My 2024 gigs
Here's what I'm doing this year:
- Fabio & Grooverider, Rock City, Nottingham, 20 January (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- New Acoustics with Michael Vickers, Upstairs at The Western, Leicester, 2 February (for MIL) [Review on MIL here]
- Katherine Priddy, Rough Trade, Nottingham, 20 February (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Baby Queen, Lafayette, London, 21 February [Observations here]
- Lonely Ghxst, The Water Rats, London, 5 March
- Holly Humberstone, O2 Academy, Leicester, 12 March [Observations here]
- Freya Beer + Tizane, The Camden Assembly, London, 15 March [Observations here]
- Apollo Junction + Grace Calver, The Camden Assembly, 11 April
- SPRINTS + Venus Grrrls, The Bodega, Nottingham, 13 April (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Plasticine, Signature Brew Haggerston, London, 17 April [Observations here]
- Record Store Day 2024, Nottingham, 20 April
- Carpark, Moth Club, London, 26 April
- Eevah, The Met Lounge, Peterborough, 27 April
- Francis of Delirium, Oslo, London, 14 May (tbc)
- Hurray For The Riff Raff, London, 17 May
- Maya Lakhani + Comic Sans, Sebright Arms, London, 17 May (tbc)
- "An Evening With Radiohead", Peterborough, 18 May
- Hannah Grae, The Grace, London, 22 May
- Jenny Colquitt, The Musician, Leicester, 26 May (tbc)
- Girl Scout, The Lexington, London, 28 May (tbc)
- Jodie Nicholson, The Lower Third, London, 5 June (tbc)
What I did in 2023
- Lizzie Esau / George O’Hanlon + Drew Thomas, Nottingham, 1 February [Interview and observations here]
- Alela Diane, London, 2 February [Observations here]
- Charity Stow, Stamford, 3 February
- Jenny Colquitt, Leicester, 22 February [Interview and observations here]
- The Candle Thieves + Ross Stewart, Stamford, 10 March [Observations here]
- The Slow Readers Club, London, 14 March (for The Songbird) [Review on SongbirdHQ here]
- Record Store Day 2023, Rough Trade, Nottingham, 22 April [Observations here] [Partial review on LeftLion here]
- Guy Garvey + Katherine Priddy (part of In The Round Festival), London, 25 April (for The Songbird) [Review on SongbirdHQ here]
- CHVRCHES, Nottingham, 9 June (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Castle Bytham Music Festival, Lincolnshire, 24-25 June
- Barn on the Farm, 30 June-2 July 🤩 [Full write up here and here are photos from Saturday and Sunday]
- Newark Hustle, Nottinghamshire, 26 August
- Durand Jones + Nia Wyn, London, 29 August [Observations here]
- Cinder Well, Nottingham, 14 September (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Dictator, London, 22 September [Observations here]
- The Joy Formidable, Nottingham, 1 October (rescheduled from March) (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Holly Humberstone, Nottingham, 3 October (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Somebody's Child + Lizzie Esau, London, 11 October
- IDLES, London, 17 October (secret gig) [Observations here]
- Chloe Lorentzen, Stamford, 21 October [Observations here]
- Charity Stow, Stamford, 28 October
- Fizz, Nottingham, 29 October (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Bleach Lab + She’s In Parties, Nottingham, 7 November (for LeftLion) [Review on LeftLion here]
- Soda Blonde, London, 22 November (for The Songbird) [Review on SongbirdHQ here]
- Charlotte Carpenter, Leicester, 24 November (for Music in Leicester) [Review for MIL here]
What I did in 2022
- Mark Stevens + Division + Collars + You & I, Peterborough, 20 January
- The Howl and the Hum, Leicester, 21 January [Interview with band here]
FNL Presents: Moonlight Parade + The Valla + Maya Lakhani + Perry Manning, London, 28 January(Unable to attend due to other commitments 😒)Charity Stow, Stamford, 30 January(Unable to attend due to other commitments 😒)- Chloe Lorentzen + Mali Faraz, Bourne, 19 February [Observations here]
- Wolf Alice, Norwich, 26 February (rescheduled from 10 January) [Observations here]
- Dry Cleaning, Nottingham, 27 February [Observations here]
- Dutch Mustard + Lemondaze + Alex Jayne, London, 2 March [Observations here]
- BSWAID, Birmingham, 6 March [Some photos here]
Wet Leg, Birmingham, 23 April(Unable to attend due to other commitments 😒)- Music Observer presents: Emma Mae + JJ Lovegrove + Greysha + Emily Carr, Leicester, 25 April [Observations here]
- The Collective Band + Death Of The High Street + Comprehend, Stamford, 29 April
- Neck of the Woods Festival, Norwich, 29 May [Observations on SongbirdHQ here]
- William the Conqueror, Leicester, 13 June (rescheduled from March) [Observations here]
- Castle Bytham Music Festival, Lincolnshire, 18-19 June
- Folkingham Folk Festival, Lincolnshire, 9 July
- Cambridge Folk Festival, 28 - 31 July [Observations here]
What I did in 2021
- Joe, Chloe & Mark - The Songwriters, Peterborough, 11 June [Observations here]
- Mark Morriss + Mark Stevens + Richard Rodriguez, Peterborough, 19 June
- Folk by the Oak festival, Hertfordshire, 18 July [Observations here]
- Charity Stow + Chloe Lorentzen + Nath Wilson, Stamford, 8 August
- Little Comets + The Tenters + Chloe Lorentzen, Peterborough, 19 September [Observations here]
- Twisterella Festival, Middlesbrough, 9 October [Observations here]
- The Rapscallions + Chloe Lorentzen, Stamford, 15 October
- Alice Robbins + Greysha, Leicester, 31 October [Observations here]
- Lanterns on the Lake + Hilang Child, Nottingham, 21 November [Observations here]
- Peggy Sue, Coventry, 24 November [Observations here]
- Oliver Beardmore + The Purple Shades + Greysha, Birmingham, 26 November
- Black Foxxes + Jools, London, 1 December [Observations here]
- Ozric Tentacles + Silas & Saski, Leicester, 7 December [Observations here]
My must sees (alphabetical order)
- BLAB
Bleach Lab✅- Blue Violet
CHVRCHES✅- The Crayon Set
Dictator✅- Five O Fives
- First Aid Kit
- The Florentinas
- Francis of Delirium
- Girl Scout
- Hannah Grae
Holly Humberstone✅ x3- Hurray for the Riff Raff
IDLES✅- Jake Xerxes Fussell
The Joy Formidable✅- Lossline
- Queen Cult
SPRINTS✅Swim School✅- Wet Leg
- The Wind and the Wave
Wolf Alice✅
[Last updated 27 March 2024].