2023 Charity update
Batala Lancaster’s chosen charity for 2023 fundraising is PAPYRUS: Prevention of young suicide
A Mountain Adventure
On 16 April 20 intrepid Batala Lancaster players completed a mountain adventure drum as the final fundraising effort for the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA). For 15 of …
A Fundraising Adventure for Mountain Rescue
Each year, members of Batala Lancaster choose a charity to support by raising money from playing gigs across the North West and Scotland, and for the past 12 months, we’ve …
Anglophones 2023
15 members of Batala Lancaster took a trip to Barmouth to join members of other UK-based Batala bands at Angolphones 2023. This was the first Batala UK meet-up since Portsmouth …
Mayday Mile raises over £300 For the RNLI
On May 1 the band paraded down Morecambe Prom from the Hovercraft station to the lifeboat station and back, joined by the Marine Conservation Society, local open water swimmers and …
City Centre busk raises over £500 for RNLI
On 13 November we busked in Lancaster city centre our chosen charity – the RNLI. The RNLI team collected £511.11 in their charity buckets on the day. Combined with the …
Batala Lancaster help to launch RNLI’s new lifeboat
On 26 September we were delighted to support our the RNLI as our nominated charity for 2021 by playing at the naming ceremony for their new boat D-855 “Brenda Raworth”, …
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The RNLI is our nominated charity for 2021
Each year members of Batala Lancaster put to the vote which charity we would like to support with fundraising activities for the coming year. At the start of 2020 the …
Celebrating a Banging 15 Years
After a busy summer, including performances at Kendal Calling, Lancaster Pride, Morecambe St George’s Day Parade, Manchester Day Parade, Notting Hill Carnival and a second visit to Edinburgh Fringe Festival …
First visit to Edinburgh Fringe Festival for Batala Mundo
On Saturday 11 August 2018 we made our first appearance at the world’s biggest festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A core of 16 Lancaster players alongside members of sister bands from …
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