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This page lists advertised live music events in the club with named artists.

Also don`t forget our regular events run by the organisers of Wakefield Folk Festival:
🎤 Open Mic night on the last Saturday of each month, and fortnightly jam sessions.
Also Mrs. R`s Retro Roadshow - old fashioned vinyl disco - this is no longer shown on this page as it is now happening at roughly monthly intervals.
These are shown in the Diary page.

If you want to book a gig, or need a room for a practice session, get in touch.

Coming soon (2025)
Month	Date	Artist(s)	Notes
February	16th	Fake Thackray	Songs of Jake Thackray and poems of Les Barker performed by John Watterson Link to PDF poster Sunday afternoon - 4.00pm start Tickets £10.00  (Cash) - on sale now in the Club - No online sales
January	11th	The Tony Foster Band	A mixture of Soul, Blues, Jazz, Latin and Folk

Recent (2024)
Month	Date	Artist(s)	Notes
December	6th	The Krayons plus guests Skiprat Coney Island Jesus	Punk Rock bands
November	23rd	Peculiar Blue	Plus support - Beth Kilburn & Miss Airedale
November	16th	Rack of Nails	Trio version of "Rusty Nails" Blues band. Part of KT`s Wakefield City Rhythm & Blues Festival.
November	9th	Sound Quarry	Punk influenced band creating original songs for this modern era.
November	1st	"Shed of the Dead"	Triple bill of Punk bands
October	24th	Calum Baird with Attila the Stockbroker	Radical Edinburgh songwriter Calum Baird performing, then joined by Attila for a bit of the Early Music Show they performed together at the Edinburgh Fringe, chronicling the times of the Levellers, Diggers and Ranters of 1649, finishing off with Attila's poems and songs.
September	7th	Peculiar Blue	Plus support - Ruby Mackintosh
August	11th	Sally Cinnamon	Eclectic range of covers and singalong classics. Associated with Wakefield Pride
August	3rd	The Bard Company	Part of their "We`re Revolting!" tour
Aug.	2nd	Mrs. R`s Retro Roadshow	Disco as it used to be.
July	13th	Matinee Punx	Jeff Caudill Honey Joy Fast Blood Zapiain Surface Waves Last Seasons Winners
June	21st	The Krayons plus guests Coney Island Jesus Class Tourists	Punk Rock bands
June	8th	The Tony Foster Band plus special guests	Fundraising event for Wakefield City of Sanctuary (Promoting and encouraging the inclusion of refugees and sanctuary seekers in the Wakefield District)
June	7th	Mrs. R`s Retro Roadshow	Vinyl disco with Jess Rowbottom
June	1st	Aries
May	11th	Underdrive Johnny	Rock & pop classics played acoustically Part of With Banners Held High
May	10th	Uncle Paf with Fred Sheriff	Part of With Banners Held High fringe event
April	20th	Peculiar Blue	Plus support - Tricia Longford
April	19th	Joe Solo	Part of the Sledgehammer tour
April	7th	Matinee Punx	Featuring: Toronto Blessings Orphans Holyhomes Note - Afternoon gig - 14.00 start
March	16th	Sound Quarry Plus special guest Clayton Devanney	Punk influenced band creating original songs for this modern era. Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians
February	25th	Riversmeet Strummers	"New tricks by old dogs" an eclectic mix of folk and Pop
February	18th	Lemon Road Band
February	16th	Rhubarb Rocks	Vinyl disco with Jess Rowbottom
February	10th	The Fabulous Mustard Brothers
January	20th	Peculiar Blue	Plus support : Daisy Dorothy 20.30 start

