Music in Hampstead

Hampstead is a great place for art, what with the Hampstead

Theatre, the New End Theatre and the quaint Pentameters Theatre above The Three

Horseshoes gracing Hampstead village. Or if you’re more of a visual person,

Camden Arts Centre is just down the road (and just because it’s got Camden in the title,

doesn’t mean we can’t claim it for ourselves! It’s nearer to us than them!)

 

Being something of a music lover myself though, I can’t help

but notice that we’re lacking something of an audio scene here… I’m aware of

bands who have come from Hampstead originally (Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad

for example… Although they’re now renamed Oddyssey) but all these guys seem to run

a mile as soon as they can and set-up camp in Camden Town…

 

In my brief (and slightly muddy… Don’t go on Hampstead Heath

at the moment in Converse…) venture around town earlier this week I could only

find one obviously example of a musical event occurring over the next few days.

Rosslyn Hill Chapel will be hosting an ‘Opera Gala’ on the 20th of February.

According to the poster 'Rising young stars of the opera world present a

selection of beautiful and much loved music.’ Tickets are £12 and more

importantly, there’s wine and refreshments. So if opera’s your thing, then what

more can you want!?

 

Meanwhile, I intend to search under every rock and stone in

Hampstead to find somewhere that puts live music on a regular basis. Maybe the

pubs might have a lead. If anyone knows of anything, let me know. Otherwise,

watch this space…