Joshua Burnell (full band show)

Joshua Burnell makes retro pop-rock for the modern world. His latest album, Glass Knight - which according to the Financial Times, "plays like a lost out-take from Spiders-From-Mars-era Bowie" - won over a lot of new fans upon its release in 2023. Expect hooky melodies drenched in warm, retro-synth textures, reverbing guitars, lush harmonies and words that make you think. Imagine The War On Drugs meets Genesis with "lashings of Peter Gabriel stylings" - The Guardian.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Wed, 6 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Benjamin Francis Leftwich
+ Nadia Kadek

Artistic transformation is often associated with a blast of fanfare - the dramatic unveiling of a new look, or lofty announcement of the revelation that prompted such a change. In the case of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, reinvention transpires with significantly more subtlety on his latest album, "Some Things Break".

Fans of Leftwich's earlier work will associate him with a rich but pared-back acoustic singer-songwriter sound. Hit songs such as "Atlas Hands" and "Shine" - both from his Top 40 debut "Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm" - were infused with a charming wistfulness, and the yearning for sweet escape. Fans and critics alike were struck by this new artist's disarming honesty; his lyrics were lauded for their candidness and vulnerability.

Norwich Puppet Theatre, NR3 1TN, Thu, 7 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Steph Strings
+ Liza Lo

Steph Strings is an Australian based singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Victoria. With influences from the John Butler Trio, Kim Churchill and Ziggy Alberts, this young story-teller has combined fingerstyle guitar with bursts of percussion, Celtic, blues and folk. Her music and stage presence continue to captivate audiences around the world.

Following the release of her "LION" EP in 2023 Steph has toured both domestically and internationally selling out shows in Australia, the UK & Europe and Canada. Steph also supported The Cat Empire on their European Tour in 2023 as well as opening for Vance Joy across huge shows in Europe.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Thu, 7 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Benjamin Francis Leftwich
+ Nadia Kadek

Artistic transformation is often associated with a blast of fanfare - the dramatic unveiling of a new look, or lofty announcement of the revelation that prompted such a change. In the case of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, reinvention transpires with significantly more subtlety on his latest album, "Some Things Break".

Fans of Leftwich's earlier work will associate him with a rich but pared-back acoustic singer-songwriter sound. Hit songs such as "Atlas Hands" and "Shine" - both from his Top 40 debut "Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm" - were infused with a charming wistfulness, and the yearning for sweet escape. Fans and critics alike were struck by this new artist's disarming honesty; his lyrics were lauded for their candidness and vulnerability.

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Fri, 8 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Califone

After the breakup of his former band Red Red Meat, frontman Tim Rutili formed Califone as a solo project. Rutili's solo effort soon became a full-fledged musical project with a regular and rotating list of contributors, including many former members of Red Red Meat and some members of other Chicago bands.

According to Rutili, Califone started as a home project: "The statement of intent would have been 'easy listening' compared to what we were doing with Red Red Meat. This was supposed to be making little pop songs out of found pieces. It was supposed to be just a little home project, and it slowly grew from there. Now it seems like just about anything goes."

Califone's sound is a combination of Red Red Meat's blues-rock and experimental music, with inspiration drawn from early American folk music, pop, as well as electronic and groups like Psychic TV. Listeners familiar with Red Red Meat can quickly tell that Califone is not an attempt to revive the old band; elements from a number of musical styles contribute to their distinctive sound.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Naima Bock

Most of the writing of Naima Bock's second album, "Below A Massive Dark Land", was a solitary affair. It may not sound it - it's made up of strong, purposeful arrangements with a huge host of musicians; filled with cradling space and warm light. This will also come as a surprise to anyone who has seen Naima perform in the time since the release of her 2022 debut "Giant Palm", undoubtedly a communal experience.

With a band of ten, three, or even just solo, when Naima plays there's a rare bond between the musicians on stage and the audience. In their interview with her, The Quietus declared "after every song the applause and cheering is immense, so immense in fact that it seems to be coming from a different place than the usual formalities of a live show, a link between performer and artist forged somewhere deeper and more personal."

