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TWO OF THE UK’S FINEST SINGER SONGSMITHS AND GUITARISTS IN THEIR FIRST JOINT SONGWRITING VENTURE “(Steve Tilston)… is a fine guitarist and lyricist… his (most recent solo album ‘Truth To Tell’)… is full of beautifully delivered, personally touched compositions” (Jude Rogers, The Guardian) “(Jez Lowe) … there is a deep integrity embedded in this album (‘The Ballad Beyond’) and the...

Anita Harris, who was recently seen on ITV's LAST LAUGH IN VEGAS has had a breathtaking career spanning over fifty years which includes treading the boards in Las Vegas as a mere teenager, starring in two Carry On films, gracing the top of the pop charts with hits such as Just Loving You, Anniversary Waltz and Dream A Little Dream...

They say you get a lifetime to write your first album, then the blink of an eye to make your second. Elles Bailey wins either way and now stands poised to follow her debut hit album Wildfire with Road I Call Home out March 8th 2019 (pre order from 23rd Nov). The album’s first single, Medicine Man, dropped on 16th...

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo – 2016 & 2013 Duos come and duos go… And some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original, captivating and award-winning. Bonded by an unseen alchemy, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have entwined their professional and personal relationship into an enviable class act of imaginative...

These remarkable songs - stripped back, desolate, naked and sensual Enigmatic and mysterious, songwriter Leonard Cohen was an unflinching character, with an exact sense of prose, wry humour and courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty with the stroke of each line. He challenged us to listen more carefully, think more deeply and recognize our own fragility. A...

“The future of Folk Music” – John Renbourn Essex-born John Smith has built a reputation as one of the UK’s finest guitarists and songwriters. Raised by the Devon seaside and making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool, John has released five albums with over 10 million Spotify streams. He has played to audiences all over the world...

The New Year sees Chanteuse multi instrumentalist and Raconteur Eleanor McEvoy departing on her new Gimme Some Wine Tour landing in England in April and taking in Ireland Europe and beyond. After the huge success of her The Thomas Moore Project album, nominated for best Folk Album in The RTE Folk Awards, she moves ever forward with Gimme Some Wine...

The Jellyman’s Daughter hail from Edinburgh and blend folk/roots, Americana and a touch of bluegrass to bring you a highly original but beguiling musical landscape. Mixing gorgeous, haunting vocal harmonies with wild and visceral cello, driving guitar and sweet mandolin, Emily Kelly and Graham Coe are also exceptional songwriters. The duo has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Canada and...

The Rumblestrutters bring you feel-good blues, jazz and ragtime of the Prohibition era. The band’s vivid evocations of the music of the 1920s and ‘30s has earned them a reputation as one of the most authentic and popular roots bands around, with highlights including stellar performances at Birmingham International Jazz Festival and Gloucester Blues Festival. Started during a spring clean...

You are invited to join The Leylines as they proudly release their brand new studio album, 'Recover Reveal', and head out on tour around the country. The Leylines are a West-country collective established in 2013, with a genre-defying, eclectic sound that ranges from traditional folk to full blown festival rock. The band was founded by a group of musicians in...

Ever prolific, Blek has released 5 albums in the last 5 years. Currently he is preparing to release number 6, his new album Thistle & Thorn due on 1st Feb 2019. ‘Salt in the Water’ from Blek’s current album Catharsis Vol.1, was nominated for Song of the Year at the International Folk Music Awards 2018 at Folk Alliance International in...

Presented by Phil Cooke The wines will be either from little known grapes, or wine regions; sometimes both. The aim is to discover good value wines. At least 8 wines plus quality breads and cheeses.

Despite a long-running list of tour dates for Paul Lamb and The King Snakes which continues throughout 2019, Paul Lamb and Chad Strentz are still finding time to take their duo show on the road, delivering outstanding Chicago blues with a bit of Delta spice. PAUL LAMB is known by aficionados and music press around the world as a foremost...

