Bowie's Beckenham Oddity

A fundraising festival for the restoration of the Bowie Bandstand in Beckenham.

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Thinking of everyone that played their part in the 1969 Growth Summer Festival & Free Concert, some are sadly no longer with us. 51 years ago on this very date. Sending love to them all today ❤ This bandstand will always be part of music history and I'm so pleased all the paperwork we spent months filling in getting it listed was worth it! 😍 The sun machine is coming down.. 🌻❤❤❤ (at Croydon Road Recreation Ground) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD84zcCMNZR/?igshid=15s9btzi0wfwf

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Today would've been the official date of this years Bowie's Beckenham Oddity Festival , but Covid-19 struck and the council cancelled all events in the park for this year. We will now be back in August 2021, stay tuned for announcements, ticket links etc. Thank you to everyone that has supported, donated and attended the festival, without you all there wouldn't be an event! We look forward to seeing you all next year! ⚡ Tomorrow will be the 51st anniversary of The Growth Summer Festival & Free Concert, it will also be the first anniversary of Bowie's Beckenham Oddity getting the Bowie Bandstand it's Grade ll Listed status! Join us tomorrow for our live stream( see our event post for further details!) https://facebook.com/events/s/bowies-beckenham-oddity-live-s/2866729573433818/?ti=as Till then... Love On Ya! ❤❤❤ David Bowie photo by David Bebbington/National Portrait Galleries. https://www.instagram.com/p/CD6q5pCsw2t/?igshid=1lcblrmz4lntt

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Today is the birthday of Stephen Peter Marriott (of Small Faces and Humble Pie fame). Pictured with his friends David Bowie and Peter Frampton. Humble Pie were the headline act & this photo was backstage at their Brighton gig. 30th January 1947 - 20th April 1991 📷Alec Byrne #SteveMarriott #HumblePie #SmallFaces #1969Tour #PeterFrampton #DavidBowie #SpaceOddity #Friendship https://www.instagram.com/p/B785N8zBIZE/?igshid=5jzgbxnrzly5

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We're the blessed that you're the Drumming Spider From Mars @woodywoodmanseyofficial Looking forward to seeing you on the IOW,  Feb 7th. Anyone interested in attending, tickets are available from...http://www.quayarts.org/event/an-evening-with-woody-woodmansey-2/ Photo by Wendy Faulkner ❤🥁🕷🥁🕷🥁🕷🥁❤ #WoodyWoodmansey #Legend #BeckenhamsAdoptedYou #TheSpidersFromMars #TheRats #Hype #Ronno https://www.instagram.com/p/B7t4R2ghhBM/?igshid=15f7amd9o5inj

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It ain't easy getting one of Woody Woodmansey's drum skins back home from Hull, but it got there safe and sound in the end! We're the blessed you're the drumming Spider From Mars @woodywoodmanseyofficial Love On Ya and hopefully see you for your Newport talk! xxx (at Bonus Arena, Hull) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7qk10FB49u/?igshid=t4255z71x3f6

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Just to let you lovely folks know that we've been given the green light again to open the gates at the Bowie Bandstand for anyone wishing to pay their respects to Bowie on his birthday or the anniversary. We'll be at the bandstand from 8th -11th January (between 10.30am - 3.30pm during those dates). Anyone wishing to visit, sign the remembrance book or leave flowers etc, please make a note of the dates and times. For those of you that don't know where the Bowie Bandstand is situated, it's in Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3PR. The nearest train station to the park is Beckenham Junction. #InMemoryOfDavidRobertJones https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vLwIdhOYb/?igshid=1869s400nz3r5

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My Space Oddity vinyl has just arrived and it's silver, not that it really matters as they'll all sound the bloody same! I'm just pleased that I have a copy of it. The Space Oddity love affair continues!...❤ #davidbowie #spaceoddity50 #spaceoddity2019remix #tonyvisconti #iconic https://www.instagram.com/p/B5C8KJXh4Bp/?igshid=os2vs9tantmu

