1st December is the first day of Advent, the traditional date when the countdown to Christmas begins. We may not have an Advent calendar with a new gig every day, but there are certainly plenty of shows to keep you entertained through to the end of the year.
As always, if we’ve missed any let us know and we’ll add them.
SEAFOAM GREEN
Thursday 2nd December 2021
Future Yard, Birkenhead
Evol present Irish Americana rockers Seafoam Green who will be playing songs from their new album Martin’s Garden at Birkenhead’s brilliant new venue Future Yard.
Support is from special guests Eleanor Nelly and Leonie Jakobi.
Tickets are £9 (+bf) from Skiddle.
SoundBox present
A WINTER UNION
with Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage,
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
and Jade Rhiannon
Friday 3rd December 2021
St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester
A Winter Union is a festive folk band like no other. From five leading lights of the British roots scene expect soaring harmonies and exquisite musicianship as the band delight you with a repertoire of original seasonal songs, fresh arrangements of traditional carols both well-loved and little-known, and classics from both sides of the Atlantic.
£15.50 aduluts, £13 for 16s and under
Tickets from wegottickets.com
ONLY CHILD
End-of-year Full Band Bash
with Visions of Albion | Marc Vormawah
Sunday 5th December 2021
Handyman, Smithdown Road
Only Child are having a full band bash to bring the curtain down on 2021. Special guests on the night will be Visions Of Albion and Marc Vormawah.
It’s FREE entry, but they’ll be passing the hat and there’ll be CDs/Merch on sale so bring your generosity please!
Those who’ve pre-ordered our forthcoming album will be able to pick up their ‘thank you’ gift and brand new ltd edition CDs of the ‘Sound EP’ will be on-sale too.
See you there for a party!
CAL RUDDY
with support from Helen Maw
Thursday 9th December 2021
Ten Streets Social
Country Americana singer Cal Ruddy will be performing at Ten Streets Social with support from Helen Maw. This is a free event but the booking of a table in advance is advised to avoid disappointment.
NEIL CAMPBELL / AFTER THE FLOOD TRIO
The Great Escape – Album Launch Concert
+ Special guest Úna Quinn
Friday 10th December 2021
Prohibition Recording Studios
In December 2021, Liverpool guitarist and composer Neil Campbell will launch his new vinyl LP, The Great Escape, released on the Klee label, with a concert by his band After the Flood Trio in the intimate surroundings of Prohibition Recording Studios.
The new album, recorded in 2020 during the COVID-19 lock down, consists of twelve melodic upbeat and multi-layered original instrumental tracks.Alongside a set of lively world music and minimalist music-influenced original compositions, After the Flood Trio, featuring Marty Snape on guitar and Roger Gardiner on 8 string Overwater bass, will premiere special stripped down arrangements of many of The Great Escape’s tracks.
Irish musician Úna Quinn, whose latest album Inside Out was described by BBC 6Music’s Tom Robinson as ‘outstanding‘, will perform an opening acoustic set accompanied by Neil.
Tickets £10 from Prohibition Recording Studios.
IAN PROWSE & AMSTERDAM
special guests
John Bramwell plus ME & Deboe
Saturday 11th December 2021
O2 Academy, Liverpool
The legendary 14 piece band Christmas show is back with a bang! This year’s special guests are John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) and ME & Deboe. It’s going to be a Christmas cracker!
If you bought tickets for last December’s cancelled show they are still valid.
New tickets available from the O2 Academy Liverpool.
TOMMY SCOTT (SPACE)
plus Paul Hemmings (The La’s, The Lightning Seeds)
Thursday 16th December 2021
Ten Streets Social
Here’s another free gig courtesy of our friends at Ten Streets Social. This time it’s Tommy Scott who’s Live and Unplugged. He’ll be joined on stage by The Lightning Seeds’ Paul Hemmings.
It’s free, but booking a table to guarantee a space is advised.
JOHN WITHERSPOON + BAND
Support from Eleanor Nelly
Monday 20th December 2021
EBGBS
Join John on Monday 20th December to end the year with a bang. You will hear songs from his debut album “Showin’ Up, Startin’ Again,” and plenty of new material.Our very special guest kicking off the evening is the wonderful Eleanor Nelly.
Doors 7.30Tickets: £6 ADV from Skiddle and £8 OTD