JOHN PEEL DAY
Your John Peel tribute gigs
This page contains the full listing of John Peel Day gigs happening in the south east of England.
England - South East
Name: In Memory of John Peel
Venue: Bewbush Community Centre
Town: Crawley, West Sussex
Region: England - South East
Line Up/Details:
The Darlings - Infectious Rock
Revolution - Alternative Rock / Experimental
d'Dogs - Tail Wagging, Leash Straining, Leg Cocking Rock / Blues and Punk
Tickets:
Cost: £10
How to buy: merv@d-dogs.co.uk
Phone Merv: 07979 59 74 31
Name: CuRioSiTy Special: John Peel Day
Venue: Mr Kyps Live Music Venue
Town: Bournemouth/Poole
Line Up/Details:
A night of inspiring, original and creative music dedicated to the memory of John Peel and his dedication to finding fresh and original bands. Featuring:
Acoustic Ladyland - masterful punked-up jazz mayhem
The Hat - Rancontours and roustabouts from Brighton
Sancho - A dizzying array of madness and madcap laughs
Tickets:
Cost: £5
How to buy: call 01202748945
Name: Peel Night
Venue: West Watford Conservative club
Town: Watford Herts
Line Up/Details:
Please note our gig takes place on Friday 12th October 8pm instead of thursday 11th October. Two local bands The R.T. Band (blues) and Propeller (Indie).Also Peel disco raffle and bar til midnight.
Tickets:
Cost: £3.00
How to buy: Pay pal via Lemon rock, or from R.T. Music 020 8428 7512. 166 Gosforth Lane Watford WD19 7RD.
Name: MOOGIE WONDERLAND
Venue: ENIGMA WINE BAR
Town: ROCHESTER
Line Up/Details:
Moogie Wonderland is an arts and music clubnight based in Rochester in Kent. The aim is to introduce new, unheard music to followers as well as playing some rare musical gems from the past. The night is enhanced by conceptual art displays, video projections and literature. John Peel Day also sees Moogie Wonderland's first birthday, in which you can get in for free at Enigma Wine Bar on Rochester High Street from 10pm til 2am. Peel's (and Huw Stephens' and Rob Da Bank's) influence on the night can be heard throughout - from Camera Obscura to Stereolab, from Serge Gainsbourg to The Fall, from Los Campesinos! to Slow Club. The clubnight has ground out a cult following in the South East and has had national press in The Guardian and Time Out magazine. The evening is a celebration of everything John Peel provided to us and a chance for fans of twee/indie/psych/lounge/noise to hear things they don't normally hear at a clubnight.
Tickets:
Cost: FREE!
Name: John Peel Memorial Gig
Venue: The Brewery Tap (pub)
Town: Folkestone
Line Up/Details:
3 fresh, unsigned bands take to the stage to rock out and show the world what JP meant to them, while raising money for Cancer Research
Tickets:
Cost: £2
How to buy: On the door
Name: Live Gig - John Peel Day
Venue: Community Centre
Town: Brightlingsea
Line Up/Details:
Local live bands:
Last 1 Standing
Sally Theobald
Spiral Circuit
DAMN
All proceeds to 4 Youth project in Brightlingsea to purchase more musical instruments.
Tickets:
Cost: 11-16s £1 - Adults £3
How to buy: At the door or from Spirals card shop.
Name: John Peel Night at the Albert, Brighton
Venue: The Prince Albert
Town: Brighton
Line Up/Details:
Live music from Bang!Bang!Bang!, Rival Joustas and Kopek. DJ melita dennett playing tunes exclusively from John Peel's Festive Fifty 1976 - 2003.
Tickets:
Cost: FREE
Name: BBC South Live Albert Sessions
Venue: The Prince Albert
Town: Brighton
Line Up/Details:
Celebrating John Peel Day- Thursday October 11th
Upstairs at The Prince Albert
On Thursday October 11th, the south’s premier new music show South:Live and Brighton’s new music venue The Prince Albert will be celebrating the life and work of John Peel on the evening that marks the third anniversary of his last broadcast. Suitably, the venue sports a wall-sized portrait of the Britain’s greatest new music champion, and the bill promises an eclectic musical line-up featuring some of the south coasts most experimental, genre-busting and down right noisy bands. Between the live sets, DJ Melita will be spinning tracks selected exclusively from Peel's “Festive 50” from 1976-2003.
Brighton’s BANGBANGBANG! fuse the energy and attitude of 70’s punk with the heavy guitars reminiscent of the 90s alternative rock scene. Fans have described their gigs as being “like a brick in the face! And that's a good thing!", and John O’Noland from Musicwriter says that "Front(wo)man Natalie has more balls than half the pretentious self absorbed musicians that are knocking about at the moment, and she’s not afraid to show it."
Netley Abbey’s Rival Joustas look a bit like an indie band that needs a haircut. What they deliver, however is “a white hot freak out of epic proportions that includes a mini stage invasion, drummer Morgan running down the bar banging a tambourine, and singer Thomas dancing about like he's got jump leads attached to [a sensitive area of his anatomy- Ed]. All this and songs that somehow fall into about five genres and then kick the living s***t out of them”.
Spotted at this year’s Brighton Live festival Kopek take their musical lead from bands like Múm, Low and Six Organs of Admittance, and their set promises a hypnotic blend of post rock where minimalist and folk sensibilities collide.
Where: Upstairs at The Prince Albert, Trafalgar St, Brighton
When: Thursday October 11th
What Time: Doors open 7:30pm
How Much: FREE!
NB: We're adding more gigs all the time. There's a massive list to get through, keep checking back for further additions.
