Bygonz
Music and entertainment from bygone ages presented by Rob and Gillian Guest. Performances may include pipe and tabor with lyre, symphonie, hurdy gurdy, english bagpipes, hobby horse, jig doll or mediaeval percussion. The music performed ranges from early mediaeval to that collected by the Edwardians. For further information, contact robandgillian@gmail.com For further information about Gillian's taboring, see http://gillianguest.blogspot.co.uk/
performances
Bygonz has performed at Baddesley Clinton Manor, Banbury Hobby Horse Festival, Berkeley Castle Tudor Festival, Bignor weeds & wildflowers festival, Dovers Cotswold Olimpick Games, Droitwich Royal Charter Day, Gloucester and St.David's Cathedrals, Ely Eel Day, Gloucester Tall Ships Festival, Hailes Abbey, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Snowshill Manor, St.Annes Well Mediaeval Pageant and The Three Choirs Festival fringe.
Performances in 2020 planned before Coronovirus hit included ***11 January Stroud Wassail ***31 January Wassail at Hartpury Perry Pear Centre***12 February Linton historical society***22 February The Folk of Gloucester ***29 February Galouvielle Festival Paris ***21 March Leominster Mediaeval Pageant***12 April Stokesay Castle ***19 April Tretower Court ***26 April Brockhampton Estate ***16 May Evesham Mediaeval Fayre ***31 May Arbor Day at Aston-on-Clun ***14 June Winterbourne Barn Mediaeval Fayre ***21 June International Make music Day at Harts Barn***31 August Siege of Gloucester***5 September Gloucester Day***11-12 September Gloucester Heritage Open Days***4 October Winterbourne Barn Orchard Day***17 October The Folk Apple Day

Aethelflaed
In the procession marking the funeral of Queen Aetheflaed in Gloucester in 918 - click image to see a video

St Richard's Festival, Droitwich

celebrating St Richard's miracle in making Droitwich's brine springs flow again in 1249

Gloucester cathedral

Gloucester cathedral - testing the acoustics in the cloisters (photo and video below from Chris Denham)

Heritage Open Days in Gloucester

Heritage Open Days in Gloucester - entertaining on the streets in 2017

Fairford

emulating the stained glass window at Fairford with English bagpipes and mediaeval triangle

We love making music

International Make Music Day with Landlord and Landlady, Peter and Chris at the Yew Tree, Clifford's Mesne

Polifonie

We also play with mulit-instrumentalist Terry Carter in the trio Polifonie. Click on the image to watch a video of Polifonie performing at the wonderful venue of Brockhampton Estate - a tudor house owned by the National Trust

Bignor weeds and wildflower festival
Bignor Weeds and Wildflower Festival - Yattleton was a naughty horse !!

Yattleton dances to The Horse's Bransle

Yattleton cavorts at Eric Freeman's Byford's Farm Harvest Home
