CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ART
SAT 23RD Room To Improv: Jason Kahn, Unicorn Ship Explosion, Wooolheads
Born 1960 in New York, Jason Kahn is a musician, artist and writer. He lives in Zürich. As an electronic musician, guitarist, vocalist and percussionist Kahn collaborates with many international musicians in the context of free improvised music. He has also composed numerous electro acoustic pieces and graphical scores written for specific groups and musicians. His work can be heard on over two hundred solo, collaborative and compilation releases. Kahn's installations and interventions have been shown in museums, galleries, art spaces and public sites internationally. Stroud based performers Unicorn Ship Explosion and Wooolheads will be opening the event before Jason's performance. The Blue Room, 1st Floor. 7:30pm £5otd

THE PRINCE ALBERT
SUN 24TH Ian Prowse, Elvis McGonagall
Ian has eight albums of acclaimed songwriting under his belt along with 30 years of experience at the coal face of rock and roll music. On the RaconTour Ian will present an evening of passionately skilled songwriting and fantastic stories stretching from his early days with Polydor signed act; Pele through the highs and lows of Amsterdam to today's position as a highly respected tune-smith. Tears, fun, rabble rousing, gossip and a damn good singsong all in one night.With support from Elvis MCGonagall. 7pm £10
MON 25TH Ma Polaines Great Decline
Ma Polaine have a sound that is their own. Beth Packer and Clinton Hough both grew up with jazz, blues and soul, using those influences and a love for individuality to write songs that are simultaneously dark and light, featuring Beth’s effortlessly distinctive vocals and evocative lyrics, coupled with Clinton’s understated guitar style. A welcome return to the duo that gain fans with every gig, their recent album ‘City of Love’ received 4 stars in MoJo and numerous plays on 6music and beyond.7pm £12
theprincealbertstroud.co.uk

STROUD BREWERY
FRI 22ND - SUN 24TH Stroud Brewery Crowdfunder Party
The Stroud Brewery Crowdfunder Party arrives! Expect music all weekend long with Thrill Collins, Crooked Stylus, Steve Ferbrache, Free Spirit, Bob Porter Project, DJ George, Vincent and the Grenadines, the Curious Little Big Band plus a range of food offerings from their kitchen and local street food suppliers. All three floors open to the public with different activities on each floor.
stroudbrewery.co.uk

THE SUB ROOMS
SAT 23RD Flutter and Fly
Sinfonia Viva will continue to work their musical magic in Stroud with two very special interactive concerts for young children and families. Flutter & Fly is an award-winning show, telling the enchanting story of Rowan and their paper plane through a mixture of well-known tunes and original pieces by composer Jack Ross, and live drawings by artist Eleanor Meredith. Perfect for young children and families, joining in with plenty of singing, dancing, lying down on beanbags, meeting musicians and their instruments. 11am and 1pm £7
SAT 23RD KT Tunstall
SOLD OUT!
THURS 28TH Bandit 29
BandiT is a four-day songwriter and band workshop for 50 to 60 students aged 7 to 17. Students throughout the community come together to form bands and to be creative in songwriting and performing. The prime function of the workshop is to give young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to gain experience in musicianship, creative songwriting and performance skills. 7pm £10-£15

FRI 29TH Alex Rex
Singing drummers may now be in vogue, but very few combine the masterful musicianship, vivid lyrics and expressive vocals one experiences with Alex Rex. In fact, few musicians have a CV as impressive as band leader Alex Neilson. He’s drummed with some of the most eclectic musicians of the international underground; from Bonnie "Prince" Billy to Shirley Collins, Jandek and Current 93. All on top of a 10-year stint with his own critically acclaimed psych-folk outfit, Trembling Bells.8pm £13.50-£15.50
SAT 30TH Bootleg Blondie
The world’s No.1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. The band have been entertaining audiences for nearly 20 years, and have played the infamous CBGB club in New York City, the Isle of Wight Festival, the Shepherds Bush Empire, London’s 100 Club and the legendary Hammersmith Palais.8pm £10-£13.50
thesubrooms.co.uk

SVA
SAT 23RD Waldo’s Gift, The Other Way
Waldo’s Gift is the result of three like-minded musicians that have been given the time and space to let their sound naturally take shape, allowing them to hone in on a true sonic representation of themselves both as individual players and together as a three-piece. Their sound is a coherent cacophony of a vast variety of influences, hurtling from the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of jazz through to the most cutting edge experimental electronic music -all with the unhinged energy of the most powerful left-leaning rock and metal and packed with the emotion and dynamic range of a full orchestra. Heading to Stroud for the last date of their UK album tour with support from The Other Way. 8pm £8advonline/£10otd/£6under 25’s/£8otdunder 25’s.

FRI 29TH Cosmo Sheldrake, Howl
London-based multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and producer. Cosmo released his first single ‘The Moss’ in 2014, which was followed by the ‘Pelicans We’ EP in 2015 and his debut album The Much Much How How and I in April 2018. He collaborated with Bernie Kruase at The Great Animal Orchestra exhibition at Foundation Cartier in Paris and in 2019 he released a series of Wake up Calls, pieces composed entirely from recordings of endangered British birds. He has toured internationally, composed music for film and theatre, and in 2015 he ran a community choir in Brighton. He releases music through his own label Tardigrade Records. With support from vocal collective Howl. 8pm £10advonline/£12otd/£8advunder 25’s/£10otd
sva.org.uk

ULTER
SAT 23RD Loose Joints
Loose Joints is a new venture into underground dance music featuring Monobrow (Sound Records) and Matt Sefton. Expect to hear funk, disco, house and techno into the early hours with some curveballs thrown in. One for the dancers...9pm-1am £5 from Sound Records
ulterstroud.com

CARPENTERS ARMS Miserden
WEDS 27TH Becky Dellow and Jeff Gillett
The break up of Mischief Afoot saddened many of us, so it is great to see Becky and Geoff getting back together. You know what to expect, high octane fiddle and sensitive guitar accompaniments interspersed with traditional songs. 8:30pm Free
thecarps-miserden.co.uk

Stroud District Music Listings: Sat 23rd - Sat 30th Oct