Events

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - Last orders: 7.00 p.m. To book a table please call: 01225 920256 Papillon (Anna Phoebe and Nicolas Rizzi), Violin and guitar duo. “See Anna Phoebe as she prowls the stage and you can’t take your eyes off her” - Simon Broughton, Evening Standard. Papillon is the new project by Anna Phoebe and...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING -Last orders 7.00 p.m. To book a table please call 01225 920256 A night of comedy, magic, and cabaret, hosted by comedy magician Stu Turner. Bringing a smorgasbord of colourful cabaret acts to the Chapel Arts Centre, comedy magician Stu Turner hosts a brilliant bill packed with talent. Join us for magic, comedy,...

An evening of classic Wishbone Ash music...and beyond Including 45th anniversary performance of complete ARGUS album Wishbone Ash was formed by West Country musicians Martin Turner and Steve Upton, who arrived in London in 1969 to embark on their musical journey. Intent on creating a musical sound that was rich in texture and melody, Martin Turner envisaged the band’s innovative...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - Last orders 7.00 p.m. To book a table please call 01225 920256 “It was Fifty Years Ago Today…” Acclaimed tribute band All You Need Is The Beatles celebrate fifty years to the day of the release of The Beatles' seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP, widely regarded as one of...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - Last orders 7.00 p.m. To book a table please call 01225 920256 Direct from it’s success in London’s West End, a SOLD OUT UK tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features...

Instrumentalist Of The Year We're delighted to share the news that the multi-talented Rachel Newton won the Instrumentalist Of The Year category at MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards at Caird Hall in Dundee. Nominated for ‘Musician of the Year’ – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 The singer and harpist has won many hearts with her beautiful interpretations of...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Rik van den Bosch Folk music from a globetrotting Dutchman. Rik writes, sings, and plays his own songs on his acoustic guitar, drawing from a wide influence of styles: original folk and blues sounds from way back, sixties’ rock ’n’ roll...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 One Night of Ska is a two hour homage to the music, bands and artistes that influenced two generations of teenagers. Taking the best of the original 1960s Jamaican scene as well as the 2 Tone English Revival of the late...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 The UK’s top showgirl troupe The Flaming Feathers return once again to the Chapel Arts Centre with their sell our cabaret show… As well as them performing an array of popular dance numbers including The Copa Cabana, The Jive, The Charleston,...

Billy Salisbury aka The Undercover Hippy has been performing at festivals since 2008, working his way up from being a solo singer-songwriter playing in small marquee stages, to now having a full band of incredible musicians and playing main-stages at some of the Europe's best festivals. They've been regulars at Glastonbury, Secret Garden Party, Boomtown and many more. Politically driven...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 For the 1st time ever a tribute show dedicated to rock n roll pioneer Ricky Nelson Tours the UK. All the hits inc Hello Mary Lou, Fools Rush In, Poor Little Fool, Never Be Anyone Else But You, Travelin Man, Its...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Malcolm is a composer, songwriter and performer, who sings and plays guitar, bass and piano. As the son of musician Jack Bruce (Cream), Malcolm has always been immersed in a musical environment. He grew up hearing and experiencing firsthand some of...

Rioja is so well known that it is almost a brand. But Spain has many wine regions. It is the third largest wine producer in the world, and has more land under vine than either France or Italy. There is much more to Spanish wine than Rioja. Special to Spain is that there are a lot of well-established family producers....

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 The man behind the sequins is composer, lyricist, writer and comic actor Mr Ty Jeffries. Ty is the son of the late, much loved British character actor (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wrong Arm of the Law, Rocket to the Moon )...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 The man behind the sequins is composer, lyricist, writer and comic actor Mr Ty Jeffries. Ty is the son of the late, much loved British character actor (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wrong Arm of the Law, Rocket to the Moon )...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - 7.00pm, last orders. To book a table please call 01225 920256 This event will be half seated & half standing. It has been some time now since the fledgling Zen Hussies emerged as a highly original and stylistically refreshing live act out of the heady musical crucible of Bath and Bristol back...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 PRESENTED BY EUROPE’S NO 1 TRIBUTE BYE BYE BABY Bye Bye Baby is more than your average tribute band. They deliver a full theatre show covering the journey of the Four Seasons from the very beginning up until the Disco era...

