May 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Music Hall star Vesta Tilley had rather a lovely des res in Hove actually! 🎭
Music Hall star Vesta Tilley had rather a lovely des res in Hove actually! 🎭
May 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Music Hall star Vesta Tilley had rather a lovely des res in Hove actually! 🎭
Music Hall star Vesta Tilley had rather a lovely des res in Hove actually! 🎭
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Not actually Music Hall but many a visitor enjoyed Punch & Judy on a visit to the seaside.
Not actually Music Hall but many a visitor enjoyed Punch & Judy on a visit to the seaside.
May 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Not actually Music Hall but many a visitor enjoyed Punch & Judy on a visit to the seaside.
Not actually Music Hall but many a visitor enjoyed Punch & Judy on a visit to the seaside.
Music Hall & Variety Day 2026 is on its way — and this year's theme is #Seaside.
Saturday 16th May. Save the date.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #BritishMusicHallSociety
Saturday 16th May. Save the date.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #BritishMusicHallSociety
April 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Music Hall & Variety Day 2026 is on its way — and this year's theme is #Seaside.
Saturday 16th May. Save the date.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #BritishMusicHallSociety
Saturday 16th May. Save the date.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #BritishMusicHallSociety
May 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Bill Pertwee (Dad’s Army) began in concert parties and loved seaside entertainment & pierrots. That passion led him to write books celebrating Britain’s variety heritage, including 'Pertwee’s Promenades & Pierrots' (1979). 🎭 #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside #Pierrots
May 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Bill Pertwee (Dad’s Army) began in concert parties and loved seaside entertainment & pierrots. That passion led him to write books celebrating Britain’s variety heritage, including 'Pertwee’s Promenades & Pierrots' (1979). 🎭 #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside #Pierrots
From seaside to Brixton via Daisy Dormer and #MHVD2026.
Daisy a one time resident of Loughborough Road and several other Brixton locations.
Daisy a one time resident of Loughborough Road and several other Brixton locations.
"I Wouldn't Leave My Little Wooden Hut For You" was a hit for my great-aunt Daisy Dormer way back in 1905 - and it was still doing the rounds as a postcard catchphrase in 1931! Here's a little about the song & the seaside humour it inspired...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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May 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
From seaside to Brixton via Daisy Dormer and #MHVD2026.
Daisy a one time resident of Loughborough Road and several other Brixton locations.
Daisy a one time resident of Loughborough Road and several other Brixton locations.
Here's a treat from Dundee Libraries to mark @musichallsociety.bsky.social #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Theme this year is #Seaside, so here's Olga and the Diving Norins, at Dundee's King's Theatre in March 1913.
Personally I’m going to see Mascot - the "Best Educated Horse in the World"!
Theme this year is #Seaside, so here's Olga and the Diving Norins, at Dundee's King's Theatre in March 1913.
Personally I’m going to see Mascot - the "Best Educated Horse in the World"!
May 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Here's a treat from Dundee Libraries to mark @musichallsociety.bsky.social #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Theme this year is #Seaside, so here's Olga and the Diving Norins, at Dundee's King's Theatre in March 1913.
Personally I’m going to see Mascot - the "Best Educated Horse in the World"!
Theme this year is #Seaside, so here's Olga and the Diving Norins, at Dundee's King's Theatre in March 1913.
Personally I’m going to see Mascot - the "Best Educated Horse in the World"!
