On this page we will bring you details of the artists we have booked and links to buy tickets.

30th anniversary year

Doors open at 8pm and the music starts at 8.30.

Please note that for gigs at The Great Northern Railway Tavern, this is an upstairs pub room and not wheelchair accessible.

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The Black Feathers

June 13

With support from The Blinkin’ Buzzards

£20

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If you were of the belief that The Black Feathers are named because of their love of dark humour and the smooth blending of harmony, you’d be wrong.

If you were told that the name is more concerned with recognition of their gentle souls, a predilection for dark clothing and the sonic tumult of the plethora of (mainly US) progressive-metal bands doing mega-business around the world in the 1990s and beyond, you might doubt those who said so, but they would be accurate.

You’d be wrong as to the name, BUT you would be utterly correct that the sonic architecture of their lyrics and musical composition takes its imperious scope from a love of blended vocal harmony and idiosyncratic guitar shapes.

Americana to some, folk to others, The Black Feathers have those qualities in expansive quantity.

Sian Chandler’s soaring, dramatic, melodious but powerful voice is a perfect counterpoint to Ray Hughes’ piquant vocals and his sparkling and occasionally spicy guitar motifs. This is a duo who love what they play and play what they love with panache, humour, delight and rather a lot of commentary on the downside of being a human.

Seeing and hearing them will leave you with a smile on your face and a glowing heart of delight. You might not think that is possible when you’ve just spent some time hearing the themes of the songs they lay before an audience but it is testament to their sunny dispositions, infectious laughter and amused self-deprecation that you can only come away from a gig feeling a whole heap better about yourself and life.

“…stunning harmonies that were so good it reminded me of seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings” No Depression.

“It is so rare an opening act rival the main performance but that is exactly what the
seamless harmony singing Black Feathers achieved.” Jumpin’ Hot Club.

“The pure emotion and subtle timing of their song delivery is as evident as the enjoyment radiating from their onstage chemistry.” 3 Chords and the Truth.

The Blinkin’ Buzzards plus special guests

August 8

£15

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Our summer party with the House Band plus special guests

Christine Collister

September 6

With support from The Blinkin’ Buzzards

£20

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Christine’s career now spans an incredible 40 years! Over that bridge of time she has released 24 albums … a DVD celebrating 20 years in the business and a single with the BBC : the theme tune for “The Life and Loves of a She-Devil” in 1984.

Throughout, she has mesmerized and astounded with her unique blend of soul, blues, pop, jazz, country and folk, and today she remains as powerful, subtle and effortless as ever.

‘..so much soul you think she’d been signed by Motown’ – Q

Solo albums recorded over the past decade or so have seen her convincingly interpret Smoky Robinson, Nick Drake, Robert Wyatt, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, U2 and Lal Waterson, amongst many others – whilst  her own self penned or cowritten compositions have developed in depth and expression.

“Christine Collister can sing the birds down off the trees and send them back with a tiny flick of her vocal chords.” Mojo

Clive Carroll

October 10 2025

With support from The Blinkin’ Buzzards

£20

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Clive began his musical journey in Chelmsford, Essex. His parents had a taste for American country and old time music and it wasn’t long before Clive was playing in the family band on a homemade banjo. By his early teens, guitar in hand, Clive was traversing the worlds of soul, pop, funk, and traditional Irish music, balancing his affinity for Slayer with the etudes of Tárrega.

This breadth of musical curiosity was to become one of his strengths; even as a kid Clive was as comfortable accompanying a group of folk singers as he was jamming along to Nirvana, or reading charts on banjo and guitar in theatre orchestra pits. 

Clive went on to earn a 1st Class Honours Degree in Composition and Guitar from the famed Trinity College of Music in London, all the while balancing his classical work with forays into the world of the steel string guitar. By the time he graduated from Trinity, Clive had not only penned orchestral works, he had written an album’s worth of solo acoustic guitar music. A chance meeting with English guitar legend John Renbourn proved the catalyst for Clive’s debut album, “Sixth Sense”, which Renbourn deemed: “A milestone in the journey of the steel-string guitar.”  He subsequently took Clive on the road with him and the pair toured North America and Europe together, launching Clive’s solo performing career.

Since then he has worked with guitar greats such as John Williams, Tommy Emmanuel, Xuefei Yang, Ralph Towner, D’Gary, and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. He has toured across Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and North America.

Clive has released four solo albums; Sixth Sense, The Red Guitar, Life in Colour and The Furthest Tree.
Clive has also written, performed, and conducted music for television and film, most notably collaborating with John Renbourn to compose the music for the film Driving Lessons, which features Julie Walters and Rupert Grint of Harry Potter fame. 

More acts to be announced soon