An evening with the music of the Guitar and Violin virtuosi Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli played by two of this country’s finest exponents of this style. Expect to be flown back in time to the dance halls of the 1940s with this homage to the Quintet of the hot club of France. This really was the “Swing” era, full...

Marshes is the new incarnation of Beth Porter and the Availables, previously a Bath/Bristol based band. Beth has moved up to Wigtown in South West Scotland where the inspiration for the name came from. The songs are dark, quirky, charming and ethereal and depict themes such as fear, confusion, money, politics, the weather and the odd cheesy love song, all...

Beguiling and enchanting Daria Kulesh's collaboration with the extraordinary pianist Marina Osman offers a fantastic variety for every listener regardless of their language and cultural background. Expect plenty of authentic Russian flavour, superb musicianship, multilingual banter and heaps of heartfelt, infectious energy. "The songs aren't just sung, but lived." (FATEA Magazine). A refreshing, intriguing and thoroughly entertaining evening awaits all...

Will Lawton's piano-based songs and Weasel's superb drumming on a stripped-down kit make a heady and hypnotic sound that's both highly original and hugely accessible. The duo released their debut album, ‘Fossils of the Mind’ in 2018 and are amassing a strong reputation in the West Country. The band are now joined by an additional member, Buddy Fonzarelli on upright...

The Bluejays are the UK’s leading 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll band playing the biggest hits of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Eddie Cochran and many more. They have toured the world, with gigs as far afield as Canada, Australia and China. On a recent trip to the US, the band were invited to play at the...

After releasing a folk song every week for a year, 5 star reviews, Radio 2 spins and a roaringly successful festival run, Joshua Burnell & his 6-piece band are taking the show on the road. They’ve set feet stomping and heads banging with riotous fiddle tunes, electric guitars and a healthy dose of distorted Hammond organ thrown in for good...

British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Stevens first picked up a guitar at the age of two and has since learnt cello, piano, banjo, ukulele and mandolin. Playing the majority of the instruments on her albums herself, Emma has achieved four consecutive play-listed singles on BBC Radio 2, extensive international radio play in the UK, Europe and Australia, an iTunes single...

The KDV house band is a collective of well known west country musicians. The band gets its name from the Kingsdown Vaults pub which is fast becoming one of Bristol's finest intimate music venues. The pub landlord is Drew Bridges who leads the band. Drew has toured with the Rosellys (www.therosellys.co.uk) and takes the role of lead vocalist with the...

John Lennon Tribute UK's show 'Lennon Retrospective' aims to take the audience on a journey through John Lennon's best loved songs starting with his solo work and culminating in the early Beatles classics. JLUK put on a two-hour, fully-costumed show ‘Lennon Retrospective’ covering Lennon’s best known solo work as well as classic Lennon-penned Beatles songs. The band is fronted by...

Winners of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award for boundary-pushing new music creators, The Little Unsaid spent 2017 /2018 travelling the UK and Europe, leaving audiences emotionally rapt with a live show that’s been described as “a thumping depth of passion, recalling the intensity and melancholic overtones of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.” Signed to Reveal Records (home of Lau, Eddi...

In April 2018, Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin) retreated to a remote cottage in Ulpha, western Cumbria. They breathed in the mountain view, banked up the fire, and took their instruments out of their cases. Then they sat down, and wrote. In escaping the everyday chaos of busy lives, they realised how caught up in the misery of the...

"Breezy, carefree and unpretentious songwriting…" CLASH After the indefinite hiatus in 2013 of popular UK alt-country outfit ahab, songwriter Steven Llewellyn went on to form his own band with the help of ahab originator Dave Burn and former bassist Graham Knight. Being firmly part of the London Americana scene made it easy to get involved in collaborations with members of...

Presented by Phil Cooke Italy usually produces more wine than France. And although France has more prestigious wines, Italy’s best are just as good. Moreover Italian wines tend to better suit the modern palate, especially with food. At least 8 wines plus quality breads and cheeses.  

Two films that go well together about the cultural shift towards plant based foods and away from animal agriculture. '73 Cows' first film 15 mins, PG 'The End of Meat' main film 96 mins, PG "It's come a long way since Morrissey first coined the phrase 'meat is murder' a phrase which at the time many people found to be...

