About

We welcome Yorkshire’s own Andrew Nix for our Christmas concert at Saltaire’s Victoria Hall, playing our superb Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ.

Born just outside Selby, Andrew first showed an interest in music at the age of ten. He sat down at his mother’s organ at home and taught himself several Christmas carols, even though it was the middle of summer. His parents saw the potential and arranged lessons, and he was soon winning local and national talent competitions. One of a group of young organists he was soon practising on the Compton organ of the Three J’s Leisure Centre, Gomersal. In 1985 readers of Organ Player magazine voted him Most Promising Young Player. At just 17 he was appointed organist and musical director for a theatre group at Butlins, Barry Island. After further seasons with Butlins and Haven Holidays he went fully freelance, and he has been in demand on both theatre and electronic organs ever since. Since 2000 he has toured with a Roland Atelier as one of Roland UK’s freelance artists. Andrew has made his name as an entertainer as well as a musician. His concerts take in everything from ballads to Latin, marches to musicals, with plenty of Yorkshire humour along the way, and no two are ever quite the same. He was playing carols before he was even having lessons, so we can’t think of anyone better to bring some festive cheer to the Saltaire Wurlitzer.

Light refreshments will be available, and first-time visitors can go below stage where nearly one thousand pipes and percussions are located in the two organ chambers.