BINGO FURY 7:30pm Friday 19th April 2024, Esquires Bedford The Pad Presents team are very excited about this one, an artist that’s on many tastemakers lists for 2024. Bingo Fury conjures a glitzy – altogether seedy – Broadway sheen. Although very much a solo songwriter, Bingo’s compositional process relies on[…]
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Roddy Woomble (Idlewild) & Almost Nothing 7:30pm Saturday 27th April, Esquires – Bedford Almost nothing is a new band from Scottish musician and writer Roddy Woomble. Deviating from his indie and folk roots, this exciting new project ploughs into a more synth-pop direction. We’ve been hammering it in the office[…]
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THE BUG CLUB + Guests 7;30pm Thursday 29 February, The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes We are very pleased to be working once again with one of our absolute faves, as The Bug Club join us at the brilliant Craufurd Arms, Making their MK debut.
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We’re very excited to be bringing The Hillbilly Moon Explosion to town for the very first time! This is a band we have been trying to book for many years, so we’re dead chuffed to get it over the line, with the band not playing too many shows in the[…]
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BIG COUNTRY + Guests 40th ANNIVERSARY OF STEELTOWN 1984 – 2024 7pm, Sunday 18th February, Bedford Esquires. Following a packed out show IN 2023 we are pleased to be bringing Big Country back to Bedford Esquires for the 40th Anniversary Tour of their classic STEELETOWN album. BIG COUNTRY Steeped[…]
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Jah Wobble & The Invaders of the Heart 7:45pm, Sat 27th April, Club 85, Hitchin Combining global music, reggae, fusion and punk influences, Jah Wobble has entranced the world with his hypnotic bass riffs for over four decades and has become one of Britain’s most influential and distinct bass players.[…]
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CVC + Guests 7:30pm Tuesday 30th January, Bedford Esquires The Roar Club and Pad Presents have again joined forces to welcome CVC a.k.a Church Village Collective to Esquires for the first time. Hailing from a small Welsh town north of Cardiff called, wait for it…. Church Village… this six-piece serve[…]
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ATTENTION : Live music lovers – early bird tickets on sale NOW. Read on… Why wait until the Summer for festivals – why indeed? Early February it is then! With the success of our Ceremony event (entering into its 4th year in 2024), we didn’t really want to make you[…]
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SPEAR OF DESTINY est.1983 7:30pm Friday 15th December, Bedford Esquires Set to mark forty years since their formation this year, Spear of Destiny have been making a stir with their punk-influenced power-rock since 1983. Emerging from the wreckage of iconic post-punk band Theatre Of Hate, the original duo — Kirk[…]
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Emily Breeze + Guests 7:30pm, Friday 08 March, Esquires Bedford “The UK’s 21st century answer to Patti Smith performing deeply personal lyrics over grooving post punk rock n roll” Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music ‘Torch song tragedy, swathed in black humour’ – Mojo Magazine ‘A Trent Reznor/Lou Reed hybrid’ –[…]
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