Last Updated : 2010-02-03 09:10:43
Gig Listings

We try to ensure that our listings are accurate and up to date....however things change all the time and we would recommend you check the artist’s website or the venue before travelling to shows.


1000 Mile Highway www.myspace/1000mh
  • Sat 13th Feb  Fat Lil’s, Witney
The Avett Brothers  www.theavettbrothers.com
  • Sat 13th Mar  Crawdaddy Dublin
  • Tue 16th Mar  The Garage London
Eric Bibb www.ericbibb.com
  • Tue 4th May  Hawth Centre, Crawley  01293 553636
  • Wed 5th May   St David's Hall, Cardiff  029 2087 8444
  • Thu 6th May  Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth  01970 62 32 32
  • Sat 8th May  The Town Hall, Lewes  01323 841414
  • Mon 10th May  Bloomsbury Theatre, London  020 7388 8822
  • Tue 11th May  Bloomsbury Theatre, London  020 7388 8822
  • Fri 14th May  Queens Hall, Edinburgh  0131 668 2019
  • Sun 16th May   Memorial Hall, Sheffield  0114 287 9789
  • Wed 19th May  The Anvil, Basingstoke  01256 844244
  • Fri 21st May  Robin 2, Dudley  01902 401211
  • Sat 22nd May  Cheese & Grain, Frome  01373 455420
  • Sun 23rd May   The Brook, Southampton  (023) 8055 5366
  • Tue 25th May  The Stables, MIlton Keynes  01908 280800
  • Thu 27th May  Town Hall, Birmingham  0121 780 3333
  • Sat 29th May  Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland 091-509960   08188719300
  • Sun 30th May  Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland  01-8787222
  • Mon 31st May  Errigle Inn, Belfast, N Ireland  07711 737169
The Bittersweets  www.myspace.com/thebittersweets
  • Tue 2nd Feb   Borderline,  London
  • Wed 3rd Feb   The Musician, Leicester
  • Fri 5th Feb   Band on the Wall, Manchester
  • Sat 6th Feb   Harper Suite, Bedford
  • Sun 7th Feb   The Cellars at Eastney,  Southsea
  • Mon 8th Feb   Maverick Live/The Breeze Bar, Maidstone
Blind River Scare (Solo/Acoustic) www.myspace.com/blindriverscare
  • Wed 10th Feb  20:30 The Acoustic Buzz @ The Bee-hive, Swindon
  • Tue 16th Feb  20:30 Shangri La @ The Railway Hotel, Southend On Sea
  • Thu 18th Feb  21:00 For The Sake Of The Song @ New Lodge, Billericay
  • Thu 11th Mar  21:00 The Acoustic Lounge @ Cwmaman Institute, Aberdare
  • Tue 16th Mar  21.00 The Boat Inn, Penallt, Nr Monmouth
  • Fri 23rd Apr  21.00 The Crown Inn, Pontypridd, Wales
  • Sun 16th May  21:00 Katie Fitzgeralds, Stourbridge
  • Mon 17th May  20:00 Gaslight Club @ Oporto, Leeds
  • Wed 19th May 20.00 Foxes & Convicts @ Milos, Leeds
  • Thu 20th May 20:00 Picnic Club @ Fuel Bar, Manchester
  • Wed 26th May  20:30 The Acoustic Buzz @ The Bee-hive, Swindon
  • Tue 14th Sep  21.00 The Boat Inn, Penallt, Nr Monmouth
  • Wed 15th Sep  20:30 The Acoustic Buzz @ The Bee-hive, Swindon
  • Thu 30th Sep ; 20.30 Henry Boons, Wakefield
  • Mon 4th Oct  20:30 Acoustic Live Lounge @ 3345, Liverpool
  • Tue 5th Oct  19:00 Forever Green Live, Mansfield
  • Wed 6th Oct  21.00 Travelers Rest, Derby
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles www.sarahborges.com
  • Fri 16th Apr  The Maze  Nottingham  0115 947 5650
  • Sat 17th Apr  Village Hall  Tingewick 
  • Sun 18th Apr  The Railway  Winchester  01962 867 795
  • Mon 19th Apr  The Breeze  Maidstone  01622 744481
