The nice, long Easter Bank Holiday weekend is almost upon us, and there’s plenty going on for lovers of acoustic music to get their teeth into. Well, it makes a change from chocolate eggs!
Good Friday – 10th April
Ragz and Thomas-Joseph & Murphy are performing a joint gig at The Bluecoat, in School Lane.
It’s being run in association with Mellowtone, and features Beaten Tracks DJs between the live music.
Doors 7.45pm – tickets £7 / 6 from thebluecoat.org.uk
www.myspace.com/thomasjosephandmurphy
Good Friday – 10th April
MochAcoustic is a free acoustic music event taking place at the Mocha Lounge on Sir Thomas Street
Playing tonight are Simon Connor, The Cocabelles, The New Caldera, and Rachael Dunn with Guy Taunton
And there’s an hour of open mic between 11pm and 12am to finish off.
It all starts at 8.00pm and finishes at 12.00am.
More info from myspace.com/mochacoustic2
Easter Sunday – 12th April
Acoustic All-dayer – Message to all you Interesting Bears! If you fancy a bit of a chilled out music experience then there will be a roomful of musical bears at The Bear’s Paw on Easter Sunday – 12 noon till 12 midnight! Free entry
The Bears Paw, 62 Irvine Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, L7 8SZ
Easter Sunday – 12th April
Blues On The Rock is the monthly second-Sunday-of-the-month afternoon blues gig. It’s hosted by Liverpool blues duo Blue C who open and close the afternoon, with special guest band Smokestack 6 performing in between. Wirral-based, Smokestack 6 they are steadily making a name for themselves with a big sound, some choice covers and interesting original songs. We just hope they can fit on the stage…
As always there will be CDs to be won, a blues disco and Talkin’ Blues, where the guests will be quizzed about their own slice of blues history by Raphael Callaghan. There is a cafe and bottle bar.
Sunday from 1pm-4pm.
Admission is £3.
All enquiries to Raphael on 0151 709 5484