Tag: live music

The Wednesday Men

The Wednesday Men

Sun 3 Oct 2021, 7:30PM

Easy Listening jazz and swing with local band – The Wednesday Men featuring
Bernie Westren – Leader Sax and clarinet
Keith Robinson – Guitar
Jenny Robinson – Drums
Doug Newton – Bass guitar
Colin Newton – Trombone

The Band are raising money for STOW – Supporting Tanzanian Orphans and Widows which
is a registered charity founded by a group of people in Suffolk in 2005. Its aim is to relieve the poverty and advance the education of children who have been orphaned by AIDS and also other vulnerable children in Tanzania. It works through Tanzanian charities in Tanga.
http://www.stowcharity.org/

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MARITIME WEEKEND – Ceilidh with Harbour Lights Band

MARITIME WEEKEND – Ceilidh with Harbour Lights Band

Come and join the dancing! A maritime-themed ceilidh with the Harbour Lights Band to get your feet tapping and your body jigging.

The core members of Harbour Lights are Alvar Smith, Derek Simpson and Rob Neal. There will be professional caller Niki Acott on the night.

Additional entertainment by Felix Stowaways

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MARITIME WEEKEND – Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band

MARITIME WEEKEND – Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band

Sun 24 Oct 2021, 7:30 PM

In addition to playing for ceilidhs, The Hosepipe Band is involved in an ongoing collaboration with North Essex poet Martin Newell. Band members have composed original music to accompany readings of three of Martin’s long poems: The Song of the Waterlily, Black Shuck, and The Green Children, all illustrated by artist James Dodds and published by Jardine Press. The Song of the Waterlily won a national prize in the year it was published.

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Jazz with The Unity Organ Trio

Jazz with The Unity Organ Trio

Thu 30th September 2021, 7:30PM


This is our blurb. Here goes:

The Unity Organ trio are a jazz ensemble who formed in 2018 and have played venues across London and Essex. They play a mixture of Jazz Standards, Latin Bossa Nova and Soulful Grooves. They share a common repertoire from songwriters such as Gershwin, Porter, Van Heusen and Kern as well as Jazz composers Corea, Henderson, Tyner and Davis.

The group comprises of: Alex Hearn (Guit.) Andrew Noble (Org.) and Michael Connolly (ds.)

Alex Hearn has a C.V including Martin Hathaway, Mick Hutton, Dan Banks, Trevor Taylor, Lance Ellington and Jocelyn Brown.

Andrew Noble has performed with Jim Mullen, Derek Nash and Peter King.

Michael Connolly has performed with Kenny Thomas, Laurence Cottle and Richard Cottle.

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Christina Johnston celebrates Sondheim & Lloyd Webber

Christina Johnston celebrates Sondheim & Lloyd Webber

Sun 26th September 2021 7:30pm



Celebrated and internationally acclaimed coloratura soprano Christina will sing a selection from the musicals of Stephen Sondheim & Andrew Lloyd Webber
‘with a voice that soars above the clouds’ this one is not to be missed!

Christina is a regular soloist with various conductors and orchestras all over Europe and has sung on numerous solo tours with orchestras around Czech Republic, Slovakia, China and South America and has performed all over the world in various opera houses.

At the tender age of 22 she made her Operatic debut at The State Opera, Prague as The Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and then Adele in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and has sung more than 4 seasons as these roles.

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Peter Hepworth

Peter Hepworth


Sun 19th September 2021 7:30pm


Back by popular demand after sharing the Two Sisters stage last year with Belinda Gillett

Peter Hepworth is a singer/songwriter based in Suffolk who released his first single ‘Pale Blue Blankets’ on all platforms on the 26th April 2019 and to a sold out launch in his home town and has since been downloaded/streams over 100k times. In the past ten years he has shared the stage with the likes of Matt Cardle, Beth Orton, Bastille, Turin Brakes, To Kill a King, Luke Concannon, Seasfire, Tom McRae, Jamie Lawson, Sam Brookes, Scott Matthews, Kal Lavelle, Jake Morley, Fiona Bevan, and many more.

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The Story of Doo-Wop

The Story of Doo-Wop

Friday 17 September 2021, 7:30PM


Join the U.K.s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The TestostaTones as they take you on a musical journey detailing the history of Doo-Wop.

During the early 1950s, quartets sung on street corners, in barbershops and churches in a style which became known as Doo-Wop, paving the way for rock ‘n’ roll. As the groups moved from the streets into recording studios, so the popularity of the genre grew.

Along with radio disc jockey and your host for the evening Chuck Anderson, The Testosta-Tones (who have sung for the Queen, live on Radio 2 and at some of the most iconic venues in the U.K.) will perform such popular songs as Blue Moon, Earth Angel, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Runaround Sue, Teenager in Love and many others, presenting ‘The Story of Doo-Wop’.

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