The Vauxhall Band

The Vauxhall Band was founded in 2021 by Artistic Director Laura Piras with the aim of bringing together leading period instrument specialist musicians and historic dance experts to create engaging performances inspired by eighteenth-century music heard in London in a variety of contexts: from pleasure gardens such as Vauxhall, Ranelagh and Marylebone, to the West End theatres and concert rooms.

The ensemble name is inspired by the original ‘Vauxhall Band’ which is, historically, how the collective of orchestral musicians who performed at eighteenth-century Vauxhall Gardens were known.

Based on the findings of an ongoing research project, concert programmes weave together music from different genres, celebrating the wide range of influences that were contributed to musical life in London by international musicians from diverse backgrounds.