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SUMMARY:Comedy:  Ed Byrne & Friends
DESCRIPTION:This very special night of stand up is headlined by a certified comedy superstar!\n\nWith a TV career now in its third decade\, ED BYRNE – seen on the likes of QI\, Mock The Week\, The Pilgrimage\, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay\, The Graham Norton Show and Have I Got News For You\, as well as hosting Live At The Apollo and Comic Relief Bake Off – brings an extended headline set to Bristol’s Hen & Chicken. Ed’s latest tour\, Tragedy Plus Time\, won British Comedy Guide’s Best Comedy Show Of The Year and sold out venues nationwide\, becoming his most critically and commercially successful yet. With legions of fans both in the UK and abroad\, Ed remains the observational stand-up to see. Ed will have two brilliant guest comedians with him on the night – names to be announced soon!
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/comedy-ed-byrne-friends/
LOCATION:Hen & Chicken Studio
CATEGORIES:Bristol Comedy,Bristol Comedy Club,Comedy,Comedy Club Bristol,What's on Bristol
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SUMMARY:Music: Dirk Powell\, Amelia Powell and Cedric Watson.
DESCRIPTION:Infectious mountain music and Zydeco rhythms where Appalachia meets the Louisiana bayou … \nDirk Powell\, renowned fiddle\, banjo and cajun accordion player\, with his daughter\, Amelia Powell – guitar and vocals\, have teamed up with Cedric Watson – creole fiddle\, accordion and francophone vocals. \nThis promises to be an evening when the mountains of Kentucky meet the Louisiana bayous.
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/music-dirk-powell-amelia-powell-and-cedric-watson/
LOCATION:Chicken Shed
CATEGORIES:alt-country,American roots,Americana,Country,Folk,Folk Music,Live music,What's on Bristol,world music
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260527T223000
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SUMMARY:Theatre: MIDNIGHT JOANNA – THE ‘PIANO BAR MUSICAL’
DESCRIPTION:The original\, immersive\, ‘piano bar musical’ making its UK DEBUT at Hen & Chicken\, Bristol\, over two special nights! \nHot on the heels of a sold-out opening run\, Jerseyman songwriter & piano-vocalist\, Ant Noel\, brings his swingin’ new production Midnight Joanna to the mainland. \nFeaturing a 14-strong company of professional musicians & actors\, Midnight Joanna is a thrilling night of rollicking rock ‘n’ roll\, jivin’ jazz\, blistering blues & colourful cabaret. \nCome & soak up the atmosphere as we bring to life the neon characters of our late-night piano bar! \nIt’s open mic at The Dive\, a bustling piano bar.\nThe Host sits at a tune-worn Joanna\, ready to play into the night.\nStarry-eyed singers and weary waitresses\,\nBest-friend bartenders and lairy locals\,\nTroubled troubadours and a life-of-the-party landlord.\nReputations are made… or ruined\nDreams are realised… or forgotten\nBy midnight\, they will all be in for the ride! \nDates: 27th & 28th May 2026\nTime: Doors open 7:30pm\, show starts at 8:30pm\nTickets £20 in adv / £24 otd (cash only) \n(Under 18s permitted with a responsible adult. Some mild pub-related adult humour) \nA professional songwriter & performer of over 20 years\, Jerseyman Ant Noel forged his career in the creative heartlands of Bristol & Somerset\, before returning to his home island in 2019.\nBetween 2010 – 2018\, Ant released four solo albums – with backing band The Peabody Drakes – performing perform at festivals & venues across the South West\, including several appearances for the BBC. In 2014\, Musician Magazine picked Ant’s third album The Water’s Line as one of their “stand out” releases. \nIn 2019\, Ant began writing Midnight Joanna\, an immersive show inspired by experiences hosting open mics and playing in pubs & piano bars (including the fondly-remembered Illusions Magic Bar where Ant held residency for over 5 years). With a large ensemble of professional musicians & actors – supported by arts organisations ArtHouse Jersey & Creative Island Partnership – Midnight Joanna premiered to three sell-out audiences in October 2024. Ant is excited to bring his show to the UK for the first time\, especially his beloved second home of Bristol\, where it will be performed by Ant & fantastic Bristolian talent! \n\nwww.facebook.com/midnightjoannajersey \n 
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/theatre-midnight-joanna-the-piano-bar-musical/
LOCATION:Hen & Chicken Studio
CATEGORIES:Cabaret,Jazz,Live music,rock 'n' roll,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260528T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260528T223000
DTSTAMP:20260410T102455Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz: John Donegan Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Pianist John Donegan has visited annually to promote his series of sextet albums\, but this year has returned to quartet format for his latest CD Interfuse\, recorded in Dublin\, May 2025. The recording features the cream of Ireland’s jazz scene including former Van Morrison saxophonist Richie Buckley\, but as on previous occasions tonight we present John’s music with a specially formed Bristol version. \nFor the first time John will be joined by Dan Newberry on sax duties – Dan is a firebrand player whose musical maturity belies his relative youth and his playing never fails to impress. The rock solid rhythm team of Chris Jones and Ryan Thrupp have played for John’s previous sextet visits. \nOriginally from Cork in Ireland\, John Donegan lived in Bristol during the 90s and was a mainstay of the jazz scene here before work took him to London. Now retired from his day job\, over the past few years John has been able to dedicate his time exclusively to music and has released several recordings demonstrating his compositional skills including his three sextet albums Shadows Linger [2022]\, Light Streams [2023] and We Will Meet Again\, Sometime [2024]. \nOnce again John has gained a hard to achieve four star review in Jazzwise Magazine “In short\, superb music; and brilliant production” alongside other excellent reviews you will find in Jazz Journal\, UK Jazz News and All About Jazz.