  • Tue 20th Apr  Luminaire  London  020 7372 7123
  • Thu 22nd Apr  New Roscoe  Leeds  0113 246 0778
  • Fri 23rd Apr  The Cluny  Newcastle upon Tyne  0191 2304474
  • Sat 24th Apr  Houston  Village Hall  01505 706346
  • Sun 25th Apr  Laurie's Acoustic Music Bar  Glasgow  0141 204 5151
  • Mon 26th Apr  Band on The Wall Manchester 0161 834 1786
Buchanan  www.myspace.com/buchananbanduk
  • Sat 27th Feb  Klondike Club  Bury
  • Fri 9th Jul   Americana Festival  Newark
  • Fri 30th Jul  Great Northern Countryu Festival  County Durham
  • Sat 23rd Oct   6pm Big Beat Festival  Preston
  • Sat 13th Nov   Chew valley CMC  Oldham
Beth Nielsen Chapman www.bethnielsenchapman.com
  • Wed 3rd Feb  Grand Opera House, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Sun 14th Feb   St. Alban Arena, St Albans
  • Mon 15th Feb  Grand Opera House York, York
  • Tue 16th Feb  St. Mary's Church, Sandwich, Kent
  • Wed 17th Feb  Brighton Corn Exchange, Brighton
  • Thu 18th Feb  Treorci Park & Dare Theatre, Treorci
  • Fri 19th Feb  Salisbury City Hall, Salisbury
  • Sun 21st Feb  Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
  • Mon 22nd Feb  London Cadogan Hall, London
  • Tue 23rd Feb  Basingstoke Anvil, Basingstoke
  • Fri 26th Feb  Derby Assembly Hall, Derby
  • Sat 27th Feb  Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham
  • Sun 28th Feb  Newcastle Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Mon 1st Mar  Perth Concert Hall, Perth
  • Wed 3rd Mar  Aberdeen Music Hall , Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
  • Thu 4th Mar  Inverness Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
  • Sat 6th Mar  Llandudno Cymru,
  • Sun 7th Mar  Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  • Mon 8th Mar  Bristol Colston Hall, Bristol
Carolina Chocolate Drops www.myspace.com/carolinachocolatedrops
  • Wed 3rd Feb   St. George’s  Bristol
  • Thu 4th Feb   Bush Hall  London
  • Fri 5th Feb   Arlington Arts Centre  Newbury
  • Sat 6th Feb   The Met  Bury
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers  www.myspace.com/azpeacemakers Danny & The Champions of the World www.thechampionsoftheworld.org
  • Sat 13th Feb  King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
  • Sun 14th Feb   Fibbers, York
  • Tue 16th Feb  Brudenell, Leeds
  • Wed 17th Feb  Manchester Acadamy 3
  • Thu 18th Feb  The Thekla, Bristol
  • Fri 19th Feb  The Cavern, Exeter
  • Sat 20th Feb  Moles, Bath
  • Mon 22nd Feb  Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
  • Tue 23rd Feb  Komedia, Brighton
  • Wed 24th Feb  London ULU
  • Thu 25th Feb  Norwich Arts Centre
  • Fri 26th Feb  Jericho Tavern, Oxford
  • Sun 28th Feb  Canterbury Farmhouse
  • Mon 1st Mar  The Bodega, Nottingham
  • Tue 2nd Mar   The Rainbow, Birmingham
  • Sat 6th Mar   Dolans, Limerick
  • Sun 7th Mar  School of Music, Cork
  • Wed 10th Mar  Nerve Centre, Derry
  • Thu 11th Mar  The Empire, Belfast
  • Fri 12th Mar  Roisin Dubh, Galway
  • Sat 13th Mar  Vicar Street, Dublin
  • Sun 14th Mar  Riverbank Thearte, Newbridge
The Diablos  www.thediablos.com
  • Wed 17th Mar  The Watermill,1 Leylands Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex.
  • Thu 18th Mar  The Ranelagh, High Street, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Thu 1 Apr  H-Bar-C Club, Royal British Legion, Arbofield (nr Wokingham), Berkshire.
  • Sat 10th Apr Chew Vally Country Music Club, Greenfield Conservative Club, Chew Vally,Road, Greenfield, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester.
  • Thu 15th Apr  The Ranelagh, High Street, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Sat 24th Apr  The Viking Centre - Green Lawns Caravan Park, Selsey Bill, West Sussex
  • Sun 25th Apr  The Cob and Pen, Surry Street, Littlehampton, West Sussex
  • Fri 7th May;  The Volunteer, Eastgate Road, Lewes, East Sussex
  • Thu 20th May   The Ranelagh, High Street, Brighton, Sussex.
  • Sat 22nd May   Fort San Antone, Great Birchwood Park, Warton, Lancs.
  • Sat 29th May   Copper kettle Festival, Sledmere House, Driffield, North Yorkshire.
  • Sun 30th May   North/South Country Music Festival,Stillington, Northumberland.
Nancy Elizabeth www.myspace.com/nancyelizabethcunliffe Curtis Eller www.myspace.com/curtiseller
  • Wed 3rd Mar Ruby Lounge Manchester
  • Sat 6th Mar  2pm Acoustic Revolution @ The Adelphi Leeds
  • Sun 7th Mar  Lantern Theatre Sheffield
  • Thu 11th Mar  Slak Bar Cheltenham
  • Sat 13th Mar  Cube Cinema Bristol
The Ely Plains  www.myspace.com/theelyplains
  • Sat 6th Feb  Whippoorwill Club, Sheffield Sheffield, Northeast
  • Wed 10th Feb Acoustic Buzz @ The Beehive, Swindon Swindon
  • Sun 14th Feb  The Raglan Arms, Weston Super-Mare Weston Super-Mare
Furnace Mountain www.furnacemountain.com
  • Thu 16th Sep  Bathgate, Lanarkshire (venue tbc)
  • Fri 17th Sep  Scottish Borders (venue tbc)
  • Sat 18th Sep  The Tolbooth  Stirling
  • Sun 19t Sep  Glasgow (venue tbc)
  • Tue 21st Sep  The Old Library Kilbarchan 01505 706346
  • Thu 23rd Sep  The Cluny  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  0191 2304474
  • Fri 24th Sep  Span Arts Centre Narberth 01834 869 323
  • Tue 28th Sep  Saint Bonaventure's Bristol 01452 411466
  • Thu 30th Sep  Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline 01383 731 885
  • Fri 1st Oct  Crofthead Hall Neilston 07950 086844
  • Sun 3rd Oct  Fest 'n' Furious Weekend Dundee 01382 432 473
Robby Hecht www.myspace.com/robbyhecht Alex Highton www.myspace.com/alexhighton The Jim Jones Review  www.myspace.com/thejimjonesrevue
  • Thu 4th  Feb  Mojo Club @ The Jazz Café, London.
