About

Our Music

Vintage television and radio theme music is the major stream in our programmes. These mini-masterpieces alerted us to the imminent start of another programme. Some transported us to different times and places, some indicated the seriousness of the subject matter and of course, some of the themes were as much fun as the programmes they heralded. In the age of streaming these gems are already beginning to fade from existence. We hope that we will help keep their spark alive.

The Retro Street Collective are an eclectic bunch with a wide range of musical experience between them including professional symphony orchestras, jazz combos, concert bands, music theatre, brass bands, a Ska band and more. Despite only being a quintet the breadth of instruments played between them ranges from recorders to ukulele, clarinet to euphonium and sax to melodica.

The Collective

Performance

The Retro Street Collective is an amateur group performing because we enjoy doing so, but we also hope to help raise money, through our concerts, for local and national good causes. A concert would usually be around 75 to 90 minutes in two halves. The Collective will usually charge a small fee covering such expenses as petrol and music.

Latest News

A good audience attended The Retro Street Collective's first concert of 2025 took place on Saturday 22nd March at Orpington Methodist Church raising funds for the Royal National lifeboat Institution.

The audience was treated to memorable TV themes from shows including: 'Hawaii Five-O', 'Bergerac', 'Ground Force' and 'Tales of the Riverbank'.

In addition to the music there was a raffle with one of the prizes being a selection chocolate items whose music appeared in the band's 'Commercial Break' Medley.

The Concert raised over £900 for the RNLI's life saving work around the coast of the UK.

A big thank you everyone involved.

An Evening of Classic TV Themes

Saturday March 22nd 2025

Social Media

Social Media has taken a central place in our lives and at the Retro Street Collective we are not immune.

You can find us on:

Instagram: Instagram.com/the_retro_street_collective

Blue Sky: @retrostreetmusic.bsky.social

Facebook: Retro Street Collective

For your listening pleasure

Click to listen to tracks taken from our concert in March 2025

Have a look at our Instagram feed and keep up to date with the latest news from the RSC.

@the_retro_street_collective

GET IN TOUCH

If you would like to contact us about:

• a possible engagement,

• to tell us how good our concert was

• to be notified of future concerts

• or for further information please email us directly at: