Pedal Mania is a project led by organist John-Paul Gard. JP is based in Bristol but is another of our players with a national reputation who spends a lot of his time working out of the city. JP started playing organ at a young age, and is one of the few exponents to have mastered...
Author, columnist, and comedian Steve Hofstetter is often called the hardest working man in show business. He is one of the top booked acts on the American college circuit, the original writer for collegehumor.com, and has also released six albums. Hofstetter has written humour columns for the New York Times and SportsIllustrated.com. Hofstetter's brutal tour schedule consists...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Pierre Novellie featuring Micky Overman & compere Clint Edwards Pierre Novellie is one of the best up-and-coming comedians in the United Kingdom. Recently, he has been seen and heard on The Mash Report (BBC2), Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), The Now Show (Radio 4) and co-hosts the hit podcast BudPod...
North Street Games 101: There Are Three Ways to Play... 1) Show up with some mates and/or family members, grab a game from the 20+ games in the corner and play! 2) Bring a game you own and do a shout-out for players either on the night or before the event on our social media...
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (1st Wednesday of every month) Hosted by Sarah Larkham & Elliot Hall, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message us on our dedicated Facebook Page (clickable link below)...
Black And White Expect creative fun from one of our oldest surviving alternative comics, Mark Thomas. Taking down politicians. Mucking about. New ideas and finding HOPE. This award-winning comedian (is there any other type?) asks how did we get here? What are we going to do about it? Who’s up for a sing-song? After lockdowns...
As Seen on Mock The Week, BT Sport and ITV, "Master of one-liners" Mark Simmons brings his brand-new show on the road. Mark recently joined Dara O’Brian and Hugh Dennis on BBC2’s Mock The Week as a semi-regular on the show. He now brings you his hotly-anticipated show Quip Off The Mark He has also appeared in...
Pianist, composer, arranger, educator and collaborator Rebecca Nash defies categorisation. Established as one of the brightest and boldest jazz talents in the UK, she is just beginning to garner international recognition for her wide-ranging music which draws on influences from electronica, rock, drum and bass, soul-jazz, and singer-songwriters to create a distinctive personal sound full...
Learn what creativity is, how it functions in your brain and how to improve it from neuroscientist and NHS doctor Jonathan Iliff...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Josh Jones featuring Jack Campbell and compere Matt Green Born and bred in Manchester, Josh Jones is one of the most refreshing and original voices to emerge from the North-West in recent years. In just five years Josh has gone from open spot to a TV regular, with his breakthrough year...
The Sam Baker Tour has been cancelled. Sam Baker makes people happy. The characters in his songs face many challenges— alcoholism, car wrecks, racism, drug addiction, a mother's abandonment—but they persevere. Much like Sam himself..In 1986 Sam got in the middle of someone else's war. When a terrorist bomb exploded in his train compartment,...
This special project has been formed by drummer Jack Yardley to interpret the music of sax great Wayne Shorter and includes some of London's heaviest hitters. The programme will include some of Shorter's most famous tunes from albums such as Speak No Evil, plus some lesser-known gems from the archives. Saxophonist Duncan Eagles is well known for...
Fresh from his BBC Radio 4 series Rob Newman On Air, the award-winning comedian’s new show is a stand-up epic that goes from cave paintings to car-free cities to ask: Who are we? Where are we going? And how do spiders fly? Rob Newman tells a story of how dancing in step saved prehistoric humans and how...
One of the UK's most charismatic comedians, Aurie Styla invites another posse of comedy mates to join him on a fantastic voyage of Comedy Mania. Some of the acts will be announced, and others will be special guests & surprise performances. What is guaranteed is a belly full of laughs, and a happy audience! Do Not Miss...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Jarred Christmas featuring Eleanor Tiernan and compere Meryl O'Rourke New Zealander Jarred Christmas has a unique style that deftly mixes gags with storytelling. He has a dynamic onstage persona and the ability to improvise and roll with anything that's thrown his way, making his comedy sizzle with originality. Full of passion...
Comedian Francis Foster from TRIGGERnometry, the hit political and cultural YouTube show with over 3 million downloads a month is performing his first solo stand-up show. Francis talks about the important things in life, like failure and how to deal with having a psychopath for a mother. He’s half English and half Latino, whilst hailing from south...
Circuit Breakers with Andrew White & Guests THE BEST UP-AND-COMING COMEDY TALENT Monday 17 October - 8pm (doors 7.30pm) - Tickets only £6 each Join us for a fantastic night of comedy in the Chicken Shed at The Hen and Chicken! Circuit Breakers is a monthly night which showcases the best up-and-coming talent on the...
You’re invited to join us for a thought-provoking conversation on the fashion industry and fashion consumption, and their impact on people, other species and the environment. Come along and share your ideas and experiences on these topics; find out more about research at the University of Bristol that is developing Sust, a digital platform aimed...
North Street Games 101: There Are Three Ways to Play... 1) Show up with some mates and/or family members, grab a game from the 20+ games in the corner and play! 2) Bring a game you own and do a shout-out for players either on the night or before the event on our social media...
Parliamentary Jazz Award nominee 2020 and Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition semi-finalist Dominic Ingham has toured extensively across the UK with his quintet at venues/festivals such as Ronnie Scott's, Love Supreme, Barbican and EFG London Jazz Festival. He is an accomplished and well-rounded musician, a powerful communicator and performer, a composer of captivating original music...
Recently described by the Evening Standard as “Live Comedy’s best-kept secret” Scott Bennett has been blazing a trail through the stand-up circuit for the best part of a decade. He’s written for many high profile acts such as Chris Ramsey and Jason Manford, and recently recorded his debut on BBC One’s Live at the Apollo. In...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Carl Donnelly featuring Joe Sutherland and compere Clint Edwards Carl Donnelly takes the mundane stories of everyday life and turns them into stretches of self-deprecating silliness. Carl started performing stand-up in 2005 and quickly established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting comedians. His conversational, silly sense of humour...
Join us for this enlightening talk about the history of psychedelics in Africa with Darren Le Baron... Fungi and plants have been used by indigenous Africans for spiritual and community development for millennia. Several communities use these sacred plants in their rites of passage, initiation ceremonies and daily ritual. There is a wealth of knowledge...
Learn how to cultivate edible, nootropic and medicinal mushrooms at home from expert cultivator Darren Le Baron.
Andy Hague - trumpet, Dan Newberry - tenor sax, George Cooper - piano, Chris Jones - bass, Ryan Thrupp - drums Dan Newberry and Andy Hague have played together at the club previously with Andy on drums, but this will be the first time they have joined forces in the front-line with Andy on trumpet....
Comedian Alun Cochrane has been seen on various TV comedy shows over the years, including Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats – he found these hard as he didn’t like interrupting people. He’s also known as The Cockerel from Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio show...
Stand Up For The Weekend with Paul McCaffrey featuring Eleri Margan, Adam Beardsmore and compere Tom Toal Paul McCaffrey is an award-winning comedian and headlines at the biggest comedy clubs in the country, shining with his totally natural, utterly unique storytelling which is never anything less than gut-bustlingly hilarious. He has performed critically acclaimed Edinburgh shows...
Norway-based Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra began after the soon-to-be lead vocalists first heard the music of Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski while watching the Belgian movie "Broken Circle Breakdown" one night in a theatre in Oslo, Norway. Inspired by the soundtrack, they got a group of friends together to play the music from the film. After...
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (1st Wednesday of every month) Hosted by Sarah Larkham & Elliot Hall, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message us on our dedicated Facebook Page (clickable link below)...
A welcome return for this superb band who smashed it out of the park with a sell-out show on their last visit back in March. Please note that this performance will be upstairs in the larger Studio room. Jonny Bruce is a superb trumpeter, based in Bristol but with a national reputation. He is fluent...
Edinburgh Comedy Award "Best Show" nominee Glenn Moore is one of the best joke writers of his generation and is back on tour in Autumn 2022. Expect a "comedy masterclass" (The Times) and a high-energy barrage of the most jokes you've ever heard humanely fit into one stand-up show. As seen/heard on Mock The Week (BBC2), The...
Previously advertised headliner ANDREW RYAN has been replaced by MATT RICHARDSON Matt Richardson featuring Meryl O'Rourke Brash, slick and full of mildly laddish but self-deprecating stories, all delivered with an irresistible twinkle, Matt Richardson is a multi-award winning stand-up comedian and one of the most exciting names on the circuit currently rising through the ranks. Having...
