Mar
24
Sun
Young performers Drum showcase
Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Drum student showcase:
Backed by a full live professional band, the drumming students of Cambridge drum teacher, Paul Richards, present their latest showcase. For this gig, the theme is simply: Blur v Oasis, so expect plenty of Britpop classics.
Many of the students, with ages ranging between 6 and 70, will be performing live for the very first time! All door money will go direct to Macmillan Cancer Support.
Suggested donation: £5 (or more if you are able) on the door.
Apr
10
Wed
Tomasz Bura
Apr 10 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Tomasz Bura Group featuring acclaimed guitarist Guthrie Govan and vocalist Rouhangeze.

Led by pianist Tomasz Bura, the group’s lineup also includes bassist Laurence Cottle and drummer Mark Mondesir, rounding out the rhythm section. The group fuses jazz, rock, cinematic, and classical influences into a captivating performance.

Apr
13
Sat
Green Haze – Green Day Tribute
Apr 13 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Touring extensively across the UK, Europe & internationally, GREEN HAZE are the most in-demand tribute to one of the best rock bands the world has ever seen – Green Day.
GREEN HAZE go to every length to capture the raw power and dynamics of Green Day’s music and bring it to life on stage with a full 2+ hour stage show. With both the MUSIC and the LOOK, their energy packed show comes complete with costumes, fun crowd interaction, on-stage antics and all of the trimmings that make a Green Day live show so recognisable to their fans. It is this attention to detail that makes Green Haze the most authentic Green Day tribute band on the circuit today.
All of Green Day’s albums are well represented from the first to present day, covering all of the hits like Basket Case, When I Come Around, American Idiot, Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends to name but a few. Plus an extensive repertoire of fan favourites to satisfy even the most ardent of Green Day fans.
GREEN HAZE perform the songs with the same energy and passion that only true fans of the original band can, this is what makes Green Haze literally THE next best thing to Green Day themselves.

Reviews

“Headliner Green Haze whipped the wild Saturday night funsters in to an uncontrollable frenzy, replicating the Green Day sound to such a tee that you’d have been hard pressed to differentiate between the originals and the covers. All of the band’s usual suspect punk hits were nailed with impeccable, high octane, relentless accuracy” – 365Bristol.com
“WOW what a band, these guys had it all, the sound, the look and bundles of enthusiasm. For two whole hours they smashed out hit after hit, hardly stopping to take breath!” – The Patriot

Apr
14
Sun
SADPLANET +Ori
Apr 14 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Special guests SADPLANET, travelling from London are sure to rise in alternative music fashion, specialising in a meticulous electronic blend of Dreampop, indie and shoe gaze. Their captivating performance will blow you away. Joining them is the beautifully mad Ori, dissociating in the depths of the UK to bring you into their bewitchingly dark genius. Expect to hear originals and covers by: King Krule, The Wyches, Iggy Pop, Soft Play and Show me the body. + More bands for support!

SadPlanet
https://www.instagram.com/sadplanetdream
Ori
https://www.instagram.com/oriandtheshrikes

Apr
20
Sat
Mötley Crüde (Mötley Crüe tribute) +Röxxi Red
Apr 20 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

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Mötley Crüde is Europe’s longest running tribute to the most notorious band in the world – Mötley Crüe. Voted by the worlds largest Crüe fan page as the #1 tribute show, the band have been performing shows and touring throughout the UK since 2015, gaining and a large and loyal fan base by appearing in the UK’s most prestigious venues and festivals on a regular basis.

Described as the closest thing to the real band, Mötley Crüde always blow the roof off wherever they go with their Lewd & Crued touring show.

With support from Röxxi Red

Apr
27
Sat
Total Stone Roses
Apr 27 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

The UK’s BEST Stone Roses Tribute return to the stage to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the eponymous Stone Roses Debut Album! If you love I Am The Resurrection, Made Of Stone, Fools Gold, Waterfall, She Bangs The Drums and many more then do not miss this exclusive opportunity to hear your favourite Stone Roses anthems performed live by the UK’s finest tribute!

May
8
Wed
Ranges +Din of Celestial Birds +More
May 8 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Ranges +Din of Celestial Birds +More

Headliner: Ranges (USA). Main support: Din of Celestial Birds (UK). Opening band TBC

May
10
Fri
Local Hotels +Ember Rev
May 10 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Local Hotels
With a driving rhythm section, spiky guitar, shards of keys and mesmerising vocals, Local Hotels play an exhilarating blend of post-punk electro rock you’ll never forget. Devilishly enigmatic frontman Bryan is your guide through dark romantic nights, golden monkeys, magic humans and more. Let him take you there.
https://soundcloud.com/localhotels

Ember Rev
Ember Rev play seamless sets of rhythm-driven art-rock, reworking and repurposing familiar forms that recall the percussive Africana of Talking Heads and the accordian-led romance of Arcade Fire. Alternately rattling with glockenspiels then looping and stuttering, it’s a sound that demands you keep coming back.
https://emberrev.bandcamp.com/

May
11
Sat
AC/DC Experience
May 11 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

THE AC/DC EXPERIENCE brilliantly nail the power and look of the stadium rock god’s incendiary stage performance with a no gimmick pure rock n roll show.
They have electrifying musical skills to match – each dazzling guitar solo, hard-rock riff and stunning vocal will have audiences convinced they’re watching the real thing.
Authentically covering all eras – expect explosive versions of the classics Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Thunderstruck, Hells Bells, You Shook Me All Night Long, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, T.N.T, Whole Lotta Rosie and many many more.

The Lancashire-based band aim to delight rock fans young and old
“As professional musicians and die-hard fans, we aim to bring the true spirit of AC/DC to as many people as possible. We absolutely bring the full AC/DC package both in terms of the music and the performance, and the response from audiences across the country has been fantastic.

May
18
Sat
Evanescence Of Fire
May 18 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Live the closest experience to Evanescence with the UK’s leading Evanescence Tribute Band!
Expect great energy, Evanescence’s best songs, powerful sound, headbanging, singing together and …much more fun!

www.evanescencetribute.com
https://www.facebook.com/evanescencetributeuk
https://www.instagram.com/evanescenceoffire

May
22
Wed
Acid Mothers Temple
May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Acid Mothers Temple

Formed in Japan in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata as the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective, the previously described ‘noise-freaks-turned-millennial-hippies’ have since released around 80 albums representing one of the most daunting discographies in contemporary music. The effervescent psych prog masters have also toured extensively, recently performing rounds of head-melting psychedelia at more than 100 shows each year around both Americas, Asia and Europe (including at the famed Glastonbury Festival). Immensely prolific in the studio and controlledly chaotic live, the Acid Mothers Temple’s every musical gesture is so amplified or exaggerated even when minimalist, as though they are ‘cosmic troubadours’ intending their work to be witnessed from across the solar system. Specializing in “trip” music, a meltdown of entire genres and movements all re-imagined in a form quite fit to liquefy your consciousness. Pure and visceral, and as their numerous worldwide fans claim, simply one of the greatest live band experiences out there.

The current Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO touring line-up is:

Kawabata Makoto: guitar (speed guru)
Higashi Hiroshi: synthesizer (fishin’god)
Jyonson Tsu: voice, guitar, bouzouki (midnight whislter)
Sawano Shozo: bass (hex man)
Satoshima Nani: drums (another dimension)

“In a non-stop stream of thrilling noise, they segue from supercharged stomp-rock, through doomy choral chanting and frazzled go-go, to a thundering melee of atonal freakouts. Then on to a pulsating, echo-drenched disco-rock groove, which morphs into a motorik rhythm too rapid even for the autobahn, works itself into a squalling frenzy, breaks cover as a kind of galloping, syncopated, underworld-with-rabies affair, and flows into a long, chiming trance number climaxing in a collective instrumental howl.” ~The Guardian ***** review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlGjzvt-Eto

 

Jun
5
Wed
Provisional: Sweet Unrest +The Franks
Jun 5 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Provisional: Sweet Unrest +The Franks

London bands Sweet Unrest in the style of the Libertines/Oasis/Britpop-era and
The Franks, who are influenced by the Velvet Underground, Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Jun
7
Fri
Mississippi Mothers +The Dan The D
Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Mississippi Mothers, a high quality tribute to the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd, covering the classics to the modern era.
Very special guests for this event will be heavy garage blues band The Dan The D, the project of Dan Donovan (Tribe Of Dan, King Kool).
Jun
8
Sat
Queenergy
Jun 8 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Bringing to you a night of Queen hits of their reign as musical royalty. Queenergy have quickly risen to great heights and reputation for being one of the most authentic sounding Queen tribute band that will guarantee a high energy and interactive performance to take you back to the glory days of Queen

Jul
12
Fri
Provisional: ODDSOCK +support
Jul 12 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm