Blues

Three of the UK’s top roots/blues musicians perform as a trio at Farnham Maltings on Thursday 28th March.

With award-winning drummer Sam Kelly, plus Earl Jackson on bass ‘Entertainment with a capital ‘e” Mad Rat Magazine and last but not least with Stompin’ Dave on guitar, fiddle, banjo, piano and vocals. ‘A master …a true original’ The Daily Telegraph.

Stompin’ Dave is a favourite at the Boogaloo weekends and The Maltings.     Don’t miss Stompin’ Daves Blues3 at The Farnham Maltings on Thursday 28th March.   Doors open at 8.15 pm for a 9.00 pm start and tickets are just £10 each.   To reserve tickets please visit our ticket reservations page.

Superb blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Buddy Whittington  will be appearing in the Cellar Bar at Farnham Maltings on Thursday 11th April 2013.
Buddy Whittington was the guitarist with John Mayall  for many years.  Buddy is described by John Mayall as ‘perhaps the best Bluesbreaker of them all’ and there is some superb footage on YouTube of Buddy sharing the stage with Eric Clapton at John Mayall’s 70th Birthday concert. We are letting you know about this particular gig at the Maltings earlier than usual because last time we had to turn people away.  So please reserve tickets early!
Tickets cost £15 per ticket, doors open at 8.15 pm and the gig starts at 9.00 pm.  To see the current diary of Boogaloo gigs please visit www.boogaloopromotions.com/blues.
For ticket reservations, please click here.

Don’t miss Northsyde this Thursday 7th February in the Cellar Bar at Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham GU9 7QR.

Northsyde play funky blues with great musicianship and lots of attitude!  Mix up some Rock, Blues, Jazz and Soul. Take stunning lead guitar from ace Jules Fothergill, a bassist that plays upside down and backwards, throw in a big fat beat and raspy vocals from powerful songstress Lorna Reilly. Make it heavy… make it rocky… make it funky!  This is a band you should see!

For more information visit their website.

You can reserve tickets at www.boogaloopromotions.com/tickets and pay on the door or just turn up.  Tickets cost £10 and doors open at 8.15 pm for a 9.00 pm start.

We have a very special show next Wednesday 6th February in the Cellar Bar at South Hill Park, Bracknell with superb guitarist and singer Marcus Bonfanti. 

Marcus is best known for his high energy live shows with his 3 piece band but he will be traveling the UK solo in February 2013 with a set of intimate solo gigs. These shows will contain both old and new material presented in a way his audience will never have seen him, featuring new material and a stage set to transport the audience further into Bonfanti’s world.  It will be a night to remember! 

‘Marcus Bonfanti deserves to become the next British blues guitar hero’ – The Guardian ‘He is fantastic live…’ – Bob Harris

Tickets cost £10 each and doors open at 8.00 pm for an 8.30 pm start.  To reserve tickets (and pay on the night) click here.

Don’t miss out on our fabulous ‘Blues Bonanza’ at Warner’s Lakeside, Hayling Island, taking place 18 – 21 January 2013.
 We have a fabulous line-up headed up by superb singer and guitarist Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, plus critically-acclaimed blues-rock band Virgil & The Accelerators (replacing Dr JJ’s Blues Band), superb guitarist and singer Ron Sayer Jnr with his stunning band, the seven-piece Brass Knuckle Blues Band, the Nigel Bagge Band and last but not least Idle Hands with stunning vocals from Phil Allen.   Plus acoustic sessions and late night jams hosted by Five Field Holler, and Tony Farinha as MC/DJ for the weekend.   All for a great price of £159 for standard accommodation when you quote code RNB13.   Click here for the downloadable leaflet.   To book, ring Lakeside on 023 9246 3976.

Ace boogie woogie player Ben Waters appears at Farnham Maltings on Thursday 8th November.   Ben has played at The Maltings since his teens.  Since then he has travelled the world and played venues of all sizes from intimate venues like The Maltings to the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall.  Ben Waters is known for his excellent musicianship and for his on-stage charisma.   In recent times Ben has played alongside Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones,  Shakin’ Stevens, Procul Harum, Ray Davies and Jools Holland, and he’s played at Mick Jagger’s birthday party and Jools Hollands’ wedding!    Make sure you catch him at The Maltings on Thursday 8th November.   Doors open at 8.15 pm for a 9.00 pm start and tickets cost £12.   To reserve tickets and pay on the night, please click here.