"A folky hymn to regret with a lovely, loping pace and sweetly lazy horn refrain" - The Guardian

"Pushed to excellence by sensitive arrangements that build raw, personal lyrics into climaxes where every emotional nuance can be intimately shared by the listener. 9/10" - The Line of Best Fit

"When its complexities are allowed to expand it will reward its listener tenfold." The Quietus: Music of the Month

"What is abundantly clear is that Bock's creative star is very much with her. 8/10" - Uncut

"Reinforces the gravitas of her songwriting. A beautiful record dominated by fading light and ominous shadows, it could well be your perfect Autumn soundtrack. 8/10" - Clash

"An album of strange charm and character, which wears its originality lightly. 4/5" - The Times

Cambridge The Blue Moon, CB1 2LF, Thu, 14 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Mental Object
+ Heavy Circles

Fuzzy 90s flavoured indie rock thrills a-plenty from Cambridge's Mental Object, who rose from the ashes of such local stalwarts as Forest, amongst others.

Cambridge Green Mind @ The Blue Moon, CB1 2LF, Sat, 23 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Nick Harper

"Earth Day Blue" Tour 2024

Recorded in Abbey Road Studio 2 on Earth Day 2024, "Earth Day Blue" is the 14th studio album release from Nick Harper, the wildly talented and much loved singer-songwriter.

With John Leckie in the producer's chair (Stone Roses, Radiohead, Muse etc.) and Tchad Blake mixing (Tom Waits, Crowded House, Peter Gabriel etc.), the album is a flash mob of high calibre talent assembled for a few hours' collaboration in a very special space.

But this was not the first time Nick and John had been in session together in Studio 2. It was way back in 1973, in the very same room, that Nick was given his 'big break' in the world of music. The duo first 'worked' together when Nick, aged 8, recorded his first ever songs with John whilst Nick's father Roy was recording his own seminal album "Lifemask" with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. So the circle has been squared off and the journey is complete!

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Thu, 28 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Daft Funk Live
+ DJ Makka

Daft Funk Live are one of the world's most prestigious Daft Punk tribute bands: diligently constructing a 'live' rendition of Daft Punk's legendary performances and appearances. They incorporate their own synchronised light shows together with live instruments to give a truly immersive and unique experience. Their stage production is meticulously crafted, paying the utmost respect to the infamous and illusive Robots.

"...totally superb, an incredibly detailed performance giving you a Daft Punk explosion of sound and colour. Five stars." - Max Taylor
(Groove Armada, Mika, The Bays, Creepy Neighbour)

DJ Makka has a deep-rooted passion for drum and bass, breakbeat, hardcore, and jungle since 1990. Known for hard-hitting sets, he's performed at legendary venues around the country delivering powerful mixes that span multiple genres. DJ Makka has brought his unmatched energy to the airwaves on Infrared.fm, where he delivers a diverse range of bass-heavy sounds to fans worldwide. Whether blending the jungle, D&B, hardcore, DJ Makka's sets are a testament to his deep understanding of the music. Prepare for a non-stop journey through the underground, led by one of the scene's true veterans!

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Sat, 30 Nov 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Our Girl
+ Lemondaze

The expression of hard-fought optimism encapsulates "The Good Kind", an album exploring themes of sexuality, relationships, community, and illness. Our Girl's trademark dynamics permeate the record, from heavy guitars and soaring lead lines to ear worm choruses and intimate vocal moments. Filled with warmth and honesty, The Good Kind is a celebration of determination - of choosing to recommit to what matters, against all opposition. "A lot of the songs are about taking setbacks and turning them into superpowers" says drummer Lauren Wilson.

"I only realised then, when I thought it out loud," begins singer/guitarist Soph Nathan on "Relief", the first single released from the album, "And I feel better now". This song is aptly named, invoking a long-awaited exhale - the feeling of finally emerging from a long and lonely period of uncertainty and self-doubt. Beginning with a single airy strum, Nathan's reverb-drenched guitar attaches itself to Joshua Tyler's grounding bass chords, as Wilson's quietly insistent drum beat throws its weight behind Nathan's words of reassurance: "You've gotta see it to believe it. Well, I see it in you already."

