Beans On Toast, The Prince Albert, Sun 8th
ALE HOUSE
Fri 6th Thee Ones The most solid of grooves, R&B, soul and movable Jazzy instrumental nuggets from long-standing Stroud musical denizens. 8:30pm Free
THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE
Fri 6th Shady Past Revved Up Rock n Roll. 8:30pm Free
crownandsceptrestroud.com
Abraham Carmona, Galgos Latino, Thurs 5th
GALGOS LATINO
Thurs 5th Abraham Carmona Dinner and live music with Flamenco singer and guitarist Abraham Carmona. 7:30pm £25 (three course set meal with a glass of house wine) book via hola@galgos.co.uk
galgos.co.uk
LANSDOWN HALL
Fri 6th Just Dance Stroud Just Dance is created for people to come together - to just dance. Come and dance with us to good music, in good company, in a beautiful space, with a great sound system. No teachings, just inspirations. 7:30pm £10 (suggested donation)
Sat 7th The Revolution Will Be Harmonized A one day harmony singing workshop with Brighton based choral composer and Natural Voice mover and shaker, Kirsty Martin. As well as bringing a taste of her Revolutionary Ballads, Kirsty will be bringing some short, simple funky protest chants, hot off the Extinction Rebellion press. Kirsty is a song carrier for XR and has been teaching some of her bespoke XR chants at the October UpRising in London. All rebellious rhythmites warmly invited!' Please bring lunch to share…10am-4pm £30adv/£37advconcs from brownpapertickets.com/£35otd/£32concs
Sat 7th Kundali Clubbing: Calling in the Winter Wild Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Dance, (Super) Conscious Clubbing, Gong Resonance. Bliss Cafe offering delightful snacks and drinks, opens after the Yoga. 7pm £20 from ticketsource.co.uk
lansdownhall.org
LITTLE VIC
Sun 8th Barney’s Live Music: Mike Silver Monthly music club at the Little Vic, with special guest plus floor spots. This month’s guest is Mike Silver…7:45pm Free (suggested donation £4)
facebook.com/BarneysLiveMusic
Rita Lynch, the Prince Albert, Sat 7th
THE PRINCE ALBERT
Thurs 5th Open Mic Open Mic returns...All welcome to sing, read, juggle or make people laugh. All PA provided and help for the new or inexperienced. The Albert try and encourage your original work, but the odd cover is fine. Although, no Pink Floyd or Crowded House! 8:30pm Free
Fri 6th Troyka A stormy mixture of traditional and original songs and rhythms from the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans with brushes of Klezmer and the Middle East. Now with an expanded line up, with a lot of friends and musicians guesting along the way, Troyka will keep your heart warm and your toes tapping by soaring clarinet, rich violin and rhythm-hopping guitar, all held together by infectious double bass and percussion. 8:30pm Free
Sat 7th Rita Lynch One of Bristol’s brightest talents. Guilty of playing visceral, passionate gigs packed with her tunes; songs that deal with the wider world and changing political landscape but filtered through the impact events have on all of us. Her album Backwards is an excellent piece of work and was released through her very own label Shy Girl Records last year. 8:30pm Free
Sun 8th Beans on Toast After more than 10 years in the game, Essex born songwriter Beans on Toast has become something of a cult figure. He’s written and recorded 10 albums, he’s played every bar, club, venue, pub, festival, party and honky tonk you can think of and he’s showing no signs of slowing down, he’s loved every minute of it. Singing simple songs that tackle big issues. Political protest songs for the modern day, honest and open Love songs. Songs that will make you laugh, but also make you think with no holds barred honest lyrics and quick wit. SOLD OUT!
