music events
Live and Local: Many Bats
20th March - 7:30pm - £10 per person
Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm!
Making their Live & Local debut are local band Many Bats – an exciting rock/pop outfit who deliver razor-sharp hooks, ragged melodies, and stripped-down songs that feel both timeless and tightly wound. The band channels the raw energy of CBGB-era New York, garage sensibility, the emotional weight of Americana, and the infectious grooves of classic power pop – all tied together with a DIY ethos and a touch of comic-book flair.
Their music has been compared to The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Television, early Talking Heads, Blondie, X, Funkadelic, and even The Pixies, thanks to their unexpected left turns and melodic sophistication beneath the grit. Many Bats take everything that’s ever been on the radio, smash it into a blender, and serve it back with attitude and a wink.
To hear/see more, visit:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/TmTZFvIOyS4?si=tXgt1QIj3b5JzfGw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/many_bats?igsh=MW1oZGFmczA2ZWI5dA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EA9sqjwf6/?mibextid=wwXIfr
On the night, Many Bats will be supported by local singer-songwriters Ali Robbins, Abbie Gathard and Live & Local founder Ed Coan.
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Live and Local: The Hanging Bandits
17th April - 7:30pm - £10 per person
Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm!
The Hanging Bandits are a folk band who have been playing music, searching for buried treasure, and investigating paranormal activity for the past several years. Hertfordshire-based, the Bandits formed as an indie rock band but after realising that drum kits are difficult to bring on paranormal investigations, shifted to an acoustic folk setup. Since then, they’ve released two albums and three EPs but have yet to recover any lost treasure or document any monsters. Undeterred by these failures, the Bandits continue to write music with a focus on socially-conscious lyricism and songs about friendship and the natural world.
Their style reflects the housing estates of London’s satellite towns as well as the green and varied countryside of the UK. The Bandits bring an open and celebratory live show that balances melancholy with humour and open green space with the cramped greyness of modern life. Their focus on songwriting and jovial approach to performance has made them popular at festivals and events around the UK, including How the Light Gets In Festival, Killin Music Festival and Folk in a Field.
You can find the Hanging Bandits on:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thehangingbandits
Website: https://thehangingbandits.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7lwz1ozhcisakHQNQUYm4P?si=snOQuwacTz2uDv62kQ4eYQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehangingbandits/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehangingbandits
On the night, the Hanging Bandits will be supported by local singer-songwriters Skye Wild, Anna Swannell and Rob ‘Littlebigman’ Gillott.
Book your tickets here!
STILL WE RISE: Living with Imagination
Saturday 27th June - 7.30pm-10pm - £10
STILL WE RISE is a multi-media crossover band celebrating nature, gender and healing.
It brings together Ellie Hill & Richard Lafford on violin, guitar & keyboards, Anna Schofield’s expressive paintings and Leslie Tate’s dramatic words about bullying & recovery.
Come and enjoy an acclaimed act from Luton Culture Trust and the Watford Fringe!
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