This song speaks honestly to the life-giving importance of queer community. From the warmth and immediacy of her delivery, Nathan could be comforting a friend. But as "Relief" builds from that cautious opening to a determinedly, driving force, it becomes clear: these aren't empty platitudes. Nathan believes in you, because she's learned to believe in herself.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Wed, 4 Dec 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

The Deep Blue

The Deep Blue are quietly outspoken with an air of rebelliousness and punk attitudes fused with hypnotically beautiful harmonies and intertwined instrumentations. Their lyrics range from small, detailed vignettes and musings to anthemic calls to arms, with strong elements of storytelling and always deeply personal and reflective. Coming together in lockdown, The Deep Blue burst onto the scene in May 2021 with the release of the first track from their debut EP "Taking on Water". This led to key indie press such as Dork, The Line of Best Fit and Atwood Magazine clambering to get the inside scoop on Manchester's hottest new band.

Fresh off the back of their sophomore EP, "Sugarcoat", The Deep Blue embarked on a sparkling debut UK tour, selling out Camden Assembly, London and their home-coming show at Deaf Institute. "Sugarcoat" caught the ears of tastemakers such as Dork, Rodeo, Groupie and New Wave with the title track anointed 'track of the month' on Amazing Radio and receiving some meaty airtime on BBC Radio 6. This year the band have added Y Not, Tramlines, Victorious, Greenbelt and Underneath the Stars to their touring itinerary for summer including Truck Festival, having won the Band App vote to play. Winning votes came from respected indie industry tastemakers including So Young Magazine and John Kennedy of Radio X.

Presented in association with Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Old Man Boom
+ The Cain Pit

Old Man Boom is a banjo wielding singer-songwriter based in Cambridgeshire, delivering an array of songs about the darker side of life, murderers, monsters, and the Devil. His brand of alt country/murder folk will have you both singing and drinking along as he tells beautiful stories about terrible things.

Having released his début album, "Devil & Saviour", in 2022; Old Man Boom returns with "Killers, Lovers and Lore".

Cambridge The Blue Moon, CB1 2LF, Thu, 12 Dec 2024 at 8:00pm buy tickets

The Jesus And Mary Chain

One of the most influential bands of their generation and beyond, The Jesus and Mary Chain mark their 40th anniversary in 2024 with a new album, "Glasgow Eyes". This is the band's first studio album since "Damage And Joy" (2017). 2024 promises to be a bumper year for devotees of the Reids: the brothers will also unveil their autobiography, a documentary, and a world tour starting in March.

The exact point of any band's inception is hard to pin down, but for Jim, the 'wish' crystallised into reality one night in June 1984: "I always think it was the day we played our first show, because up until then the whole idea had been kind of abstract, it didn't feel real. When we played in London, there were only about six people watching, but I remember thinking, 'That's it. The band is born'."

From the moment the Reids first pressed the record button on their Portastudio in the early 1980s, the intense, sometimes brutal, often darkly romantic music they made has always felt like past, present and future smashed together, alchemising into something startling. Glasgow Eyes might mark a milestone but the Mary Chain are always looking forward. As for what fans can expect from the new release, "hopefully people will expect a Jesus and Mary Chain record," says Jim, "and that is certainly what it is."

Cambridge Corn Exchange, CB2 3QB, Sat, 14 Dec 2024 at 7:00pm buy tickets

The John Otway Band

John Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona.

From the age of 9, Otway knew he wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age, having listened to his sister's Beatles and Stones records, he knew he would never be able to do what they do. However, when his sister got the latest Bob Dylan album, he knew there was a place for him and he set about learning how to play guitar.

Otway had to wait until 1977 and the rise of punk before his dream of fame and fortune would finally become a reality. Having caught the eye of the producers of the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, Otway's performance on that show would grab the attention of the watching audience. Otway, ever the showman, decided to jump on to the amplifier of his colleague during a performance of Bob Lind's Cheryl's Going Home. (Un)fortunately for Otway, he misjudged his leap and sent Wild Willy Barrett's amplifier tumbling as he crashed down straddling the box under the amp.

