Puzzle Hall Inn

French Fridays
2026-04-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-04-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-04-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-27 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-20 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-13 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
An informal group to practice your conversational French – Everyone welcome!

SUEP + Benthead
2026-04-15 20:00 - 22:00
Receiving acclaim across BBC 6 Music and the indie press for their ‘car boot sale’ pop music, SUEP rummage through the jumble bin of music history, selecting and reassembling its best parts into something playful, strange and deeply artful. The band are affiliates of the Gob Nation collective – including The Tubs, Sniffany & The Nits, Ex-Void, and others.With their unique modern indie songcraft SUEP dip into country, synthpop, garage rock, post punk, and pub rock, but always retain their signature penchant for melodic hooks, snappy structures and straight-to-the-heart lyrics.
“fresh outsider guitar pop flying high on lighthearted theatrics and cohesively winsome tunes” – The Quietus
“SUEP sounds like if post-punk group Delta 5 took a smoke break with ’60s yé-yé icon Francoise Hardy.” – Stereogum
https://www.instagram.com/suepband
https://www.facebook.com/suepmusic/
https://memorialsofdistinction.bandcamp.com/album/shop-2
Lean into the alt rock psych sound of Hebden Bridge’s BENTHEAD with your good ear. Like a 5-legged packhorse dancing on gritstone, flying high above the northern sky and wading doggedly through the thick, bubbling swamps of the Vale of Calder.
“Quirky, bonkers and fun” – Happening Next
https://benthead.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/BENTHEADtheband/
https://www.youtube.com/@bentheadtheband
https://www.instagram.com/benthead/

Chess Night
2026-04-13 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-04-06 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-30 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-23 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-16 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-03-09 20:00 - 23:00
All welcome for this casual but serious evening of chess.

Dal:um (Korea - Glitterbeat Records) + ADRA
2026-04-13 19:00 - 21:00
Dal:um (Korea – Glitterbeat Records)Duo extracting intricate and experimental compositions from stringed folk instruments the Gayageum and Geomungo to create ‘the sound of 21st Century Seoul’: a contemporary approach to traditional instruments by way of minimalism, experimental folk and jazz.https://dalummusic.com/
ADRA Andy Abbott’s ambient, experimental/improv solo project exploring immersion through repetitionhttps://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/…/music-for-psychiatric…