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/jazz-john-donegan-quartet/
LOCATION:Chicken Shed
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Live music,What's on Bristol
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SUMMARY:Theatre: MIDNIGHT JOANNA – THE ‘PIANO BAR MUSICAL’
DESCRIPTION:The original\, immersive\, ‘piano bar musical’ making its UK DEBUT at Hen & Chicken\, Bristol\, over two special nights! \nHot on the heels of a sold-out opening run\, Jerseyman songwriter & piano-vocalist\, Ant Noel\, brings his swingin’ new production Midnight Joanna to the mainland. \nFeaturing a 14-strong company of professional musicians & actors\, Midnight Joanna is a thrilling night of rollicking rock ‘n’ roll\, jivin’ jazz\, blistering blues & colourful cabaret. \nCome & soak up the atmosphere as we bring to life the neon characters of our late-night piano bar! \nIt’s open mic at The Dive\, a bustling piano bar.\nThe Host sits at a tune-worn Joanna\, ready to play into the night.\nStarry-eyed singers and weary waitresses\,\nBest-friend bartenders and lairy locals\,\nTroubled troubadours and a life-of-the-party landlord.\nReputations are made… or ruined\nDreams are realised… or forgotten\nBy midnight\, they will all be in for the ride! \nDates: 27th & 28th May 2026\nTime: Doors open 7:30pm\, show starts at 8:30pm\nTickets £20 in adv / £24 otd (cash only)\n(Under 18s permitted with a responsible adult. Some mild pub-related adult humour) \nA professional songwriter & performer of over 20 years\, Jerseyman Ant Noel forged his career in the creative heartlands of Bristol & Somerset\, before returning to his home island in 2019.\nBetween 2010 – 2018\, Ant released four solo albums – with backing band The Peabody Drakes – performing perform at festivals & venues across the South West\, including several appearances for the BBC. In 2014\, Musician Magazine picked Ant’s third album The Water’s Line as one of their “stand out” releases. \nIn 2019\, Ant began writing Midnight Joanna\, an immersive show inspired by experiences hosting open mics and playing in pubs & piano bars (including the fondly-remembered Illusions Magic Bar where Ant held residency for over 5 years). With a large ensemble of professional musicians & actors – supported by arts organisations ArtHouse Jersey & Creative Island Partnership – Midnight Joanna premiered to three sell-out audiences in October 2024. Ant is excited to bring his show to the UK for the first time\, especially his beloved second home of Bristol\, where it will be performed by Ant & fantastic Bristolian talent! \n\nwww.facebook.com/midnightjoannajersey \n 
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/theatre-midnight-joanna-the-piano-bar-musical-2/
LOCATION:Hen & Chicken Studio
CATEGORIES:Cabaret,Jazz,Live music,rock 'n' roll,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260529T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260529T223000
DTSTAMP:20251006T100915Z
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SUMMARY:COMEDY:  PAUL McCAFFREY- WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE
DESCRIPTION:A new show from one of the funniest comics working in the UK today. Modern life is annoying but was it really much better before? Paul McCaffrey asks in this warm\, charming hour of comedy. \nStar of Live At The Apollo\, BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers and Russell Howard’s Good News. \nIn addition to being handpicked to tour the country in support of two of the great stand ups of recent years Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges.  Paul is an award-winning comedian in his own right and headlines at the biggest comedy clubs in the country. He has performed numerous critically acclaimed Edinburgh shows as well as major music festivals: Reading\, Leeds\, V Festival\, Bestival and Latitude. \n  \nPaul is the co-host of the hit podcasts ‘What’s Upset You Now?’ with fellow comedian Seann Walsh and ‘Gladrags’ with Rachel Fairburn. \n“Born to be a comic” – The Scotsman
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/comedy-paul-mccaffrey-what-a-time-to-be-alive/
LOCATION:Hen & Chicken Studio
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Comedy: Stand Up For The Weekend with Michael Shafar
DESCRIPTION:Stand Up For The Weekend with Michael Shafar featuring Milo Edwards & Tom Toal\n\nHeadliner: MICHAEL SHAFAR\nOriginally from Melbourne\, Michael Schafar is now based in London where he has quickly become one of the most exciting new acts on the UK comedy circuit. He regularly performs at the country’s biggest clubs where he gets to mock British people for their awful history and terrible food to their faces.​​\n\nIf you have lived in Australia\, or even just visited there\, you might already know Michael from his appearances on Network 10’s The Project and Studio 10\, ABC’s Comedy Bites and triple j’s Good Az Friday. Of course\, traditional media is dead\, so it’s more likely that you might be one of his 100\,000+ followers on social media or the 100+ million people who have seen his videos online. You may have also watched his debut special A(LIVE) on Amazon Prime or his most recent special Alright\, Next Joke on YouTube.​\n“Shafar circumnavigates the line between  edgy and offensive with beautiful finesse” The Age (Melbourne)
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/comedy-stand-up-for-the-weekend-with-michael-shafar-2/
LOCATION:Hen & Chicken Studio
CATEGORIES:Bristol Comedy,Bristol Comedy Club,Comedy,Comedy Club Bristol,What's on Bristol
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