theprincealbertstroud.co.uk
SOUND RECORDS
Sat 7th Sound Records Sessions: Tim Spencer Sound Records continue their in store live DJ performances ft. guest DJ Tim Spencer. Tim has been spinning wax since 1994. Starting in Cambridge and the Midlands, he spent a number of years in Australia in clubs and on the radio with his own show at Bondi Beach. Tim moved to Bristol in the mid nineties, working at Purple Penguin records selling hip hop, rare groove, jazz n breaks and spinning at Level with Futureboogie, Blue Mountain and Glastonbury festival West Holts stage. He continues to Spin in bars and clubs, street parties, Upfest, Leeds Festival - the list goes on! 1 - 2:30pm Free
facebook.com/soundrecordsstroud
STROUD BREWERY
Sat 7th EmberOak EmberOak began performing their blend of folk and rock-influenced acoustic music together in the summer of 2019. The duo's mix of guitar-accompanied vocal harmonies and influences ranging from grunge to jazz create an eclectic and engaging setlist and memorable performance. 8pm Free
stroudbrewery.co.uk
Hattie Briggs, the Sub Rooms, Sun 8th
THE SUB ROOMS
Sun 8th Hattie Briggs Influenced by Joni Mitchell, Foy Vance, Goldfrapp and Jeff Buckley, Hattie writes and sings straight from the heart, bringing together pop, folk and electronic influences, which she delivers with honesty and intent. Hattie returns for a very special homecoming gig from a hugely successful tour with Alfie Boe. Alfie famously invited Hattie to open his show on 21 dates of his tour after he spotted her busking in London. 8pm £6.50-£16.50
thesubrooms.co.uk
Hippo, SVA John Street, Fri 6th
SVA
Weds 4th Funk-In Sessions Best live Funk Jam in town ...FUNK Only...Nothing but the Funk! All are welcome to listen or perform! Every Wednesday night. 8pm £1otd (John Street)
Weds 4th Flamenco Workshop Open it to anyone interested to learn about flamenco in general so anyone can join either clapping, playing cajon or singing. Contributions welcome. Every Weds (term time only) 7:30pm (John Street)
Fri 6th Snazzback Presents: Hippo - EP Launch Show Hippo is an electronic jazz trio based in Bristol UK. Following the release of the 'Binary Diet' EP on November 15th, Hippo are taking their music on the road. A future jazz vision buried in a nest of beefy electronics and bouncing rhythms. Saxophones, synthesizers and drums go in, hippo comes out. 6pmdoors/9pmstart £pay what you can (John Street)
sva.org.uk
CHRIST CHURCH Nailsworth
Sun 8th Bristol Ensemble Tea Time Concerts A Baroque programme featuring bright and lively trio sonatas by the Czech composer Zelenka alongside sparkling chamber concertos by Vivaldi, performed by the professional musicians of the Bristol Ensemble. 3pm £10otd
bristolensemble.com
ST MARY’S CHURCH Painswick
Sat 7th Celebration of Christmas Celebration of Christmas hosted by Cotswold Dogs and Cats Home patron actress Lisa Maxwell who will be joined by friends from screen and stage including performances from Lesley Joseph, Clive Mantle, Julia Hills, Stirling Gallacher, Judy Holt , Carla Mendonca and The Gloucestershire Police Male Voice Choir.£7adult/£4child/£21x2adults + x2children via Eventbrite. Dogs on leads are very welcome. All proceeds will be used to help vulnerable animals in the community.
stmaryspainswick.org.uk
PREMA ARTS CENTRE Uley
Fri 6th Fishclaw Flshclaw’s music may be tricky to define but it’s shockingly easy to become smitten with their sound within moments of listening. This is warm, intelligent music which is enhanced in performance by a backdrop of video and still projections. The band offers an evening of dusky soundscapes all the way through to seriously hi-tempo tunes. 7:30pm £12/£9concs/£10friends/£8concs/£15
prema.org.uk
UNDER THE EDGE ARTS Wotton Under Edge
Sat 7th Keith Christmas Between 1969 and 1974 Keith Christmas recorded 5 vinyl albums, played 3 tracks on David Bowie’s first album and was booked for the first ever Glastonbury festival. He released his latest CD ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ in December 2016 - early versions of 8 songs that were posted on the internet have been played over 50,000 times, 15,000 of them an appeal for tolerance to refugees, ‘Cross the Water’. 8pm £11.50/£9.50
utea.org.uk