The Mediaeval Baebes celebrate thirty years of music with a concert at The Stables, opening with a torchlit procession of families, musicians and re-enactors.
The Mediaeval Baebes are playing The Stables on Thursday 3 December, as part of their 30th anniversary tour. It's a night of music, storytelling and dance, and it starts with a torchlit procession of families, musicians and re-enactors leading the way into the room. They've played everywhere from the Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage to Carnglaze Caverns in Cornwall and Tewkesbury Abbey, so they're used to a wide range of stages.
Much of the set will come from their latest album, The Spinning Wheel, which holds twelve songs inspired by the months of the year, pairing ancient texts with new melodies. It's a good way to see where they are now, and the anniversary tour is a chance to hear that alongside the older material they've built up over three decades.
That history goes back to 1996, when musical director and composer Katharine Blake slipped into London's Abney Park Cemetery at midnight to sing madrigals with a group of friends. Since then, she's released twelve studio albums with the group. She also fronted the '90s avant-garde rock band Miranda Sex Garden and collaborated with Nick Cave, Michael Nyman and John Cale. The Baebes themselves won an Ivor Novello Award for their work on the BBC serialisation The Virgin Queen, and two Emmy nominations and a Royal Television Society award alongside composer Martin Phipps for the theme tune of ITV's Victoria.
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The show is in the Jim Marshall Auditorium at The Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, starting at 8:00pm. Tickets are £29.50, which includes the booking fee.
Date
Thursday, 3 December 2026
20:00
Price
Paid
Recommended Age
+14 years
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