The full force of the impact was absorbed by the most tender body parts, but in doing this one simple act of recklessness and his wanton disregard for his own safety, Otway was the talk of everyone who watched that evening's programme.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

The John Martyn Project

One evening at the Jazz Cafe, Camden in 2018, six artists came together in celebration of John Martyn's music. It was an evening of deep connection, not just to John's music, but also with a unique community of John Martyn fans. That night saw the sparks of what was to become 'The John Martyn Project' - an ongoing homage to a truly pioneering and unique musical soul.

Each bringing their own story and relationship to John's music, they continue to keep the spirit of his music alive whilst collecting stories and insights from the crowds they play to.

With thanks to John and those that find connection in his music.

Blythe Pepino - Vocals/Piano
Kit Hawes - Vocals/Guitars
Pete Josef - Vocals/Keys/Guitar
Sam Brookes - Vocals/Guitars
John Blakeley - Drums/Congas
Jon Short - Electric/Double Bass

"This is unlike anything I've heard before." - Klof Magazine

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Jim Moray

Should you care to look back over the past two decades of British folk music, one musician in particular stands out for having a singular, idiosyncratic vision that has rarely wavered in style and substance. Jim Moray may have garnered initial attention for his digitally-driven approach to traditional music, but reflecting on his seven albums and numerous production credits it's clear that imagination and invention are the real cornerstones of his work. The cinematic vision of albums such as "Skulk" (2012), "Upcetera" (2016), and his game-changing debut "Sweet England" (2003) show just how far the old songs can be taken. His arrangements of traditional songs such as "Gilderoy", "Horkstow Grange" and "Fair Margaret and Sweet William" are regarded as amongst the classics of the folk genre, while his treatment of the ballad "Lord Douglas" has become a must-learn for fingerstyle guitarists.

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Thu, 23 Jan 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Emily Barker

Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC crime drama "Wallander" starring Kenneth Branagh.

Her last album, 2020's "A Dark Murmuration of Words", was produced by Greg Freeman and recorded at StudiOwz, a converted chapel in the Welsh countryside. Lyrically probing, by turns both dark and optimistic, Barker searches for meaning through the deafening clamour of fake news and algorithmically filtered conversation, delivering a timely exploration of the grand themes of our age. It garnered widespread acclaim, with Uncut calling it "...a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake'".

Barker has released music and toured as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations, most notably her long association with Frank Turner, and has written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin's lauded debut feature "Hector" starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Tue, 4 Feb 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Hayden Thorpe and Propellor Ensemble
perform NESS with Robert Macfarlane

Hayden Thorpe is best known as the former frontman and chief songwriter for the much-loved band Wild Beasts. He returns to the stage with his beautifully singular third album "Ness", made in collaboration with best-selling nature writer Robert Macfarlane.

Hayden and Macfarlane will perform "Ness" alongside members of Propellor Ensemble, promising to be a sonically spectacular and transformational live show.

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Thu, 6 Feb 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Kingmaker - Singles & B-Sides Tour

Doors 7
Support 7.30 - 8
Kingmaker 8.15 (approximate)

So you know 10 Years Asleep, Really Scrape the Sky, Lucy's Down and Eat Yourself Whole right? Maybe Armchair Anarchist and Two Headed Yellow Bellied Hole Digger?

But how about Celebrated Working Man? And what about those B-sides?

Over five years in the early 90s Hull's finest indie rockers produced almost 30 tracks that never made it on to albums; the likes of Everything's Changed Since You've Been To London, Kissing Under Anaesthetic, I'm In Love and Another Bad Dose of Home Truths.

For the first time ever the band will play a set including all their A- sides and a selection of their favourite back up tracks.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Sat, 15 Feb 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

WH Lung

While WH Lung's name might suggest a nod to the likes of WH Auden and similarly austere literary figures, it actually comes from a Chinese supermarket in their native Manchester. This deliberate blurring of high and low culture is part of the appeal of the enigmatic three-piece (Joseph E on vocals/synths, Tom S on guitar and Tom P on bass), their songs juxtaposing simplicity with free-ranging experimentation. But even more key is their ability to seamlessly meld genres - krautrock, post-punk and synthpop, most prominently - to create songs that are fresh and exciting yet familiar-sounding and accessible.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Chuck Prophet
+ Our Man in the Field

For twelve long days, Chuck Prophet waited. A stage four lymphoma diagnosis had knocked the wind out of him, dragged him off the road and into surgery, and now here he was, a perpetual motion machine forced to sit still, confronting his mortality for the first time as he wondered if he'd live long enough to see the end of the year, let alone get back on tour.

