🕺Glen Miller Memorial Weekend in Bedford 2024

Sunday 15 December 2024
💃Glenn Miller took his fateful flight from the Twinwood airfield on15th December 1944. The Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra broadcast from seven Bedford locations including the Corn Exchange. We're commemorating the man, his music and his connections with Bedford in a full weekend of events hosted by May Blossom and Bedford Borough Council.
▪️Saturday 14th December 24
▪️Sunday 15th December 24
DETAILS
Find out about Glenn Miller’s importance to the Allied war effort and his connections to Bedford, and celebrate his music.
⭐️Try a free Lindy Hop taster session with local swing dance group Swingsters.
⭐️ Learn the Social Foxtrot and join 1940s party dances with Al Ruzzit Buzzit.
💃FREE TEA DANCE - Harpur Square
▪️Date: Saturday 14th Dec -
10am - 5pm
▪️Date: Sunday 15th Dec -
10am - 4pm
⭐️Join the free tea dance each day (spectators welcome) with May Blossom, Vintage Songbird.
⭐️Get in the spirit of the 1940s with reenactors, vehicles and traders.
🚶♂️WALKING TOUR (FREE TICKETS) -
Dates: 14th & 15th December 2024
Time: 11am
Meet: Harpur Suite, Bedford
Harpur Square.
Join a ‘World War II in Bedford’ walking tour with the Bedford Association of Tour Guides, leaving the Harpur Suite at 11am each day. Learn about the town's connection to Bletchley Park. These walks must be booked in advance on The Higgins Bedford website.
🎫 BOOKING:
https://www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/Book_Online/Book_Online.aspx
💃 TICKETED EVENING DANCE - £20
▪️Dates: Saturday 14th December 2024
▪️Time: 7:30pm - 11:00pm
▪️Where? The Harpur Suite, Bedford
The Glenn Miller Memorial Dance is planned for the evening of Saturday 14 December 2024. There will be a magical evening of live big band music, dancing, and nostalgia in the Harpur Suite. The Harborough Big Band will perform classic Glenn Miller hits, transporting you back to the glamorous era of the 1940s. Tickets are £20, for more information and to purchase your tickets, please contact:
☎️ Sallie Phillips on: 07973 713568.
YOUR HOST
All hosted by our 1940s compere, Viv the Spiv.
▪️Saturday 14th December 24
▪️Sunday 15th December 24
DETAILS
Find out about Glenn Miller’s importance to the Allied war effort and his connections to Bedford, and celebrate his music.
⭐️Try a free Lindy Hop taster session with local swing dance group Swingsters.
⭐️ Learn the Social Foxtrot and join 1940s party dances with Al Ruzzit Buzzit.
💃FREE TEA DANCE - Harpur Square
▪️Date: Saturday 14th Dec -
10am - 5pm
▪️Date: Sunday 15th Dec -
10am - 4pm
⭐️Join the free tea dance each day (spectators welcome) with May Blossom, Vintage Songbird.
⭐️Get in the spirit of the 1940s with reenactors, vehicles and traders.
🚶♂️WALKING TOUR (FREE TICKETS) -
Dates: 14th & 15th December 2024
Time: 11am
Meet: Harpur Suite, Bedford
Harpur Square.
Join a ‘World War II in Bedford’ walking tour with the Bedford Association of Tour Guides, leaving the Harpur Suite at 11am each day. Learn about the town's connection to Bletchley Park. These walks must be booked in advance on The Higgins Bedford website.
🎫 BOOKING:
https://www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/Book_Online/Book_Online.aspx
💃 TICKETED EVENING DANCE - £20
▪️Dates: Saturday 14th December 2024
▪️Time: 7:30pm - 11:00pm
▪️Where? The Harpur Suite, Bedford
The Glenn Miller Memorial Dance is planned for the evening of Saturday 14 December 2024. There will be a magical evening of live big band music, dancing, and nostalgia in the Harpur Suite. The Harborough Big Band will perform classic Glenn Miller hits, transporting you back to the glamorous era of the 1940s. Tickets are £20, for more information and to purchase your tickets, please contact:
☎️ Sallie Phillips on: 07973 713568.
YOUR HOST
All hosted by our 1940s compere, Viv the Spiv.