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2023
Month	Date	Artist(s)	Notes
December	23rd	Sally Cinnamon	Eclectic range of covers and singalong classics.
December	22nd	Retro Vinyl Disco	70s/80s/90s dance night with added xmas cheese. Hosted by Jess Rowbottom (of "the Bleedin` Obvious")
December	9th	Matinee Punx	Featuring: Geoffrey Oi!cott Penny and the Sausages Cathode Ray and the Testcard Babies
December	3rd	Ukulele Sunday	An afternoon of ukulele music from our regular (Tuesday evenings) group.
December	2nd	Sound Quarry plus support from Peculiar Blue	Punk influenced band creating original songs for this modern era.
November	26th	Michał Obrębski	Acoustic guitar. From Poznań, Poland. Check out some of his music on his you tube channel. This gig was arranged thanks to a connection with Janek Pentz - one of the duo who wowed the audience here in March 2023.
November	17th	The Bard Company	"We Shall Overcome" With Joe Solo and Sally Cinnamon
November	12th	Johnny Campbell	''A Modern-Day Billy Bragg'' - Tradfolk
November	11th	Matinee Punx	Featuring: Parallel Worlds Velvet Fist Surface Waves
November	3rd	Attila the Stockbroker	Ranting verse, Thrash mandola, Dub
October	15th	Shed 7"s	OK - not live music - a vinyl open deck session hosted by Jess Rowbotham (of the Bleeding Obvious) and her Retro Roadshow.
September	29th	Steve Suffet	From Peoples` Voice Cafe, New York City With Russ Chandler
September	23rd	Matinee Punx	Adore/Repel Weekend Faithful Tiger Island
August	5th	Peculiar Blue	With Special Guest: Grog
August	1st	Long Division	Gladboy and Rory & The Nature Kids
July	30th	Riversmeet Strummers	"New tricks by old dogs" an eclectic mix of folk and Pop
July	23rd	Emma Flowers	- Cancelled - (Sorry!)
July	8th	Matinee Punx	Be Fair Character Actors Last Season`s Winners
June	25th	Rich Man`s Kurse	Featuring Rich (of the 189-ers , appearing by himself) Tongue-in-cheek Socialist Folk originals and rebel classics with support from: Columna Connolly (Rebel Folk) "Taken for Granted" (Folky Diamond Rebel Pop Oldies) Poems by Dick Loughborough
June	11th	David Rovics	Songs of Protest Accompanied by Kamala Emmanuel Support from Isaac Hughes-Dennis
June	10th	Matinee Punx	In association with Long Division Festival
June	2nd	Calum Baird	Indie-folk/folk-rock singer-songwriter, stopping off at the Red Shed en route from Scotland to Glastonwick festival.
May	13th	The 189-ers	All acoustic “punk-country-folk” songs with a message. 16.00 start
May	13th	Sally Cinnamon	Part of "With Banners Held High" 19.30 onwards
May	12th	Gary McVeigh-Kaye	Part of "With Banners Held High"
April	8th	The Bard Company	Songs from their new album "Northern Powerhouse"
April	2nd	Matinee Punk Collective	Diaz Brothers Onlooker Surface Waves - substitute - Holy Homes - unavailable Back Teeth
March	18th	"Plastic Paddy"	Irish music for St. Patrick`s Day
March	12th	Sally Cinnamon	part of our (extended) celebration of International Womens` Day
March	5th	Pete Rosser and friends Zubek & Pentz - the Piazzolla Duo	From Poland - one of only two gigs on their UK tour! Celebrating the centenary of Astor Piazzolla
March	4th	Bazza Bee	Recently appeared as support for "Tinderbox Experience" and was very good - now he has his own gig
February	18th	Underdrive Johnny	Rock & pop classics played acoustically
January	21st	The Cheats	Indie Classics from the `80s & `90s - bands such as The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene, The Farm, Oasis, Supergrass, The Cure, Blur, Reef, Stereophonics, The LA’s, Primal Scream, REM, The Smiths, James, The Levellers, Cast, Joy Division, Cornershop, The Strokes.
January	15th	Red Shed Players	Another chance to see "A Cost of Living Crisis Xmas Carol" plus music, sketches etc.
January	14th	Sound Quarry	Punk influenced band creating original songs for this modern era.
January	8th	Pete Rosser & Friends from "Caravanserai"	Folk music from various parts of Europe... To get some idea of the versatility of this group, try listening here: https://soundcloud.com/caravanserai-from-leeds

2022
Month	Date	Artist(s)	Notes
December	18th & 22nd	Red Shed Players	An Evening with Red Shed Television - Music Sketches Pantomime etc. Now also an extra show on 15th Jan. 2023
December	17th	The Tinderbox Experience	Blues/Alternative Rock. Original material from Wakefield`s newest father & son band
December	11th	The 189-ers	All acoustic “punk-country-folk” songs with a message.
December	10th	The Bleeding Obvious	Christmas Party
December	3rd	Matinee Punk Collective	Lewis Burner, Bear Away, Tiger Island. (Short-notice change of lineup)
November	19th	The Hunch	Acoustic Irish, Folk, Americana, Blues & Latin music with a generous dash of humour. Fundraiser for Medicine for Palestine
October	22nd	Matinee Punk Collective	Nervous Twitch, Surface Waves, Johnny Cosmic & the Night Terrors
October	15th	The Bard Company	with Jess Silk Emma Flowers Sally Cinnamon
September	25th	Matinee Punk Collective	Misfortune Cookie, Foxes Faux, Tiger Island
September	17th	Jez Howard (from The Cheats)	Part of Alzheimers charity fundraiser event - associated with Wakefield Live Festival
September	10th	The Tinderbox Experience	Blues/Alternative Rock.
August	26th	Philophobia	Promoting local bands - featuring Samh and Pelydron
August	13th	Attila the Stockbroker	Ranting verse, Thrash mandola, Dub
July	22nd	David Rovics	Songs of protest
July	21st	The Bleeding Obvious	(Edinburgh Festival Fringe warm-up show)
July	9th	Matinee Punk Collective	Eye to Eye Captain Shitbeard Last Season`s Winners
July	2nd	The Bard Company	With Joe Solo & Sally Cinnamon
June	12th	ORB Jazz trio
June	11th	Sound Quarry
June	3rd	The Cheats
May	15th	The 189-ers	All acoustic “punk-country-folk” songs with a message.
May	14th	Sally Cinnamon	(part of "With Banners Held High")
May	12th	Leeds Jazz Orchestra
May	1st	Nicky, Grog	(with Red Shed Players)
April	28th	Steve Suffet, Mike Glick, Aleksi Glick	(From Peoples` Voice Cafe, New York City)
April	24th	ORB Jazz trio
April	16th	Terror Cult, Glitchers, Tower Place, Skiprat	(Ukraine benefit)
February	19th	Long Division
January	15th	The Cheats
January	2nd	Dave, Grog, Nicky & friends

2021
Month	Date	Artist(s)	Notes
December	19th	The 189-ers
December	5th	Philophobia
December	4th	Sound Quarry
November	19th	Billy Liar, Withered Hand
November	7th	Otis Gibbs	Check out this nice video on YouTube
September	10th	Skiprat, the Krayons

🎵 Notes:
This page can only be as accurate or as detailed as the information shown in the diary behind the club bar, on which it is based.  If you spot something here that needs adding or changing, or if you would like a bit of publicity for your event in the Shed, let me know about it.

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This page last updated: 16th December 2024