8pm – 10pm (prompt start – live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).
FREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted
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Dal:um – alongside peers Park Jiha, Jambinai and Leenalchi – are at the forefront of a new Korean music. The duo of Ha Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung are virtuosos on two different types of traditional zithers, the gayageum and geomungo, and their music deftly navigates a plethora of contemporary influences: minimalism, experimental folk and abstract jazz. The sound of 21st century Seoul, where the boundaries of tradition are stretched and occasionally broken.
Coexistence is released on tak:til, Glitterbeat’s instrumental music imprint, and home to artists such as Brìghde Chaimbeul, Širom, Jon Hassell and Park Jiha.
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Something magical is happening on the South Korean music scene, and it isn’t K-Pop. Blow away the froth, and it is soon apparent that in the concert halls and clubs of Seoul and beyond, a febrile music scene is bubbling up. The Dal:um duo are at the forefront of new Korean music, bringing a questing, modernising energy to timeless traditions.
Ha Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung grew up learning formal Korean gugak music, excelling on two different types of zithers: the gayageum and geomungo respectively. But these two young women soon became restless. Dal:um is the sound of 21st century Seoul, where the boundaries of tradition are stretched (and occasionally broken) to create something unique.Dal:um translates as ‘to keep pursuing something’, a name which couldn’t be more apposite. Suyean and Hyeyoung garnered wide acclaim and toured around the world with their debut album, Similar and Different (Tak:til/Glitterbeat, 2021), and with their second album, Coexistence, they are taking another leap forward.
Similar and Different was the sound of two musicians pushing and pulling one another. In Coexistence they have become one: one with one another, one with the wider world around them, one with life itself. It is music that is deeply personal, but personal in the way that it absorbs the life that surrounds the pair, finding peace, fear, drama and – ultimately – hope.Coexistence was forged at the tail end of the COVID pandemic. The duo, who first met as members of the Seoul Metropolitan Youth Traditional Music Ensemble, determined that this time round they would compose the whole album themselves. They took inspiration from the nature around them in Seoul, as well as from their tours in Europe, where long car journeys took them through natural landscapes that were strikingly different from home. “The pandemic made us realise how precious the things around us truly are,” they explain. “As we wrote, we contemplated the value of living alongside other living things. The question that arose was: how can we harmoniously coexist with the life surrounding us? We wanted to encapsulate these thoughts in our music.”
Recording in Seoul’s A&Tive Studio, Suyean and Hyeyoung resisted the temptation to add unnecessary bells and whistles to their music, sticking resolutely to the dynamic between their two instruments. Both the gayageum and the geomungo are made of long, rectangular blocks of Paulownia wood with strings strung across them. Each string is arched over a moveable wooden bridge at a different point along the length of the instrument. The 25-string gayageum is typically the more melodic and lyrical of the pair, lending itself to repeated undulating melodies. The geomungo is its more boisterous cousin. The bamboo-stick plectrum struck against its six thick strings produces the thrilling thwack and twang that is so distinctive in Korean music. Hyeyoung also brings a novel approach to the instrument by sawing at the strings with a bow, creating a scratchy wave of noise during the music’s most intense moments.
We can hear both instruments at their fullest on the opening number, ‘DOT’. A manifesto of sorts, it has the precision and urgency of morse code brought to life. In their words: “We were focussing on the ‘dot’ as a musical motif characteristic of string instruments. The expanding pattern of these dot motifs in both the gayageum and geomungo symbolises the continuous progress of Dal:um.”
Further into the album, ‘Dodry’, calls upon the duo’s musical education by incorporating elements of ‘Suyeonjangjigok’, a piece from Korea’s Joseon era that was used to pray for the longevity of the king. The title comes from dodry, the traditional Korean musical form that is similar to the repeat sign in Western music. In this piece Dal:um reflect on the daily routines which accumulate to shape who we are. With the strings ringing out in sustained notes, it is radical in its starkness and has the elegance of a Chopin nocturne.
The inspiration for another number on Coexistence is the work of English visual artist Cornelia Parker, whose fascination with opposites and transformations led to her mixing snake poison and its antidote with black and white inks. The interplay between the gayageum and geomungo on the track ‘Poison and Antidote’ finds the two musicians seemingly clawing at one another, then coming together to represent the writhing serpent itself. Equally evocative is the closing track, which was written in response to the television documentary My Octopus Teacher (Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed, 2020), which followed a diver in South Africa. ‘In the Deep’, reflects what the duo describe as a “beautiful yet fierce’ underwater ecosystem, the enquiring strings questioning humanity’s place in nature.”
Like the sea, on the surface this album stretches to the horizon with rippling, translucent patterns. The duo’s symbiotic connection and instrumental mastery is both awesome and strangely reassuring. Those who dive deeper will find that the album has a beautiful yet fierce ecosystem of its own. All life is to be found here. Near and far. Old and new. Fear. Hope. All… in coexistence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2–j6gzKxmMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXzx96juvghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFR7q1RpWoo

— ADRA —
Andy Abbott is an artist, musician and writer who lives in West Yorkshire, UK. For a long time Andy was synonymous with pummelling noise; playing guitar in celebrated Leeds bands such as the ferocious duo That Fucking Tank or the double-drumming psych outfit Nope. However, in recent years – under his solo moniker ADRA – he has been making minimalist abstract music, alongside more acoustic and ambient-leaning explorations.
In 2024 Andy released ‘Music For Psychiatric Wards (And Fluid Structures)’; a compilation of recordings inspired by his experiences as a creative practitioner performing ambient music in psychiatric wards across Yorkshire in 2023
Previous releases include tapes and vinyl for Bloxham Tapes, Reverb Worship and Folklore Tapes. He has collaborated with Alice Hubble, Aby Vulliamy and Dean McPhee; and shared tours and bills with Maurizio Abate and Above the Tree, Edgars Rubenis, Ex-Easter Island Head and Norway’s Soft Noise Ensemble.
“a beautifully structured hour of ambient music; reflective and calm with endlessly unravelling layers.” – Uncut, 2024
“…a genre-defying album that is as fluid as its title would suggest. From the patter of the steel pan to the whirr and drone of the organ, what unfurls in between these two harbours is a deeply searching travelogue; at times water-like, at others light-filled as if in some kind of morning glow.” – The Quietus, 2024
‘a remarkably affecting series of tracks that vary quite wildly in terms of mood and instrumentation … I could listen to it for weeks.’ – Norman Records, 2024
“the album is reminiscent of composers like La Monte Young, Hans Otto or Arco Part, where the approach is to pick out a nuanced emotion and explore it fully. That said, there is also adventure in the album’s minimalism. It feels much like a meandering, richly-adorned Greg Foat composition, split out into its constituent parts, each given the chance to live and breathe independently of one another.” – Dirty Sunbeams, 2024
“This is another solo project helmed by the Bradford based musician Andrew DR Abbott, whose work cartwheels through genres the way fat old men wish they could move through cheese. It is the first documentation of ADRA, and it’s quite a package … The music is improvised on a variety of instruments (from baritone guitar to ocarina), and the pieces are designed to inspire us to dream of a post-capitalist utopia. Since I do that all the time already, this is just the sort of thing I should be listening to. As should you. A great offering of the minimal as maximal.” – Byron Coley for The Wire, 2020
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Toby Hay + Holly Blackshaw
2026-04-12 16:00 - 18:00
Toby HayLauded landscape-inspired fingerstyle acoustic guitar from Wales “one of folk-rocks greatest modern names” — UNCUThttps://tobyhay.com/
Holly BlackshawProgressive psych-folk singer songwriter from Hull via Wales ex-Crooked Weather. https://hollyblackshaw.bandcamp.com/

