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Sep
21
Posted: May 16th 2019 18:26 | Edit
UTEA: WOTTON BLUES FEST - KEITH THOMPSON BAND : 7:30 – 9pm, Saturday 21st Sep
From 19:30 to 21:00. Add this to your calendar:
Free Entry
British Blues Rock musician Keith Thompson, solo and with his band have been consistently per-forming in mainland Europe now for 25+ years, where he is well known to a blues following as an exciting live performer.
This year Keith completed his 10th Blues/Rock album, “Catch the Fire” which features as guests, Buddy Whittington (John Mayall etc.) and rising star, Laurence Jones. Keith and the band have subsequently toured again in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, USA & UK. They also appeared at several major festivals in Croatia including Baska International Guitar Festival, Umag and Kastav Blues Festivals. Also at Slovenia at the prestigious “Postonja Blues Festival” with “Ten Years After” and “Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes”, Suwalki and Krosno Festivals in Poland alongside, Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac), Clarksdale Blues Festival, USA, Colne R&B festival in Lancashire, Swanage, Banbury Upton and Gloucester Blues Festivals in the UK. Keith has added his skills on stage or in recordings to projects by Spooky Tooth, Mike D’Abo, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Larry Burton, Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti (Eric Clapton Band and Tina Turner) Greg Ridley of Humble Pie, The Groundhogs, Robbie Blunt, (Robert Plant) Luther Grosvenor of Mott The Hoople, Gino Washington, and many others.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Sep
22
Posted: Jul 31st 2019 19:56 | Edit
UTEA: WOTTON BLUES FEST - BLUES FEST JAM AT UTEA : 09:30 - Midday, Sunday 22nd Sep
From 09:30 to 12:00. Add this to your calendar:
Free Entry
Special Sunday morning blues jam during The Wotton Blues Festival. Open to all blues fans and musicians. Come along and join in with this very friendly jam.
Bring your instruments, vocal talents or just sit back and enjoy the music.
Coffee and tea available.
Great way to kick off Sunday at the blues fest.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Sep
27
Posted: Sep 12th 2019 14:58 | Edit
UTEA: VINYL NIGHT - Flowers : 8pm, Friday 27th Sep
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Please join us for our next Vinyl Night on the theme of 'Flowers'.
All are welcome to come along - free entry.
Bring your favourite vinyl tracks and we will spin them.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Sep
28
Posted: Sep 9th 2019 20:10 | Edit
UTEA: INSTANT WIT : 8pm, Saturday 28th Sep
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Instant Wit, the best in improvised comedy. Fresh and inventive, each show throws up new nuggets of hilarity crafted by a company of the highest calibre. It’s a pick-me-up tonic with unexpected twists and a dash of sauce.
There’ll be sketches, songs and general silliness – and all of it based around audience suggestions. And if you’re too shy to shout anything out? Well don’t worry, you’ll have the chance to write things down in the interval. We’re the ones who’ll look daft, not you!
So now’s the time to indulge yourself if you’ve always had a secret yearning to see something really bizarre on stage. How about an English folk song about a tortoise going on holiday? A sketch where Sainsbury’s opens a branch on the moon? Well why not? Your wish is our command. Good suggestions get flying packets of custard, the best a bottle of wine.
Many people have seen improvised comedy on the t.v. – but remember, this is not recorded and edited, but totally live, making it trickier for the actors but more exciting for the audience. So, if you like your comedy fast-paced and with a slightly unusual edge, this is definitely for you.
We’re proud to use some of the best in local talent, with our performers regularly appearing at the Tobacco Factory, Theatre Royal Bath and the Bristol Old Vic.
Instant Wit – a bunch of very Unusual Suspects who are forever on the run from the Comedy Police.
"These are conspicuously skilful performers - everyone is exhilarated on stage and off!" The Guardian
“Instant Wit produce a show of surreal, mad-cap improvised hilarity that will leave you aching with laughter, chuckling with the stupidity of it all and, no doubt, wanting to go again.”
The Bristol Eight magazine
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
4
Posted: Jul 31st 2019 16:51 | Edit
UTEA: FRIDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM : 8pm, Friday 4th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Free entry, donations welcome, bar open
The Friday Night Blues Jam is an invitation to join in and play 'the blues' as part of a band. You can bring your instruments along, sing or just enjoy a drink and tap along to the groove!
