Happy Christmas to you all. We hope your day is full of warmth, laughter and music. But if you do find this time of year tough, hang on in there. Esquires. x

Anyway, Just nabbed tickets to see Marc Almond & The Loveless at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social so that's my Monday off to a flyer. www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-l...

Available today or Xmas eve!!

What a lovely year 2025 has been, with a whole host of amazing shows at our little ol' venue. Here's every single headliner on a ticketed show….

Thanks to Arts Council England for their continued support for this project... www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/esquires-promoter-secures-further-grant-funding-to-make-gigs-accessible-to-all-5442247

Only 5 tickets now remaining…

Only 15 tickets left for Ceremony 5.5 on Saturday 31st January 2026 so don’t dilly dally if you want to get involved. Available from Seetickets.

Moonlandingz make their debut at Esquires! Tickets on sale Friday from Seetickets!!

She’s in Parties - Spellbinding.

Djank sounding glorious in soundcheck!

Cucumaras sounding great in soundcheck

1st 2026 show announcement! 🖤♠️🎱 Supporting @booradleysofficial at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social on 7/2/26! Tickets via www.bandsintown.com/a/15374528-f... x

Tonight! Tickets on the door!!! Cash / Card.

Caught Cassie Ramone and @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social last night - quite possibly my first trip there since 2008(!!). Great show and frankly a treasure for a town like Bedford to have a venue of that quality.

Saw @benefitstheband.bsky.social in Coventry last night. Amazingly good. Unlike anything I’ve seen before. Go see them at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social on Sunday. Full tour details here: www.benefitstheband.com/live

He will take to the stage at Bedford Park on Saturday, 4 July 2026, a date now set to be one of the biggest nights Bedford has ever seen... #Bedford #BedfordNews #LiveMusic #TomGrennan #BedfordSummerSessions #BedfordPark

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Bless my cotton socks, I’m in the news. 45 years ago!

Follow @musicvenueprop.bsky.social for updates, news and how to invest if you are able to…

Good luck to @cmatbaby.bsky.social at the Mercury Music Prize tonight with her incredible album Euro Country. Now go and win the thing! #mercurymusic

14 legged groove machine. Ibibio Sound Machine sounding incredible on the main stage.

Dog Race. Absolutely spellbinding stuff..,

Tonight! Local heroes Dog Race make a welcome return to Esquires. Thrillingly urgent indie rock, fronted the star that is Katie Healy. Tickets available on the door.

Thanks everyone who came to our Leicester/Bedford gigs - lorra love in the room and we had a brill time! Huge love to Kevin Hewick and Swallowtail for fantastic support sets, and Rob Brewer for pics! 😍

The @mikiberenyi.bsky.social Trio were fantastic last night at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social There was dancing non-stop to some classic Lush tracks. The new album sounded brilliant live! Hope the North American tour goes well!

The Sunday the Miki Berenyi Trio make a welcome return to Esquires, with support from hotly tipped dream poppers Swallowtail. It's a 5pm start, so you won't be knackered for work the next day. Limited tickets still available from Seetickets. @mikiberenyi.bsky.social

The Sunday the Miki Berenyi Trio make a welcome return to Esquires, with support from hotly tipped dream poppers Swallowtail. It's a 5pm start, so you won't be knackered for work the next day. Limited tickets still available from Seetickets. @mikiberenyi.bsky.social

Bedford Esquires in @theguardian.com this morning with lots of other wonderful venues and people… www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Ceremony '5.5', our new music all-dayer's little, winter sister is now on sale! Featuring some of the best new bands in the land, it's always unmissable. Available now from See and local outlets.

Tickets on sale Wednesday!!

Ceremony 5.5 news coming very soon…. 👀

Local promoters The Roar Club and Club Biscuit have been providing reduced price tickets to all their gigs at Esquires to those on a low income, thanks to an @artscouncilengland.bsky.social grant. As the project draws to a close, they would like your feedback. www.surveymonkey.com/r/XK9XTDY

This Wednesday! One of the greatest live bands around…

What's On Bedford 10th -21st September Loads on at @bedfordesquires.bsky.social The Quarry and The Cellar Bar... www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/whats-on-bedford-10-21-september-2025/

Congratulations to CMAT on her well deserved #mercurymusicprize nomination. Now follow in the footsteps of English Teacher and go and win the bloody thing…

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Tonight! If you like the throb and the rumble of low-end - it's time to get down and dirty with Evil Blizzard, featuring four bass players, a singing drummer and an array of rubber masks that will give both children and adults sleepless nights for days on end... Tickets via See and on door.

The very magical Jane Weaver making a Saturday night feel like a…well, a Saturday night.

Jane Weaver sounding glorious in soundcheck. Limited tickets on the door…

Here are the results of our very scientific poll on the door last night to find your favourite Smiths album… The Smiths -11 Hatful of Hallow - 21 Meat is Murder - 58 The Queen is Dead - 84 Strangeways -13 Rank - 1 The World Won’t Listen - 4 Louder than Bombs - 6

There’s a club if you’d like to go, you could meet someone who really loves you… Doors 7:30pm The Chasers 8:00pm The Smyths 9:00pm Sold Out.

We can scarcely believe our eyes and ears. Throwing Muses in Bedford.

Happy Throwing Muses Day! Doors 7:30pm Support - 8:00pm Throwing Muses - 9:00pm Curfew - 10:45pm (approximately!) Sold out!

Great to see Mercury Rev tonight in such intimate settings @bedfordesquires.bsky.social

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social have you had a million messages already about CMAT covering Road Rage at @greenmanfest.bsky.social last night…?

Happy Mercury Rev day to everyone who celebrates!

The always welcome return of Miles Hunt - amazing stories and wonderful songs.

TFC ROUND 2!!