Heavenly weekender at The Trades, Hebden Bridge

The Heav­en­ly Week­ender has been post­poned and will take place the week­end of 11th Decem­ber. Bax­ter Dury to per­form in Octo­ber. Please refer to pos­si­ble changes on the Trades web­site So far on the line­up are Doves, Bax­ter Dury, Cher­ry Ghost, Con­fi­dence Man, Katy J Pear­son, Raf Run­dell and Heav­en­ly Juke­box DJs. Gourmet­gigs was at the…

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Amber Arcades review: The Trades and The Finsbury

At the Heav­en­ly Week­ender at The Trades in Heb­den Bridge back in Jan­u­ary, Amber Arcades’ half-hour ear­ly evening set was the most engag­ing of the three days (young Hal­i­fax band The Orielles were the oth­er stand-out act). The focal pres­ence on stage is Amber Arcades’ mas­ter­mind, the very cool Annelotte De Graaf, vocal­ist, gui­tarist, song­writer. Amber Arcades…

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Heavenly celebrate at The Trades Club: Jimi Goodwin; Kid Wave

REPOSTING FROM 2015! Heav­en­ly Records are cel­e­brat­ing their 25th anniver­sary by tak­ing over the Trades Club for the week­end with a packed pro­gramme of shows. In order to cram it all in, they’re adding mati­nee per­for­mances as well as the usu­al evening ones. It feels slight­ly odd and indul­gent to leave the snow, busy shops and cafes…

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