Toby Hay
Toby Hay is a guitar player and composer. Fascinated by the connection between landscape and music, he is inspired by the landscapes of the Cambrian Mountains where he lives, and is interested in the connection between improvisation and composition. Toby has toured all over the UK & Ireland performing solo, or collaborating with other musicians. He is the founder of Cambrian Records.
“One of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — KLOF
“Magical work of vast melodic scope.” — RnR Magazine
“These instrumentals are propelled by a restless breeziness that carries them beyond the familiar landscapes of folk…. A shimmering beauty.” — Uncut
“…prolific mid-Wales musician Toby Hay with yet another gorgeous release by the skilful guitarist” — The Guardian
“New Music For The 12 String Guitar is a humble title for this magical work of vast melodic scope.” — RnR Magazine
“Humanity pours forth from every note on this rewarding collection. Images of dew-soaked countrysides emerge as the pastoral folk settings play, the guitarist gifted with an ability to evoke the soul-nourishing rapture of outdoor landscapes not yet despoiled by human intervention. Here’s hoping Hay never loses his ability to translate authentic experience into music of equivalent character.” — Textura
“Toby Hay is a master player and this album, his fourth, is a complete delight from his first raga like chord to its final notes of future promise.” — Fatea
“Each time I listen to these twelve tracks though I hear a new phrase, a different melody that suggests a different mood, an alternate vision. It’s a sound-shifting record in a very positive way and completely captures the excitement and revelation of genuinely new music being made.” — Caught by the River �“I say it is full of human warmth, but it is also tinged with wildness, and this I think is the beauty of Toby Hay, and of New Music For The 12 String Guitar in particular: he is able to convey multiple different emotions and represent multiple objects or landscapes, often simultaneously, and all with nothing more than a single instrument. This is the sign of a master musician at work, and Hay certainly fits that description. It is only two years since his debut and he is already one of the finest guitarists of his generation.” — Folk Radio
Holly Blackshaw
Never being much of a city girl, Holly was born and raised in and around Hull, East Yorkshire, but always found sanctuary in what wild she could in the warp lands. Holly grew in psych/rock/folk band Crooked Weather, where world wide travelling and touring ensued, before parting ways in 2020. During the pandemic Holly uprooted and moved to Radnorshire, Mid-Wales where she honed her sound as a solo artist and now, her first release is eagerly anticipated. Holly still holds all the places she’s set foot and settled close, carried by her lilting vocals and guitar playing.
“With a voice that comes around, at best, once in a generation, Holly Blackshaw is a crucible of sounds of both folk and psychedelia. She manages to produce music that breaks and follows tradition”— Jeff Conklin, WFMU
“Gave me goosebumps all over my soul”— Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

Hot Club Of Halifax
2026-04-11 21:00 - 23:00
Hot Club of Halifax play Jazz Manouche / Hot Jazz and Swing for dancers and listeners alike.The Hot Club of Halifax are a highly acclaimed and charismatic band made up of some of the best Jazz & Swing musicians in England.
“Deep and danceable swing”
Free entry, contributions to events are always welcome…

Carnival Of Light
2026-04-10 21:00 - 23:30
The Carnival Of Light DJs take us into the weekend with some great sounds.

