BMM extended its repertoire in 2018 by starting to promote professional performances in the village, under the Live and Local banner. This is an Arts Council initiative to subsidise performing arts events in villages like ours. The scheme which works across Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, provides "the opportunity to bring people together to enjoy high quality, affordable, memorable and uplifting live entertainment". There is a real eclectic mix of musical performers, many unknown as yet on the wider entertainment stage but bursting with talent, you could be amongst one of the first to see stars of the future.
We use the Village Hall, giving everyone access to a top rate performance at low cost and without the need to travel! We aim to provide a variety of types of music. For £12.50, you will have a great night within the Barton community, and you might even discover some music you didn't know you liked. A bar selling alcoholic and soft drinks operates throughout the evening, you're welcome to bring your own snacks, but not drinks or glasses please as no glass is allowed in the hall and we provide approved plastic cups.
Our first event was held to much acclaim on Saturday 10 March 2018 when we hosted the UK's finest sea shanty band Kimber's Men. They have appeared on Channel 4, BBC 2 and with Gareth Malone on BBC4, so were well worth seeing. It was a great evening of much song and laughter, foot stamping and joining in with some of the more familiar tunes
Should you be interested in travelling to other Live and Local events across the Midlands, please visit their website at www.liveandlocal.org.uk
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 23rd March 2025 |
Serena Smith and Friends Serena is a classically trained violinist but the show ranges from “funky grooves and bluegrass twangs to rock rhythms and jazz improvisations”!! |
| 1st February 2025 |
The Mark Harrison band Mark is a virtuoso guitarist and the show is billed as being “where roots, folk and blues collide |
| 23rd November 2024 |
SONRISA A three piece group perform their own music that has a strong Latin influence |
| 6th April 2024 | The Best of George Egg Returning to the Live and Local menu for 2023/2024 by popular demand, George Egg cooks food while making you laugh. In the last half-decade, he’s toured three shows (‘Anarchist Cook’, ‘DIY Chef’ and ‘Movable Feast’) and cooked over a thousand dishes, all of them in front of a live audience, none of them with a kitchen. The show is totally different from anything else offered by Live and Local. It's live gourmet cooking in the most unconventional ways, while performing a comedy show-cum-lecture. It's inspiring and teaches the audience divergent and lateral thinking and it completely spans genres |
| 24th February 2024 | Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman Event cancelled owing to Kathryn Roberts' illness. |
| 25th November 2023 | Kelly's Heroes Kelly’s Heroes are an East Midlands folk band who formed in 1983 with a repertoire encompassing fast and furious Celtic songs and tunes, gentle ballads and quality contemporary numbers, as well as some original material. Along with their vocals, their instrumentation includes guitar, button accordion, melodeon, bodhran, fiddle, flute and whistles. Stand by for a lively night. |
| 1st April 2023 |
Kimber’s Men Sea song and shanties galore with much audience participation. A very popular group with devoted fans. |
| 25th February 2023 |
Hoagy A unique and fascinating celebration of the music of singer-pianist-songwriter Hoagy Carmichael presented by three of the UK's top jazz musicians, the Chris Ingham Trio. A brilliant evening had by all! |
| 26th January 2020 | Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman Performing to the highest standard on guitar and piano the nationally recognised duo showcased a variety of music from old traditional ballads to self penned ’story songs’. |
| 1st November 2019 | Tell Tale Tusk - An all-female contemporary folk ensemble who are inventive interpreters and skilful arrangers of traditional music from the British Isles. |
| 16th February 2019 | Sam Lewis – Nashville singer-songwriter - our first international performer, all the way from Nashville, Tennessee. A rising Nashville singer-songwriter with a storyteller's eye. It was a terrific evening, one we will remember for a long time. |
| 23rd November 2018 | My Darling Clementine - Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish the acknowledged King and Queen of UK Country. They held us engrossed in the world of 50’s-60’s country gold brilliantly evoking the spirit of the greats such as Johnny Cash, George Jones and Tammy Wynette |
| 10th March 2018 | UK's finest sea shanty band Kimber's Men. They have appeared on Channel 4, BBC 2 and with Gareth Malone on BBC4, so were well worth seeing. It was a great evening of much song and laughter, foot stamping and joining in with some of the more familiar tunes. |
Visit Concerts / Live and Local / for the full listings.