Photo courtesy of Mr RUSSELL WINSTON FORD 2019

The Young Blades Collective is currently Tim Hills, Markus Smith and Rachel Thompson-Smith, with RTR tutors and fellow YBs, Louis Bastable, Jack Dodd, Dan Woods and Joe Harvey, who along with past and present tutors and students go towards creating the musical circus at gigs in the local area. 

Older teenage and adult students are invited to join The Young Blades when they play, to help them gain valuable experience on the local circuit. Always a great time ...the record so far performing at one gig is 21 YB's/students performing at The Heroes in Waterlooville ...it's a sight to behold... " I can bend down to pick up my drink mid song and they'll be an entirely different set of musicians playing with me when I stand up ....and it will have been absolutely seamless in transition ...quite amazing and one hell of a laugh!! " M T-S 

GIGS 

2025
SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 2025 - 9pm
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE 

SATURDAY 14TH JUNE 2025
THE HARVEST HOME, DENMEAD MUSIC & BEERFEST - 5.30pm

SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2025 - 9pm
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE 

2024
​SATURDAY 13TH APRIL 2024
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - IT'S A YOUNG BLADES SANS MT-S GIG!!

SATURDAY  15TH JUNE 2024
THE HARVEST HOME, DENMEAD - 7pm

SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2024
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE 
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2023
SATURDAY 18th MARCH 2023
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE

SATURDAY 17th JUNE 2023
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - 8.30pm

SATURDAY 8th JULY 2022
KING CHARLES FEST, KINGS WORTHY - 7pm

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2023
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - 8.30pm
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2022

SUNDAY 23RD JANUARY 2022 
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - DEFIB FUNDRAISER

SATURDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2022
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE

SATURDAY  18th JUNE 2022
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - 8.30pm

SATURDAY  2nd JULY 2022
KING CHARLES FEST, KINGS WORTHY - 7pm

SATURDAY  30th JULY 2022
GOSPORT COMMUNITY WATERFRONT FESTIVAL - 3.30pm 

SATURDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2022
THE HEROES, WATERLOOVILLE - 8.30pm