.uk/hemsby.htm
OCTOBER
Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd October, HEMSBY, Michael hosts and plays at the 40th Anniversary Hemsby Keyboard Cavalcade Festival,
a super holiday at a lovely venue and packed with great live music, call 07842 573 913 on a Monday or Thursday morning, or visit
www.cavalcadeproductions.co.uk/hemsby.htm
Tuesday 7th, BEXLEY Music Club, 7.30pm at Bexleyheath Golf Club, Mount Drive, DA6 8JS, Michael is joined by top drummer Dean Morris for an
evening of musical treats, 01322 274 541
Saturday 11th, ST. ALBANS, 3pm, Michael plays the Rutt and Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organs at the St. Albans Organ Theatre, 320 Camp Road,
St. Albans, AL1 5PE. 01727 869 693
Sunday 19th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
NOVEMBER
Saturday 8th, BEER (DEVON), 2.00pm at The Congregational Church, Fore Street, Beer, Seaton, EX12 3JQ, Michael is joined by Lucy Crouch for an
afternoon of popular music on England’s oldest Wurlitzer organ in its 100th year, 07848 952 619
Sunday 16th, HORSHAM, 8.00pm at The Roffey Club, Spooners Road, RH12 4DY, Michael plays for the Sunday night dance club, all welcome for a
friendly evening of music for dancing, 01403 210 356
DECEMBER
Friday 5th, RYE, 7.15pm at the Rye Theatre, Love Lane, TN31 7NQ, Christmas Wurlitzer with Michael and Guests, 01424 444 058, Rye Wurlitzer
Academy
Monday 8th, RAINHAM, Michael is joined by top drummer Gareth Thompson for an evening packed with festive musical treats, 7.00pm for 7.30pm
at The Parkwood Community Centre, Parkwood Green, ME8 9PN, Medway Music Club, 01322 274 541
Saturday 13th, WOKING Wurlitzer Christmas Concert featuring Michael and special guests, 2.30pm at The Leisure Centre, Woking Park, Kingfield
Road, GU22 9BA, 07944 285 266
Sunday 14th, SALTAIRE Wurlitzer Christmas Concert, 2.30pm at the Victoria Hall, Victoria Road, BD18 3JS, Cinema Organ Society Northern District,
0845 400 2208