NickD Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480675749' post='3186262'] Yes, we play there at least once a year. [/quote] Love that pub... only ever get to it for one weekend a year though. Looking at the posters they have some cracking acts on year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 [quote name='NickD' timestamp='1480675914' post='3186263'] Love that pub... only ever get to it for one weekend a year though. Looking at the posters they have some cracking acts on year round. [/quote] We've had some good times in there all right! I need to talk to them about the other two bands I've recently joined, I reckon they go down a treat there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Porthcawl in South Wales is busting with live music every weekend. Transport links are limited though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Stockport gets overshadowed by Manchester, but has plenty of good pub venues, and a fine community of local musicians who play together in shifting combinations, as well as stable small bands. (Rowland Jones, a fine blues man, calls his band "The Moveable Feast" because he works with so many different musicians that even he isn't always sure until the last minute who is going to be with him for any given gig - and they are always excellent.) Victor Brox and Kyla Brox both do regular free gigs, which makes it close to blues heaven. And they are all welcoming, you can quickly become part of the mix if you're reasonably good and have a friendly flexible attitude. Manchester is 10 minutes away by train for when you want the bright lights and the bigger venues. And some of the best Manchester musicians come out and join the Stockport mix as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I know Weston Super Mate got the heave-ho earlier but does Bristol count as a big city.....? You could say for example pick an area near like Bath, chipping sodbury, or Chippenham for example and have the benefit. Bristol does get gigs from touring bands, the smaller scene is also good. Cardiff will have a scene so you could look at somewhere close like Newport, but I have no idea what that is like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Ramsbottom. There's a lovely mix of bands and DJs 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 A fair few of us on here are active in the Notts/Derby area. In the corridor either side of the M1 from say, junction 24 to 30 there's loads of smallish ex-mining towns and the larger cities of Derby and Nottingham. Relatively cheap housing and good transport links to the rest of the world. There's more opportunities to play than I'll ever have the time for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480675749' post='3186262'] Yes, we play there at least once a year. [/quote] We got offered the Fairport Fringe there this year but had to turn it down due to holidays etc. Hopefully we'll be there next year. Great pub though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1480944473' post='3188231'] We got offered the Fairport Fringe there this year but had to turn it down due to holidays etc. Hopefully we'll be there next year. Great pub though. [/quote] Nice Would be great to play that some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiat Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 Well, I ended up in the market town of Louth, Lincolnshire (c 17k people) and luckily there is a lively music scene around here. There is a jazz club (with it's own premises), the Hoochie Coochie blues club (different venues), visiting covers and originals bands to pubs, tribute band to the town hall and a growing number of jam and mics in local pubs. The music seems to be mostly rock and blues, performed by the middle-aged and over! 🎸🎷😎 There seems to be a lot of semi-retired and retired musicians who have moved here joining all the local ones. Nearby in Horncastle, I play at Old Nick's and round the corner there is the Old Hat guitar shop with repairs, specialising in tube amps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Well that was a long planned move 😎 Great thread resurrection @kiat I've just moved to Stourbridge - heard good things about the place musically. Going to a gig tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiat Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 20 minutes ago, Mykesbass said: Well that was a long planned move 😎 Great thread resurrection @kiat I've just moved to Stourbridge - heard good things about the place musically. Going to a gig tonight. I moved 7 years ago from Belgium, but just stumbled on the thread in my activity - the topic deserved an update! Good luck with the Stourbridge music scene! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 On 01/12/2016 at 23:26, NickD said: Banbury seems to have its fair share. Do you know if there's still a jazz jam in the Wine Vaults there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleat Posted November 23 Share Posted November 23 On 22/11/2024 at 12:23, Mykesbass said: Well that was a long planned move 😎 Great thread resurrection @kiat I've just moved to Stourbridge - heard good things about the place musically. Going to a gig tonight. I grew up there. It always had a good music scene. I was never short of bands to join/ people to play with, and there were plenty of music venues in the town and wider area at the time. I moved to near Wales in about 2002 and it pretty much finished off my live playing days! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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