While & Matthews

TodayDoors 19:30

John Blek

St Lawrence's Church Biddulph · Stoke-on-Trent

GigsFolkBlues

Wed 25 NovDoors 19:30

Sarah McQuaid

St Lawrence's Church Biddulph · Stoke-on-Trent

GigsFolkBlues

Tue 16 Feb 2027Doors 19:30

Amy Speace

St Lawrence's Church Biddulph · Stoke-on-Trent

Heralded by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Billboard Magazine and NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” Amy Speace was discovered by Judy Collins, who signed her to her record label and has recorded her songs. She’s the 2020 winner of the AMA UK’s International Song of the Year. “The Blue Rock Session,” her 10th solo album, was released in December 2025 and reached #1 immediately on the Folk Radio Charts. It is a truly solo acoustic project Amy recorded in 3 hours at The Blue Rock Studio during a writer’s retreat there. Her 2024 release, “The American Dream,” became the #1 record and the title track was named #1 song in the FAI Radio Charts for its first month out. She has been featured on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” and in a segment for “Marketplace.” Craig Havighurst of Nashville’s WMOT radio calls her “Sublime and inimitable…Speace has been one of [Nashville’s] premiere folk artists of the last decade.” Amy has played many festivals around the world, including Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Glastonbury Music Festival, legacy stages like The Grand Ole Opry and The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and is a favorite of “Mountain...

GigsFolkBlues

Thu 11 Mar 2027Doors 19:30

Sean Taylor (Trio)

St Lawrence's Church Biddulph · Stoke-on-Trent

‘Superbly Tailored songs’ Daily Mirror 'Articulate, compelling ... brilliant'' – Mojo At the heart of Sean Taylor's music is a desire to turn the world into a song. His songs are of love, desire, heartbreak and social commentary. ‘Sean Taylor must be one of the best songwriters around’ (Blues Matters). He can ‘turn anything into a song’ (Classic Rock). Sean is an international touring troubadour. He has been nominated as UK blues acoustic artist of the year for the last four years running. His songs are best described as roots; influenced by blues, Americana, jazz, spoken word and folk music. As well as a prolific songwriter he is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. Sean gives everything to each of his live performances. Touring all over the world he is one of the hardest working artists around. Sean’s performances have included Glastonbury (acoustic stage), Cambridge Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival (Aus), Ramblin Roots Festival (NL) Avignon Blues Festival (FR), Harvest Time Blues Festival (IRL), Blue Balls Festival (CH) and many other global events. Promoting his new album 'Make The World Bad Again', Sean will be joine...

GigsFolkBlues

Until Tue 10 Aug 20276 dates

Lil' Rockers

The Drill · Lincoln

GigsIndie & Alternative

Until Thu 17 Dec8 dates

The Cable Street Rag Band at Jamboree

Jamboree · London

At Limehouse de Reverie Ewan Bleach performs with residents The Cable Street Rag Band. As the name suggests, they are a band that formed at the Cable Street studios in Limehouse who play Rags. But that is not all. This is a old-style jazz band that also plays blues, song-book foxtrots and swing numbers along with occasional other dance music from around the world, including waltzes, beguines, tangos and the odd polkas, All of their repertoire dates from the 1850s-1940s. Join us at 7.00pm for a pre-gig dance class with Lesta from Dis Swing Thing - ticket packages available below.

GigsJazzLatin

TomorrowDoors 08:30

WITCHES MORTUARY LIVE

The Mist Rolling Inn · Nottingham

With special guests

GigsMetalHard Rock & Progressive

TomorrowDoors 12:30

Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson (clarinet) & Viktor Erik Emanuel (piano)

Hansom Hall · Leicester

British clarinettist Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson joins pianist Viktor Erik Emanuel for a programme that moves between classical and jazz. James Lee III: Principal Brothers No. 3 5’ George Gershwin: (arr. Cohen): 3 Preludes 8’ Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 20’ Jessie Montgomery: Peace 5’ Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie (10’)

GigsClassical