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🟥 RECAP: Glaston-BURY live updates, photos, interviews and more

Monday, 25 August 2025 12:05

By David Murphy

Credit: David Murphy

Thousands of music lovers descended on Bury during Bank Holiday Monday, 25 August 2025, for Glaston-Bury, the annual one day music festival in aid of Bury Hospice and other local causes. Since it began in 2008, the event has raised over £300,000 and has become one of the town’s biggest highlights of the year.

With dozens of acts performing across multiple stages, the town centre was packed with music lovers from morning until late.

Festivalgoers who booked online can head straight to the wristband exchange to skip the queues, while the market area is open to everyone for browsing, food and shopping.

21:50   David Murphy

One of the things you don't often see whilst enjoying yourself is a giant, massive deckchair. Now, for these revellers, the excitement got the better of them as they hopped onto the chair, but getting out of the chair was a completely different show altogether.

It was late at night, a day of fun and drinking had been had, and it took about five minutes to get out of the chair.

16:05   David Murphy

The tribute took place at 4pm, when the town centre fell into a powerful moment of applause as people clapped and cheered after each name was read out. The event was part of the annual Glaston-BURY festival, which since 2008 has raised more than £300,000 for Bury Hospice and other charities.

This year’s memorial was dedicated to Steve Rogers, known to many as Steve Ferringo, who died in October aged 62 after living with cancer. Rogers, frontman of The Steve Ferringo Band, created Ferringo Fest to support Macmillan and NorthCare following the death of his wife Ange in 2015.

The tribute also remembered Neil Shackleton, Sandra O’Reilly, Phil Dunny, Martin Murphy, Marc Watmough (Happy Mondaze), Keiran Patrick Rafferty, Marc Gorton, Phil Taylor (World Black Pudding Championships), Steve “Sonic Diary” Doyle (Salford FM), Bernard Newsham, Sylvia Young, Lol and Norma Sullivan, Harrison “Big Harry” Rothwell, Mike “The Doctor” Middleton, Mike Peters (The Alarm), Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan.

Credit: David Murphy

15:01   David Murphy

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14:10   David Murphy

The wonderfully talented Mikey and Helena (guaranteed to make you smile) are pictured here handing out balloons and merch from our radio trailer, located in front of the Sir Robert Peel statue. Come and say hello to us, and if you're playing in a band or performing on stage, come and talk to the team on the radio across DAB. 

 

13:50   David Murphy

Geoff, from our Community Spotlight programme, has been speaking to voluntary organisations that are active within the borough and has been speaking to Andy, one of the team at Andy's Man Club, talking about the groups that are active within Bury.

 

13:42   David Murphy

You can view the lineup and what venues are taking part in today's festival by visiting the Glaston-BURY website, https://www.glaston-bury.com 

The outdoor stages located around Bury Town Centre include:

  • The Peel Stages
  • T’Other Stages
  • Originals Stage
  • Family Stage
  • DJ Arena

Indoor Stages, supported by local bars within the town centre, include:

  • The Ferringo/King Community Stage
  • The Met Theatre
  • House of Bridget
  • Poet’s Corner (Upstairs Wax & Beans)
  • The Dog House
  • Murphy’s Bar
  • The Knowsley
  • The Forbidden Bar
  • Monkey House
  • Stanley’s of Bury
  • Wax & Beans
  • WYLDES
  • Blind Tiger
  • Cheers Bar
  • The Met Studio

Wristbands are required to access these stages and venues, these can be collected from The Met Theatre.

13:29   David Murphy

Blvckout, a young band from Littleborough, are performing on stage today, speaking to Tim live on the radio, they talk about how they formed and the stages they are performing on today.

13:15   David Murphy

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12:43   David Murphy

The first bands are taking to the stage for the first performances of the afternoon. 

12:26   David Murphy

At 4pm today, Glaston-BURY will invite crowds to honour the late Steve Rogers, better known as Steve Ferringo, alongside a number of other much-loved names. Rogers, who founded Bury’s Ferringo Fest to raise money for Macmillan and NorthCare, died in October aged 62 after battling cancer. His wife Ange had passed away in 2015, inspiring his years of charity work.

12:11   David Murphy

The stages are now set up and the crowds are slowly coming in to collect their tickets, we'll be broadcasting throughout the day. 

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