John Dorr
2026-04-09 20:00 - 22:00
Dorr is the solo project of British born French based producer/ singer/ film composer John Dorr.The intimate deep voice is woven with guitar, often played using unusual items (sex toys/screwdrivers/ electric razors) going beyond noise into a deeply emotive and melodic world in the grand tradition of The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and MBV.These central elements are embellished with electronic loops and glitchy, fizzling beats. Fusing the bombastic with the delicate. 2024 saw his first feature film soundtrack Between The Lights (Dir. Mike Groom) earn bestsoundtrack at Richmond International film festival with the film itself winning several awards, including best film at Dances With Film Festival and receiving positive reviews, notably in The Guardian and Variety.After a UK cinema run is currently available on Amazon/ Apple and Google play in UK/USA/CAN and dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese for the Latin American market.

Acoustic Singaround Session
2026-04-05 13:00 - 16:00
Join us at the Puzzle Hall Inn, the 1st Sunday of each month for an acoustic afternoon informal singaround. All persons of all ages and skill levels welcome.
Hosting, will be the incredible Dave Calvert.In his own words: “Everyone is welcome to come along and sing, play, join in or just listen, the beer is great, as is the atmosphere. Its a lovingly restored, community owned pub which is continuing it’s long history of music events.”
Entry is free, hope to see you there.

Eva Kiss + Patchwork Dots
2026-04-04 21:00 - 23:00
Eva Kiss is an up-and-coming grunge rock icon from Halifax. Taking inspiration from Nirvana, Hole and SoundGarden whilst creating a sound of her own her soulful yet gritty vocals and powerful guitar work complement her band’s overdriven riffs and technical chops. With her raw narrative-driven songwriting she explores themes of sorrow, spirituality, liberation, and mental health recovery expressed with the passion and tender vulnerability of a young Patti Smith or PJ Harvey. Eva Kiss is a talent not to be missed, her natural gift for writing paired with her catchy melodies is surely a recipe for success.
‘Spiky alternative grunge with sass, power and charm’ – Old Man Blues
‘Bristling with soulful melodrama this is catharsis at its most potent’ – Vinyl Fantasy
https://evakiss.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@MissEvaKiss
PATCHWORK DOTS are a lo-fi acoustic indie rock collective from South Yorkshire fronted by Paul Jones. In their sound you can hear classic rock and folk influences combined with a 90s underground alternative rock approach to songwriting. With passionate vocals that recall grunge era icons, a tender sense of melancholy and a tuneful melodicism that owes something to classic pop they will win over the hardest of hearts.
.”Delightful indie rock like a mellower Queens Of The Stone Age” – The Songbird
“Outstanding in terms of texture and warmth, Patchwork Dot’s inventive guitar work and outside-the-box arrangements create a unique sound” – Ragmag
https://patchworkdots.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/patchworkdots/
https://www.youtube.com/@paTChwOrkdOts
https://www.youtube.com/@MissEvaKiss

Folk Night with Nick Hart & Tom Moore
2026-04-02 20:00 - 23:00
Welcome Easter in style, with this rare and thrilling show for the astonishing duo of NICK HART & TOM MOORE – ancient songs draped in violin/viola drones and decorated with dance-tunes. They have no other shows on this tour in West Yorkshire, nor any in the North West, so don’t miss out!!
Our events also feature floor-spots for local folk singers and musicians (with priority for new contributors); so please join us, and perhaps join in!
Entry to this and most other Puzzle Hall Inn events is free; we also invite voluntary contributions from the audience across the evening to further support the artists that we are hosting.
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Nick Hart and Tom Moore are an English folk duo whose debut album, The Colour of Amber (2023), has been widely acclaimed for its vivid interpretations of traditional songs and tunes. The album pairs Hart’s tenor viol and distinctive vocals with Moore’s expressive viola, enhanced by drones and bass from an antique church harmonium, creating a sound that is both intimate and timeless. This unusual combination creates a rich set of textures, the result is an absorbing expression of English music by two master players.
Both musicians are highly respected in the folk world. Nick, an award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist, has been described as “probably the finest interpreter of traditional English folk songs this generation has produced” (Tradfolk). Tom is a violist, fiddle player and guitarist whose playing has been called “ingenious” (The Guardian) and “irresistible” (The Independent). He has performed across the UK and Europe in various ensembles and in recent years contributed as producer or engineer to a stack of albums.
Hart and Moore have worked together in various projects for over a decade. Tom contributed to all three of Nick’s acclaimed solo albums as strings player and engineer, and the duo have remained close collaborators. Originally from mid-Norfolk, Tom recently returned there after 12 years in London, while Nick, raised on the Essex/Cambridgeshire border, now lives in Bristol.
“Whatever these two turn their hands to turns to gold. The Colour of Amber stands as one of 2023’s finest traditional folk albums.” — Tradfolk
“A stately beauty… simple, yet utterly engaging. Nick and Tom bring familiar favourites vividly to life.” — At The Barrier
“A shining example of the best in fusion and musical progression… absorbing and thoughtful” — Spiral Earth
“This debut stands head and shoulders above almost any other English traditional album of recent years.” — KLOF Magazine

