Listings for October, 2008

APPEARING ON Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The Pregnant Ladies Club »

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 Free Entry


 
APPEARING ON Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Birds Vs Planes »

 Free Before 9 pm, £4 thereafter.

 

Energetic female fronted hook heavy alternative pop with catchy vocal melodies that you’ll be humming for weeks to come.

 


 
APPEARING ON Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The Undercover Hippy »

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Free Entry Before 10pm, £4 Thereafter

 

Think Ben Harper meets Mos Def… at a Drum n Bass night… hostedby Delasoul.

Confused? Me too. Everytime someone asks me what kindof music I play I end up saying something like “acoustic, jazzy bluesy, hip-hop, reggae with a drum n bass flavour” - The Undercover Hippy


 
APPEARING ON Saturday, October 4th, 2008

DJ Tonybear »

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Free before 10pm, £4 thereafter

 


 
APPEARING ON Friday, October 10th, 2008

Jon Amor »

 Blues Rock

 

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Free Before 9pm, £4 thereafter

 Having had a string of successes with early band The Hoax and second band AMOR he is now stretching his solo career futher with his ‘Unknown Soldier’ album featuring Led Zeps Robert Plant. Catch him at Telfords for his unique blues rock and roll sound.


 
APPEARING ON Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Whiskycats »

Supported by Soundclash DJ’s

Free Before 10pm, £4 thereafter

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 Delivering a genre-bending mix of gypsy-swing, jazz-punk, skiffle and pop that is impossible to resist, Whiskycats have been enthusing and delighting audiences nationwide. The band is widely considered as one of the most exciting and original live acts around following their relentless gigging across the country. They have appeared alongside bands and DJs as diverse as Arctic Monkeys, Arrested Development, Mystery Jets, Misty’s Big Adventure, Plan B, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay.


 
APPEARING ON Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Acoustic Open Mic With Mercy Elise »

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Free Entry

Come down and join this ecelecticly diverse singer songwriter whose beautiful vocals will insipre anyone to get up and have a go. Acoustic open mic night kicks off around 8.30pm.


 
APPEARING ON Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Doodleplanet »

Interactive Art

Free Entrydoodle-pink.jpgTelford’s is proud to present yet another Doodleplanet event. An exciting interactive art and music event that just keeps getting better and better.Compulsive scribbler David Setter transforms the walls of Telford’s into giant canvases with the emphasis on freehand doodling all to the sublime sounds of DJ Matty Setter - expect Latin Beats, Freestyle Funk and Saucy Soul tracks.Everyone is welcome to come on down and scribble to your hearts content…

Interactive Art

Free Entry

 


 
APPEARING ON Friday, October 17th, 2008

Elephants on Acid »

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Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter.

Elephants on Acid have mixed old school rock and roll, vintage psychodelia and almost every genre from the 60’s and 70’s, thrown it in a mixing bowl and have come out with their own unique sound. Guaranteed to get your head bobbing, these four lads from Leeds will put on an awesome show.

 


 
APPEARING ON Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Mankala »

Afro-beat Reggae Fusion

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FREE BEFORE 10PM, £4 THEREAFTER

Mankala is an eclectic band that plays high-energy original music that we attempt to define as Afro-Caribbean-Fusion-Groove, with elements drawn mainly from Afro Beat, Highlife, Reggae and Zouk…but also from Latin Rock and Blues!. The band brings together musicians from diverse places in the world such as Martinique, Zambia, Tenerife (Canary Islands) and of course England where Mankala was formed early in 2003 in the multicultural city of Bristol and where the band is currently based.