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May 16th - May 30th BANK HOLIDAY MUSIC FESTIVAL PLUS NEWS! To end of May 08 Hello lovelies, Notice anything different about the newsletters…? : ) Welcome to everyone who has joined up in the last week (and has therefore never had a newsletter and doesn’t know what it looked like before…) ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL OUR STOCKWELL MINI MUSIC FESTIVAL!!! We will be holding our 3 day, all day mini music festival on the 24th/25th/26th May with doors from 1pm each day and live music from 2pm until midnight.. the listings will be posted on the website in the next couple of days but we’ve currently got 32 confirmed acts and another 4 slots to fill! We will be holding a BBQ in the garden (come rain or shine!!), with giant connect 4 and dominos plus Laughing Stockwell as usual Sunday evening plus a special Speed Comedy Virgins session on the Monday (email for details of how to get a slot!). You can but tickets online at www.WeGotTickets.com/evenue/1464 (only £5 per day!) or on the door. Entry to the pub and garden is free but a ticket will allow you in the venue to watch the music. You may be wondering where my usual list of events are… well, they’re all on a lovely calendar on our website! You can now see all our listings here www.thecavendisharmsstockwell.co.uk/event.htm and you can find out more about each listing by clicking on the link on the calendar. Just a couple of things we’re particularly excited about though… Tonight is FREE MUSIC FRIDAY which is a new monthly night which allows great bands and acts who are maybe new to the scene and haven’t as yet built up their audience to come and play with no pressure to bring a certain amount of people to see them… we will however be putting on up to 12 of these acts (therefore creating an audience) each playing 4 songs and charging you absolutely nothing to come and see them! It’s a great opportunity if you like to see new music in a nice venue… and for free! (we also still have a couple of slots left for bands tonight… if you’d like to play, let me know!) We are very pleased to welcome THE ELECTROACOUSTIC CLUB who are doing a one off special event on Saturday 31st May before starting a monthly Friday night event from July. We also have a slightly different open mic night this week (Tuesday) as we are holding a showcase in the venue so the open mic will take place in the pub area. There will be an extra SJ PRESENTS night on Friday 23rd May with our normal monthly nights from Monster Bands, Scratch Improv comedy show, Synthetic live electro music and club night and another special event hosted by 14 Carat Grapefruit on Friday the 30th… See www.thecavendisharmsstockwell.co.uk/event.htm for details of events or www.myspace.com/thecavendisharms for details of artists. Happy Friday! Love Shirley-jane x
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May 2nd - May 15th Better to be safe then sorry and just spend every evening for the next two weeks at The Cavendish Arms in Stockwell where you can shelter in the lovely venue and see some music or comedy if it’s rainy or sit out and enjoy the sun with a Rose spritzer in our garden… Tonight! Live music brought to you by the promoters of the Bull and Gate Saturday! SJ PRESENTS live music from 8.30pm… Tonight, we rock! Sunday! Lovely JAZZ from 5pm and comedy from LAUGHING STOCKWELL from 8pm… this week we have acts from: Simon Brodkin Brett Goldstein The Sunday Defensive Stuart Goldsmith The 1649 Show Found Objects Band and Marcel Lucont as MC Bank Holiday Monday – Closed… we’ll let you have a night off… Tuesday 6th! OPEN MIC night featuring music from Virginia MacNaughton… please arrive before 8.30 to make sure you get a slot! Wednesday 7th! Charity music and comedy gig in aid of Shelter… please email for details! Thursday 8th! LAUNCH NIGHT – The Great Indoors presents The FREEDOM SESSIONS. The Great Indoors - bringing you the most innovative unsigned and independent artists from the UK and around the World www.myspace.com/thefreedomsessions Friday 9th! MY FRIENDS KILLED MY FOLKS – one off night of fantastic music! See www.myspace.com/myfriendskillmyfolks for details Saturday 10th! SJ PRESENTS live music from 8pm… with sets from CARDINAL WINO, HANK, OLD LOST JOHN and BUTLER WILLIAMS Sunday 11th! Lovely JAZZ from 5pm and comedy from LAUGHING STOCKWELL from 8pm Monday 12th! COMEDY VIRGINS! Open mic for complete beginners and established comedians. We are now booking slots… email for details! Tuesday 13th! OPEN MIC night featuring music from Becky Syson and Matt Finucane… please arrive before 8.30 to make sure you get a slot! Wednesday 14th! Hmmm… nothing planned… might watch a film on our new screen in the Ballroom… any takers…? Thursday 15th! BEYOND THE MIC The best acts on the brink of stardom www.myspace.com/behindthemic06 And then it will be summer…! Maybe… Details of all artists can be found at www.myspace.com/thecavendisharms We now serve London pride which we’re very, um, proud of… Bye bye Shirley-jane X