Fuzzy Lights + Hexama
2026-03-29 16:00 - 18:00
Fuzzy Lights (Cambridge)Acclaimed experimental psych-folk quintet from the Fens “…pitched somewhere between Pentangle and Black Sabbath. Superb stuff.” UNCUT 9/10https://fuzzylights.bandcamp.com/album/fen-creatures
Hexama (Bradford)Dark ambient synth and guitar drones feat. members of H Morse and Kontikihttps://hexama.bandcamp.com/

FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted
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Cambridge’s acclaimed psych-folk quintet Fuzzy Lights return with their fifth album ‘Fen Creatures’, set for release in November via Meadows. Following 2021’s critically lauded ‘Burials’, the band have created their most conceptually ambitious work to date – a meditation on environmental crisis that uses the folklore and history of East Anglia as a lens to examine humanity’s fractured relationship with the natural world.
Where ‘Burials’ explored personal trauma and environmental collapse, ‘Fen Creatures’ expands this vision into something far more sweeping and interconnected. The album operates across multiple historical timelines, from Iron Age hill forts to medieval plague houses, from Byron’s Romantic-era environmental warnings to the immediate threat of rising sea levels, creating a temporal tapestry that weaves ancient stories with contemporary concerns. “In the world we live, with the challenges of environmental devastation and change, it’s really important to reconnect to our history and the land around us,” explains vocalist Rachel Watkins. “We need to learn lessons from the past and try to live with the landscape rather than changing it to fit our needs. The album calls attention to environmental change while exploring how folklore ties to the landscape and our connection to our ancestors.”Musically, the quintet, Rachel Watkins (vocals/violin), Xavier Watkins (guitar/electronics), Chris Rogers (guitar), Daniel Carney (bass), and Mark Blay (drums), have pushed deeper into experimental drone territories while maintaining the crystalline folk sensibilities that have become their signature. The result is their most atmospheric and immersive work to date, with vast sonic landscapes that mirror the fenland geography they’re documenting.
FEN CREATURES (2025)“…pitched somewhere between Pentangle and Black Sabbath. Superb stuff.” UNCUT 9/10 (as well as “WE’RE NEW HERE” FEATURE)
“..the musical equivalent of Sandy Denny starring in Hammer Horror film Blood on Satan’s Claw.” MOJO ★★★★
“Spellbinding stuff. These are stories worth reading as well as hearing” SHINDIG ★★★★
“Sprawling, uneasy and rather compelling.”RNR ★★★★
BURIALS (2021)MOJO ★★★★ | SHINDIG ★★★★ | FINANCIAL TIMES ★★★★ |TWIN FEATHERS (2010) |MOJO UNDERGROUND ALBUM OF THE MONTH ★★★★ | UNCUT ★★★★

Sowerby Bridge Clothes Swap
2026-03-29 12:00 - 14:00
�*Clothes Swap* – bring up to 6 good quality items of clothing, collect tokens, exchange for something new!

The Light Show + Fads
2026-03-28 21:00 - 23:00
THE LIGHT SHOW are a high-voltage four-piece indie-punk outfit hailing from just outside Halifax. Lively, energetic performers and purveyors of riff-driven, sing-a-long songs with catchy melodies, massive guitar and bass hooks their relatable lyrics explore the everyday chaos of modern life in the time honoured tradition of classic UK indie. At their best they capture the euphoric rush of a night that spirals gloriously out of control. Think The Arctic Monkeys when they were still fun but with a fresh twist that’s entirely their own.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AN5K8mqn1mcd5DuI7VdXa…
https://www.instagram.com/thelight.show?
https://www.thelightshowband.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Thelightshowband/
“A punky, menacing mashup of pop-rock and indie” – RGM
“The Light Show blend raw, sweaty mosh-pit energy with rambunctious yet melodic punk-rock songs” – The Other Side
FADS from Hebden Bridge create box fresh boisterous indie bangers for your discerning ears. Their music is a blend of playful melodies and satirical lyrics which celebrate the mundane. Whether they’re just another fad or a new chapter in music history, they’re here for a good time.
https://fads.bandcamp.com/album/hot-goss
https://www.facebook.com/FADS.2K19