It's a long, hard road – figuratively and literally – from quitting a teaching job on a southern Alberta Indigenous Reserve to building a Juno-nominated roots music career with performances at The Kennedy Centre, The Smithsonian, and Trafalgar Square, but he wouldn't trade the journey for the world. From the Canadian prairies in southern Alberta comes one of Canada’s best...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Ingenious singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist George Montague is an exceptional musician with immense energy, and countless contagious original songs. Playing piano and guitar, George is known for entertaining and rousing enthusiastic audiences in uplifting song with his versatile vocals. G enhances his...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 The Salts are a co-operative of seasoned musicians, creating what is fast becoming one of the most exciting and energetic folk concepts of recent times. Individually The Salts, fronted by twice BBC Young Folk Finalist Lee Collinson-James, have circumnavigated the Commonwealth...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Featuring the astonishing vocals of Lars Young. Roy Orbison was one of the most successful singer-songwriters of his era recording such iconic hits as ‘Only The Lonely’, ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’, ‘Running Scared’, ‘Dream Baby’, 'Penny Arcade', 'It's Over', 'Claudette' and ‘Crying’....

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 ‘This man is so laid back that he makes JJ Cale sound like he’s on helium.’ – QMagazine 2016 was a landmark year for Michael Chapman.  As well as celebrating his 75th birthday it was also 50 years since he first...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Featuring Paul Da Vinci’s three and a half octave voice and all the showmanship you would expect from the original voice of The Rubettes’ “Sugar Baby Love”. This combined with a kicking band of seasoned session musicians who can really sing...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 After a whirlwind year performing in China, USA, Canada and Europe and an appearance on Sky Arts ‘Guitar Star’, Preston is set to play at Chapel Arts! The power and depth of Preston's timeless, imagery-evoking compositions are as unique as his...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 How can I even begin to describe Josh Okeefe? Firstly, it can’t be done without a keen sense of history (which he clearly has) and, more importantly, his position along that continuum. Woody’s Children is what Pete Seeger called the wave...

Brand new musical pairing of acclaimed singer-songwriter Kate Dimbleby and much loved Keith Warmington on harmonica/guitar and vocals. Songs about life, loss and a lot of laughter born out of friendship and finding common ground. This is a show that will make you laugh, cry and have you humming out the door. "Despite covering songs written and/or sung by legends...

Presented by Phil Cooke A selection of wines that were highly rated at previous tastings! 8 wines plus quality breads and cheeses.

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 We know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking: “Why should I care about The Urban Voodoo Machine? They’ve been around for ages, haven’t they? Aren't they a novelty band who wears funny make-up? Don't they sometimes play jazz? Aren’t half of them...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 ‘Simply Brilliant’ The Sunday Express ‘A force in the folk revival’ Neil Spencer – The Observer ‘The most original duo on the British folk scene.’ Robin Denslow – The Guardian Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 With just an upright bass, two old guitars and a bucketful of aching harmony, THE GOAT ROPER RODEO BAND are preaching ‘Country Blues’ like you never heard… It’s up, it’s down, it’s soft and loud, it’s dark and lonesome too, there’s...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Roxy Magic are the UK's best and longest-running tribute to Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry. “Wow!” Bryan Ferry“ "Awesome" Otis Ferry "It took a long time for there to be a Roxy tribute band; there is one now and it's very...

Fifty years ago, Mrs Robinson seduced The Graduate and became a legend in her own leopard print – now we hear her untold story. Fiona Coffey and her dashing musicians, Michael Roulston and Jonathan Kitching use a fabulous selection of slinky jazz and 60s pop to explore Mrs Robinson’s journey from college girl, to embittered 50s housewife, to suburban swinger....

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Sheelanagig have become something of a West Country institution for the past decade. A quintet with a well-stocked armoury of stringed instruments – guitar, fiddle, double bass – and a bagful of joint-jumping tunes, these boys sure know how to get...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Dan Reed returns to the Chapel Arts Centre and will be performing acoustically new material from both the Dan Reed Network's 2016 album 'Fight Another Day', also DRN classics, many selections from Reed's three Solo Albums, and will also be showcasing...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Recently described as “flawless, stylish and captivating” (The Critic, Brighton Argus), Edana Minghella is a highly successful jazz vocalist, regularly playing at festivals and to full houses at home and abroad. Her debut CD, Still on my Feet, was dedicated to...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 “How the guitar would want to sound if it could play itself”... Pierre Bensusan is back in the UK & Ireland. Over the past 44 years, acoustic guitar virtuoso and vocalist Pierre Bensusan has taken his unique sound to all corners...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 The Epstein are an integral part of the ever burgeoning Oxford roots/Americana scene, alongside numerous luminaries such as The Dreaming Spires, The August List, Ags Connolly and The Great Western Tears to name but a few! Regular touring around Britain and...

