Famous Blues Bar to host Harrogate's Stronger Together Concert 2026 in aid of Andy’s Man Club
Harrogate’s grassroots music community is coming together hoping to repeat the huge success of last year’s Stronger Together Concert.
Last year saw Harrogate’s tiny Blues Bar absolutely ram-jammed for the 2025 Stronger Together fundraiser organised by Harrogate drummer George Farrar, a multi-talented professional musician, Royal Northern College Of Music graduate and drummer in Queen Extravaganza.
With standing room only being the order of the day, the exciting concert raised a whopping £3,000 for Andy’s Man Club and the National Autistic Society in front of an audience including the Blues Bar’s owners Simon and Sharon Colgan.
This year’s event on Thursday, June 4 will once again feature singer Gareth Taylor, George Farrar’s colleague in the massively successful Queen Extravaganza, the only official Queen tribute band produced by Roger Taylor and Brian May.
Other local acts set to play at the Blues Bar include Status Faux, The MG Band, The Song Collectives, Drop Leg Steppers, Jaw, Harrison Rimmer, White Lupara, Freddie Cleary, Craig Sharp Weir and LTAHB.
The funds raised by Stronger Together will go to Andy’s Man Club, a charity fighting the stigma around men’s mental health.
Organiser George Farrar started playing live professionally at the age of 13, playing venues across the country and attaining first-hand experience of the music industry.
He underwent his first tour at the age of 16 with Jersey Boys show The Ragdolls while studying A Levels at Harrogate Grammar School.
George now spends much of the year touring the UK and internationally with Queen Extravaganza.