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Today's music will be supplied by @kristeenyoung 🎹❤ I had the pleasure of being in her company on Wednesday @paperdressed for the first of her three shows in London Town. Kristeen will be @victoriadalston on November 13th - tickets are available from..https://www.seetickets.com/tour/kristeen-young and the following week on November 20th ,which will be the last show of her London Residency at St Pancras Old Church, tickets from..https://www.seetickets.com/event/kristeen-young/st-pancras-old-church-london/1389457 The new album from Kristeen "TheSubSet" will be available on both cd & tape at the events. If you're unable to make any of the shows you can still purchase a copy of the new album via Kristeen Youngs Website..https://kristeenyoung.com/store/ #KristeenYoung #TheSubSet #NewAlbum #LondonResidency #TheVictoraDalston #StPancrasOldChurch #MuteElephantMusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mvOachweA/?igshid=1wdg90vzytonk

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Bowie's Beckenham Oddity would like to wish the one and only Keith Christmas a very Happy Birthday for today! xxx 🎶🎉🎁🎂🍾🥂🍻❤🎶 #KeithChristmas #LifeLife #Folk #ArtsLab #Beckenham #GrowthSummerFestival #SpaceOddity https://www.instagram.com/p/B3jYkuJBr10/?igshid=oizqitqf010

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On this day, 50 years ago, a curly haired chap by the name of David Bowie appeared for the very first time on Top Of The Pops performing ‘Space Oddity’ in 1969. What a year 1969 was in music history❤ ⭕🎶⭕🎶⭕🎶⭕ #DavidBowie #SpaceOddity #TopOfThePops #BeckenhamArtsLab #GrowthSummerFestival https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ZImmnhCJ4/?igshid=i1c1mlnw9wxb

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'Arts Lab' "I run an arts lab which is my chief occupation. It's in Beckenham and I think it's the best in the country. There isn't one pseud involved. All the people are real - like labourers or bank clerks. It started out as a folk club, arts labs generally have such a bad reputation as pseud places. "There's a lot of talent in the green belt and there is a load of tripe in Drury Lane. I think the arts lab movement is extremely important and should take over from the youth club concept as a social service. "The people who come are completely pacifist and we get a lot of cooperation from the police in our area. They are more than helpful. "Respect breeds respect. We've got a few greasers who come and a few skinheads who are just as enthusiastic. "We started our lab a few months ago with poets and artists who just came along. It's got bigger and bigger and now we have our own light show and sculptures, et cetera. And I never knew there were so many sitar players in Beckenham"..... David Bowie, September 1969. Photo © 1969 David Bebbington (at The Three Tuns) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2OGsIEBHi0/?igshid=6nqyqt5gpqzg

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A Local newspaper piece about the Bowie Bandstand Listing. #davidbowiereal #bowiebandstand #bowielisting #beckenham #growthsummerfestivalandfreeconcert #rememberingbowiesbeckenhamdays https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dSOYhhjj6/?igshid=1ei11sw29z76d

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Looking forward to spending sometime back here in August. Who knew that the bandstand in Beckenham was Glaswegian? McCallum & Hope Active: 1880 - 1921 Function: Architectural ironfounder, forger. Location: Cadogan Street Glasgow. ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤ #facts #beckenhamglasgowconnection #history (at Croydon Road Recreation Ground) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0iNNB7BJzn/?igshid=1uoxqmijypjrj

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Oh, to capture just one drop of all the ecstasy that swept that afternoon, To paint that love upon a white balloon... David Bowie Memory of a Free Festival. August 17th , Croydon Road Recreation Ground, Beckenham..Tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/469241 #memoryofafreefestival1969 #davidbowie #beckenham #bandstand #growthsummerfestival #thebeckenhamartslab #thegrowthartslab #50years #thespidersfrommars https://www.instagram.com/p/B0iDRf_BD_w/?igshid=yilbalykytn9