  • Tue 23rd Mar  Thekla, Bristol
  • Wed 24th Mar  Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
  • Thu 25th Mar  Bodega Social, Nottingham
  • Fri 26th Mar  Sound Control, Manchester
  • Sat 27th Mar  Go Go Cage, Liverpool
  • Sun 28th Mar  New Roscoe, Leeds
  • Wed 31st Mar  The 12 Bar, Swindon
  • Thu 1st Apr  Talking Heads, Southampton
  • Fri 2nd Apr  The Square, Harlow
  • Sat 3rd Apr  The Squire’s Bedford
  • Tue 13th Apr  Barfly, Cardiff
  • Wed 14th Apr  Cyprus Ave, Cork, Ireland
  • Thu 15th Apr  Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland
  • Fri 16th Apr  The Speakeasy, Belfast
  • Sat 17th Apr  Captains Rest, Glasgow
  • Sun 18th Apr  The Tunnels, Aberdeen
  • Tue 20th Apr  Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
The Loving Cup www.myspace.com/thelovingcup
  • Fri 5th Feb  Duck and Drake, Leeds 
  • Sun 14th Feb  5pm Doghouse Family Friendly Sunday, Arden Road Social Club, Halifax 
  • Fri 19th Feb  L’etage, Wrexham  Wrexham, Wales
  • Sat 20th Feb   Telfords Warehouse, Chester
  • Tue 23rd Apr   Blues Cafe, Harrogate 
Kirsty McGee www.kirstymcgee.com
  • Sat 27th Feb  Contact Theatre, Manchester 0161 2740600 (Hobopop Collective)
  • Thu 4th Mar  Boldron Village Hall, Teesdale  01833 638210 (Duo)
  • Fri 5th Mar  People's Hall, Sedburgh, Cumbria - 015396 20788 (Duo)
  • Sat 6th Mar  Lacy Thompson Hall, Hallbankgate, Cumbria - 016977 46856 (Duo)
  • Sun 7th Mar   Nicholforset Hall, Penton, Cumbria - 01228 577305 (Duo)
  • Sat 20th Mar   Rennington Village Hall, Northumberland - 01665 577185 (Duo)
  • Sun 21st Mar  Threlkeld Public Rooms, Cumbria - 01768 779038 (Duo)
  • Thu 25th Mar   BAA Club, Bellingham, Yorks - 07788 804784 (Duo)
  • Fri 26th Mar   Harequin Theatre, Northwich - 01565 733197 (Duo)
  • Sat 27th Mar   Lift Global Music Club, Glossop - 01457 853821 (Hobopop Collective)
  • Sat 3rd Apr   Bury - The Met - 0161 7612216 (Hobopop Trio)
  • Sun 4th Apr   Plug & Play Theatre, Penrith - 01768 867845 (Duo)
  • Thu 8th Apr   Gala Theatre, Durham - 0191 3324041(Duo)
  • Fri 9th Apr   Arlington Arts Centre - 01635 244246 (Hobopop Trio)
  • Sat 10th Apr  King’s Lynn Arts Centre - 01553 764864 (Hobopop Trio)
  • Sun 11th Apr   Forge Venue, Camden, London - 0207 3837808 (Hobopop Trio)
  • Tue 13th Apr  The Black Horse, Amberley, Sussex - 01798 875476 (Duo)
  • Fri 16th Apr   Reeth Memorial Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire - 01748 884759 (Duo)
  • Sat 17th Apr   House Concert, Hebden Bridge (Duo) www.kirstymcgee.com/live.html
  • Sun 18th Apr   The No Name, Bolton (Duo)
  • Tue 20th Apr   Take Thyme Cafe, Banbury - 01295 711444 (Duo)
  • Wed 21st Apr   Up In Arms Concert, Biddulph, North Staffs - 01782 514896 (Hobopop Trio)
  • Thu 22nd Apr   The Chattery, Swansea - 01792 473276 (Duo)
  • Fri 23rd Apr   Hornblotten Village Hall, Somerset - (Duo) www.kirstymcgee.com/live.html
  • Sat 24th Apr   The Blue Walnut, Torquay - 01803 605995 (Duo)
  • Sun 25th Apr   Kitchen Garden Cafe - 0121 4434725 (Duo)
  • Tue 27th Apr   Forest Arts Centre, New Milton - 01425 619983 (Duo)
  • Wed 28th Apr   The Old Queen's Head, Islington - www.themagpiesnest.co.uk (Duo)
  • Thu 29th Apr   Folk Club, Bromsgrove - 01572 833227 (Duo)
