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 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 [...]

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. [...]

** 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 [...]

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 [...]

You will often hear Grahame and I waxing lyrical about just how good the current line up of the Cadillac Kings is.  We are not the only ones of course, pretty much everyone thinks that they are great. Here’s some evidence for you.  Some clips from the intimate Christmas gig that the band did at [...]

Dave Kelly Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury Village Hall Friday February 5th- doors 8pm, show 9pm – £12 Following on from the brilliant night with The Blues Band’s Gary Fletcher earlier this month, Dave Kelly from the same band plays solo at Worthenbury for the first time on February 5th. As [...]

Gary Fletcher Band at Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury Friday January 15th The new season of cracking live music at Worthenbury kicks off on Friday January 15th when Gary Fletcher,founding member of the legendary Blues Band along with Paul Jones, Dave Kelly and Tom McGuinness, brings his own band to the [...]

Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club at Worthenbury Village Hall For tickets and info please ring 01948 770215 OR MAIL pete@hookerblues.co.uk www.hookerblues.co.uk Unless stated, entry is £10, doors open @ 8pm and music starts 9pm TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AFTER CONFIRMING AVAILABILITY, BY SENDING A CHEQUE MADE OUT TO HOOKER BLUES CLUB, TO [...]

The final gig of the year takes place at Goin’ Up the Country Blues & Roots Club, Worthenbury village hall on Friday 18th December when top young Australian roots acoustic guitarist and singer Derrin Nauendorf appears with his band. He is rated as one of the finest guitarists in his homeland and also has a [...]

There have been some changes to the forthcoming gigs at Worthenbury. Dave Kelly was due to appear next Friday December 4th but has had to postpone the gig as The Blues Band have been asked to support Chuck Berry on his UK tour. However due to a cancellation of one of their gigs in the [...]

One of Britain’s best bands have two dates in the region in December. The Cadillac Kings will bring their blend of blues, swing and RnB to the following venues. Fri Dec 11th: Warrington R&B Club Sat Dec 12th: Worthenbury Village Hall, nr Wrexham The band are in stunning form at the moment and are really [...]