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*The return of the Big Red Bus....for the fourth year!* ⭕⚡★⭕⚡★⭕⚡★ Bowie's Beckenham Oddity are pleased to announce the return of the Bowie Bus. It will take festival goers from Beckenham Junction train station to Croydon Road recreation Ground as well as take them back to the station after the event. The bus will be running a shuttle sevice leaving Beckenham Junction station every fifteen minutes to the Bowie's Beckenham Oddity event. This will start from 11.00 am on the Saturday morning of the event( 17th august). A special thank you to my good friend Jason Mee for not only the use of the bus for the event (as he has done in previous years) but for his support for the festival. Jason you're a star and I bless you madly! xxx The bus will run from Beckenham Junction Station from 11am till 1pm every 15 mins. The last bus leaves shortly after 8.30pm from Croydon Road Recreation Ground. ⭕⚡★⭕⚡★⭕⚡★ Join us on 17th august from 12 noon till 8.30pm , tickets are available now in advance from  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/469241 or at the gate in the day of the event(but please note there are limited tickets available on the day) ⭕⚡★ ⭕⚡★⭕⚡★ #GeowthSummerFestival1969 #DavidBowie # Beckenham #Bandstand #BowieBus https://www.instagram.com/p/B0h_rlSBXgx/?igshid=5ts1wsnt1zi6

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The Sun Machine Is Coming Down.. ★ Saturday August 17th ★ *1969 - 2019* With just a matter of weeks to go before the Beckenham Oddity Festival we'd like to announce as well as thank the following musicians for taking part in this years event. We see some familiar faces return( some of them haven't been back since 1969!) as well as some new ones to pay tribute to..... ★ DAVID BOWIE ★ THE GROWTH SUMMER FESTIVAL OF 1969, ★ THE SPIDERS FROM MARS, ★ THE ARTS LAB and beyond... With... ★ Live Music (Acts See list below 👇) ★ Food and Drink ★ Book Signings ★ Market Stalls ★ Bowie Auction( with a signed David Bowie item) ★ Face Painting ★ Raffle and more! I hope you can join us on 17th august from 12 noon till 8.30pm , tickets are available now in advance from.. http://www.wegottickets.com/event/469241 or at the gate (but please note there are limited tickets available on the day of the event) We're pleased to announce the following artists.... Keith Christmas Bridget St John David Cousins Amory Kane Maggi Ronson The London Boys Bianca Maguire Dave 'd-dog' Arthur Gimme your hands, 'cause you're (all) wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️ ⚡★⚡★⚡★⚡★⚡★⚡★⚡ Further updates and information will be made available in the next few weeks. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0a5vmYBK_B/?igshid=13kxxp1pglyxl

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David Bowie talking about the song 'Life On Mars'.... This song was so easy. Being young was easy. A really beautiful day in the park, sitting on the steps of the bandstand. 'Sailors bap-bap-bap-bap-baaa-bap.' An anomic (not a 'gnomic') heroine. Middle-class ecstasy. I took a walk to Beckenham High Street to catch a bus to Lewisham to buy shoes and shirts but couldn't get the riff out of my head. Jumped off two stops into the ride and more or less loped back to the house up on Southend Road. Workspace was a big empty room with a chaise longue; a bargain-price art nouveau screen ('William Morris,' so I told anyone who asked); a huge overflowing freestanding ashtray and a grand piano. Little else. I started working it out on the piano and had the whole lyric and melody finished by late afternoon. Nice. Rick Wakeman came over a couple of weeks later and embellished the piano part and guitarist Mick Ronson created one of his first and best string parts for this song which now has become something of a fixture in my live shows. - Just one of the reasons this bandstand is so special! - Join us on the 17th August for our 50 years celebration of David Bowie , the arts lab and the Growth Summer Festival and Free concert( and the musicians involved) Tickets available from.. https://www.wegottickets.com/sct/uhqqwyAj2K 🎶🎙🎸🎹🎻🥁🎶 #davidbowie #mickronson #woodywoodmansey #trevorbolder #rickwakeman #kenscott #lifeonmars #bowiebandstand #beckenham https://www.instagram.com/p/B0P9SCSB8eF/?igshid=1wfn5t974r5o6