Well, it was certainly an eventful August, wasn’t it? Yobs rioted, Italian visitors cancelled, eXtra gig postponed, replacement gig hastily arranged, bit of a fuss caused, a few feathers ruffled, Live event a big success, Above the Beaten Track even more so. Phew!
But there’s no time to sit back and take a rest, because September is already upon us and is set to bring lots of musical treats as we head into the autumn.
The perfectly formed Hope Street Feast returns on Sunday 18th September, with foods from around the world, beer galore, a craft fair, and lots of music.
Last month saw the launch of the website for the Liverpool Irish Festival 2011, and the tickets for all the events are now on sale online. Head over to liverpoolirishfestival.com and see what’s in store for this year. Liverpool Acoustic Live next month will be hosting a special Irish Festival gig on 28th October. Details for that are on the festival website too and in the printed brochure available at numerous venues around town.
And while we’re doing advance notices, Liverpool Acoustic Live on Friday November 25th features the return to the View Two of the talented Jon Gomm, who will be supported on the night by The Manouchetones. We’re just waiting to finalise the name of the second support act, but once that’s done we’ll be putting the tickets on sale. Keep an eye out on our twitter feed and facebook for the announcement.
The lineup sees the collective talents of Rob Clarke, David Masson, Michael Edwards, Gemma Sampson, and Rob Gough.
Tickets are £5 on the door or £4 in advance from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic
Facebook event is here.
LIVERPOOL ACOUSTIC LIVE
This month’s Liverpool Acoustic Live takes place on Friday 23rd September, and sees the return of our Roots & Blues Night.
Tickets are £6 on the door or £5 in advance from wegottickets.com/liverpoolacoustic
Facebook event is here.
DIARY NEWS
You say goodbye…
- The Lemon Hippo crew have stopped the wonderfully named Saturday night Vinyl Frontier event at Vinyl Bar on Lark Lane and moved to…
- …Acoustic Live Lounge at the Old Roan Inn every Wednesday from 8pm to 1am. This is the familiar showcase event with open mic, and full backline is provided.
- Radical Liverpool is a brand new monthly event on the second Saturday of each month at Parr Street Studio 2. Each month features a headline act, support act, and the house band Our Morals. Kicking things off on 10th September will be Roy Bailey, with The Trestles.
- Thursday 1st – The Toy Hearts @ Grateful Fred’s, with support from Jo Bywater. Doors 8pm, music 8.15pm, tickets £6.50 online (before 6pm) or on the door.
- Saturday 3rd – Sarabeth Tucek @ St Bride’s Church – The Family Folk-up and Harvest Sun bring you Miami born New Yorker, Sarabeth Tucek, with support from The Random Family, Bird, and Lizzie Nunnery. Tickets £6 in advance online, from Probe, or on the door. Bring your own refreshments. Facebook event here.
- Wednesday 7th – Dan Mangan @ Leaf on Bold Street – another cracking gig from Mellowtone, with support from Alex Hulme and Sensorites. Tickets £6.50 in advance, and the facebook event is here.
- Friday 9th – Liverpool Acoustic eXtra – five local artists for the price of four! Rob Clarke, Dave Masson, Michael Edwards, Gemma Sampson, and Rob Gough. Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm. Tickets £4 in advance, £5 on the door.
- Saturday 10th – Roy Bailey @ Radical Liverpool – the new, second Saturday of the month night at Studio 2, Parr Street, kicks off with legendary radical folk singer Roy Bailey, with The Trestles, and house band Our Morals. Full details from www.radicalliverpool.com
- Saturday 10th – Elbow Jane @ The Floral Pavilion, launching their new album The Boldest Blood. Support from Andy Irvine, with proceeds going to Help The Heroes. Tickets and details here.
- Saturday 10th – The Hummingbirds EP launch @ The Kazimier – with support from The Springtime Anchorage, The Big I Am, David Harbottle and the Friendly Cats, and Shelly Strahan. £6 entry gets you a copy of the EP too.
- Friday 23rd – Liverpool Acoustic Live @ The View Two Gallery, roots and blues 8pm doors, 8.30pm music. £5 in advance, £6 on the door. liverpoolacoustic.co.uk/live
- Saturday 24th – Wildwood @ Old Christ Church, Waterloo – this is the second of a two-night run for the new choral work featuring movement and song inspired by British traditions. Tickets £8 (£4.50 conc) from the Rose Theatre.
- Friday 30th – Rob Jones and Rob White @ The View Two Gallery. Rob and Rob will be joined by Graham Warner on piano and Stu Rimmer on Sax. Support from Nick Lacy. Doors 8pm, entry £3.
- Friday 30th – Stephen Langstaff @ O2 Academy – Stephen returns to headline at his second favourite venue (after the View Two, of course!) and will be playing with his full band. A show not to be missed! Doors 7pm, tickets £8 from here.
AND FINALLY…
If you know of an event that’s not in the Liverpool Acoustic Diary then why not do us all a favour and ask the organiser to add the details using our handy ‘Add Event’ button on our homepage?
Staying with the website, if you know of anything that’s missing from our Links page then let us know. Adding links is a great way to support local websites of interested to the music scene.
Graham,
on behalf of the Liverpool Acoustic Team