Gorgeous independent Cornish festival Port Eliot Festival has unveiled the first set of artists for 2019. Set on the ancient St Germans estate, the festival runs from 25–28 July 2019. Tickets and full details at porteliotfestival.com LARGE THURSDAY line-up for weekend ticketholders headlined by Aldous Harding. OPEN FIRE STAGE & Georgian Big Kitchen featuring the…
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KENDAL CALLING ANNOUNCES HUGE LINEUP FOR 2019 Courteneers, Doves, Manic Street Preachers, Nile Rodgers & Chic and Orbital to headline. They’ll be joined by Tom Jones, Years & Years, Gerry Cinnamon, Miles Kane, The Fratellis, Gomez, Idles, KT Tunstall, Mystery Jets, SlowThai, The Subways and Nina Nesbitt. There are four incredible days of music, arts, comedy…
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It hasn’t taken Working Men’s Club long to start to make their mark, with a raft of gigs, signing with Melodic Records and a performance for IVW19
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Steve Mason aired his new album About the Light at Rough Trade Steve Mason is back – with a beautiful and confident new album to start off 2019 on a positive note. About The Light dropped this week and he started promoting it with an appearance at Rough Trade East: I love these little gigs in…
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Metronomy, The Comet is Coming, Stewart Lee and Bagpuss are all confirmed for Sea Change 2019. The Totnes-based event, founded by Totnes’s Drift Record Shop, has moved from its former end-of-summer position to May Bank Holiday. The Quietus presents Gazelle Twin, with full line-up to follow. Hannah Peel and Will Burns, and Dutch 4‑piece Pip…
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Having put on a few gigs myself at a local venue, a particularly atmospheric and beautiful space, which was subsequently sold off to be transformed into flats and a hotel, Independent Venue Week is a much-needed venture. Running from Monday 28th January to Sunday 3rd February 19, for IVW19 there are nearly 190 venues signed up…
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They call their music ‘pop soul funk’ – and the Brazilian outfit UP N GO play Nambucca in London. It’s their second performance as they played a last-minute set at Ronnie Scott’s jam session where the band got to show off their versatility with a set of covers to suit the jazz and blues evening…
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Tasty French country food popup Cassoulet Nights is set to run through to December 23rd. There’s a new Xmas menu with Vegetarian option, plus a la carte dishes but you can pop in for drinks and snacks if you like
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EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT! REGULAR PRICE TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT £122. That’s £17 more. 4 (ish) pints. Go on, treat yourself. Get ready – tickets for Bearded Theory 2019 go on sale on Saturday 15th September and the first 1,500 tickets are discounted to £105. Some people are busy counting off the…
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The Chemical Brothers set ends Bluedot festival 2018 on a high note, and the hordes pack out the Lovell stage to hear the godfathers of the electronic/dance scene; the sound so colossal and lasers so far-reaching you would think they were competing with the Jodrell Bank telescope itself
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