Ilkley Live Busking Festival

Saturday 3rd May 2025

Welcome to a new era of music in the streets in Ilkley! To inspire buskers to play in Ilkley, we are kicking things off with a Busking Festival on 3rd May 2025. You can sign up for the festival below. For the longer term, and to understand the guidelines for busking in Ilkley, take a look at the Busking in Ilkley page

Current Programme

Here is the current programme for the Ilkley Live Busking Festival. Use the signup buttons to grab your slot right now!

14 of 65 slots filled22%

10am

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
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Ian and the Faster Testers
Rapid fire testcore

Grove Park

Near Martinez Wines
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Stephandhersax
Sax covers

Riverside Gardens

The Riverside pub
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Nick

Outside Go Outdoors

Under the trees
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Man Cave
Horny originals and covers

Outside Avanti Coffee Shop

On The Grove Promenade
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Don McLean
Have you forgotten American Pie Vincent? And Killing Me Softly was written about him He is 79 but still got it (possibly) And flown in at Great expense by Ilkley Live Just testing how much you can actually write in this box A bit more?

10:30am

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
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Trainspotters
Well, you didn't think we'd be playing anywhere else did you??
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Riverside Gardens

The Riverside pub
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Nick
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Outside Avanti Coffee Shop

On The Grove Promenade
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The Coffee Lovers
Caffeinated calmness, in a world which celebrates a wound-up and frenetic oeuvre, enjoy the absolute feeling of blissed out wonder from this eclectic duopoly.

11am

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Outside Go Outdoors

Under the trees
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Longing for coffee
A calmer and less eclectic mix of musical styles and noise making, which would be less calm if it was close to a coffee shop which would be an apotheosis.
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11:30am

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12pm

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
📍
Nick
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12:30pm

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1pm

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
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Man People
legends
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Riverside Gardens

The Riverside pub
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Rafiki
Singing for bones
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1:30pm

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2pm

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2:30pm

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
📍
Nick
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3pm

Ilkley Railway Station

Inside the station
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Rachie & the Haganators
Testing our hearts out
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3:30pm

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4pm

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