Todmorden Bandstand

17/09/2026

We're thrilled to have commUNITY Gala Day coming to the Todmorden Bandstand, and to have been able to support it through our grant funding!

It's a huge line up, with workshops, food and community stalls!

Craig Griffin of JA Live says “The Bandstand Gala is really the first public celebration of Valley Roots. It's free, it's open to everybody and we're bringing local artists and community activity together with some special guests. Hopefully this is the beginning of something that can put down proper roots and grow year after year.”

So come down and support it!

📆Saturday 3rd of October
⏰11 - 6
📌Todmorden Bandstand, Centre Vale Park

🌿 VALLEY ROOTS commUNITY HAS ARRIVED 🌿

We are DELIGHTED to announce the first Valley Roots commUNITY Bandstand Gala! 💥

A full day around the Bandstand bringing together live music, DJs, sound system culture, workshops, street food, community stalls and activities, with local talent sharing the day alongside some very special guests.

📅 Saturday 3rd October
⏰ 11am–6pm
📍 Centre Vale Park, Todmorden
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing the artists, workshops, food, stalls and people helping to make the day happen.

Valley Roots commUNITY is about exactly what the name says: putting down roots, building unity in the community, bringing people together and celebrating the creativity and culture already within our community.

🙏 A special thank you to Todmorden Town Council and The National Lottery Community Fund for their kind support in helping make Valley Roots commUNITY happen! And, of course, to National Lottery players whose support makes this funding possible.

UNITY • COMMUNITY • CELEBRATION • ONE LOVE ❤️💛💚

14/09/2026

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Next Saturday at the bandstand - Tod Jam!

This should be a fantastic day for Tod’s youth!

Tod Jam is a youth festival for 11-18 year olds in Centre Vale Park on 19 September - we are so excited to have this fantastic line-up of music, art, games, sports and activities. Have a look at the programme - there's something for everyone. And we're delighted to showcase the talent of our local young people with music and performance on the bandstand all day. We encourage the young at heart to come down and give them a round of applause!

🎵🥁🎹🎸🎤🎺🎻🎾🤹‍♀️🏹🎧🛹🎭🥋🎨

13/09/2026

🎹💻 ⚡️🌞 EMOM: Another great afternoon at the bandstand!

Huge thanks to:

🌞 Everyone who came along and enjoyed the bleeps and the beats and the sunshine

All the great performers:
🎵Martin Beech
🎵Analogue Electronic Whatever
🎵Dots
🎵The Naked Raver
🎵Wonky Chris Colling
🎵The Junta
🎵mho

🧠 Dave Walker of Todmorden Emom for putting the show together

🦺 Staff of Todmorden Town Council

Reel: The excellent Analogue Electronic Whatever

See you next time in the park!

12/09/2026

🌥️ Well the weather forecast is looking great for tomorrow’s Electronic Music Open Mic - light cloud, light wind and 19°C. Perfect for what should be a fantastic afternoon of all kinds of electronic musical mischief-making!

🥙🥤There won’t be any food or drinks stalls at this event so bring a picnic or make use of any of the excellent opportunities for refreshments around town.

⏱️ Artists and approximate timings are:

Martin Beech 12:30
Analogue Electronic Whatever 13:00
Die Can Die 13:30
Dots 14:00
The Naked Raver 14:30
Wonky Chris Colling 15:00
The Junta 15:30
mho 16:00

See you in the park for EMOM!

09/09/2026

If you've had a chance to listen to the 'Soundwalk Through Todmorden's Heritage' that we created alongside students from Todmorden High School, we would love to hear your thoughts!

Please fill out this short survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/wBubETzd6Z

If you haven't yet come across the Soundwalk, it's a walk around Centre Vale Park, giving you the opportunity to listen to people's stories and memories of Todmorden.
The Soundwalk can be accessed online, and you will need to download the app to a mobile device to experience the walk in the park: https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/WIH1EmcdYGQHJp80

Thank you to everyone involved in the project - we hope you'll agree that the students did a fantastic job!

