THE next show in the Music in the Hall series welcomes back locally based, but nationally popular guitarist Remi Harris.

Remi Harris returns to the St George’s Hall stage, in Bewdley, on Friday, March 3, with his trio - the Remi Harris Project.

Remi’s fame is spreading.

He has a very strong champion in Jamie Cullum, who has featured his music many time and asked the trio to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in the BBC Proms event that he created.

This year, also saw them visit Canada to appear at a festival as part of a BBC initiative.

Primarily self-taught with the help of his dad’s guitar magazines and records, Remi started playing at the age of seven, initially inspired by rock and blues guitarists of the 1960s and 70s, including Jimi Hendrix, Peter Green and Jimmy Page.

In his late teens, he developed an interest in jazz music - in particular artists including Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Stan Getz.

Since then, he has been growing a reputation for blending all of his influences into his own individual style of playing.

His previous appearance at Music in the Hall received a standing ovation from the packed audience and organisers have said its safe to assume you will be in for a real treat on March 3.

Supporting Remi is the talented local group, Matahari. But, on the night you can expect a real surprise.

The band, led by Steve Harley and featuring saxophonist John Devereux, Ty Richardson, Theone Dawes and Chris James, have teamed up with six young musicians from the Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre, including Bewdley Youth Festival’s Young Musician of the Year category winners - pianist Danny Bold and singer Phoebe Jones.

They have been rehearsing a unique programme for the evening and Music in the Hall supporters are going to be treated to a rather special evening, according to organisers.

Doors open at 7.30pm.

Tickets for the show on March 3, are £10.

They are available to buy from the St George’s Hall cafe, or by visiting thehall-bewdley.org.uk or musicinthehall.co.uk.