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Contact venue for details 01244 390 090

Scott’s musical past has seen him experiment with funk, indie, rock and soul, but his solo career has seen him take a more focused route towards folk and blues and he spent most of June 2006 supporting the Foo Fighters on their string of acoustic concerts across the UK. With influences including The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, Marc Bolan and Joe Satriani, his music is often likened to that of American singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley.

Free Entry – Free Beginners Lessons – £3 Intermediate Lessons

Free Entry

Tom Durkin & The Rusty Cadillacs are a band that express contemporary ideas through the traditional music forms of both Folk and Country. The Bangor and Chester based band, Ramble around the country and the North of Wales, playing unique and entertaining shows no matter how small or big the venue may be.

Influence by great American artists and songwriters such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Tom Durkin tries hard to be as honest and as socially accurate as possible in his lyrics. And what finer thing to do it over than a young attractive female backing vocalist, Robyn Page and demon Banjo player, Ben Smith.

Free Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

Shy and the Fight are a 7 piece alternative folk/pop collaborative based in and around Chester and North Wales.

Michael Deponeo (Guitar, Vocals), Christopher Done (Bass, Vocals), Thomas Hyndman (Guitar, Vocals), Carrie Anderson (Violin, Glockenspiel, Vocals), Jackson Almond (Keys, Electronics, Banjo), Tom Wootton (Drums) and Samuel Williams (Drums, Percussion, accordian) have been together since late 2009 and within their short time together, have gotten off to a fantastic start playing at a wide range of venues from local bars and touring venues to larger events including the first ‘Stop Making Sense’ festival at the ‘Garden’ festival site in Croatia, Chester rocks festival and focus wales.

Regularly performing across the UK, alongside many reputable acts, they have built up a substantial live fan base and have made frequent appearances on the Adam Walton show on BBC Radio Wales having also recorded a live session for the show. this has led to interest elsewhere including being a top pick on montreal’s cism radio station. And even more recently the band were surprised to hear their song had been played a couple of times on Jen longs introducing show on BBC radio 1.

Their track ‘How to stop an imploding man’ was used in the controversial Jack Wills advertising campaign for their Easter catalogue earlier this year, petitioned against by the daily mail.

Shy and the Fight are a dynamic group and their energetic performances are definitely not something to be missed!

Popty-Ping are putting out a Shy single as their first release. It’ll be a 500 only 7” on coloured vinyl, of All That We See or Seem / Breaks

As the first in a series of packaged, limited run vinyl singles from welsh and English bands across 2012

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“the reason im drawn to this (shy & the fight) is because it has a huge heart”- Adam Walton, BBC radio wales
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“C’est magnifique” Melanie L, CISM FM (Montreal)
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“Shy is a gift that keeps on giving” North wales Post

Free Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

Trevor Roots & The Collaborators are a roots reggae band playing a mixture of original songs and covers by artists ranging from Dennis Brown to Burning Spear. Talented and creative musicians they are known for their catchy songs soulful vocals and energetic live performances.

Through the networks developed by playing in different bands within the diverse musical communities of Manchester, Trevor Roots and the Collaborators were formed. Joined by a love of reggae, a shared history in M16, and making music, the Collaborators songs reflect contemporary issues and the hope for a brighter future.

Free Entry – Free Beginners Lessons – £3 Intermediate Lessons

Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 for CAMRA members

Following on from the success of our 1^st ever beer festival last October, Telford’s is delighted to announce our first Meet The Brewer evening on Thursday, April 12^th.

With the rise of microbreweries and good quality craft beers over the past few years, we’ve decided to take advice from the CAMRA website and host a Meet The Brewer evening.  The aim being to allow our customers to meet the folks who produce their weekly tipples.

For our first evening we’ve invited along the good folks from Tatton Brewery along to pass on some of their knowledge.

On the night Gregg Sawyer, Owner and Head Brewer will be available to talk about his brewery and the beers they produce, whilst our friendly and skilled bar staff man the pumps.  Here is a little overview of the brewery from their website :

Tatton Brewery is a family  business, based in Knutsford in the heart of Cheshire. By combining a custom built modern brewery, an historic local yeast, and years of experience producing internationally renowned recipes we aim to brew Cheshire’s finest beers.

We have 4 regular beers  always available, complemented by seasonals and occasionals to add variety and a little fun to our range.

www.tattonbrewery.co.uk

The evening will run from 8pm until the pub closes at half past midnight, with Gregg available until 10pm. The first couple of hours will be ticket only, with our bottom bar area only for the beer afficionados, from 10pm it will be open to all.

Tickets are available from Telford’s bar or on the night at £9 / £7 on production of a valid CAMRA card. For this you will get the aforementioned option of meeting Gregg, 4 halves of the beers available and a pork pie.  There will also be live music on the small stage in the main bar with Rusty Mahone and friends.

Free Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

Free Entry – Free Beginners Lessons – £3 Intermediate Lessons

Free Entry

Telford’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 Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

The Mouse outfit is a 10 piece live hip hop band based in Manchester, comprising of drums, samplers, keys, synths, guitar, bass, saxophones, trumpet, flute and vocals.

They have gigged relentlessly around the UK over the last 2 years,  supporting many of their influences including – Chali 2na (Jurassic 5), Youngblood Brass Band, Akil the MC (Jurassic 5), Souls of Mischief, The Sugarhill Gang, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), DJ Format, The Nextmen, 6ix Toys, Louis Logic, The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, DJ Vadim, The Herbaliser, Fabio.