"I was going through a tunnel," he recalls. "It was dark. But I had music: music to play, music to listen to, music to get me out of my head. Music was my saviour."

That much is plain to hear on "Wake The Dead", Prophet's extraordinary - and unlikely - new album. Recorded with Qiensave, a band of brothers from the Central Coast farming community of Salinas, California, the collection dives headfirst into the world of Cumbia music, which consumed and comforted Prophet during his illness and subsequent recovery. The songs are intoxicatingly rhythmic, with arrangements that blur the lines between tradition and innovation, between past and present, between cultures and countries. There are flashes of rock and roll, punk, surf, and soul, all filtered through the streets of San Francisco and wrapped up in the rich legacy of a genre that traces its roots back hundreds of years and thousands of miles.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Thu, 27 Feb 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Polly Paulusma
Wildfires Tour

Polly Paulusma plays a stunning show of songs accompanied by Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston Thorne Khan) on upright bass to celebrate the release of her latest album "Wildfires".

Together Paulusma and Thorne will bring you songs from across Paulusma's repertoire of six studio albums to date released since 2004 on Björk's label One Little Independent. Her latest, "Wildfires", is an extraordinary extended piece of work containing two hours of breathtakingly emotional songs interlaced with spoken word poetry. A truly immersive experience, the album has been produced by acclaimed record producer Ethan Johns (Laura Marling, Ray Lamontagne, Ryan Adams).

The musical connection between Paulusma and Thorne is something to behold; together they swoop and glide through songs from all of Paulusma's albums, but especially "Wildfires" which Thorne also recorded with Paulusma; combining their trademark bawdy humour and anecdotes with deep songs that touch on love, loss, grief and philosophical enquiry.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Thu, 6 Mar 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Red Snapper

Red Snapper are proud to announce 13 UK live dates in March 2025, celebrating new releases on Lo Recordings and also 30 years of "Reeled and Skinned", their first album on the legendary Warp Records.

In November 2024 Red Snapper release the "Tight Chest" EP featuring LA producer David Harrow via Lo Recordings.

A follow up EP featuring the current live line up will be released in 2025 which, combined with the tracks from "Tight Chest", will form the full vinyl album "Barb and Feather".

Cambridge Storey's Field Centre, N/A, Sat, 8 Mar 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

The Ocelots

The Ocelots are twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson from Wexford, Ireland. Building on the folk-rock essence of their debut, the duo are excited to announce the release of their second album, "Everything, When Said Slowly", on February 7th 2025. This album unveils a richer, more expansive sound, produced by long-time collaborators Cillian and Lorcan Byrne (Ailbhe Reddy, Susan O'Neill). The narrative woven throughout the album explores themes of Irish migration, the perception of time, love, and the simple joys of cycling.

To support the album, the band are delighted to take the the road in the UK for a string of dates around its release.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Gentleman's Dub Club

Based in London but founded in Leeds in 2006, 8-piece band Gentleman's Dub Club have made an indelible mark on the live music scene. Their electronic music-infused dub and reggae and their high-energy shows garnering appearances at all major UK festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, Boomtown and V Fest. Touring has taken the band international, and people from countries such as India, Morocco, the USA, and Iceland have been delighted by the band's infectious commitment to plugging in and leaving their guts on stage.

Their five albums have received widespread acclaim from DJs and music fans around the world, and have spent the vast majority of their time in the top echelons of the iTunes reggae charts. Their track "High Grade" from the "Open Your Eyes" EP is now a universally recognized reggae anthem.

Cambridge The Junction, CB1 7GX, Fri, 14 Mar 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Baxter Dury

Baxter will always beat you to the punchline. He'll answer his own questions and he'll volunteer himself as the butt of the joke before you can. His ability to understand people's perception of him (or who they believe he is) is what has kept his work consistently surprising and inventive for over two decades now. And while it's his humour that draws you in, it's his linguistic acrobatics that you stay for; a wild barrage of emotion, colour and off kilter scenes.