Presented by Phil Cooke Not explosive! But wines from grapes grown on volcanic soils. Now acknowledged to produce quality wines. Taste the difference. 8 wines plus quality breads and cheeses.

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Acclaimed blues-rock guitarist Saiichi Sugiyama and his band are touring the UK in October 2017 ahead of the release of their new album. The band’s single ‘Melting Away’ was described by Classic Rock Magazine as “reminiscent of Free at their most...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Elvis 56, European Elvis Championship Finalist, hugely successful solo artist, presents to you the most Rocking show you'll see this year. "FROM MEMPHIS TO HOLLYWOOD". Backed by the brilliant "If I Can Dream" Band, & The Blue Tones Backing Group Elvis...

100 years of blues, 90 minutes to play it. From early delta blues to modern artists such as Jack White and Seasick Steve, Blues! plays the songs and tells the stories of the artists that have defined today’s music. Featuring award-winning rhythm and blues band The Blueswater, the show was originally conceived for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and now tours...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 “If there has to be a definition of world music, this is it!” Andy Kershaw After seeing a documentary on Channel 4, Martin Cradick and his wife Su Hart packed a tent, tape recorder, camera, guitar and mandolin, and headed off...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 This has sold out the last two years, book early! Dire Streets perfectly capture the distinctive, authentic sound of one of the biggest guitar bands of all time. Fronted by finger picking guitar ace John Brunsdon and his band of accomplished...

Texas-raised Londoner Rodney Branigan learned to play in Austin, perform in Los Angeles, craft songs in Nashville, and put it all together in London. Artists are often described as having “a unique talent”; few epitomise this more than multi instrumentalist Rodney Branigan. In fact, Texan-born Rodney’s talents as a musician are as plentiful as the many instruments he expertly plays...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Pioneering, challenging, unshackled by convention, Kate Bush occupies a genre of her own. 'Cloudbusting' have been performing her remarkable music in theatres across the UK to the delight of many thousands of fans who have overwhelmingly embraced the five-piece band's passion...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Experience the incredible sound of Otis Redding's music as two of the UK's most exciting raw soul acts join forces to mark 50 years since his untimely death in 1967. Originally commissioned by Soul Cookers Records for Saint Paul Soul Jazz...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Two very special artists bring their music and talents together for the 'Small Mountain' Tour. Meeting in 2001 and performing as founding members of the ‘Women on Stage’ tour throughout Germany, Austria and the UK (a 3 Act Tour featuring Vicki,...

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 International Artist of the Year - Australian Music Awards 2017 Roving Crows have just been announced as International Artist of the Year at the Australian Music Awards 2017 and have been asked to attend the awards next year as honoured guests....

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 "One of the Eagles' great strengths is that they make everything sound so simple, but when you come to pick it apart, you realise how much is going on and what great songs they really are," says Sam Confrey, lead singer...

Presented by Phil Cooke Christmas is coming and what better than a selection of wines that are ideal for starting and finishing a social evening 8 different wines plus quality breads and cheeses.

CHAPEL ARTS CAFE IS OPEN THIS EVENING - last orders 7.00pm, to book a table please call: 01225 920256 Nearly Dan featuring ‘Aja’ – 40 years on. Nearly Dan are counting down to the ecstasy of their sixth show in Bath! Less tribute and more homage, Nearly Dan is saviour to the growing legions of Dan fans, desperate to hear...

One of brit-folks brightest new guns: a blistering 5-piece band fusing folk, blues and rock. On the cutting edge of the contemporary music scene with all the verve and mystique of ancient folk music traditions from across the globe. Rousing songs of rebellion are sung by brothers David Delarre (Eliza Carthy, Tred) and fiddler James Delarre (Saul Rose & James...

Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White is a 21st Century Troubadour. From the "electrifying urgency" (FRoots) of first single 'Religious Persuasion' to his latest album 'Imaginary Lovers', launching to follow up the success of recent career retrospective box set 'Studio Albums 1986-2016', Andy's a vital and engaging performer and his rare appearances in the UK are not to be missed. Collaborating with...

A Wine & Food Evening After a sparkler to start off the evening there is an extensive cold buffet, including bread and cheeses, plus three flights of wines. There will be the sort of wines that are suitable for an informal party, followed by some more expensive wines more suited to a dinner party. And finally some sweet/fortified wines, which...

'Set Adrift' are a fingerstyle singer-songwriter duo (with two of UK's best percussive fingerstyle guitar-singers) based in and around London. What started off as a collaboration idea to write a few songs on a houseboat, resulted in a 5-day tour on the River Thames and an album's worth of material. The album 'Set Adrift' is a combination of originals and...