{"id":934322,"date":"2026-05-03T04:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/934322\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:53:13","slug":"abba-music-night-on-yorkshire-day-at-york-minster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/934322\/","title":{"rendered":"ABBA music night on Yorkshire Day at York Minster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  York singer songwriter Alistair Griffin&#8217;s Ignite Concerts is staging a concert on Yorkshire Day, Saturday, August 1 in York Minster which will see top vocalists perform classic ABBA hits including Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Fernando, Mamma Mia, Waterloo, and The Winner Takes It All.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended reading:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The performance will be hosted by Alistair and feature live string accompaniment from Ebor.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to be bringing the music of ABBA to York Minster,&#8221; said Alistair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;These songs are loved across generations and deserve a setting as special as this.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;With outstanding vocalists, beautiful live strings, and the incredible atmosphere of the Minster, it promises to be a really memorable evening.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Alistair Griffin&#8217;s Ignite Concerts is set to stage a night of ABBA music in York Minster on Yorkshire Day (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He described York Minster as &#8220;such a special venue&#8221; for concerts, noting the positive feedback from audiences.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;York Minster has become such a special venue for our concerts, and audiences always tell us how magical it feels to hear live music in that setting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We can&#8217;t wait to welcome people for what should be a fantastic night.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Alistair on stage at a previous performance (Image: Marek Strods)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The event follows a series of successful concerts by Ignite Concerts at York Minster and other venues across the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Back in 2022 Alistair, who shot to fame on the BBC talent show Fame Academy in 2002, scored a number 5 hit with a track co-penned with his former mentor, BeeGee Robin Gibb.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tickets are available now through Ignite Concerts\u2019 website at <a href=\"https:\/\/igniteconcertsyork.com\/events\/the-music-of-abba-at-york-minster\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">igniteconcertsyork.com\/events\/the-music-of-abba-at-york-minster.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"York singer songwriter Alistair Griffin&#8217;s Ignite Concerts is staging a concert on Yorkshire Day, Saturday, August 1 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-934322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116508859309340939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}