Matt Hopkins – guitar. Matt's inventive and melodic guitar playing has been featured in groups as stylistically diverse as Andy Sheppard’s Hotel Bristol, Emily Wright & The Royals and the Hopkins-Hammond Trio. He also takes the lead role in the “Music of Pat Metheny” project alongside pianist Dave Newton. Matt is also known as an...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jarlath Regan featuring Michael Fabbri plus compere Tom Glover Award winning comedian, writer and star of the hit Irish panel show, The Panel, Jarlath Regan has gained a reputation with the industry and audiences for his uplifting, inventive and relentlessly funny stand-up. He regularly gigs around the UK and performs at...
We are very pleased to have been able to reschedule this event which should have taken place at the end of March, but which had to be cancelled due to the Covid flare up at the time. Saxophonist Joe Northwood is becoming one of the Cardiff jazz scene’s major voices, and besides playing also promotes gigs and...
Bristol Ukulele Festival was founded in 2019 by ukulele teacher Danielle Greenwood of the Uke Lift Project. After teaching ukulele in Bristol for many years, Danielle decided it was high time to celebrate the talents of ukulele players from Bristol and beyond. The first festival was held in September 2019 at Alchemy 198 on Gloucester Road....
Open and empty is how Darden Smith describes the west Texas landscape that inspired his wildly creative new multi-media project, Western Skies. Comprising a new studio record, a book of photography, lyrics, and essays, and an accompanying album of readings set to music, the collection is an immersive journey through a world both real and...
Hello, Seann here. Did you know that comedians have to write their own blurb? I find that absolutely insane. What am I meant to say? “I’m fantastic, come and look at me talk”? I don’t know. It’s me. I do stand-up. I guess I can start with the fact I renamed the tour. Sticking with...
For our season finale, the Be-Bop Club welcomes one of the UK's finest saxophone players, Ed Jones. The club will then be taking a break over the summer and will be back in September. Over the last 20 years or so award-winning saxophonist Ed Jones has established himself as one of the most innovative and sought after...
Finally, it's time! The hosts of the critically acclaimed, smash-hit number 1 LuAnna: The Podcast are now coming to a venue near you. Get ready to join in with the girls' famous chat, rants and bants. Naughty confessions, topical chat, and their typical honesty and oversharing is guaranteed to make for a great night out...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Carey Marx featuring Jenny Collier plus compere Tom Toal. Carey Marx is an unapologetic gagsmith. The jokes are short and sharp, often uncomfortably so, as any morality is sacrificed on the altar of quick laughs. And there’s no better way of guaranteeing a reaction than storming headlong into decidedly dodgy...
Staff and customers vote with their feet. What does your business stand for? Leading local food & drink brands are responding to issues such as retaining staff, rising costs and staying true to values in times of change. We invite founders to discuss the choices and challenges that have shaped their brands. What they've learned...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jayde Adams featuring Joey Page plus compere Luke Honnoraty Award-winning comedian and proud Bristolian Jayde Adams is an uncut gem; a force of nature; dangerous and unafraid; the future.. it’s safe to say that when Dawn French says “Jayde Adams is the 3rd funniest woman in the world. Fact,” she might...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Chris Kent featuring Robin Morgan plus compere Tom Toal Hailing from ‘The Rebel County’ (That’s Cork for anyone outside Ireland!), Chris Kent gave up the day job as an electrician, to pursue his calling in comedy. Having shared the stage with the likes of Bill Burr, Dylan Moran, David O’ Doherty,...
