Coming up at The Kitchen Garden Café

The Mee Club, Laughing Calves, Mick Thomas with Squeezebox Wally, Kieran Halpin, Traditional Song Session, Clayson Sings Chanson among others feature this month and next.

August
Tue 7th Aug	The Mee Club – Launch Night					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Make friends, find lovers, enjoy the show! The Mee Club is a vibrant new club for singles. Casual conversations to begin, then sit back and be entertained by poets, storytellers, authors, stand ups, actors and musicians. Hosted by the glorious Cat Weatherill and guests. This is our big launch night. Come! Join us on Facebook for lineup news. Food served from 6.30pm, Cabaret starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £7				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Wed 8th Aug	Laughing Calves					8pm (Doors 7pm)
The sell-out comedy night with a fabulous all-female line Up. Local favourite, Annette Fagon, will be headlining this night of new female comedy, with Laughing Cows resident MC, Maureen Younger, hosting the evening, “more than compere, more than host” (www.gingerbeer.co.uk). The night has won rave reviews “This was the warmest comedy room I’ve ever walked into … a warm and relaxing environment in which to watch some very funny women.” (www.gingerbeer.co.uk). “A good event to go to with your girlfriends” (www.spoonfed.co.uk), “a huge hit” (Birmingham Mail). As a special summer offer, tickets will be £6/£5 concessions.
Tickets: £6 (£5 Conc.)				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Tue 14th Aug		Mick Thomas with Squeezebox Wally			8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Acclaimed Australian singer songwriter Mick Thomas, leader of Weddings, Parties, Anything & the Sure Thing, makes a welcome return to KGC together with fellow WPA cohort Mark ‘Squeezebox Wally’ Wallace on accordion. Playing songs from Mick’s acclaimed new solo album ‘The Last Of The Tourists’ together with old favourites from WPA & the Sure Thing, you’re promised a night of traditional roots based music encompassing great songs & stories of the Aussie way of life. “He will talk the leg off an old chair and play the arse off a guitar, sweat the shirt of his back and lay you in the aisles.” (Jamie McKew OAM, Festival Director, Port Fairy Folk Festival). www.mickthomas.com
Tickets: £8 adv				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Tue 21st Aug	The Mee Club					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Make friends, find lovers, enjoy the show! The Mee Club is a vibrant new club for singles. Casual conversations to begin, then sit back and be entertained by poets, storytellers, authors, stand ups, actors and musicians. Hosted by the glorious Cat Weatherill and guests. Come! Join us on Facebook for lineup news. Food served from 6.30pm, Cabaret starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £7				Tickets available from the Café or www.wegottickets.com
September
Tue 4th Sept	The Mee Club					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Make friends, find lovers, enjoy the show! The Mee Club is a vibrant new club for singles. Casual conversations to begin, then sit back and be entertained by poets, storytellers, authors, stand ups, actors and musicians. Hosted by the glorious Cat Weatherill and guests. Come! Join us on Facebook for lineup news. Food served from 6.30pm, Cabaret starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £7				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Wed 5th Sept	Kieran Halpin					8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Since 1979 Kieran Halpin has recorded 18 albums, one live DVD and published 2 songbooks with 50 songs in each book. He is a successful songwriter with many of his songs covered by other artists such as Ilse De Lange(All The Answers), Vin Garbutt, Dolores Keane( Too Long Away, Sister and Brother), Other Roads, Geraldine McGowan, Tom McConville, Niamh Parsons(The Old Simplicity), The Battlefield Band, Flossie and the late John Wright. In fact his songs are performed in clubs, pubs and concert halls throughout the world. Some have also been translated into German, Finnish and Spanish! He has recorded albums in his native Ireland, Scotland, London, Nashville, Oxford and Sydney.Whilst his albums are always something to look forward to it is live on stage where Halpin makes his mark. Powerful and passionate, intimate and intense, he is impossible to ignore. His voice has such an edge to it that he sounds like he is living every song. He has managed to marry his intelligent and thought provoking lyrics with great melodies and has developed over the years into a writer with a style all his own. All of this is underscored by an incisive wit in his introductions which helps an audience to understand where the song comes from and hint at where it might be going.
