Stick in the Wheel – Bedford Esquires – Thursday 2nd October This radical East London duo are known for their intense live shows exploring the raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate rustic dobro guitar. Full-force reworkings of centuries-old work-songs speak to contemporary issues of class, using multi-layered[…]
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THE RIFLES + iC1s– 7:30pm, Friday 3rd October, Bedford Esquires THE RIFLES head out on a new UK Tour calling into Bedford Esquires on Friday 3rd October. Fresh from their UK #1 Independent album ‘LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR’ this will be the first full band show at the venue in over[…]
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The Herbaliser Band + Guests 7:30pm, Sat 1st November, Bedford Esquires Way back In 1995, Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry AKA The Herbaliser, a sample-based beatmaking duo from Twickenham, South West London, released their debut 12” single ‘The Real Killer’ on UK label Ninja Tune. They soon followed up with their first LP, ‘Remedies’ Establishing themselves as one of[…]
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang + Guests 7:30pm, Friday 17th October, Club 85, Hitchin Founded in 1984, TMTCH evolved from the Shepherd’s Bush squatting and busking scene to make their debut supporting Poguemahone at the Electric Ballroom in Camden in the Easter of that year. Swiftly their uproarious and engaging[…]
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang + Guests 7:30pm, Friday 21st November, The Black Prince, Northampton Pleased to announce The Men They Couldn’t Hang make their debut at The Black Prince Northampton on Friday 21st November. Founded in 1984, TMTCH evolved from the Shepherd’s Bush squatting and busking scene to make[…]
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GONG 8pm, Sat 8th November, Bedford Esquires GONG are coming to Bedford Esquires on Sat 8th November. The ever-metamorphosing entity that is GONG launches, as ever, into unknown – and unknowing – territory with new tours for 2025 destined to be talked about, discussed, and argued over, up and down[…]
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SAMBROSO ALL STARS perform: The Buena Vista 7:30pm, Sat 2nd August, Club 85, Hitchin Is there a more iconic Cuban album than Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous debut? Winning the Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, it remains a high watermark not just for Cuban music but world music[…]
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Bodega + Radio Free Alice 7:30pm Sat 26th July, Bedford Esquires Sometimes you have to move backwards to move forwards. Just ask punk cultural commentators BODEGA, whose new album sees them carve a new future from fuzz-soaked, consumerism-skewering shards of their past. “It’s something we’ve been wanting to do for[…]
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Yaang + Guests – 7:30pm, Fri 15th August, Bedford Esquires It’s already been quite the year for YAANG. Announced as part of illustrious hype list NME 100 last month where they were heralded as “one of the most exciting bands to come from the North West.” and growing their list BBC Radio 6Music[…]
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Velvetine – Friday 11th July – Bedford Esquires Velvetine are an alternative rock band. Through shifting around of rooms and short sublets in London the band formed towards the end of the pandemic through their shared interests in poetry, film, visual art and bonded over artists such as Nick Cave,[…]
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