A local showcase night featuring bands from the area

Johnny Hates Jazz consists of Clark Datchler (songwriting, vocals, keyboards) and Mike Nocito (production, engineering, guitars). The band is best known for a cycle of hits in the late 1980s, the most successful being Shattered Dreams.

Alt-Indie duo EEVAH have a DIY reputation for just turning up, setting up and turning heads. While often compared to bands like HAIM, M83, The Naked and Famous, MUNA & CHVRCHES, EEVAH's offering is a totally unique blend of electronic gadgetry.

A rock showcase night featuring talented acts from the area

UK-based Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Group Nine Below Zero have been delighting crowds at gigs and festivals for over 40 years

Erotic Secrets of Pompeii play wild, weird apocalyptic lounge music - a twisted amalgamation of angular art rock and transgressive post-punk, transmitted directly from the heart of the forbidden zone.​

Motion is an up and coming indie rock band with a fresh new sound coming out of Luton. If you like bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Oasis you’re going to love Motion.

Chipperfield Comedy Club returns to The Village Hall this May with a superb line-up featuring the fantastic Bob Mills, Michael Fabri, Don Biswas and Paul Revill!

Barry Adamson is a true creative, defying easy categorisation. He's a musician who pushes boundaries, a composer who breathes life into films, and a writer and photographer who captures the essence of his vision.

The return of the DB Band, fronted by Supergrass bassist Mick Quinn, who picks up his six string with regular Oxford cohort Paul 'Fab' Wilson on bass. New recruits Dec McCarthy (The Wig Outs) & Chris Caddick add new icing to an already bulletproof sound.

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Double Grammy-nominated band Rival Sons will play Northampton Roadmender. Since their emergence in 2009, Rival Sons have reignited and recharged rock ‘n’ roll with towering vocals, uncompromising guitar playing, and thunderous grooves to enthusiastic fans the world over.

After hibernating for twenty years (where did the time go!?) Britpop favourites Sleeper are back on the road, performing live. An evening with Sleeper will see the band playing their songs stripped back

Dead Pony are a post punk Glaswegian band, possibly think Bombpops placed in a blender with early Debbie Harry and you would be in the right zone. We would be talking, in the band’s words as ‘high energy grunge/punk with plenty of attitude’.

Philadelphia’s Sweet Pill writes eruptive emo songs that embrace the edges of pop and hardcore.

The Kut is a British rock multi-instrumentalist & double award winner in the UK Songwriting Contest. Described by Classic Rock as a "refreshing blast of female-driven punk-pop swagger"

Hayseed Dixie was formed in the summer of 2000 on the front porch of a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee, when after drinking enough whiskey to float a battleship across the Sahara Desert, it became suddenly obvious to the boys that the "Lost Highway" of Hank Williams and the "Highway To Hell" of AC/DC were the same damned road. Hayseed Dixie are acknowledged as the creators of the musical genre "Rockgrass.

The band crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.

Jaws The Shark is the solo project of dynamic artist Olly Bailey. Receiving significant support from BBC Radio 6, BBC Radio 1, and Radio X, as well as prominent playlists on Spotify and Amazon Music.

Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue-eyed soul pop siblings Hue & Cry were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late '80s

For more than twenty years, THE SMYTHS have brought the music of The Smiths back to life in the live arena across more than 900 shows in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand as well as countless festivals including Glastonbury, The Isle of Wight and Bestival.

Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music.

After 5 years in hibernation, Mohair are back for 1 night only. Their first full-band show since their brief 2019 reunion - expect all the classic songs of their 1998-2007 tenure (plus hopefully a few surprises).

Ariel Posen's music occupies the space between genres. It's a rootsy sound that nods to his influences — heartland rock & roll, electrified Americana, blue-eyed soul, R&B, Beatles-inspired pop — while still moving forward, pushing Posen into territory that's uniquely his own.

BARRIOKE An evening with Shaun Williamson (Barry from Eastenders)

China Crisis were part of a wave of new Liverpool acts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, led by OMD and also including Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, A Flock of Seagullsand Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

BARRIOKE An evening with Shaun Williamson (Barry from Eastenders)

Emerging in the early 80s from their folk club and ceilidh band days, Oysterband infused both the tradition and their own songs with a passion and energy that was electrifying for the time. Polkas, politics and a heaving dance floor seemed just right for Thatcher’s Britain.

Alongside Wet Wet Wet, Texas, and Deacon Blue, blue-eyed soul pop siblings Hue & Cry were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the Scottish music scene that dominated the charts in the late '80s