This project was put together as a celebration of the Todmorden Bandstand being renovated, and was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund (big thanks to National Lottery players, for helping bring Todmorden's heritage to life!)

04/09/2026

Come along and join us for a Soundwalk through Centre Vale Park - hear stories about Todmorden as told by local people!

Todmorden Town Council has worked with students from Todmorden High School to create the 'Soundwalk through Todmorden's Heritage' - young people chose the topics, designed the questions, and interviewed local people aged from 12 - 82!

These stories have been formed into a narrative, with audio placed around Centre Vale Park in Todmorden, that can be listened to through the Echoes app, and which automatically plays as you walk into the spaces.

We are offering two sessions on Tuesday 8th of September - either 2pm - 3pm or 3pm - 4pm.
Please book onto your preferred session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soundwalk-through-todmordens-heritage-tickets-1999499705444

The Soundwalk itself lasts about 30 minutes, with some slight uphill, and we will end at the Pavilion for a cuppa.

📆Tuesday 8th September
⏰2 - 3
⏰3 - 4
📍Todmorden Pavilion, Centre Vale Park

These sessions we will be providing you with a smart phone and headphones on the day.
However if you want to join us anyway with your own equipment, please just email [email protected] and we can add you to the list!

This project wouldn't have been possible without grant funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Todmorden Bandstand renovation - so a huge thank you to National Lottery players !

Thank you to all the young people involved in the project, including Asli who designed the poster and Harry who created the brilliant illustrations for the flier! And to all the interviewees who gave up their time to be interviewed and told their stories.

Keep an ear out for the Todmorden Hippodrome, Christmas Eve Tractor Run, Todmorden Bandstand, Integrate Todmorden, Jacko the monkey and more!

04/09/2026

Don't forget to have your say about Todmorden's newly renovated Bandstand!

Now that our beautiful, newly renovated Todmorden Bandstand has been open several months, it's time to find out what the people of Todmorden think of it!

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/W9ARvD4bUF

The renovation was made possible by the Todmorden Town Deal, with generous additional funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund - thank you to National Lottery players for enabling us to bring the Bandstand back to the community!

We are in the process of evaluating the project's success, to feed back to these funders, and have put together this survey to find out your thoughts!

03/09/2026

Thank you to everyone that came to our Bandstand Exhibition!

It was a great reminder of how far our Todmorden Bandstand has come, from its dilapidated beginnings when Todmorden Town Council first took it on, to the glory of its post-renovation! And to delve even further back into its heritage, and see what it has looked like through the years.

If you didn't get a chance to complete our Bandstand Survey on the day, we'd really appreciate it if you could let us know your thoughts now!
Just fill out this form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/W9ARvD4bUF

Thanks to Buttress Architects for designing the brilliant information boards for the exhibition, and bringing along the 3D digital model of the dilapidated Bandstand (hopefully everyone got a chance to have a play with that!)
We're really grateful to everyone that contributed heritage photos - Todmorden Antiquarian Society, Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, Daniel Birch and the Todmorden Album, Touch of Brass, the late Peter Hazeldine (original member of the 'Save Our Bandstand' campaign).
It was great to be able to include videos from Scott van der Zanden Photography, photos from Kane Clemens, , Dave Walker, .uk, and some fantastic drone footage courtesy of JA Live!

And of course the renovation wouldn't have been possible without the Bandstand being adopted as one of the lead projects for the Todmorden Town Deal, and with the generous funding and support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund (thank you if you are a National Lottery player!).

If you missed the exhibition, much of the material will be available to view on the Bandstand website: https://todbandstand.org/bandstand-exhibition-success/

On the website you can also register your interest in becoming a volunteer, sign up to be a member of the Todmorden Bandstand Group, or even hire the Bandstand to put on your own event!