There's a kind of Hush -- and five kinds of music -- at an open-air concert next week in Keighley.
Celebration in the Park brings pop-rock, blues, brass, bhangra and mosher rock to Lund Park on Saturday, September 13.
Keighley bands Hush and Alias will be joined between 2 and 8.30pm by Huddersfield Brass Band, Rochdale bhangra band Shola and moshers Sneek.
The concert will be the first featuring Hush since the band released its debut album last month.
Hush, which mixes original songs and cover versions, was formed to showcase frontman Don Gaudiosi's songwriting.
Covers band Alias -- formed by a former member of Soulfish -- is well known around the pubs and clubs of Keighley. Celebration in the Park is being organised by Lund Park Community Group to emphasise the positive aspects of the area.
The day is being funded by the Millennium Commission through a MS Society fund, which encourages multiple sclerosis sufferers to get involved in the community.
Some members of Lund Park Community Group suffer from multiple sclerosis and are helping organise the free-entry concert.
Group spokesman Chris Huggins says: "The event is a celebration of the diversity of cultures, experiences and abilities that surround the park."
The brass band opens the show, followed by Hush (3.30pm), Sneek (4.45pm), Alias (6pm) and finally Shola.
n You'll get a lot for your money when Bradford band Bloodstream performs tomorrow at Keighley's Victoria Hall .
The quartet -- appearing alongside Diavolo, Honeytoad and Wasted Earth -- play more than just heavy metal.
They also offer doom metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal and black metal.
A bit of stoner rock will be thrown in for good measure as the band headlines the Real Music debut show. Bloodstream played its first gig in 1997 at Bradford Rio's and has been a regular fixture there ever since.
A well-received new album, Black Storm Harvest, has been released to coincide with the band's biggest-ever gigs.
Bloodstream recently headlined an eight-band festival in Dublin, opened for Anthrax at Rio's and supported New York thrash metallers Prong.
Until now the heaviest band to appear at Victoria Hall has been AC/DC back in 1979.
Bloodstream guitarist John Hanslip says: "We're a bit heavier than them -- I think were going to destroy the place!"
Preston band Wasted Earth promises an even more diverse sound as it blends rock styles from Jimi Hendrix to Santana.
Ska may also be heard as the quartet -- possibly expanded to an eight or nine piece band -- performs tonight.
Completing the line-up for the 7.30pm concert are Keighley bands, metal quintet Diavolo and rockers Honeytoad.
The organisers, Keighley-based promotions Real Music, plan other gigs in the town this autumn.
Tickets for cost £5 from Keighley Information Centre, in the town hall, Mix Music, in Skipton, and the White Bear, in Eastburn.
n Kate Rusby, the "youthful Yorkshire queen of English folk", returns to Leeds City Varieties tonight and tomorrow at 8pm. Brits and Mercury award-winning singer Beth Orton performs on Sunday, at 8pm, singer Judie Tzuke on September 22, and the Searchers on October 19.
Also appearing are young Irish singer Cara Dillon (September 23), singer-songwriter Roy Harper (28), Pentangle founders John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee (October 13), songwriter Dean Friedman (16) and folk songwriter Tom Paxton (20).
Tribute acts include The Impostors with Ultimate 60s (September 26), Marc Bolan from T-Rextasy (October 3), ReGenesis recalling Peter Gabriel's years (14) and Danny Williams as Nat King Cole (15).
Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre, in the town hall, or phone 08456 441881.
Picture shows:- Hush who are performing in Lund Park
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