The Selecter, Stroud Shindig, The Sub Rooms
THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE
FRI 19TH Texas Tick Fever
Moonshine-Fuelled Americana from Texas Tick Fever. Tales of hobos, grifters, bootleggers and drifters from the backwoods of America. 8pm Free
crownandsceptrestroud.com
Moscow Drug Club
FRANCE LYNCH CHURCH ROOMS
SAT 20TH AIR In G Presents: Moscow Drug Club
A curious musical place where elements of Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, French Musette and Storytelling meet…Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen & Eartha Kitt. Moscow Drug Club delivers an intoxicating and intimate musical experience. 7:30pm £10
airing.co.uk
Sam Brookes
THE PRINCE ALBERT
SUN 14TH Sam Brookes
Sam Brookes returns to the Albert for his second gig of the year playing music from ‘Black Feathers’. His soaring, multi-octave voice – often compared to Tim Buckley – stands as one of the most expressive instruments in British music. Folk-meets-jazz twisting and turning at the outer reaches of the singer-songwriter role, his music is confessional in the most explicit way – and new album Black Feathers is as honest as it gets.7pm £15
MON 15TH Becky Dellow
Fiddle player and musicologist Becky Dellow returns to her old musical stomping ground to launch her debut solo album: Take Her Out And Air Her. Becky’s mellow, beautifully crafted arrangements and repertoire, learned over a lifetime of playing, have been further shaped by more than a year studying the fiddle with Martin Hayes, one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of Irish traditional music, with whom she shares a love of tune histories and traditional music research. For the launch, Becky is joined by virtuoso guitarist Kit Hawes. 7pm £10
THURS 18TH Sheelanagig
For over a decade Sheelanagig have brought their array of foot-stomping folk tunes to audiences across the globe. And tonight they rock the Albert with their wild fun and abandon. A quintet with a well-stocked armoury of stringed instruments – guitar, fiddle, double bass - added with the rhythmic energy of flute and drums and a bagful of joint-jumping tunes, these boys from the South-West England create a real dynamic which is inherent in both their furious dance medleys as well as their interestingly arranged original pieces. 7:30pm £14
theprincealbertstroud.co.uk
STROUD BREWERY
WEDS 17TH Open Mic Night
Stroud Brewery's hugely popular open mic night! Come along and share your talent or have a beer while you enjoy the talents of others...8pm Free
SAT 20TH St Vincent and the Grenadines
A young, up and coming, blues/jazz band from Stroud. 8pm Free
stroudbrewery.co.uk
Krafty Kuts
THE SUB ROOMS
MON 15TH Ward Thomas
Ward Thomas are an English modern country-pop duo, composed of twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas from Hampshire. The band has been called "Britain's first country stars". Fellow country singer, Crissie Rhodes of The Shires, describes their music as written "from a British perspective". 7:30pm £26.50 - £28.50
WEDS 17TH Keith James - A Concert for a Changing World
Words that reverberate with the tenacity of human spirit in these current times of brooding disquiet, fractured societies and civil unrest. Songs that have changed history and moved millions of people to do things they never thought possible. Included in this concert are songs written by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen and Keith. 8pm £15.50
THURS 18TH Ian Siegal
In more than a quarter-century of touring multi-award winner Ian Siegal’s mission statement has barely changed: songs that are real, shows that resonate, vocals served raw. Today he is considered by many to be the most compelling British blues artiste since the great names of the sixties. - 8.30pm £16.50
FRI 19TH Stroud Shindig
An annual event of epic proportions to celebrate one very special creative little town with a killer line-up including The Selecter, Krafty Kuts, Thrill Collins, DJ Good Doggy, Fiyahman, Drank Man Sober, Stroud Red Band and more...7pm £20
SAT 20TH Stroud Symphony Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite and The Lark Ascending with John Pearce. Gustav Holst - “In Memoriam William Morris” from The Cotswolds Symphony and Jupiter from The Planets. Jonathan Trim - premiére of Symphonia Pandemica and Heart of the Five Valleys. Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March no. 4 and a selection from the Enigma Variations including Nimrod. 7.30pm £9 - £16.50
thesubrooms.co.uk
ULTER
THURS 18TH/FRI 19TH Up The Stairs
Regular DJ night above Tomari-Gi with guest DJ’s. 8pm £5otd
ulterstroud.com
CARPENTERS ARMS Miserden
WEDS 17TH Crazy Goat
An evening of West Country Folk with strident vocals from Flossie Fiddle and a touch of madness. Two girls playing the same violin, broom dancing and the comic songs of Trevor Crosier and Adge Cutler. 8:30pm Free
thecarps-miserden.co.uk
UNDER THE EDGE ARTS WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
SAT 20TH Clive Gregson
Clive returns to UTEA for one last time to belatedly celebrate his 40th year in the business. 8pm £12/£10concs
utea.org.uk
Melvyn Tan
TETBURY GOODS SHED
SAT 20TH Melvyn Tan
Acclaimed pianist Melvyn Tan performing works by Schumann, Chopin, Jonathan Dove, Albeniz and Ravel. 7:30pm £20
shed-arts.co.uk