Independent Venue Week 2019 kicks off today (Monday 28 January) with a full programme of gigs – so there’s no excuse to make the most of the whole week.
Among the highlights tonight, this year’s ambassador Novelist kicks off his IVW tour at London’s 100 Club, while Songhoy Blues play Brighton’s Komedia, This Is The Kit are live at Ipswich’s The Smokehouse , Hull’s The New Adelphi welcomes Public Service Broadcasting, Black Midi are heading to The Windmill in London and former ambassador, and Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess plays Bournemouth’s The Old Fire Station.
Though that’s just for starters, here’s the full list of what’s in store.
Bath Komedia – Raise The Bar (Spoken Word)
Bath Moles – Get The Blessing, Tiny Leaves, Big Jeff Johns (DJ Set)
Birmingham The Castle & Falcon – Tim Burgess & The Anytime Minutes, Average Sex
Bournemouth Sixty Million Postcards – Pip Blom, No Violet
Edinburgh Leith Depot – Erb & Ting, Bad Mama’s Kiss, The Smoking Jeffreys
Bournemouth The Old Fire Station – Michale Graves (Ex Misfits),Noise Pollution, Miseria Hallows
Brighton Komedia – Songhoy Blues
Bristol Crofters Rights – Old Sea Brigade
Cambridge Junction – East Pointers
Cardiff The Moon – Tara Clerkin, Saccharyn, Chikaya, Esio
Edinburgh Sneaky Petes – Makeness
Glasgow The Blue Arrow Jazz Club – Graeme Stephen, Aidan O’Rourke Quartet
Glasgow The Hug and Pint – Brigid Mae Power
Guildford Rock – Childcare
Guildford The Boileroom – Simple Fiction, LongDayLateNight
Hull The New Adelphi – Public Service Broadcasting
Ipswich The Smokehouse – This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain, Bessie Turner
Leeds Oporto – Gary Stewart
Liverpool The Zanzibar Club – Adam Jay, The Dissident, Reign, Flogging The Dead Horse, Joe Moylan
London 229 – The Young Hearts, Delaire, The Liar
London Aces & Eights – Anna MacDonald, Ainsley Hamill
London Paper Dress Vintage – Me and The Moon, I Said Yes, Callum Pitt
London The 100 Club – Novelist
London The Elgar Room at The Royal Albert Hall – Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective
London The Five Bells – Famous, James Martin & The Guest, Brother May, Merlin Nova
London The Half Moon, Putney –James Walsh (Starsailor)
London The Social – Ugly
London The Windmill – Black Midi, Jerskin Fendrix, PVA, Baraka
Manchester Gullivers – Acid Dad
Manchester Jimmy’s – Jerry Williams
Milton Keynes MK11 – Comedy Night
Milton Keynes The Stables – Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
Newton Abbot Kingskerswell Parish Church – Beth Rowley
Newcastle Think Tank – Lost Under Heaven
Nottingham The Angel Microbrewry – Argesk
Salford The Eagle Inn – Genevieve L. Walsh
Scunthorpe The Lincoln Imp – Hacktivist
Sheffield Record Junkee – Conan, Blind Mondayarch, Firebreather
Stowmarket –John Peel Centre for Creative Arts Kursk, The Interesting Times Gang, The Fifths, Sophie Mahon