  • Fri 30th Apr   Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 01329 223100 (Duo)
  • Thu 20th May   Centre Stage, Bournemouth - 01202 707498 (Duo)
  • Fri 21st May   The Square & Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset - 01929 439229 (Duo)
Madison Violet  www.madisonviolet.com  www.myspace.com/madvioletmusic The Magnetic Fields  houseoftomorrow.com
  • Fri 19th Mar  Manchester Cathedral,  Manchester
  • Sun 21st Mar The Assembly, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa
  • Mon 22nd Mar Barbican Centre, London 
Bex Marshall www.myspace.com/bexmarshall
  • Tue 2nd Feb   Thunderbolt  Bristol
  • Thu 4th Feb   The Beaverwood Club BAND TBC  London
  • Tue 9th Feb   Scarborough Blues Club@ The Cask Inn, Scarborough
  • Wed 10th Feb   Voodoo Lounge  Peterborough
  • Fri 12th Feb   Live at the Institute  Kelvedon
  • Sat 13th Feb   The Brasenose Arms (BAND)  Oxfordshire
  • Tue 23rd Feb   Luminaire  London
  • Fri 26th Feb   York House Concerts  York
  • Sat 27th Feb   The Live Room  Bradford
Midlake  www.myspace.com/midlake
  • Fri 12th Feb  Anson Rooms Bristol
  • Sun 14th Feb  Vicar St. Dublin
  • Mon 15th Feb   ABC Glasgow
  • Tue 16th Feb Town Hall Birmingham
  • Wed 17th Feb  Academy Manchester
  • Thu 18th Feb  Shepherds Bush Empire London
Mumford & Sons www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
  • Wed 3rd Mar   ABC  Glasgow
  • Thu 4th Mar   Academy 2  Manchester
  • Sat 6th Mar   Wulfrun  Wolverhampton
  • Sun 7th Mar   Newcastle Uni  Newcastle
  • Tue 9th Mar   Academy  Liverpool
  • Wed 10th Mar   Junction  Cambridge
  • Fri 12th Mar   Corn Exchange  Brighton
  • Sat 13th Mar   Shepherd’s Bush Empire  London
  • Tue 16th Mar   Queen’s Hall  Edinburgh
  • Thu 18th Mar   Academy  Dublin
  • Sat 20th Mar   Spring & Airbrake  Belfast
Angie Palmer www.angiepalmer.com Penny Black Remedy www.thepennyblackremedy.com
  • Fri 5th Feb  The Spice Of Life Engineers Against Poverty presents..  London
  • Sat 13th Feb  The Railway, Winchester  www.railwaylive.co.uk
Richmond Fontaine www.myspace.com/richmondfontaine
  • Thu 25th Feb  Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton
  • Fri 26th Feb   Tingewick, Village Hall
  • Sat 27th Feb   Winchester, Railway
  • Sun 28th Feb   Bury,  The Met
  • Mon 1st Mar   Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
  • Tue 2nd Mar   Bristol, The Tunnel
  • Wed 3rd Mar  Leicester, Musician
  • Thu 4th Mar   London,  Bush Hall
  • Fri 5th Mar Matlock Bath, Fishponds
  • Sat 6th Mar   Edinburgh,  Cabaret Voltaire
  • Sun 7th Mar   Aberdeen,  The Tunnels
  • Mon 8th Mar   Leeds,  Brudenell Social Club
Darden Smith www.dardensmith.com
  • Mon 1st Mar  Maidstone Maverick Live @ The Breeze 01611744481 www.mavericklive.co.uk
  • Tue 2nd Mar  Nottingham - The Maze @ the Forest Tavern 0115 9475650
  • Wed 3rd Mar  London Private Show
  • Thu 4th Mar   London, Camden - Green Note www.greennote.co.uk
  • Fri 5th Mar  Swansea - the Chattery thechattery
Southern Tenant Folk Union www.myspace.com/southerntenantfolkunion
  • Fri 26th Mar   An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle Of Lewis, Scotland
  • Fri 28th May  Ireby Festival, Ireby
  • Sat 29th May  Boomswinger Bluegrass Club at The Globe, Cardiff *Welsh Album Launch Show*