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday #SirHarryLauder Singer/Entertainer Jimmy McWilliams with Frank Skinner
May 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday #SirHarryLauder Singer/Entertainer Jimmy McWilliams with Frank Skinner
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Whilst Old Mother Riley hides in plain sight at Weston-Super-Mare
(Image at the museum mentions no names)
Whilst Old Mother Riley hides in plain sight at Weston-Super-Mare
(Image at the museum mentions no names)
May 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
Whilst Old Mother Riley hides in plain sight at Weston-Super-Mare
(Image at the museum mentions no names)
Whilst Old Mother Riley hides in plain sight at Weston-Super-Mare
(Image at the museum mentions no names)
"I Wouldn't Leave My Little Wooden Hut For You" was a hit for my great-aunt Daisy Dormer way back in 1905 - and it was still doing the rounds as a postcard catchphrase in 1931! Here's a little about the song & the seaside humour it inspired...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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May 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"I Wouldn't Leave My Little Wooden Hut For You" was a hit for my great-aunt Daisy Dormer way back in 1905 - and it was still doing the rounds as a postcard catchphrase in 1931! Here's a little about the song & the seaside humour it inspired...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
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Where did theatrical families send their children? Often to coastal boarding schools. Here's my grandmother Norah & friends on the beach at Margate in their school gym slips - spot the boaters in the sand behind them.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
Read more here:
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#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
Read more here:
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May 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Where did theatrical families send their children? Often to coastal boarding schools. Here's my grandmother Norah & friends on the beach at Margate in their school gym slips - spot the boaters in the sand behind them.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
Read more here:
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#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
Read more here:
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We have an ONLINE talk today at 3pm by Caroline Hall about the introduction of RAGTIME to the UK and the role of Bert Feldman. It’s not too late to book - booking closes at 2pm #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE:
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE:
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
May 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
We have an ONLINE talk today at 3pm by Caroline Hall about the introduction of RAGTIME to the UK and the role of Bert Feldman. It’s not too late to book - booking closes at 2pm #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE:
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE:
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
Roy Hudd doing a summer season at the Ocean Theatre, on the pier at Clacton.
Also on the bill were Van Buren & Greta - here he is being levitated in Clacton!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #seaside
Also on the bill were Van Buren & Greta - here he is being levitated in Clacton!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #seaside
May 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Roy Hudd doing a summer season at the Ocean Theatre, on the pier at Clacton.
Also on the bill were Van Buren & Greta - here he is being levitated in Clacton!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #seaside
Also on the bill were Van Buren & Greta - here he is being levitated in Clacton!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #seaside
A message from our esteemed President #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
May 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
A message from our esteemed President #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
It's our 7th #MusicHallVarietyDay! 🎭 Celebrate all things Music Hall & Variety — share your photos, posters, postcards and stories. This year's theme is #Seaside 🌊 but feel free to post anything Music Hall related. Join in and help keep this history alive! #MHVD2026
May 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
It's our 7th #MusicHallVarietyDay! 🎭 Celebrate all things Music Hall & Variety — share your photos, posters, postcards and stories. This year's theme is #Seaside 🌊 but feel free to post anything Music Hall related. Join in and help keep this history alive! #MHVD2026
#MusicHallVarietyDay is a special day founded in 2020 to honour the legendary Roy Hudd, who served as President of the BMHS for 28 years. This day marks his birthday - 16th May 1935. Here he is onstage as Brighton's very own Max Miller at the BMHS Day by the #Seaside in 2015 #MHVD2026
May 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
#MusicHallVarietyDay is a special day founded in 2020 to honour the legendary Roy Hudd, who served as President of the BMHS for 28 years. This day marks his birthday - 16th May 1935. Here he is onstage as Brighton's very own Max Miller at the BMHS Day by the #Seaside in 2015 #MHVD2026
In celebration of Music Hall & Variety Day we have recreated our feature on The Finsbury Park Empire from our Music Hall display last year.
We are running another event in the Autumn, watch this space to find out more!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.thelondonarchives.org/the-finsbury...
We are running another event in the Autumn, watch this space to find out more!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.thelondonarchives.org/the-finsbury...
The Finsbury Park Empire | The London Archives
Find out all about the now demolished Finsbury Park Empire - built in 1910
www.thelondonarchives.org
May 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In celebration of Music Hall & Variety Day we have recreated our feature on The Finsbury Park Empire from our Music Hall display last year.
We are running another event in the Autumn, watch this space to find out more!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.thelondonarchives.org/the-finsbury...