Baxter Dury's latest album, "I Thought I Was Better Than You", is a new era for him, and with this new era comes a new character. "Faux-confrontational," Baxter calls him. Here, not only is he recounting his childhood, but he's also reckoning with it. Instead of just swinging at his past blindfolded with a baseball bat, he talks openly about the toxic cocktail of being born into unfortunately fortunate circumstances, with a persuasive surname but no structure or sense of responsibility with which reap the rewards of it. "Really, it's about being trapped in an awkward place between something you're actually quite good at, and somebody else's success." That 'somebody else' being his dad, Ian Dury. As one of the album centrepieces "Shadow" agonisingly puts it: "But no one will get over that you're someone's son/Even though you want to be like Frank Ocean/But you don't sound like him, you sound just like Ian."

Cambridge The Junction, CB1 7GX, Thu, 10 Apr 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Panic Shack

Romi, Sarah, Emily, and Meg were fed up of music being a members-only club at best and a phallocracy at its worst, so in 2018, they decided to do something about it. Cue, Panic Shack.
Armed with brash, witty lyrics and killer hooks, they crashed through the UK music scene with a tidal wave of ear-crunching noise. Immediately building up a reputation for their raw,
unapologetic live shows and off-kilter songs, Panic Shack prove that DIY does it better.

Since their inception it?s been non-stop for this Welsh punk quintet. With support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 Music, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders, Radio X, Bob Vylan, it?s clear that this band have started something special.

Having already played prestigious stages at Green Man Festival, Liverpool Sound City, Cardiff Castle, and 2000 Trees Festival, and joined bands like The Wytches, Grandma?s House, and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard on stages across the UK, Panic Shack are only going to continue to create unhinged, earth-shattering music (until, of course, they?re rich enough to be sipping champagne after taking a dip in the pool at their mansions).

Cambridge Mash, CB2 3PF, Fri, 2 May 2025 at 6:30pm Tickets on sale from
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 at 10:00

Oysterband

While recognised as one of the UK's foremost folk-rock bands and an unparalleled live proposition, the band confirm the decision they made recently to call time on their touring career.

Intending to bow out on a high, Oysterband will serve up a resolute reminder of their captivating live performances and immortal songbook as they chart a special tour around some of their favourite UK towns and venues that have supported them all these years.

Speaking about their upcoming shows Oysterband say:

"The reaction to our first announcement has been far greater than we ever imagined it would be. We're genuinely moved by people's desire to say what the songs have meant to them.

Our Long, Long goodbye tour finishes with a return to some places and areas that have had special significance for us over the years. A last chance to see us on tour in UK."

Cambridge The Junction, CB1 7GX, Sat, 10 May 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

The Frank and Walters

Their recent single, "Stages", featured Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy doing a voiceover on the track; with The Franks & Walters you never know what to expect next, but you know it will be a bit quirky and great fun. Formed in Cork, Ireland they have been spreading joy and happiness with their indie-pop music for over 30 years.

"The Franks" became famous in the 90's Indie scene and have a catalogue of hundreds of songs from seven studio albums. They still play sold out gigs all over Europe.

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Sat, 17 May 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Shonen Knife

Shonen Knife's front girl Naoko was inspired to form the band by Beatles, Ramones, Buzzcocks etc. in Osaka on December 30, 1981. The origin of the band name is an old brand name of a pencil sharpener knife.

Their first album "Burning Farm", released on Zero Records in Japan in 1983, was reissued on legendary American label K Records in 1985.

Their one and only unique sound got popular in North America, UK and Europe; and their first major album "Let's Knife" was released in Japan, the US and UK in 1992.

Shonen Knife keeps on releasing their rockin albums and touring constantly worldwide!

Cambridge Portland Arms, CB4 3BA, Fri, 30 May 2025 at 7:00pm buy tickets

Shiny New Model 2025

After having way too much fun at the first Shiny New Model we wanted to build on it and bring you another line up of the sharpest cuts we can find. Keep an eye out for the line up as it unfolds!

Cambridge Cambridge Junction 1, 2 & 3, CB1 7GX, Sat, 11 Oct 2025 at 1:30pm buy tickets