Blaze Boom Bike Band

The Blaze Boom Bike entered a whole new phase in 2011, debuting its very own Big Band.  Six young people from Lancaster and Morecambe were chosen by More Music to join this groundbreaking new mobile performance ensemble.

The band members, aged between 15 to 22 years old, include guitarist, Connor Gallagher, clarinet player, Erin Whalley, saxophonist, Fabian Schomerus, rapper/vocalist, Wilbert Sinzara, and music leaders Ashley Murphy and Matt Robinson.  The young musicians join Dan Fox, Boom Bike creator, to form the all new Boom Bike Big Band!

Formed in the early part of the summer the band went on to tour at various events throughout the North West including:

17th July – Riversway Festival, Preston Docks, Preston

23rd July – Big Game 2011, Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

3rd to 8th August – 360° Challenge, locations across Lancashire

20th August – Pendle Art Car Parade

25th, 26th and 29th August – Urban Culture Jam, Pennine Lancs

30th August – Ride the Lights, Blackpool Promenade

1st September – Under the Town, Winter Gardens, Blackpool

2nd to 4th September – Mintfest, Kendal

In January 2012, the impressive ensemble also then went onto perform for Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, at Old Trafford as part of the North West 2012 summit.  Read more here.

See our great photos of the crazy band at many of these events on Flickr and watch them perform on our Youtube channel.  Not to be missed!

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