Thank you and Happy New Year Everyone. So first’s things first in 2018. We would like to thank the individuals and companies that have supported our efforts to keep music live. Without each and every one of you we simply would not be able to do what we do without …
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This year’s Bickerstock was a classic festival that saw some sunshine and lots of rain as usual for the festival. Starting off on the Friday with the local ceilidh band and finishing off on the Sunday night with some of the biggest local talent in the area. This year’s highlights …
Uncategorised, Blog, Festival, Function, Functions
The Kent International Scout Jamboree takes place every 4 years. Playing host to thousands upon thousands of Scouts and Guides from all over the world for this week long event. We were contacted to provide some Live Music for the Kent International Scout Jamboree and also a junk percussion drum …
After our afternoon at Beacon Fell Festival we headed straight down to Bedford in preparation of the Love Bedford initiative. We were booked to provide some live music to one of the restaurants in the inner city BID. Since we had just performed at Beacon Fell Festival it became apparent …
Festival, Function, Functions, Party
St Pauls Church Hall, Goose Green near Wigan is our destination tonight. Sometimes you just need a party for no particular reason. Such was the case with this party. We were asked to perform by the beautiful Jacqui and her friends of the church. When we asked what the occasion …
Party, Festival, Function, Functions, Fundraising
Parbold Festival, Parbold. As the spring makes way for the summer it seems that towns and places adopt the word fest, stock, glasto or festival after its name. Driving along you will see adverts for different festival themed events. Lamp post Fest, Pond Stock, Glasto table etc., (obviously I’ve just …
Uncategorised, Birthday, Blog, Festival, Function, Functions, Party
Crosshouse Inn, Formby was our destination for this evening. A surprise birthday party was on the cards. The birthday boy was Dave and we had been in cahoots with his wife Pam for many months about live music for the event. With stealth phone calls and emails the time had …
Sometimes when you are in a rush and need a quick shower it can be very handy to use 3 in 1. Just one bottle lash it all over and your done. Three in one today was of a different kind as we had 3 gigs booked in. Our first …
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Live Music at Lime Street Station, Liverpool. Merseytravel operates a hectic and crucial schedule of train, bus & ferry services within Merseyside. Due to a large sandstone wall falling on to the track and collapsing, the Wirral Line service was closed for a few months. Regular train commuters became too …
Grizedale Rocks. Its that time of year again were we head up to Cumbria to perform for the legendary yet relatively intimate Grizedale Rocks Festival. Our performance at Grizedale Rocks was to be on the Saturday night. We arranged a gig to coincide on the Friday night at The Queens …
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Having recommened the Takamine TF77-PT to anyone who is wishing to replace their Takamine with the same Takamine, this is an update. It seems that this particular model is suitable for finger pickers, with is sultry warm wood of exquisite Koa and Cedar top it is the perfect blend for …
Birthday, Blog, Culture, Featured, Function, Functions, Lifestyle, News, Party, Updates
We had been asked on a number of occasions to perform some live music for Deb & Les, and as happened we just couldn’t get the dates they wanted as we had already been booked. So this year, a date came in and we had been actually available to play, …
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Southport Festival – Its May bank holiday weekend and Southport festival is in full swing, from market stalls to outdoor concerts, the town is a lit with the joys of the arts. It would be our second year that we have played at the Atkinson, the building that houses shows, …
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Crabbies Grand National – How the time soon comes round, it is only Crabbies Grand National Weekend already. This means it is time for us to swing down to Central station and do a bit of live music for Mersey rail. This year Merseyrail are raising awareness for the homeless …
Birthday, baby shower, Blog, Function, Functions, Party, Updates
Our first foray in the world of baby showers. A long time tradition in the USA this will be a first for us. It seems along with most of the American lingo as well as certain calendar events have come over here as well. With Black Friday madness, thanksgiving, MY …