We are running another event in the Autumn, watch this space to find out more!
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.thelondonarchives.org/the-finsbury...
For Roy Hudd's 90th and seaside themed #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 a programme for 'Hudd's Here' in Scarborough (a seaside town) and an original photo for the cover! And my fav pic of me with the great man at a Dora Bryan plaque do in Brighton, also a seaside town! @musichallsociety.bsky.social
May 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
For Roy Hudd's 90th and seaside themed #MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 a programme for 'Hudd's Here' in Scarborough (a seaside town) and an original photo for the cover! And my fav pic of me with the great man at a Dora Bryan plaque do in Brighton, also a seaside town! @musichallsociety.bsky.social
#MusicHallMonday - A reminder that with #MusicHallVarietyDay fast approaching the theme this year is the #seaside. Pictured below we have a 1953 edition of 'The Performer' promoting a variety of great Summer season entertainment in Blackpool. Join in with us on 16th May? #MHVD2026
April 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
#MusicHallMonday - A reminder that with #MusicHallVarietyDay fast approaching the theme this year is the #seaside. Pictured below we have a 1953 edition of 'The Performer' promoting a variety of great Summer season entertainment in Blackpool. Join in with us on 16th May? #MHVD2026
How did RAGTIME conquer Britain? Join us online for our next talk as we explore Bert Feldman's role in bringing this electrifying American sound to UK shores. Saturday 16 May, 3pm | £3 | All welcome 🎟️
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
May 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM
How did RAGTIME conquer Britain? Join us online for our next talk as we explore Bert Feldman's role in bringing this electrifying American sound to UK shores. Saturday 16 May, 3pm | £3 | All welcome 🎟️
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
www.ticketsource.com/britishmusic...
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026
“Beside the Seaside” indeed! 🌊
In 1958, George Formby was “Beside the Seaside” in A Holiday Romp at the Brighton Hippodrome, alongside Nancy Roberts, “Television’s Grandma Grove.”
Image: BMHS Archive EPH/16/X/140]
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
In 1958, George Formby was “Beside the Seaside” in A Holiday Romp at the Brighton Hippodrome, alongside Nancy Roberts, “Television’s Grandma Grove.”
Image: BMHS Archive EPH/16/X/140]
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
May 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
“Beside the Seaside” indeed! 🌊
In 1958, George Formby was “Beside the Seaside” in A Holiday Romp at the Brighton Hippodrome, alongside Nancy Roberts, “Television’s Grandma Grove.”
Image: BMHS Archive EPH/16/X/140]
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
In 1958, George Formby was “Beside the Seaside” in A Holiday Romp at the Brighton Hippodrome, alongside Nancy Roberts, “Television’s Grandma Grove.”
Image: BMHS Archive EPH/16/X/140]
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #Seaside
Music Hall and Variety Day is just one day away!
We can't wait to join you all at the seaside. Don't forget to share your own Music Hall and Variety themed seaside memories and memorabilia.
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday
We can't wait to join you all at the seaside. Don't forget to share your own Music Hall and Variety themed seaside memories and memorabilia.
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday
May 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Music Hall and Variety Day is just one day away!
We can't wait to join you all at the seaside. Don't forget to share your own Music Hall and Variety themed seaside memories and memorabilia.
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday
We can't wait to join you all at the seaside. Don't forget to share your own Music Hall and Variety themed seaside memories and memorabilia.
#MHVD2026 #musichallvarietyday
Happy Music Hall and Variety Day 2026! Here to celebrate is Ada Campe riding her cabaret duck Dilys down some stairs at the beautiful Rivoli Ballroom 🦆😄💚
#adacampe #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026
#adacampe #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026
May 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Happy Music Hall and Variety Day 2026! Here to celebrate is Ada Campe riding her cabaret duck Dilys down some stairs at the beautiful Rivoli Ballroom 🦆😄💚
#adacampe #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026
#adacampe #musichallvarietyday #mhvd2026