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April 25th - May 1st Just a quick extra curricular newsletter to let you know about the packed week of comedy we’ve got starting this Sunday! SUNDAY is LAUGHING STOCKWELL from 8pm with sets from: The Gently Progressive Behemoth Mike O' Donovan Bates, Emerson and Knox Brian Gittins Ruth Bratt Marcus Garvey .. and Pippa Evans as MC MONDAY is COMEDY VIRGINS… arrive before 8pm to sign up for our comedy open mic or just come along to watch. FREE ENTRY! We’re also very pleased to announce a new monthly show starting this WEDNESDAY… details as follows!... Hello loyal Cavendish Arms fans. *Scratch Impro* are starting a monthly impro night at this delightful venue, the last Wednesday of every month. But what is Scratch Impro? Scratch Impro is one of London's best Improvisational groups. We perform all over the country, with sell out shows in Covent Garden, Chesterfield and the Edinburgh festival. Scratch perform improvisational games, scenes and entire plays, all based entirely on your suggestions. So come on down and get your comedy fix, the way you want it! Scratch Impro April 30th £4 on the door *SPECIAL OFFER - 2 FOR 1 FOR OPENING NIGHT - 30TH APRIL* Side-splittingly funny - The Guardian A great evenings entertainment - The Stage Hilarious - The Herald Wonderful...The best improv troupe around...Perfect - Threeweeks More info at www.scratchimpro.com Followed by another installment of Laughing Stockwell on Sunday the 3rd! Oh dear. We’re just so funny… Bye! Shirley-jane x
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April 11th - April 17th Wait! Don't leave work yet!!! Otherwise you might not see the listing for the next week at The Cavendish Arms and then you won’t know what to do with yourself all weekend!!! Here you go lovelies… TONIGHT (Friday)! – Live music from Matt Addey, Naomi Phoenix, Sean Taylor and Lucia Laraia SATURDAY! – SJ Presents… Live music from Sanjuro, Higher Love, The Llight and Im Spartacus SUNDAY! - Live Jazz from 5pm (see www.myspace.com/1224project), Laughing Stockwell comedy club from 8pm MONDAY! – Comedy Virgins - FREE ENTRY! TUESDAY! – Open Mic from 8pm plus featured artists James Foster, Lofty Heights and S J King – FREE ENTRY! WEDNESDAY! – CLOSED FOR PRIVATE HIRE THURSDAY! – Behind The Mic featuring Natty, Orphans & Vandals, Mozzy Green and Inua Ellams And then I’ll write you another little newsletter with the next fortnights events so you can plan ahead when to come and visit us.. phew… BUT IN THE MEAN TIME… we’re on FACEBOOK… yay!!! Please come and be our friend at http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/The-Cavendish-Arms/27026454672?ref=mf I’m also very pleased to be able to introduce our new Assistant Events Manager, Dani Moubarak, who some of you will know as she also promotes two of our current monthly evenings, London Unplugged and Monster Band nights and is now working with us to help promote our current nights and to think up lots more lovely things for you to do in The Ballroom! (Now now…) Right… off you pop then! Shirley-jane X
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March 11th - March 24th Hello lovelies, Here’s a list of nice things for you to do… Tuesday 11th! Open mic night from 8pm – nervous beginners welcome! Followed by Acoustic showcase at 9.30pm featuring sets from Sam Boycott, Mike Jack and Irvine. Wednesday and Thursday! You could play our table football or mini pool… Friday 14th! Live music presented by the Promoters of the Bull and Gate… featuring Elena Dean and Simon Kent Saturday 15th! Live music presented by me… featuring Ben E.G, David Stevenson, Acusis, The Darlings and Jon-Paul R… what a night! Sunday 16th! An atmospheric afternoon of Jazz from the 1224 project - starts 5.30pm Monday 17th! ‘Comedy Virgins’… after a fantastic opening show on the 3rd March, Comedy Virgins returns giving you the opportunity to come and show how funny you are… or think you are… Tuesday 18th! More open mic from 8pm… guitars, piano, amps mics and a friendly atmosphere all provided. Followed by the acoustic showcase featuring John Cunnane and Toute Sweet. Wednesday 19th! Minty lamb pie, Moo pie, Chicken of Aragon pie and Goats cheese sweet potato and spinach pie. Mmmm… Thursday 20th! Has it really been a month already…?! It’s time again for the fabulous ‘Behind the Mic’ Friday 21st! Bull and Gate promotions present The Trophy Hearts, Wayter and Little Hero Saturday 22nd! I present, The Lesser Men, This That and the Other, Honey Fits and Backslap Club. Sunday 23rd! No Jazz today… but Happy Easter! Why not treat yourself to a festive Minty Lamb pie…? Monday 24th! Or two… Night night Shirley-jane X Details of all acts and promoters can be found at www.myspace.com/thecavendisharms