Modou Ndiaye aka Mamadou Ndiaye Cissokho is a member of the famous Cissokho family of Griot musicians and oral historians from the Cassamance region of Southern Senegal. Modou is a virtuoso kora player, singer songwriter, drummer and percussionist, with a superb repertoire of rhythms, fusing together modern and traditional beats. He plays a variety of West African instruments, ranging from...

Please note this is a new 'Jersey Boys' Tribute to Chapel Arts Centre, and not to be confused with The Sherry Babys and The Ragdolls Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.  They will be performing as a 4 piece harmony. Bye Bye Baby are a jaw-dropping tribute to the musical phenomenon ‘Jersey Boys’ and the timeless, iconic music...

Album launch tour 'eyes on the map'. A brand new set of twelve songs, describing life on the road. This album will take you from Mississippi to Barcelona, through the French vineyards and the Dutch dykes, finally depositing you in Nashville via the M25. At the age of seven, Rik built his own guitar using a tin can, a chunk...

Boo Hewerdine and Darden Smith met thirty years ago. Introduced by a publisher they wrote songs together for four days in London. The results secured them a record deal with Ensign Records. A short while later they found themselves in Austin, Texas recording the album 'Evidence'. The album is a potent mix of Americana and Ukana (for want of a...

Relive the heady 1960s as this unforgettable live band whirls you through the decade of the British Explosion, from early 60s kitsch to rooftop rock, and everything in between. Sixties Britain created a style and sound all its own – and made the world sit up and take notice. What’s In The Show?: The broadest range of authentic sounding British...

Luke Jackson is an un-pidgeonhole-able (is that a word?) singer songwriter who has travelled a fair few thousand miles around the British Isles, initially with his dad Paul into pubs and bars, well run house concerts and more recently into folk & blues clubs, venues and festivals. Luke’s songwriting draws on his experiences, family life, poignant stories he’s been told...

Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer (aka The Murphy Beds) present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. Jefferson and Eamon have been performing together for some years now, having first met at Irish sessions in New York City. Both had a love for collecting, arranging, and performing songs from Irish,...

Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award for his solo show. His beautiful meditative compositions blend his classical training and background in healing with his love of Spanish and Celtic music. He has performed to audiences all over the UK and Europe at venues ranging from Buckingham Palace to Glastonbury Festival and his new...

Untamed Burlesque is a new burlesque and cabaret night bringing the biggest and brightest stars in the South West and further afield to delight and tease you on what will be a magical night. Our June show has some truly spectacular acts which which delight and astound you at this Summer show! Each act is bright and shining, bold and...

Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion: "A progressive and provocative 21st Century blues band" – C Michael Bailey, AAJ, USA 2017 “A serious band with unique songs, tight instrumentation, and a powerful woman up front… edgy vocals, and scorching guitar solos.” - Blues Blast Magazine, USA 2017 The whole band, in its entirety, creates a luxurious and irresistible sound, displaying great skills...

Apologies, Clyve has cancelled this event due to unforeseen circumstances beyond his control!   Over the past 5 years he has performed to thousands all over the UK, as well as in the USA, and with his band, create a brand of neo soul, whilst keeping the soul sound of the past decades. You are guaranteed to dance with tracks...

British born singer-songwriter and musician Matt Owens first came to prominence as a founder member of indie-folk band Noah and the Whale. Releasing four albums, Noah and the Whale achieved huge success in the UK and overseas, selling over one million albums in the UK alone. The band toured the world between 2006 and 2015, playing hundreds of festivals, including...

Presented by Phil Cooke New Zealand punches above its size. Most famously it popularised the modern style of Sauvignon Blanc. It also produces Pinot, Noir and other wines, all to world class. At least 8 wines plus quality breads and cheeses.

As a long-serving troubadour of the folk and acoustic music scene, master songwriter and storyteller Steve Knightley has spent much of his life on the road, collecting songs, stories, anecdotes and observations – with the odd disaster along the way. Best known for his work with the award-winning acoustic roots group Show of Hands, Steve has performed in venues from...

