A live band of young musicians plays rock and roll classics from the 1950s and 60s, with vintage costumes and dancing in the aisles.
Rave On returns to the Salisbury Playhouse on Tuesday 26 January 2027, at 7:30pm. It's a brand-new show built around the classic hits of the 1950s and 60s, the decades that gave us rock and roll, and it's performed by a live band of young musicians.
If you've seen it before, it's not the same set. Rave On comes back each year as a new show, so the songs and the arrangements change. This one traces the music from the emergence of the genre at Sun Records in Memphis, through the British Invasion and beyond, played by a group of young musicians who describe themselves as era-obsessed. The repertoire takes in Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Connie Francis, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Lulu and The Beach Boys, among many others, rounded off with vintage costumes and dancing in the aisles. It's a sing-along kind of night, so you're expected to join in rather than just sit and listen.
The band itself is made up of young musicians, including performers from West End productions like The Buddy Holly Story, Million Dollar Quartet and Dreamboats & Petticoats. Brian May has praised it as 'a wonderful band' and a 'phenomenal show, great musicians, great voices'.
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It's at the Salisbury Playhouse on Tuesday 26 January 2027, starting at 7:30pm. If you're into the 50s and 60s, it's a good one to have in the diary.