Jazz Night with Ensemble Unknown
2026-03-26 20:00 - 23:00
8.15pm start – Free admission, Collection towards the band taken; Please be generous if you can…
Ensemble Unknown.
The band may be comprised of…
Pete Williams – sax / fluteGraham South – trumpetSteve Hanley – drumsRichard Jones – pianoPaul Baxter – bass
Ensemble Unknown is a jazz quintet inspired by the spiritual independence of Strata-East and the visionary artistry of Stanley Cowell, Woody Shaw, & Charles Tolliver. Their music explores themes of loss & melancholy, transforming introspection into striking, lyrical melodies.Singing horn lines float over rich harmonies while a tightly unified rhythm section delivers a deep, undeniable groove. The bass and drums lock in with warmth and drive, grounding the music in motion and soul. Ensemble Unknown balances beauty and strength, honouring adventurous jazz traditions while crafting a sound that feels intimate, searching, and alive.
Trains:If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.
If you’re travelling up the Calder Valley, and onwards to Manchester, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.22.
Please allow 15 minutes to walk from the pub to the station, and please check, on the day of travel, that the times have not changed, or that strike actions are being planned.
Bus:There’s a 579 bus to Halifax that leaves Station Road at 23.48, just a few minutes’ walk from the Pub, however, give yourself plenty of time, as it’s the last bus, it can be pretty sharp in setting off.
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Least We Got Shoes + Black Hill Band
2026-03-21 21:00 - 23:00
Bradford’s ‘Least We Got Shoes‘ are a rootsy rock and roll band crafting gritty yet heartfelt songs about the ordinary struggles of everyday life. Steeped in authenticity their music is a gritty fusion which blends rock, bluegrass, Americana, and dashes of metal and punk, creating a sound as true to their roots as the ground beneath their feet. ‘Boxcar rock’ – their chosen description of the sound they make combines the blue collar romanticism of Bruce Springsteen and winsome melancholy of The Smiths with the melodic chops and storytelling nous of Dire Straights.
“Least We Got Shoes captivate audiences with their authentic storytelling and genuine musicality. Their music is a call to the wild, a homage to the spirit of those who walk their own path, resonating with the heartbeat of working-class life” – Moosic Entertainment
“A gritty, melodic blend of classic energy and modern edge” – Radio Wigwam
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551784352468#
https://leastwegotshoes.bandcamp.com/

The Black Hill Band are a new group from the lonesome hills of Calderdale made up of seasoned local players making their own unique twist on classic blues, folk and country
https://blackhillband1.bandcamp.com/

A Freaky French Takeover - Chicaloyah + Barnabaie + Fun Fun Funeral
2026-03-19 19:30 - 22:00
Chicaloyoh (Beauregard)Alice Dourlen’s atmospheric and dreamlike minimalist post-folk with Sazhttps://chicaloyoh.bandcamp.com/
Barnabaie (Villefranche De Rouergue)Effect laden classical guitar backed with tape and vocal fragmentshttps://barnabaie.bandcamp.com/
Fun Fun Funeral (Occitanie) Freak folk lo-fi pop for drum machine, saturated synthesisers, and bird song.https://funfunfuneral.bandcamp.com/

FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted

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ChicaloyohChicaloyoh is the solo project of French musician Alice Dourlen.Through her career, Alice has had a fascinating trajectory, we dare to say one of the most fascinating of this decade; never staying too much in one territory she has explored ritualistic pyschedelicism, folk, experimental music, industrial, collaging, spoken word, minimal synth to the point that those tags have become meaningless. Never being generic always a true original, each phase sees her more and more in her own world. FFO: Grouper, Nico, Nurse With Wound, Catherine Ribeiro, Roberto di Simone.
Tracks of L’Inventaire des Disparitions have been recommended by The Quietus on their monthly Rockfort mix and by the Independent Music Podcast in UK.
“Chicoloyoh’s sound is incredibly unique, best described as darkly introspective. It’s a magical combination of minimalism (near-tribal drum beats, drones, and repetitive guitar lines) and chant-like vocals which are reminiscent of Nico.” (Soundrainreview)
“Her Nico(esque) dronals seemed to pierce the gloom beautifully, pinned to skuttering beats that reminded me of Danielle Dax in places, as those loose rhythmic folds hungrily ate into the ritualised delivery. […] Curling vocals seemed to haunt the battlements of each song like a screech-less Diamanda Galás. Fallen angels of French baptised in lush keyboards that wavered between pop, psych and something altogether more unquantifiable.” (Freq.org.uk)
“De Nico période The Marble Index à Catherine Ribeiro, Brigitte Fontaine ou Armande Altai, les étalons ne manquent pas pour situer la voix de la Normande Alice Dourlen dans le monde de la musique pop-et-plus-si-affinités. […] avec l’onirisme vicié des films de Kenneth Anger, l’érotisme terrorisant de Sade, l’esotérisme de carton pâte des maîtres mystificateurs Cagliostro, Aleister Crowley ou Helena Blavatsky” (Le Drone)
BarnabaieBarnabaie puts his classical guitar through effects, adds fragments of tape recordings and adds some vocals here and there. The promise of a stroll along the riverbank with images flashing before the eyes. The sounds coil around themselves. The guitar can be heard and then appears clearly once we have agreed to lose ourselves in the sound textures manipulated by Barnabaie. The landscape has wandered.
Fun Fun Funeral�fun fun funeral shares its sensitive and audacious pop-songs, bursting with vitality: playful drum machines, saturated synthesizer, high-pitched voice and playground ambiences invite us to a hallucinated pop ceremony. A blend of influences from across the Channel and the Atlantic, in the tradition of Micachu and Animal Collective.

Moose Knuckle + Euro Daddy
2026-03-14 21:00 - 23:00
Moose Knuckle have no delusions of grandeur. Just five mates smashing out raw, riff-heavy tunes with enough sweat and sarcasm to peel paint off the walls.Their sound is jagged, unapologetic, loud & in-your-face & danceable somewhere between a sucker punch to the face, and a night out you only half-remember. They’re not trying to change the world. They just want to make it shake a bit (a lot).
“Solid punk swagger” – Aural Aggravation
“If you’ve never seen Moose Knuckle then you’re missing a crucial cultural experience” – Vanyaland
https://www.instagram.com/mooseknucklehq/
https://www.youtube.com/@MooseKnuckleHQ
Eurodaddy is the pre-dystopian electro-pop solo project of local musician Tom Pullan. Going from big beats to cult movie moments and back with influences such as Tiga and John Grant It’s music for proactive ditherers which celebrates both the pop and the peculiar.
https://soundcloud.com/…/eurodaddy-and-shoez-plimsoul…
https://trampledtodefrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-man

Chris Manley
2026-03-13 21:00 - 23:00
Chris Manley is an excellent guitar player with a wide variety of styles under his belt. Expect to hear modern folk with influences of dub, funk and soul.

A Happy Salmon + Andrew Metheven
2026-03-08 16:00 - 19:00
The music of A Happy Salmon is the new project of Max Lille former leader of Leeds heavy shoegaze band Slow Team. Blending ethereal pop songwriting with a prog-leaning mentality A Happy Salmon creates immersive, slow-burning songs that swell, shimmer, and surprise. Expect atmosphere, emotional pull, and moments of quiet intensity that blossom into something huge.
https://www.instagram.com/ahappyhappysalmon/
“Taking inspiration from the likes of Massive Attack, Deftones and James Blake Max Lille creates an ominous, mysterious atmosphere as darkness bleeds out of the speakers” – Dead Good Music
“Haunting carefully crafted songs full of eerie atmosphere” – Bacchanalia Magazine
Andrew Metheven is a lofi/alt-folk songwriter. He released his first EP, A Quiet Life, in March 2022, and his first album – Sister Winter – in June 2024, and has since performed at grassroots venues and festivals across Yorkshire.Still living in his native Bradford, his songs are about births, hills, loss, birds, daydreams. His live performances – characterised by his melodic guitar finger-picking – are unapologetically raw and unfiltered.
https://andrewmetheven.co.uk/
https://andrewmetheven.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/AndrewMetheven/
“His melodic voice and raw, unpolished recordings evoke a vivid, bittersweet story and capture a nostalgic longing” – Wigan Today
