Archive: This article describes 2025 events or announcements. For current information, see the organiser’s website.
Buxton International Festival announced British singer-songwriter Rumer as part of its 2025 jazz programme.
Seasons of My Soul at the 2025 festival
The festival’s archived programme listed Rumer at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 20 July 2025, from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, with support from Hannah Brine. An earlier announcement had given an 8pm start.
‘The best new voice of the year… An instant Mojo classic. Profound, intense and penetrating… Audacious solo debut… the new voice of pop’
★★★★★ Album Of The Month, MOJO
Neil Hughes, director of jazz at BIF said: “We are so excited that Rumer is joining the jazz roster at this year’s festival. Her smooth voice, loved by Burt Bacharach, makes her one of the stars in the UK.”
Rumer’s first album, Seasons of My Soul, reached the UK Albums Chart top three in 2010. The festival said it went platinum and earned her a MOJO Award for Best Breakthrough Act and two BRIT Award nominations. Her other releases include Boys Don’t Cry and This Girl’s in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook.
The festival’s programme described her time living in Arkansas and Georgia and her discovery of songwriter Hugh Prestwood’s catalogue.
Her 2020 album Nashville Tears features songs by Prestwood. Rumer later released In Session with Redtenbacher’s Funkestra in 2025.
2025 festival information
The original announcement quoted ticket prices of £25–£40. Public booking for the full festival programme opened on 15 April 2025.
The 2025 festival ran from 10 to 27 July, with opera, music, jazz and book events. Visit buxtonfestival.co.uk for current information.
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