acoustic club diary
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Open Mic nights from 8:45pm with showcases from 10:30 - 11:00pm every week.
Email info@acousticclub.co.uk to book a slot or ring Keef or Annie on 01279 833154

Thursday 29th July	Showcase – Ashley Johnston Ashley’s home from uni for the holidays and will be performing a showcase under the name of “Queen of Hearts”. Ashley is well known to regulars at the club and has performed Open Mic slots for several years now. It will be great to see a local lass perform a well deserved showcase.
Thursday 5th Aug & 12th Aug	Student Open Mic Nights As it’s the start of Uni/School holidays we’d like to celebrate this and hold a couple of “Specials”. These will be Open Mic all evening and to make it more interesting you can’t book in advance. It will be strictly “first come, first served”, 2 song slot (please try to keep to the 10 minutes so that everyone can have a turn), As players you get to choose your slot, so the earlier you get there, the better slot you get! We will be running slots from 8.30 to 11.0. If we don’t get enough players to fill all the slots, we’ll give out extra songs! AND TO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNGER PLAYERS AND AUDIENCE EVERYBODY PAYS £2.00. STUDENTS PARTICULARLY WELCOME! Doors Open 8.0 p.m. Couple of reminders though, under 18’s are allowed in the Function Room, but not in the bar. Please use the courtyard door. We’d also like to reiterate that the idea of the evening is for local musicians to meet, network and appreciate each other’s music and to create a mutually supportive atmosphere. Therefore, we hope all the performers will be staying for the whole evening and not just for their own slots!
Thursday 19th Aug	Showcase – Rodney Branigan from Texas, USA A REAL TREAT THIS WEEK. Rodney’s just in the middle of running a master class tour across the UK playing venues like Guitar X, British Academy, He is also representing the Re-Play Music Project and the ATM at Glastonbury Festival this year in the Green Fields and running kids educational workshops in KIDZ Field again for the 4th year in a row... as well as playing at the festival. http://www.re-playmusic.org Rodney's website addresses are: http://www.myspace.com/rodneybranigan http://www.brokenguitars.com http://www.sonicbids.com/rodneybranigan several youtube videos which have over 1/2 million hits...some samples below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Pm-1KbsrI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta4yofBNK6E&feature=related   "Of Course, no interview with Rodney Branigan would be complete without the explanation of his show-stopping simultaneous two guitar playing - the origin of which is as simple as his talent is complex" Andy Hughes, Acoustic Magazine May 1st 2010
Thursday 26th Aug	Showcase – Lava They’ll be touring the East of England and we’ll be delighted to welcome these guys for the first time. www.lavamusic.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRCg2jOI0ec