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Selective “Live” music listings for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire

NEWS and UPDATES

1st February - I’ve finally put together a book of images taken at Empty-Rooms in Buckingham. This has been posted on on-line publishers Blurb. I ‘ve had a few versions printed, Hard and Soft Back and I’m quite impressed, OK I won’t make millions form this but it’s a nice keepsake. It won’t be my last book now I’ve got the bug. You can preview the book Here

31st January - Well the list of artists playing at 2010’s Folk By the Oak on 25th July has been confirmed so far are Bellowhead, Michael McGoldrick Band, Jackie Oats, Emily Smith, Mawkin:Causley, Spiro and Megson Tickets go on sale on 1st February and details can be found www.folkbytheoak.com once it’s been updated.

23rd January 2010 - A Bellowhead Summer! Well it’s official for those of you who enjoy the festival it looks like wherever you go you won’t miss Bellowhead. So far they have been confirmed for The Oxford Folk Festival, Folk By The Oak, Fairports Cropredy Festival, Towersey and Shrewsbury Festivals and many more I guess. So if you don’t like Bellowhead looks like you’ll be staying at home.

17th January - Just added a Go Live page for February and a few more You Tube videos. More and more of these videos now have adverts at the start, including the Cartoon yourself one, though they soon disappear. I doubt anybody will click them so why bother. Moan over!

13th January - It’s been confirmed that Bellowhead are set to play Fairport Convention’s Cropredy festival on Friday 13th August, so I guess if you want to see them you’ll have to pay for at least Friday and Saturday, so whay not just do all three days, it was a great festival last year. For details go the The Cropredy web site

1st January 2010 - Happy New Year. So this is the sort of thing I get up to when there is no live music to go to, I re-decorate the web site. I’m all for having a bit of a change, once in a while but there is no real dramatic change here, just a bit of colour and a different background. Someone has asked if I could indicate any recently added gigs to the calendars. I’ve toyed with the idea of using different coloured fonts, but it did quite work. So instead I will try and list those major shows that might be of interest and a link to the Calendar entry. They will be in date order as entered on the web site and removed as they reach the bottom of the page. I think I might have given myself more work!

24th December - Well this site has been running for nearly a year and considering I’ve not really advertised it’s existence I’m quite pleased with the response, either by word of mouth or other sites that have linked back to here. Also don’t forget to use the venue links page when searching for gigs, it lets other sites know that I’m here and referrals can be very advantageous. I’m considering changing this front page slightly to list all those new gigs I add to the calendar so you don’t miss out on them, like I seem to do, I’ve missed out on a few gigs that sold quicker than expected, Midlake and Mumford and Son at The Junction Cambridge, Note to self, buy the tickets as soon as you see them listed!

If I’ve missed any gigs or you want to recommend some then please contact me at this e-mail address.

Dave

RECENTLY ADDED GIGS and FESTIVALS

Date added

Artist

Venue

Date

5 Feb

Show of Hands

Empty Rooms

13 Oct

4 Feb

Cerys Mathews

Luton Library Theatre

17 Apr

4 Feb

Chris Wood

Tudor Folk Chesham

8 Mar

4 Feb

Megson

Harpur Suite Bedford

29 Apr

31 Jan

Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

The Stables Stage 2

5 May

30 Jan

Brian Kennedy

Junction 2

15 Apr

30 Jan

Gretchen Peters

Junction 2

26 May

27 Jan

James Hunter Band

The Stables

4 May

27 Jan

Lisa Mills

Brasenose Cropredy

10 Apr

27 Jan

Lisa Mills

The Maltshovel N’hpto

14 Apr

24 Jan

Suzy Boggus

The Stables

7 Jun

21 Jan

Lou Reed MM2

The Junction

17 Apr

17 Jan

Urban Folk Quartet

Fab Nights Bedford

16 Mar

12 Jan

Lightning Seeds

The Stables

28 Apr

12 Jan

Peter Green & Friends

The Stables

9 Mar

12 Jan

Peter Green & Friends

The Junction

11 Mar

8 Jan

Solstice

Court Theatre

20 Feb

8 Jan

InMe

The Junction

30 May

8 Jan

Ash

The Junction

20 Apr

8 Jan

Gallows

The Junction

15 Feb

7 Jan

The Quireboys & The Whybirds

The Stables

19 Apr

7 Jan

Quicksilver

Sutton Folk Club

15 May

7 Jan

Flossie Malavialle

Sutton Folk Club

17 Apr

7 Jan

Liz Simcock

Sutton Folk Club

20 Mar

7 Jan

Alan Prosser

Sutton Folk Club

20 Feb

7 Jan

Cam Penner & John Wood / Sarah MacDougal & Tim Tweedale

East West Promotions

22 May

5 Jan

The Wiyos

East West Promotions

7 Feb

4 Jan

Fairport Convention

The Court Theatre

28 May

3 Jan

Tinker Jack, Tom Copson, Amy Leeder

Bedford Live - The Ent Shed

27 Mar

1 Jan

Lau

AM Gigs

4 Mar

1 Jan

Thea Gilmore

Assembly Lemington

6 May

1 Jan

Nerina Pallot

Assembly Lemington

27 Apr

1 Jan

Show of Hands

Assembly Lemington

13 May

1 Jan

Ade Edmundson

Court Theatre

11 Jun

1 Jan

Carlene Carter

Empty Rooms

12 Mar

1 Jan

Sarah Borges

Empty Rooms

17 Apr

1 Jan

Chumbawamba

Hertford Corn Exchange

6 Mar

1 Jan

Chris Wood

Junction 2

14 Oct

1 Jan

Kate Rusby

Lighthouse Theatre

25 Apr

1 Jan

King Creosote

Portland Arms

2 Apr

Below I’ve listed some, but not all, the gigs just added to the calendar. They are listed in the order they have been added to the web site, so keep checking back. Just click on them to go directly to the calendar for more information. I will also list those shows confirmed by the artists web site, Myspace and the promoters even if they have not been listed by the venues.