Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – October 2013

As we mentioned a couple of days ago (here), there is only a short time left to get your entries in for the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge. The closing date is 5pm next Sunday 6th October!

October brings with it Autumn and the Liverpool Irish Festival from 10th to 20th of the month. This year there’s a call to all artists to take part in the Festival Club at the Zanzibar on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the festival. Details of how to apply can be found here. Be sure to check out the website to see what’s going on as there’s so much more to the festival than just fine music. liverpoolirishfestival.com

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC @ SOUND

Liverpool Acoustic has joined forces with Sound Food and Drink on Duke Street to bring you a new, weekly open mic night every Monday. It’s free to attend, and performers get a free drink. The night features a number of booked acts too. Now that Breaking Bad has finished (and Monday football allowing), the night runs from 8pm to midnight, and if performers want to book a slot they can either turn up early or ask on the facebook event.

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC PRESENTS…
CELEBRATING SUBVERSION: THE ANTI-CAPITALIST ROADSHOW

Liverpool Acoustic, in association with News From Nowhere and Radical Liverpool, are proud to present the triumphant return of Celebrating Subversion: The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow, a very special evening of music on Saturday 19th October 2013 at Sefton Park Palm House.

Last year’s performance saw Sefton Park Palm House bulging at the seams, with extra chairs and benches being drafted in to accommodate the numbers. This year the lineup for the Liverpool show is confirmed as Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey (replacing Sandra Kerr), Frankie Armstrong, Reem Kelani, and Jim Woodland. Tickets are £10 (£6 unwaged) from wegottickets or in person from News From Nowhere. Doors open at 7pm and the music starts at 7.30pm.

We’ll be telling you more about this event in the next Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight show which will include songs for all of the artists taking part.

LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE

Liverpool Acoustic Live this month sees the visit of Josh Harty from the USA. A regular and popular visitor to Grateful Fred’s, Josh will be making his first visit to the View Two Gallery on Friday 25th October.

Josh will be supported on the night by local singer-songwriter Matthew McGurty who impressed everyone at the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon last June, and Liverpool band Jimmy and the Revolvers playing an acoustic set for us.

Tickets are available in advance for £5 from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic or for £6 on the night. Doors open at the new regular time of 7.45pm, with a start time of 8.15pm and a finishing time of 10.45pm.

You can join the facebook event at facebook.com/liverpoolacoustic/events

All of our future live events can be found at liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/live and if you want to receive information about tickets before they go on general sale then sign up to our events publicity mailing list here.

DIARY NEWS

If you can help us out by bringing us up to date, drop us a line using the ‘Contact‘ page. And if you have anything to add to the diary, just visit the ‘Diary‘ page and click the ‘Add Event’ button.

All change…

• K’s Choice has moved from its weekly slot at American Bar and Grill, and now takes place on the first Friday of every month at Unit 51 on Jamaica Street in the Baltic Triangle. More details can be found in the facebook group facebook.com/groups/kschoice

You say goodbye…

• …and no events have come to an end.

And I say hello…!

• The Wickermen (George and Happy Dave) perform at Woodwards in Formby on the last Friday of the month from 9.30pm to midnight (might change in December), with the rest of the Friday’s still in the capable hands of Me and My Cousin.

OCTOBER DIARY SELECTION BOX

Here’s a selection of some of the acoustic events taking place this month. Click on the event in the diary for full details and links.

• Wednesday 2nd – Josh Harty @ Grateful Fred’s (Formby). Another fantastic night at Grateful Fred’s with the welcome return of Josh Harty for the first of two Merseyside dates on his UK tour. He’ll be playing on the same bill as Troubadours of Divine Bliss. Doors 8pm, 8.15pm start, tickets £8 from wegottickets.com
• Friday 4th – K’s Choice @ Unit 51 – with Brains For Breakfast (West Midlands), Russ Erwin (Blakcpool), Rob Jones & Rob White, Peter Harrison, Freda and the High Tides, and host Derek King. Details on facebook.
• Sunday 6th – Spin Cycle & Rinse present The Washboard @ The Hatch (downstairs at Hopskotch Kitchen in Hoax), from 7.30pm to 11.30pm, £5 on the door or £3 in advance. Lineup includes PJ Walker, Catherine Hardman, Laura&Claire, and more. Details on facebook.
• Monday 7th – Liverpool Acoustic Open Mic @ Sound Food and Drink. 8pm start, free entry.
• Wednesday 9th – Maddy Prior @ The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University – A true legend of the British folk scene, Maddy returns to the Arts Centre to perform the music of England, the British Isles and Eastern Europe in her own unique style. Tickets £15 from edgehill.ac.uk/artscentre
• Thursday 10th – A Night of Darkness and Light with Science of the Lamps & Snowapple @ View Two Gallery – a special night of music with the Lamps and their guests from The Netherlands. 7.30pm, £6/4
• Thursday 10th – Martin Taylor and Martin Simpson @ The Atkinson – two virtuoso guitarists sharing the stage for the whole night. Tickets £3 adv, £15 on the door. theatkinson.co.uk
• Friday 11th – Acoustic Dustbowl present Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide) and Chris Otepka (The Heligoats) @ View Two Gallery – the Acoustic Dustbowl guys do it again with another fantastic lineup. Doors 8pm, tickets £8 from wegottickets
• Monday 14th – Bright Phoebus Revisited – Brit award-winner Richard Hawley leads a concert lineup performing Lal and Mike Waterson’s classic lost folk album Bright Phoebus. Tickets £22 from liverpoolphil.com
• Wednesday 16th – Radical Liverpool at Liverpool Irish Festival  @ The Casa – 7.30pm doors and free entry for an event with songs, stories and humour from Jim and Delia, Reckless Elbow, Our Morals, and Greg Quiery. Details on facebook.
• Friday 18th – Shangri La La La @ Unit 51 – with Alexandra Jayne, Dominic Dunn, Vanessa Murray, Darrell Coyle, and Chris Callander. Details on facebook.
• Saturday 19th – Celebrating Subversion: The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow @ Sefton Park Palm House Doors 7.00pm, 7.30pm start.
• Monday 21st – Mellowtone present Trembling Bells @ LEAF on Bold St – with support from Magic Arm, Divid Hirst, and Broken Tracks DJs. Tickets £5 advance  – facebook event here.
• Friday 25th – Liverpool Acoustic Live @ View Two Gallery – Josh Harty, with support from Matthew McGurty, and Jimmy and the Revolvers. 7.45pm doors, 8.15pm start, tickets £5 advance, £6 on the door.
• Tuesday 29th – Stephen Fearing with TJ & Murphy @ The Unity – Canadian folk/blues star Stephen Fearing is well worth going to see, especially when supported by local lads TJ & Murphy. Details and £10 tickets at unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

AND FINALLY…

There’s lots happening on the local acoustic scene at the moment, and we try our best to cover a wide range of events on the website. However, if there’s something we’re not mentioning that you feel deserves being covered then do let us know. That could be a mention in the Diary Selection Box, a review of a regular live music event, a review of an album, EP or single, or even an interview. Get in touch using the Contact page and we’ll see what we can do.

Graham – on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic Team

 

 

Liverpool Acoustic Newsletter – October 2013