The eighth annual Glenn Miller Festival was held last weekend in Bedford, England. The Miller Army Air Corps band was quartered at the Bedford airfield in 1944.
Swing, jazz and live music boomed as fans from across the globe gathered to party.The annual Festival was held for the eighth time from Friday to Monday, at RAF Twinwood Airfield and Twinwood Arena in Clapham.
Fans from as far as the USA and New Zealand gathered to celebrate music from the big band, swing and jive era.
The buzz of the 1950s was recreated at the increasingly popular festival, which has been selected as one of the top 20 music festivals in the UK. The sold-out weekend also had free taster dance classes including Lindy hop, East Coast swing and rock 'n' roll, Charleston, Balboa and Collegiate Shag.
Glenn Miller articles about the war years in England.
The-last-day-in-the-life-of-Glenn-MillerThe-final-flight (Includes BBC radio interview)
Here is the Army Air Corps band with 22 strings and "Stardust."
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