In recent years, the incidence of live music events organised by village band clubs has risen considerably, with many now making such events an integral part of their annual calendar.

The latest of these is the Dab+ Music Festival, being organised by St Mary’s Band Club of Għaxaq in aid of Puttinu Cares.

The three-day festival kicks off this Thursday with a most interesting line-up that brings together the popular Men in Black double DJ act of Ruby and Armani live with Mro Joe Brown and his orchestra.

The performance will also feature various guest vocalists, namely Kristina Casolani, Glenn Vella and Thea Garrett, while DJ Pierre Cordina will be playing a warm-up set ahead of the main act.

The festival continues on Friday night with a live performance from the world’s official Queen Tribute Band, Queen Rhapsody UK.

Formed out of a passion for all things Queen, the band has rocked audiences all over the UK and Europe, thrilling Queen fans with their hard-hitting, high energy shows.

Being the final night, Saturday’s line-up is a special one, serving up a double-helping of hits from the 1970s and 1980s. Tribute band Gimme ABBA will open with a trip through the Swedish sensations’ best-known hits.

Next up, the headlining ­performance will come from none other than Sheyla Bonnick, one of the original members of the sensational disco act Boney M, who will perform the band’s best hits, among them Daddy Cool, Rasputin, One Way Ticket and Rivers of Babylon.

Despite having declined an offer to rejoin Boney M in 1993, Bonnick had a change of heart a year later and agreed to help set up a Boney M touring show, meaning that with Liz Mitchell and Bobby Farrell each having their own Boney M act, there were now three related acts touring the cabaret circuit.

Bonnick toured the world for 10 years alongside Kelly Rahman and Toyin Adekale, eventually leaving to form her own tribute show, Sounds of Boney M, with whom she has enjoyed successful tours around the world as well as countless TV appearances.

For more information, e-mail info@santamarijaghaxaq.com.

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