  • Sun 30th May  Come Down And Meet The Folks at The Stag's Head, London *English Album Launch Show*
The Unthanks  www.rachelunthank.com
  • Wed 24th Mar Centenary Centre, Peel, Isle of Man
  • Thu 25th Mar  Black Box, Belfast
  • Fri 26th Mar  The Pavillion, Cork
  • Sat 27th Mar  Roisin Dubh, Galway
  • Sun 28th Mar  Whelans, Dublin
Willy Vlautin   www.willyvlautin.com
Reading from his new novel Lean on Pete and playing a short acoustic set at the following events       * = With RF guitar player Dan Eccles
The Wilders www.wilderscountry.com
  • Thu 6th May  Borough Theatre, Abergavenny 01873 850 805
  • Fri 7th May  Park & Dare Theatre (Rhondda Rocks Music Festival), Treorchy 01443 773 112
  • Sat 8th May  Theatr Harlech  Harlech  01766 780 667
  • Sun 9th May  Taliesin Arts Centre  Swansea 01792 295 438
  • Tue 11th May  Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth  01970 623232
  • Thu 13th May  Ystradgynlais Welfare Hall  Swansea  01639 843163
  • Fri 14th May  Theatr Mwldan Cardigan 01239 621200
  • Sat 15th May  Wyeside Arts Centre Builth Wells  01982 552 555
  • Sun 16th May  Galeri Arts Centre Caernarfon  01286 685 222
  • Wed 19th May  Strule Arts Centre Omagh 028 8224 7831
  • Thu 20th May  Town Hall, Bangor 028 9127 0371
  • Fri 21st May  Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart 028 7083 1400
  • Sat 22nd May  Market Place Theatre, Armagh 028 3752 1821
  • Sun 23rd May  Black Box Belfast 028 9024 4400
  • Tue 25th May  Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny 353 74 912 9186
  • Wed 26th May  Nesbitt Arms Hotel, Ardara  353 74 954 1103
  • Thu 27th May  Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul 353 1 802 0898
  • Fri 28th May  Bath International Music Festival 01225 463362
  • Sat 29th May  Radcliffe Centre Buckingham
  • Sun 30th May  The Tunnels, Temple Meads, Bristol - Tel: 01452 411466
The Wiyos www.myspace.com/thewiyos
  • Wed 3rd Feb  Leytonstone, What’s Cookin’ @ The Sheep Walk  020 8556 1131
  • Thu 4th Feb  Nottingham, The Maze 0115 947 5650
  • Fri 5th Feb  London, Brooks Blues Bar 020 8788 2011
  • Sat 6th Feb  Barton On Humber, The Ropewalk 01652 660380
  • Sun 7th Feb  Bedford, The Ent Shed 01234 212223
Woody Pines www.myspace.com/woodypines
  • Wed 17th Mar  What’s Cookin  Leytonstone  020 8556 1131
  • Sat 20th Mar  The Globe Hotel Topsham 01392 873471
  • Sun 21st Mar  Aberystwyth Arts Centre  Aberystwyth  01970 623232
  • Mon 22nd Mar  Theatre Mwldan Cardigan  01239 621200
  • Tue 23rd Mar  Victoria Hotel Menai Bridge 01248 712 309
  • Thu 25th Mar  The Maze Nottingham 0115 947 5650
  • Fri 26th Mar  The Tolbooth Stirling 01786 27 4000
  • Sat 27th Mar  Village Hall Gartmore 01877 383 782
  • Sun 28th Mar  Crofthead Hall Neilston 07950 086844
  • Tue 30th Mar  The Old Library  Kilbarchan  01505 706346 (with Ramsay Midwood)
  • Wed 31st Mar  The Pleasance Cabaret Bar Edinburgh
  • Thu 1st Apr  Acoustic Music Centre  Kirkcaldy  01592 653645
  • Fri 2nd Apr  Birnam Arts Centre  Birnam 01350 727674
  • Sat 3rd Apr  Jumpin Hot Club @ The Cluny Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0191 2304474
  • Sun 4th Apr  Heart of Hawick auditorium  Hawick  01450 360688
  • Tue 6th Apr  Eastgate Theatre Peebles 01721 725 785