Here are the autumn dates for the Midnite Jonny Band Sat  Sept 11th. Ye Old Man & Scythe,  Churchgate,  Bolton. Sat Oct 2nd.    Aprils Bar & Cafe Warrington. Sat Oct 9th.     Sun Inn, Regent St. Llangollen, Clywd. LL20 8HN Sat Oct 23rd.   Ye Old Man & Scythe, Churchgate, Bolton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWjD4BNiTA

Goin’ Up the Country Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury Village Hall Saturday Sept 4th THE TOMMY ALLEN BAND The new season of live blues gigs at Worthenbury Village hall kicks off on Saturday September 4th when top British blues guitarist Tommy Allen and his band appear presenting songs from their forthcoming new cd. In the [...]

THE BIG BLUES FESTIVAL   3 – 6 September 2010 Pontin’s Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, North Wales, Denbighshire LL19 7LA There is a NEW weekend Festival at Pontins Prestatyn with a great line-up at a fantastic value-for-money price! Line-Up Sherman Robertson (USA) Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges (USA) Aynsley Lister The Stumble Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation Little [...]

The last gig of the season at Worthenbury on Friday July 16th, following on from the brilliant festival last weekend, is a mouth watering first appearance in the area for the Martin Harley Band. The Band is a uniquely talented acoustic trio whose musical palette incorporates all the best roots music styles, from blues to [...]

Just one week to go before this year’s Worthenbury Festival. Here is the official flyer for the always excellent Festival on 03 July. Set in the beautiful North Wales/Cheshire borders just a few miles SE of Wrexham. Less than an hour from Manchester and Liverpool. Great music, camping, real ales, good food and an unbeatable [...]

** PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE ** Arthur Ebeling  (Rhythm ‘n blues guitarist singer/song writer) Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor July 13th 7.30pm start, food served from 6.30pm. www.blueskybangor.co.uk Arthur Ebeling is known in Holland as one of the most authentic, awesome and all around rhythm ‘n blues guitarists and singer-songwriters. http://www.arthurebeling.nl/images/introgroot.jpgAppreciated for his intricate and divers [...]

Alabama 3 Acoustic and Unplugged will be appearing on 19th July 2010 as part of the Llangollen Fringe Programme this year. Tickets are £15. The Alabama 3 offshoot will be playing the Royal Pavilion for this year’s Festival. Featuring acoustic stripped down versions of Alabama 3′s songs, the lineup is Robert Love (vocals) Devlin Love [...]

Aussie Rory Ellis who was the undoubted star of the 2009 Worthenbury Festival is back on Friday June 11th, this time at the village hall, doors 8pm for 9pm start. Rory possesses a superb baritone voice and plays guitar and banjo and is again accompanied by the fantastically talented Alex Roberts on lap steel guitar. [...]

Thursday June 3rd Gig: Dave Peabody and Colin Earl Title: Gig:Dave Peabody and Colin Earl Description: Dave Peabody and Colin Earl Thursday June 3rd Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor Award winning UK Blues guitarist and singer Dave Peabody is joined by ace pianist Colin Earl for an evening at this great cafe/bar. Dave has been a [...]

** STOP PRESS ** I just heard that tickets are selling really quickly also for the Worthenbury date.  It is extremely unlikely that there will be any tickets available on the door.  Anyone wanting to go to this gig must contact Pete on pete@hookerblues.co.uk  or ring 01948 770215 to avoid disappointment because the gig will [...]

Here is the official flyer for this year’s excellent Worthenbury Festival on 03 July. Incredible value for just £20. Download the flyer in full size from here.

Jim Crawford Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club Worthenbury Village Hall – Friday April 23rd doors 8pm for 9pm Enigmatic Northener but now Devon resident, Jim Crawford make a very welcome return to Worthenbury on Friday April 23rd. Rated as one of the UK’s finest acoustic blues guitarists, he gave one of the [...]

The Stumble play The Academy in Buckley on Sat 17 April. http://dance-hall.info/

Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival Sat 03 July 2010 Here is advance notice of this year’s Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival.  The date to add to your diary is Sat 03 July 2010 and the location is the beautiful Welsh rural village of Worthenbury between Bangor on Dee and Malpas. Further publicity will follow, however [...]

Here’s the latest news from Pete Evans – please note gig date change….. ?FRIDAY MAY 14th     ONE OFF SPECIAL USA ACOUSTIC BLUES NIGHT SHAR-BABY with STEVE PAYNE & JOHNY HEWITT plus THE BLACK OIL BOYS We always try to present genuine African/American blues performers  when we can so we are delighted that Shar-Baby from the [...]

Brilliant acoustic guitarist Rick Payne will be making a very welcome overdue return to Worthenbury on Friday March 26th. Doors are 8pm and he is on stage at 9pm with tickets costing £10. To reserve tickets contact pete@hookerblues.co.uk or ring 01948 770215 The following biog is from Rick’s website www.rickpayne.co.uk Rick Payne is an established [...]