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The London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra
Warming the Globe with Fun Music & Comedy

As seen on Vernon Kay's Five O'Clock Show, Channel 4

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A Pet's Polka - Dance with Demis - Canine Constipation

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"LPSO 'live' 2023"

"LPSO 'live' 2020"

 

 

2023 Dates:

Jan 25 - RAF Northolt (private event)

March 5 - Electric Theatre, Guildford

March 10 - The Bridge, Shoreham (afternoon)

March 17 - Northwood (private party)

April 12 - "House Party", Preston

April 28 - Holt Village Hall, Wiltshire

May 20 - Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs, Kent

July 1 - Wild Duck Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth

July 29 - Kihveli Soikoon Festival, Finland

Aug 20 - Camp Bestival, Shropshire

Sept 30 - WoodsDay, Wendover

Oct 12 - Dörphus Hörsten, Seevetal, Germany

Oct 13 - Flensburg, Germany (heimfest-private)

Oct 14 - YNWA Kolding, Denmark (13.00)

Oct 15 - New Generation Theatre, Hamburg (16.00)

Nov 17-19 - Sandringham Xmas Fair

Dec 2 - Hendon (private xmas party)

Dec 3 - Catholic Centre, Chiswick (afternoon xmas party)

Dec 9 - HMS Nelson, Portsmouth (private event)

 

2024 Dates:

March 17 - Northwood (private party)

Aug 7 - Denmark (venue tbc)

Aug 8 - 9 - Stauning Jazz Festival, Denmark

Aug 10 - YNWA Kolding, Denmark (13.00)

Dec 18 - Ely Folk Club, Haddenham

 

 

Great Music - Great Show - Great Fun

What the organisers said :

"Thank you all so much for a splendid evening !!!! A zany show full of fun ... everybody is asking how you keep going for the whole performance and can still smile at the end... your energy is unbounding." Ian Smith (Organiser, All Soul's Church, Folkestone, Oct 2022)

"...a great show. It was a highlight of mine for the year..." Richie Cawley (Manager, Penzance Acorn Theatre, Oct 2018)
"really funny, fast and happy... lots of fun..." Ann Harding, (Arts co-ordinator, Victoria Hall, Settle, Oct 2018)
"I love your band. Great fun!" Rick Wakeman (Water Rats Ball, Grosvenor House, London, Nov 2014)
"a fireworks first-class musical comedy show. A little reminiscent of Monty Python. An unforgettable evening. They'll be welcomed back!" C Gugger (Director, New Generation Theatre, Hamburg, Jan 2014)
"The LPSO are an unsurpassed show-band with different genres of music and a totally crazy delivery on stage - the smiles in the audience are held firmly during the entire concert - and the laughter never ends!" Jørgen Christensen (Director, Slangerup Jazz Festival, Denmark, Aug 2013)
"An amazing show ... outrageous antics on stage, silly costumes, musical versatility and ability to read the audience. A night of fun, frivolity, energy and hilarity together with amazing musical dexterity." H Fletcher (Organiser, Mylor Bridge Hall, Nov 2011)
"Zany madcappery with faultless musicianship" Ian McGlynn (Artistic Director, Rondo Theatre, Bath, March 2009)

What the journalists wrote :

"a riot of colour, with innumerable changes of ridiculous sub-clown costumes throughout ... and the array of instruments is colossal ... but what impresses most is the sheer energy, skill and versatility of the musicianship – driving the show along to its faster and faster, and dafter and dafter climax. Lots of fun." John Christopher Wood (Rondo Theatre, Bath Comedy Festival, April 2017)
"What was impressive was the sheer variety of what was on offer. We enjoyed a constant battery of humour ... the band’s exceptional musical skills .... a tremendous diversity of music. The long standing ovation at the end of the concert was testament to the fact that the large audience had experienced an evening of pure enjoyment." Robin Curtis (Holy Trinity Church, Broadstairs, Feb 2017)
"Laughing and laughing tears." S Torsteinsdottir (Odda Blues Festival, Norway, Sept 2012)

 

Have previously appeared at :

Denmark : Skagen Folk Festival - Snake City Jazz Festival - Kolding Town Festival - Tante Olga, Randers - Cafe Frederiksberg, Aalborg

Jonstrup Jazz Festival - Kunstskabet, Børkop - Havkatten, Marstal

Finland : Khiveli Soikoon, Hankasalmi Music Festival - KesaKaivari Festival, Helsinki - Tampere Concert Hall

Norway : Odda Blues Festival - Froya Festival - Vikedal Roots Festival - SildaJazz Festival, Haugesund

Germany : Dresden Dixieland Festival - Hamburg Skiffle Festival - Bremerhaven Theater - Cotton Club, Hamburg - Brauhaus, Buxtehude - Kulturforum, Buxtehude - New Generation Theatre, Hamburg

Belgium : Deerlycke Festival - Ruislede Festival--------- Holland : Paddy Murphy's, Rotterdam

Britain : Henley-On-Thames Festival of Music and Arts - Cleckheaton Folk Festival - Fylde Folk Festival - Cambridge Big Weekend

  Warwick Folk Festival - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage - Tithe Barn, Wellingborough - Walthamstow Festival

Ferneham Hall, Fareham - Lakeside Country Club, Camberley - Folk On The Pier, Cromer -  Chippenham Folk Festival

Sweeps Festival, Rochester - Theatre Royal, Margate - Battersea Arts Centre, London - Weston-Super-Mare Festival

Crawley Folk Festival - Leigh on Sea Folk Festival - Bridgend Beer Festival - Hitchin Festival - Civic Hall Theatre, Broxbourne

Essex County Cricket Ground, Colchester - Central Theatre, London - Water Rats Ball, Grosvenor Hotel, London - Lewisham People's Day

Peel Centenary Centre, Isle Of Man - Didmarton Bluegrass Festival - Tower Arts Centre, Winchester - Dorset Steam Fair

Rondo Theatre, Bath - Wharf Theatre, Devizes - Phoenix Theatre, Bordon - City Varieties, Leeds - Ireby Folk Festival

Half Moon, Putney - Bedford River Festival - Leytonstone Festival, London - Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest

Ingleton Folk Festival - Saltburn Folk Festival - Gorleston Pavilion Theatre - St Albans Folk Festival - Middlewich Folk Festival

Harrogate Theatre - Ludlow Festival - Manchester Street Festival - Chichester Music Festival - Banbury Folk Festival

Sedgefield Folk Festival - Wallingford Bunkfest - Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival - Walker Theatre, Shrewsbury

Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury - Vinopolis, London - Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax - Blackfriars Theatre, Boston

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall - Mart Theatre, Skipton - Courtyard Theatre, Hereford - Old Gaffers Festival, I-O-W

West Cliff Theatre, Clacton on Sea - Arts Centre, Jersey - Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton - The Poly, Falmouth - Acorn Theatre, Penzance

Sterts Theatre, Liskeard - Victoria Hall, Settle - Playhouse, Preston - The Platform, Morecambe - Bowhill Theatre, Selkirk, Scotland

Cast Theatre, Doncaster - Avenue Theatre, Sittingbourne - Halifax Comedy Festival - Electric Theatre, Guildford

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Caught By The Cossacks

Crazy 'Bout You

Pet's Polka

McChevitt's Reel

 

Contact :   lpso4@yahoo.co.uk