All levels of ability welcome.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
5
Posted: Sep 11th 2019 16:17 | Edit
UTEA: The Schmoozenbergs : 8pm, Saturday 5th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Conjuring up the mood of 1930s Paris, fused with the energy of a campfire jam session, The Schmoozenbergs’ uplifting gypsy jazz music will put a smile on your face and a bounce in your step.
With two guitars, violin and double bass, they bring irresistible rhythms, lyrical melodies and playful improvisation to create an upbeat and heart-warming sound.
Their highly entertaining and engaging live show encompasses a repertoire of classic jazz tunes with a gypsy twist, and original music from their new album ‘Awaken’.
Based in Bristol, The band formed in 2012, and have had a busy a busy 7 years of shows, including festivals (Glastonbury, Boomtown, Shambala, Green Man), international swing dance events and national venue tours.
“Relaxed yet upbeat (and eminently accomplished) swinging gypsy-jazz from this Bristol-based four-piece. A delightful break from the stresses of the day.”
(Festivalflyer.com : Glastonbury Festival, 2017)
Sam Stennett – Guitar
Tom Brydon Smith – Guitar
Ron Phelan – Double Bass
Gina Griffin - Violin
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
11
Posted: Jul 31st 2019 16:53 | Edit
UTEA: SCJC JAZZ JAM : 8pm, Friday 11th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
From 8pm once a month (every second Friday)
Free entry, donations welcome, bar open, PA provided
Bringing the benefit of jazz as an art form to the local community and to multiple levels of ability. All instruments/vocalists will be made welcome. If you can play the blues and want to have a crack at jazz – this is for you! If you want to come and just listen that is fine too. Jazz Jam Sessions are led by John Cook, Shairon Lloyd, Peter Neale and JJ Shaw.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
12
Posted: Sep 9th 2019 14:27 | Edit
UTEA: ALAN BURKE : 8pm, Saturday 12th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Alan Burke is widely regarded as one of the finest ballad singers of his genera-tion and possesses an almost inexhaustible repertoire of traditional, contemporary and self-penned songs in both the English and Irish languages. Accompanied by his unique driving guitar style, Alan’s powerful presence and technique have featured on two highly acclaimed solo albums, On The Other Hand (1998) and Tip Of The Tongue (2000) alongside numerous recordings and collaborations with a number of bands and projects that have formed the core of a great life in music. A commanding stage presence, with a voice that is powerful, sensitive and crystal clear, Alan’s gigs are always truly memorable.
He began his musical career as a drummer, before making his name in traditional music circles in the 1980's and 90's as lead singer, guitarist, and bodhrán player with the tremendous band Afterhours, with whom he made three albums - Afterhours, Hung Up And Dry, and Up To Here– and toured extensively worldwide. Since then Alan has appeared as a member of a number of bands including At First Light, Airla, Tulsk and Rambling Boys of Pleasure.
Alan has been heavily involved in collaborative projects, and was the cornerstone of the four acclaimed annual Irish Sea Sessions concerts, tours and albums produced in Liverpool, Ireland and London. The Sea Sessions saw him combine with Declan O’Rourke, Damien Dempsey, Pauline Scanlon, Emily Portman and many more. In addition, Alan has worked both as a record producer and as an actor, including the play ‘This Is What We Sang’ that won Production of the Year at the First Irish Theatre Festival in New York 2010. He has also presented TV programmes in the Irish language for the BBC and TG4.
Burke's strengths are his voice, a sweet mellifluous instrument, judiciously used and an understanding of his material. Alan Burke's rites of passage from band leader to first rate solo artist are complete. 'On The Other Hand' proves that. - Rock 'n Reel
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
18
Posted: Jul 31st 2019 16:56 | Edit
UTEA: FRIDAY NIGHT FRED TALKS : 8pm, Friday 18th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Friday night Fred Talks returns with another three fascinating short talks by invited speakers.
Spend a relaxing evening at the end of the week listening to fascinating speakers on subjects that could include anything except politics, religion and sales pitches!
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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Oct
19
Posted: Sep 12th 2019 14:58 | Edit
UTEA: VINYL NIGHT - TV shows : 8pm, Saturday 19th Oct
From 20:00 to 22:00. Add this to your calendar:
Free Entry
Please join us for our next Vinyl Night on the theme of TV shows.
All are welcome to come along
Bring your favourite vinyl tracks and we will spin them.
Under the Edge Arts: for more details and bookings where appropriate: [external link]
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