Jahmene is touring with Gabrielle as her special guest during her nationwide tour in 2019. Jahmene is a Soul, Gospel and R&B singer with a voice that brings you to your feet in applause, a voice never forgotten once heard! With a No. 1 album, MOBO and Premier Gospel nominations and a Urban Music Award to his name, He is...

Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014 For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but...

Somewhere Over England, along with The Korgis, Naked Eyes and Tears For Fears emerged from the Bath local music scene of the 1980s - probably the greatest period for popular music in the city. One of the most popular bands in Bath at the time, Somewhere Over England finally gained recognition and chart success in 1991 not in the UK...

The Salts who are one of the most exciting and energetic concepts around performing original material alongside their own interpretations of traditional songs we all know and love. Their live shows have been going down a storm throughout the UK at festivals and venues alike, recent performances include the Great British Folk Festival, Folk in a Weyfest, Field Festival, Tall...

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 good." Roxy Music's Andy Mackay (Ken Bruce Show BBC Radio 2) "There`s only one Bryan Ferry, but if there...

LIVE LOUNGE SESSIONS PRESENT: LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN THAT ARE ON SALE. A night at the West End in the South West with 2 West End Star performers of the recent hit musical Bat Out Of Hell The Musical that won the Evening Standards "Best New Musical 2017" Joined by Jordan Luke Gage, and Danielle Steers and local talent they perform...

Travelin Man The Ricky Nelson Rock n Roll Show is the UK's first and only Tribute Show dedicated to rock n roll pioneer Ricky Nelson. 2nd only to Elvis in record sales between 1957-62 this show feature's all the hits and more inc Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Poor Little Fool, I'm Walking, Just A Little Too Much, Lonesome Town,...

Sascha Osborn is a London based singer songwriter of reflective tender songs, who blends her cocktail of influences seamlessly dancing between 'folk' and 'jazz' worlds, utilising these flavours and colours to express narratives of relationships and evocations of life experience. Her debut album ‘Looking Out And After’ has received airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio Scotland and extremely...

ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND A SECOND GIG DATE INTRODUCING KYLE ROBERTS TO LIVE LOUNGE SESSIONS Due to popular demand we’ve added a second date to Live Lounge Sessions on FRIDAY 19TH JULY here in Bath DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES OUT OF OUR CONTROL: Jordan Luke Gage will not appear at this second date. Jordan Luke Gage played Strat in Bat...

Chris Difford is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has brought us characters and sketches from everyday life, and has successfully turned the mundane into the beautiful, the urbane into the exquisite, for over 40 years. With his collaborator, Squeeze co-founder Glenn Tilbrook, Chris has written some of the most enduring and best-loved songs of...

"One of the finest songwriters in Britain" (The Independent). Peter Bruntnell, whose Nos Da Comrade was one of Mojo’s Americana albums of 2016, brings his 5 piece band with the legendary BJ Cole on pedal steel to promote his new release, King of Madrid. Expect sublime atmospheric songs with a sixties pop influence and more than a hint of psychedelia....

Building on her passion for the Empress of the Blues, Julia Titus started to perform as Ma Bessie in mid-2015 to share the music of Bessie Smith and her contemporaries with a new generation of listeners. Mixing Julia’s rich, warm vocal sound with a dynamic group of musicians that look as well as sound the part, Ma Bessie combines classic...

Hailed by The British Beatles Fan Club as “definitely not your average Beatles band”, the band has earned high praise for its authentic musical renditions and close-harmony vocals. Based in Buckinghamshire, The Dung Beatles got together in 2013, with Danny Prendergast on lead guitar and vocal, Mike Ashton on drums, Steve Hillier on rhythm guitar and lead vocal, and Phil...

Whilst performing in Las Vegas two years ago Bob Drury was described "one of the world's finest vocal tributes to Neil Diamond" and he's now back touring the UK with his new show celebrating the legendary Neil Diamond and his incredible back catalogue of songs. Bob Drury's one-man show is an absolute 'must-see' for any Diamond fans. Prepare to be...

