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Tuesday 28th September 2.30pm
Remember when
Making its first visit to Blackwood is one of the countries most popular nostalgia shows. Join Neil Sands and his fabulous cast of West End performers for this afternoon filled with Music Memories and Good Old Fashioned FUN. Featuring magical musical memories from the 40’s 50’s 60’s & 70’s.
Back to a time when, Songs had words you could sing a long to, you never had to lock your front door, and it took 5 minutes to warm up the telly! With songs made famous by Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Max Bygraves, Vera Lynn, Elvis Presley and much more… even ABBA.
Tickets £12 / £10 concessions
Tuesday 5th October 7.30pm
THE FABULOUS SINATRA YEARS
Tony Jacobs with the Jim Barry Quintet return to Blackwood Miners Institute – one of their favourite theatres with The Fabulous Sinatra Years, currently in its 10th year of touring.
And indeed it is not just the great man who is celebrated in this fast moving, fun-packed concert. Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Al Jolson, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Perry Como, Bobby Darin and Tommy Dorsey are all remembered – as are the songwriters such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.
Tickets £12.50 / £11.50 concessions
Thursday 21st October 7.30pm
ANIMALS & FRIENDS
With Special Guest Spencer Davis. Featuring from the original Animals:
JOHN STEEL and MICKY GALLAGHER (The Blockheads, Paul McCartney, The Clash, Eurythmics) Plus - John E. Williamson (Titanic) Peter Barton (Boomtown Rats Roberts & Crowe - Wayne Fontana's Mindbenders).
Animals & Friends remain a seminal rhythm & blues band who still command great respect internationally amongst their peers as well as from fans of all ages who instinctively respond so enthusiastically to such pivotal songs from The Animals’ catalogue such as ‘We Gotta Get Out Of This Place’, ‘Boom Boom’, ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, ‘Baby, Let Me Take You Home’, ‘I Put A Spell On You’ and the bands’ multi-million selling anthem and Number One hit across the world - ‘House of The Rising Sun’.
Tickets £17.50 / £16.50 concessions
Friday 22nd October 8pm
STATE OF UNDRESS
State of Undress are a rocky-rootsy ‘fiddlesome’ band from Dorset. They are delighted to be bringing their distinctive and exuberant brand of original music to Blackwood Miners Institute for the first time. They have played a number of times in South Wales in the last two years (most recently at the Pontardawe Festival this summer) and done several live sessions on BBC Radio Wales. Described as ‘ overflowing with spirit and a compelling energy’ and with music that’s ‘a blend of roots-rock, country, Celtic flavourings and a full-bodied melodic musical assault’ (R2 Rock n Reel).
State of Undress are: Charlie Rose – vocals and percussion; Alan Rose – guitars, mandolin and vocals; Samantha Jane – fiddle; Malcolm Windett – bass and electric upright bass; Keith Fletcher – drums, African drum, and percussion.
Tickets £8 / £7 concessions/Valleys Roots Members £7
Lower Bar
Saturday 23rd October 7.30pm
Broadway & Beyond
An uplifting celebration of the best of musical theatre. This thrilling mix of live music, movement and wit is performed by eight versatile West End professionals. They promise to captivate you with their vocal and musical abilities added to a dazzling array of costumes and the sounds of over a dozen instruments. A stunning performance to set your feet tapping, your heart singing and leave you wanting more…
Tickets £14, £12 concessions
Friday 29th October - Doors 7.30pm
4TH Street Traffic Plus Guests
4th Street Traffic come from the heart of the South Wales Valleys. Gaining much critical acclaim during the short time they’ve been together this band have made their mark on the Welsh unsigned music scene. With an ever-growing fan base and a back catalogue of gigs to make any artist jealous, they’re set in motion for the top as a definite “MUST SEE” band. On sale now on ITunes, Amazon and HMV, is their 2nd album titled ‘Kick The Habit’. The band supported the Stereophonics at the Cardiff City Stadium in June chosen by Kelly Jones.
Tickets £8
Standing Room Only - Over 14s Only
Saturday 13th November 7.30pm
BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETERS 2010
The Longest-Running and Greatest Buddy Holly Show On Earth!
This breathtaking show from Buddy and the boys - who have, for seventeen sensational years, delighted audiences across the globe from Cardiff to California and Barking to Bangkok! - is guaranteed to have everyone singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles to such timeless hits as That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, It Doesn’t Matter Anymore, Raining In My Heart, Oh Boy! – and many, many more.
Featuring some of the finest and talented actor-musicians in the business, whose combined West End credits include Buddy, Lennon, Return to The Forbidden Planet, Jailhouse Rock and Sunday In The Park With George amongst others, BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETERS were recently endorsed as Britain’s most popular Buddy Holly act when they guest-starred on BBC One's Saturday night live programme, “The One and Only”.
Don't miss the chance to see Britain's longest-running and greatest Buddy Holly act live and make your Heartbeat a little faster with the show that has thousands of fans the world over saying: “I can’t believe it’s not Buddy!”
Tickets £14, £12 concessions
Friday 19th November Doors 7.30pm
DEEPLY PURPLE
DEEPLY PURPLE are without question the best Deep Purple tribute band in the UK, faithfully recreating the amazing, guitar thrashing, organ rocking virtuoso live performances that made Deep Purple the most exciting live band on the planet!
Every facet of Deep Purple's music is faithfully reproduced and there's more – the band goes beyond the straight reproduction of the songs and taps into the energy and improvisation that made each Deep Purple live performance unique. It doesn't get any better than this!
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the ‘Deep Purple In Rock’ album so DEEPLY PURPLE celebrate with a special show that includes a section featuring every song from the album, as well as the very best of Deep Purple's stellar back catalogue.
‘Deep Purple In Rock’ is one of the genre's definitive albums, combining hard-edged riffs with virtuoso technique - The album has been described as seminal, groundbreaking, an all time-classic.
www.deeplypurple.com
Tickets £10 in advance/£12 on the door
Lower Bar. Standing Room Only