In 2010 the band played two live sessions for the BBC at Maida Vale, first for BBC Radio 1 and secondly for the Mark Lamarr show on Radio 2. The group have also received support from The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, and The Ras Kwame Homegrown podcasts from BBC 1Extra.

The Mouse Outfit are currently writing and recording with UK  hip hop legend Dr Syntax, Bedos, Baba Israel, MC Presto and Sparkz. The Mouse Outfit have been dubbed ‘The UK’s Breakestra’ as their live show seamlessly blends original tunes with b-boy funk breaks and classic hip hop.

DR SYNTAX

The Mouse Outfit have recently started guesting UK hip hop legend Dr Syntax on live performances.  Having cut his teeth on tracks with Foreign Beggar’s on their debut album ‘Asylum Speakers’, Doc Synners soon gained a reputation as one of the UK’s most talented wordsmiths and charismatic performers.

His 2007 solo album Self Taught received widespread acclaim and was featured in Hip Hop Connection’s Top 100 Albums of the Year. With keen eyed social commentary, contemplative musings on life and straight up cold rhyming, Syntax has showcased his abilities all over the UK and further afield with performances at Glastonbury, Hip Hop Kemp in the Czech Republic and Splash Festival in Germany.

In addition to brand new tracks from forthcoming EPs, The Mouse Outfit and Dr Syntax live shows will feature material from his second album ‘Benny Huge’, available on Dented Records.

Free Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

Tickets £12.00

The manic maestro responsible for The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles and many musical musing with Monty Python makes a triumphant, cue fanfare – Tra Lah La Lah – return to the Telford’s stage.  Whoop Whoop!

Tickets available online via SeeTickets or via the venue on 01244 390 090

Tickets £5.oo Adv

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The genius that is Chris T–T.
Huw Stephens – BBC Radio 1

Chris T–T is a man that we can trust with our lives. If he was standing for Mayor of London, I’d vote for him.
Steve Lamacq – BBC Radio 2

“Outstanding, indispensable genius. A modern-day Blake.”
The Sunday Times

Over the past decade, writer and musician Chris T-T has been one of the most consistently acclaimed artists in British underground music.

Since 1999 Chris has released eight albums, including a trilogy about London: The 253 (2001), London Is Sinking (2003) and Capital (2008), as well as political protest album 9 Red Songs (2005) and more recently the inward-looking Love Is Not Rescue (2010).

Based in Brighton but restlessly mobile, he writes for magazines, websites and books, including a regular column in national left-wing newspaper The Morning Star. Alongside writing and touring, Chris also speaks regularly at conferences and runs songwriting seminars and workshops.

“A national gem of a songwriter.”
The Independent

Emerging from roots in late 90s lo-fi and psych-folk, Chris first gained acclaim for sarcastic, city-obsessed urban folk. More recently he has developed into an influential figure of UK song; crossing barriers between punk, psych-pop and English folk, inspiring a generation of successful home-grown artists.

Chris has played shows around the world with artists such as Ben Folds, Elbow, The Divine Comedy, The National, Bellowhead, Walkmen, Delgados, British Sea Power, Arab Strap, Carter USM, Frank Turner, Marcus Brigstocke, Madrugada, Attila The Stockbroker, Robyn Hitchcock, Stewart Lee, Iain Sinclair and many others. He has also played piano for three generations of great British singer-songwriter; accompanying Tom Robinson, Jim Bob (Carter USM) and Frank Turner.

John Lawrence

John Lawrence was a founder member of the legendary Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. Since he left that band in 1999, he has recorded two genre-defying albums of folk / electronic psychedelia and mountain techno as Infinity Chimps, and a lauded solo acoustic album, Rainy Night (2009), as himself.

He’s one of the most most intuitive and naturally-gifted musicians of his generation. This will be his first visit to Telfords Warehouse since a nascent Gorky’s played there in 1995. Unmissable.

www.facebook.com/johnlawrence

She Makes War

She Makes War is the solo project of Laura Kidd – multi-instrumentalist vocal chameleon (past collaborators include The Young Punx, Redroche, Michael Gray, Koolwah and Super Mal), filmmaker and video director, photographer, blogger, sometime session musician (previously for I Blame Coco, Tricky, Alex Parks and Lil’ Chris) and strident purveyor of grungey dystopian gloom-pop.

Debut album “Disarm” was co-produced by Kidd and Myles Clarke (Belakiss, Sparkadia, Sneaker Pimps) and self released in September 2010, preceded by two singles – “Let This Be” and “I Am”. The album was accompanied by four quirky handmade music videosdirected/executive produced and edited by Kidd, starring a host of characters from zombie clowns to sleepy lions to intrepid penguins.

www.shemakeswar.com

Free Entry – Free Beginners Lessons – £3 Intermediate Lessons

Free Entry

Small Stage

Rhys Trimble

Dave Owen

The Greengrass Candidates

Main Stage

The Glendale Family

Al Shields

Electric Stereo Misstress

All in aid of Music In Hospitals

Free Before 9pm, £4.00 thereafter

Free Before 9pm,£4.00 thereafter

‘You have an amazing talent’ – Simon Gavin, Universal Records

‘Gorgeous’ – Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

‘Wonderfully sweeping, intricate and majestic pop songs distinctly of the “they don’t write them like that anymore” category’ – The Beat Surrender

‘…reminiscent of some of Neil Hannon’s finer moments.’ – Sandman Magazine

‘You can do the hardest thing, the hardest thing in town, which is to write a melody. It’s a good trick to be able to do so you’ve got the most important bit.’ – Blur’s Alex James