Paul Anthony was voted the UK’s No.1 David Bowie Tribute Act at the National Tribute Awards 2016. His act has amazed and entertained audiences throughout the nation. With a full band Paul will perform two hours of Bowie’s biggest hits taking the audience on a musical journey, experiencing the masterpieces that made the late, great David Bowie the immortal legend...

Please note this is a standing event with chairs down both sides of the Auditorium 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 dead or something?” So...

The Unravelling Wilburys - a tribute to The Traveling Wilburys and their rock legend members. Just when they were about to make it to the big time, this band of good ol’ boys from Nashville, Tennessee had a whole bunch of songs (allegedly) stolen by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, under the late 80s...

Gordon Haskell has often been described as a brilliant mix of Bill Withers and James Taylor with the feel of J.J Cale; but ultimately Haskell is a craftsman with his own unique style and presence, who has been consistently winning audiences with his warmth and golden voice for decades. After 35 years of dedication to developing his craft of the...

Hailed by the Guardian for his “exquisite guitar playing”, the formidable virtuoso guitarist Eduardo Niebla will present his amazing repertoire of “stunning flamenco jazz” with his internationally acclaimed guitar duo. A master of today’s generation Eduardo has traversed the worlds of jazz, classical, world and pop music, collaborating with such diverse partners as Craig David, Juno Reactor, sitar maestro Nishat...

“a big sound from this impressive outfit…inspired, anthemic, great” ~ Q Hope & Social are more than a band. They are a band anyone can join; a band who can turn their studio into a bistro for 70 fans; a band who involve people in what they do-from teaching brass instruments in their 'Streetband Named Desire' project to collaborating with...

Cabaret Seating with Dance Floor SMACK The 80s are famous for delivering a lively, fun-packed, authentic tribute 80s show that always fills the dance floor and creates an event 'back to the future', never to be forgotten. Dressed in 80s stage wear and using electro-wizardry, the Band instantly transcend audiences’ memories to this golden era with sounds from Wham, Human...

This has sold out the last four years, book early! SEATED GIG 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 musicians, they play with an attention to detail and musicianship that marks them as the stand-out Dire...

Kitty Macfarlane is a Bristol-based songwriter and accomplished guitar player. Her sharply observed narrative songs are pure poetry, rich with visual imagery and written with an eco-eye – bound loosely by the theme of mankind’s relationship with the wild. This autumn sees the release of Kitty Macfarlane's highly anticipated debut album Namer of Clouds, produced by Sam Kelly and Jacob...

Mermaids in cages, cuckolded mole catchers and Victorian houses of ill-repute are all among the influences of Harp and a Monkey, one of East Lancashire's most unique and award-winning musical offerings. Combined with their unusual choice of instruments, a Harp and a Monkey show is something truly intriguing and entertaining. The trio’s melodic and hauntological storytelling, which is always underpinned...

Experience the incredible sound of Otis Redding's music as two of the UK's most exciting raw soul acts join forces to celebrate the King of Soul. Originally commissioned by Soul Cookers Records for Saint Paul Soul Jazz Festival 2008, this uplifting show pairs charismatic Burundian singer songwriter Mudibu with Hammond and horns from The Jezebel Sextet. You’ll hear 20 Otis...

In an English folk scene currently bursting with bold and innovative music, Lady Maisery shine brightly. In 2016 The Guardian described theirs as “some of the most exquisite, thrilling vocal harmony work in the English folk scene”. With their unique approach to harmony singing, intelligent and thoughtful arrangements of both traditional repertoire and original compositions, multi-instrumentalists and singers Hazel Askew,...

This is a mainly dancing event, with tables and chairs down both sides of the Auditorium only! **** ‘Son Yambu are an acoustic septet with the real sound of Santiago De Cuba.’ Simon Broughton, London Evening Standard, September 2012 'The UK's very own Buena Vista band….absolutely tremendous…. if you don't start to move to this there is no hope for...