Live tribute to Kate Bush's music performed by a 10-piece band fronted by Lydia Gardiner and the Mike Nowland String Quartet.
An Evening of Kate Bush comes to Derby Cathedral on Friday 4 December, part of a tour taking the show through cathedrals across the UK in late 2026. It's presented by Let Me In, who've spent the last few years touring similar tributes—An Evening of Radiohead and An Evening of Pink Floyd both ran for three years and sold out.
The set works through Bush's discography in chronological order, starting with her debut The Kick Inside and running through to 2005's Aerial. Along the way, the big ones like Running Up That Hill, Hounds of Love, Wuthering Heights and Cloudbusting sit alongside deeper cuts, including the Ninth Wave suite. It's a long stretch of her career to cover in one night, so you'll hear the early years and the later stuff in the same sitting.
On stage, the music is performed live by a ten-piece band fronted by Lydia Gardiner, with the Mike Nowland String Quartet adding the strings. Let Me In describe the show as curated by fans for fans, and that's a good way to put it—it's a full-band recreation of the records rather than a stripped-back version. The string quartet means the more orchestral arrangements get their own players instead of relying on a keyboard.
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The concert starts at 19:30 at Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, DE1 3GP. Tickets were listed from free up to £46.13, though they're currently showing as sold out.
