Beans means folk fantastique!

Beans on Toast; a nutritious meal for those on a budget, or a right earful of modern folk, depending on whether you get yours from a can, or from the stage!

No stranger to these parts, Beans on Toast has spent nearly two decades writing simple songs about complicated subjects, and he’ll be playing lots of those tracks when he returns to MK11 in Kiln Farm on December 5.

The same week, Beans will release his new album, Wild Goose Chasers, the latest in a very long line of albums that are too numerous to list in the here and now.

Aside from the music, Beans has written children’s books and coloured up festivals here, there and everywhere – last year he delivered a speech for the Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament from the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury!

Fans will be listening to a very different elpee from the Essex-based creative with the tongue twisting lyrical quips on Wild Goose Chasers.
“These songs are about trading modern society for a wilder, more feral existence,” Beans said, “Songs that dig deep into the meaning of life and our purpose on Earth. They provide an exit strategy from a boring dystopia by gambling the flood for a fairy tale. This might sound pompous, but such is life, and such is the wild goose chase.”

Those close to him say the album is his ‘most unadorned, unconventional, and daring release yet.’

Also at the venue in December…
Go your own way, or go MK11 way for Fleetingwood Mac in the main room (Dec 6), while bar side Band-E-Oke is back – a chance to join the live band for a spot of karaoke.

If you want to bust out your best Meatloaf or Neil Diamond impression, the stage awaits, but there’s no obligation to take the mic. If you’d rather rock up and enjoy the music making of others’ while grabbing some grub, you can do that too – entry is free.

The Killaz UK do their Brandon Flowers thing (Dec 7) and a night of modern country classics will unravel with the Luke Combs tribute (Dec 19). Beer Never Broke Your Heart is one of his biggies. He’s not wrong.

The Freddie & Queen Experience (Dec 20) will bring the regal feel – and if you want in for this extravaganza celebrating Mercury, May, Taylor and Deacon, jump to it; their last four shows here have sold-out.

Another mob who are usually accompanied by the ‘sold-out’ sign are MK’s Mad Mods & Englishmen (Dec 21) who promise they will be getting Christmassy for this particular show out.

Madonna is given the tribute experience at the hands of Tasha Leaper (Dec 22) and she is bringing all the wardrobe changes and unparalleled attitude that Madge is known for. A Celebration and a half awaits.

Swifties will be in for a pre-Crimbo stroll through the biggest pop players in recent times with So Taylor doing the business (Dec 23). Ready for it?

When you’ve spent a couple of days indoors with the folks, when you are sick and tired of festive reruns on the box, the games have broken and the sight of another Christmas pud turns you green, that’s your cue to vacate the premises – take a trip to MK11 and get involved in the Live Jukebox Night (Dec 27) with house band Francis at the fore, taking your requests and delivering bespoke renditions of anthems and party favourites.

Boombastic’s Daytime Disco will fill that weird gap between Christmas and New Year (Dec 28) with an afternoon session of some of the 80s, 90s and 00s greatest hits.

Don’t cruise your way into the new year, croon it with Mark Daniels, starring as Michael Buble.

His show, cunningly titled Ultimate Buble (Dec 29), will deliver all of the charisma, powerful vocals and wit that you want.
Last up before 2025 is Simply Floyd (Dec 30), yup with the Pink Floyd show – and they’ll be delivering a special extended set.

For tickets and more info on any of these shows, click to mkllkilnfarm.com