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Feb 26th - March 10th So.. what on earth is going on at The Cavendish Arms over the next fortnight I hear you ask…? Well… Tonight! Open Mic and Acoustic showcase… complete beginners welcome from 8pm. We’ve got an absolutely amazing line up at the acoustic showcase this evening – including Matthew Nicholson, Trombone Poetry and the fabulous My Last Mistake. And it’s all for free! Wednesday 27th! Just a really nice pub. Thursday 28th! Still a really nice pub to go to for a drink even when there isn’t anything on in the ballroom. Although if you do fancy seeing a gig, the brilliant Sixty Second Silence who played here on our opening day will be play at Club Criminal, The Arts Theatre Club in Soho. Details can be found at (www.myspace.com/sixtysecondsilence) ... hmmm...the bass player looks awfully familiar… Friday 29th! No bands tonight as we’ve got a party in but it’s still open doors for a great Friday with our award winning playlist (Ahem…) Saturday 1st March! Don’t forget your ear plugs as we’ve a night of ROCK! Headlining are Stealing Green supported by Giants Fall and Higher Love plus another act tbc. Sunday 2nd! Jazz from 1224 project… what a relaxing afternoon! Monday 3rd! Well… how exciting… Monday is the first night of COMEDY VIRGINS, our friendly open mic night for wannabe stand up comedians. No experience necessary, just get some gags and a couple of friends and turn up and have a go. Runs every other Monday from the 3rd. Tuesday 4th! Our friendly Open Mic night and Acoustic showcase… this week for your listening pleasure we have sets from Sam Boycott, Mark Bishop and Fiona Culley. All for free! Wednesday 5th! Pies, well kept beer, friendly staff, freshly ground coffee, great music… Thursday 6th! Launch night of the fantastic LONDON UNPLUGGED our new monthly acoustic night. David Goo is headlining which is enough reason to come on it’s own but for further details see www.myspace.com/londonunplugged Friday 7th! Live music brought to you by the promoters of the Bull and Gate Saturday 8th! Even more live music brought to you by me… : ) We’ve another birthday party in (Martina’s 30!!!) so have strayed from our normal hard line stand of only bringing you new music and have the brilliant cover band Five Ages playing so we can all have a bit of a bop. Again, it’s open house though and supporting them are The Kayas, The Crazy Majority and a special guest band opening the show at 8.30pm Sunday 9th! More jazz! You lucky lucky people… Monday 10th! What… you want more…?! Goodness me, you people are insatiable. Well, in that case, on the Monday the 10th March we are very pleased to welcome a new monthly night called MONSTER BAND NIGHT… for details see www.myspace.com/monsterbandnights Details of all acts and promoters can be found at www.myspace.com/thecavendisharms We are just too good to you… Shirley-jane X
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Feb 13th - Feb 25th Take a deep breath… and… Coming up at The Cavendish Arms in the next fortnight we have… Tonight! Open mic from 8pm (nervous beginners welcome!) followed by our new ‘Acoustic showcase’ featuring Udio, Toby Wilson and Andrea Wednesday 13th! A lovely pub Thursday 14th! Still a very lovely pub just to come and have a drink at with your loved one… Friday 15th! Many lovely acts of live music brought to you by the promoters of The Bull and Gate Saturday 16th! Live music from The Whybirds, Baxter and Mark Bishop… details of artists can be found in my top friends at www.myspace.com/thecavendisharms Sunday 17th! Late afternoon Jazz session with the 1224 project from 5pm Monday 18th! A lovely pub who sell very tasty pieminister pies and have a really good playlist… Tuesday 19th! Open mic from 8pm followed by Acoustic showcase featuring Jodie Paxton and Jack Harrison Wednesday 20th! Gosh, where on earth might you find a nice pub just to have a quiet drink at with friendly staff in Stockwell… Thursday 21st! *NEW!* Behind the mic – The best of new music, live literature and comedy every 3rd Thursday of the month. See www.myspace.com/behindthemic06 for further details Friday 22nd! Many more lovely acts of live music brought to you by the promoters of The Bull and Gate Saturday 23rd! Live music from The Fourers, I’m Spartacus, Lifebox Minority and Laugh Now Cry Later. Sunday 24th! Recover from your Sunday dinner by relaxing to the Jazz sounds of the 1224 Project from 5pm until 7.30pm *NEW!* Laughing Stockwell Comedy Club returns!!! Headlined by the brilliant Mitch Benn, www.mitchbenn.co.uk Monday 25th! Phew… could do with a drink at The Cavendish Arms to recover… But if that’s not enough… coming soon… www.myspace.com/londonunplugged www.myspace.com/syntheticnight And breathe… Shirley-jane
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