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JUNE  2009

OTHER LOCAL MUSIC NEWS WELLINGBOROUGH CARNIVAL The acoustic roots marquee will feature a varied bill of the finest folk, blues and acoustic acts in the country. Running from 12 noon till 6pm on Saturday 4 July at Croyland Park, Wellingborough, the afternoon will start with an open mic session from 12 till 2pm, then, from 2pm till 6pm, we have four top acoustic roots acts, all of them Kontra Roots Club favourites: 2 - 3pm - PAUL LIDDELL - sensational premier league folk-pop singer-songwriter. (www.paulliddell.com) 3 - 4pm - STEVE SKAITH BAND - vibrant folk rock mixed with Latin and African sounds and rhythms. (www.myspace.com/steveskaithband) 4 - 5pm - GRAHAM ROBINS - the great soul, blues, country and gospel singer-songwriter. (www.myspace.com/grahamrobin) 5 - 6pm - THE KING BEES - first rate classic four piece blues band, guaranteed to raise the roof. (www.myspace.com/thekingbs) And finally, just to let you all know that the total amount raised for Cransley Hospice in Kettering from the proceeds of THE FESTIVAL IN MEMORY OF AL TAIT last March (also including the Rockin' Earth Tremers fundraiser in February plus a couple of other related donations) now exceeds £5,000, which is absolutely remarkable! The presentation of the cheque to a Cransley representative will be at the Duke's Arms, Woodford, at 8pm this coming Thursday evening, just before the start of the weekly open mic.

Kettering

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Duke of Wellington, Stanwick
Acoustic Jam Night, 1st Tuesday every month,  Regular jam hosts include Bryn and Shelley

from Isac Hunt, and Brian (Shelley's dad!!)

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STEVIE JONES'S NEWS LETTER

LIVE ALBUM AND DVD RECORDING - THE MUSICIAN LEICESTER SAT 25TH JULY
This is a special gig where we want to cram in as many friends as possible for a cracking night of music and record it!The result will hopefully be our new album :o)
The line up features Leicester 4 peice ONE TOWN OVER, Kettering fine intsrumentalist DANIEL WARDROP, the gorgeous vocals and cello of CHERRY AND THE ORCHESTRA plus the awesome songwriter that is JOHN BUDDING.
Its a fantastic venue.Doors at 8pm and on til 12.
Tickets are £4 adv avaliable from venue or their website.Or £5 on the night.
Really hope you can make it!
The venue details can be found here:
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk

MUSICIAN HOSTING GIGS
We love the Musician so much and we are lucky they will be allowing us to host a monthly gig there starting Tues 25th August with a very special guest to be announced very soon. We already have IAN MCNABB confirmed for Friday Oct 30th. So watch this space or the venues website for details.


THE MAX BAR ACOUSTIC CLUB, KETTERING - Now Every Weds
If you havent been to Max Bar yet its next to the Royal Hotel, formerly The Vaults/Cavan off the market place in Kettering and is now under new management and has been refurbished. It's a chilled candlelit atmosphere with our decent pa system and has easy parking nearby. Each week will have at least one top feature artist doing a 30 min set but the rest of night is open mic and if you wish to play you will get a min of 3 songs. Solos, duos, trios, four-peices playing acoustic based sets of any kind are welcome. Its not however suitable for full rock out bands with drum kits amps type (please check with the venue for their regular electric jam sessions for that). Pop down for a pint a- and check it out - its free and it'd be good to seeya!But please sign up early if you wish to get a slot.

WEDS JULY 1ST ADELLE KIRK + ROGUE STATE CIRCUS
WEDS JULY 8TH KEVIN BUXTON + GREG CAVE
WEDS JULY 15TH COCONI
WEDS JULY 22ND GEORGE SIMPSON
WEDS JULY 29TH TBA
WEDS AUGUST 5TH EAST WEST
WEDS AUGUST 12TH BARRICADES RISE TBC + STUART O CONNOR TBC
WEDS AUGUST 19TH TBA
WEDS 26TH AUGUST LOYAL TROOPER
SAT/SUN/MON 29-31ST AUGUST MAX BAR BEER AND MUSIC FEST
Every Wednesday
8.30pm Free Entry
The Max Bar,
Next to The Royal Hotel, Market Place
Kettering, Northants NN16 OAJ

OLIVES OPEN MIC NIGHT LEICESTER Every Thurs
Olives Open Mic Night has been going for a few years now and is a well established live music fixture on the Leicester music scene. Now part of the music nights’ at Olives titled ‘The Olive Grove’ the Open Mic runs every Thursday and it is hosted by singer songwriter Stevie Jones, with his brother Nick on the desk. Every week we have two quality featured artists doing 30 min sets, usually from 9.30 - 10.30pm but the rest of the night is available for all kinds of performers. We don't have enough space for full band sets ie drumkits but acoustic sets of any kind are welcome. We have a decent pa and a small stage area. It’s always a nice chilled out atmoshere with candles ,sofas and good selection of beers and wines and always offers on shots and bottled beers/pitchers.To book a slot just turn up EARLY (8pm is best) and get your name down on the list – it's first come first served and recently its been filling up fast. You’ll get a min of a 2/3
song set maybe more depending how busy it is.
8pm kick off and it runs til 11pm.

THURS 2ND JULY THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY + IRENE RAE
THURS 9TH JULY JOHN BUDDING + AMY WYKE
THURS 16TH JULY LOU SHORT THE GIRLS WHO LOVE SCI FI + JONNY ASHTON
THURS 23RD JULY CAROLE PALMER + GEORGE SIMPSON
THURS 30TH JULY THE MONDAY CLUB + ROGUE STATE CIRCUS
THURS 6TH AUGUST SUMMER SUNDAE WARM UP SHOW
(part of The Summer Sundae Fringe Festival 2009)
RADIO COLLECTIVE + REFUGE
THURS 13TH AUGUST STUART O CONNOR + CHLOE VAUGHAN
THURS 20TH AUGUST DAVE ABBOTT
THURS 27TH AUGUST LOYAL TROOPER + TBA
THURS 3RD SEPT GREG CAVE
Olives Bar, 95 Queens Road,
Leicester, LE2 1TT
(Just above Subway Sandwich Bar)
Tel: 0116 2101671

THE HUB BAR ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE LEICESTER Every First Tuesday
This is a monthly showcase event in the cosy Hub Bar on Braunstone Gate, Leicester. The venue only holds about 40 people but is a great intimate atmosphere and we give three acts the chance to air their songs doing 30 min sets. Also hosted by me and Nick the next ones feature:
Tues 7th July CHRIS LOWE + ONE SUSPICIOUS MONKEY + KRISTY GALLACHER
Tues 4 Aug SUMMER SUNDAE WARM UP SHOW ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Tues 1st Sept CHLOE VAUGHAN + JOHN BUDDING + ACT TBA
Their own lager HUB BEER is well worth a taste!8.30pm start and free entry

EVERY MONDAY THE WOOLPACK OPEN MIC, ROTHWELL Every Monday
Now moved from The Old Greyhound we continue to host this weekly open mic rotating the event with guest hosts Cinqui, Jim Hale and Tommy Hall and ua! Free pint for every performer!8.45pm kick off.

Ok hope to see you at an event soon. We will have other gigs coming up which will be posted on our myspace site.

Take care of yourselves
Love Life Music.
Hope Not Hate.
Stevie Jones

http://www.myspace.som/steviejonesmusic