Tickets: £8				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Thu 6th Sept	Traditional Song Session					8pm – 10pm
Traditional music sessions take place in pubs all over the city but traditional singing is also alive and well.  Here’s a chance to sing and listen to traditional songs in a friendly and informal environment. Admission is free, donations are welcomed.
Tickets: Free Entry				For more info. visit www.tradartsteam.co.uk
Sun 9th Sept	Clayson Sings Chanson					8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
In the wake of the long-awaited new edition of his Jacques Brel biography, Clayson Sings Chansonl is a presentation whose origins lie in 1999’s acclaimed Ne Me Quitte Pas: A Celebration Of Jacques Brel, an all-star album on which Alan Clayson’s contributions were highlights, attracting rave notices such as “hugely entertaining., Jacques would’ve approved” (Rock ‘N’ Reel [R2]); “everything here is pretty much equal to the doomed romanticism that was Brel’s trademark” (Record Collector) and “a complex emotional landscape of understated dynamics and dark aesthetics”(Folk On Tap). Embracing linking narrative as well as chanson, this will appeal to both Brel devotees and those interested generally in Gallic culture. Prior to his renown as a music historian, Alan Clayson was popular in the late 1970s as leader of the legendary Clayson and the Argonauts (who reformed in 2005) and has since become “one of the more extraordinary figures to emerge from rock ‘n’ roll” (The Independent).  See www.alanclayson.com.
Tickets: £8				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Wed 12th Sept	Laughing Cows					8pm (Doors 7pm)
The sell-out comedy night with a fabulous all-female line Up. As usual, resident MC, Maureen Younger “funny and infectious”(Time Out Berlin) will be hosting the evening. Performing alongside Maureen will be a winner of both The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year and Funny Women competitions, Debra-Jane Appelby, Kerry Leigh “talented, witty, brave”(Buxton Fringe) as well as one of Canada’s rising stand-up stars Allyson Smith. The night has won rave reviews “This was the warmest comedy room I’ve ever walked into … a warm and relaxing environment in which to watch some very funny women.” (www.gingerbeer.co.uk). “A good event to go to with your girlfriends” (www.spoonfed.co.uk), “a huge hit” (Birmingham Mail).
Tickets: £8 (£6 Conc.)				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Sun 16th Sept	Alasdair Roberts					8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish singer, guitarist, interpreter of traditional songs and writer of new songs based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since 1996 he has worked with Drag City Records of Chicago, releasing three albums of original material under the name Appendix Out as well as five albums under his own name, featuring both original and traditional material. In that time, he has worked with a wide variety of collaborators from many different musical and artistic backgrounds. “It’s a long time since balladry has sounded this vital and primordial” (Uncut). “One of Britain’s most singular and original talents” (Colin Irwin, fRoots).
Tickets: £10				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Tue 18th Sept	The Mee Club					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Make friends, find lovers, enjoy the show! The Mee Club is a vibrant new club for singles. Casual conversations to begin, then sit back and be entertained by poets, storytellers, authors, stand ups, actors and musicians. Hosted by the glorious Cat Weatherill and guests. Come! Join us on Facebook for lineup news. Food served from 6.30pm, Cabaret starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £7				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Wed 19th Sept	Storytelling Cafe with Christine McMahon					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
Christine McMahon performs Goosewing. The old woman is nearing her end and she reflects on an ever-growing sense of uselessness, then an old goose wing jolts memories of darker times when she was young and forced to face the darkness.  A desperate young girl gives her hope but also the need to face her darkest fears.  Can she conquer them a second time? Christine McMahon is an exceptional storyteller from Yorkshire who is an engaging and humorous performer with a great talent for drawing audiences into her thoughtful and often witty stories.  Food Served from 6.30, Stories start at 7.30.
Tickets: £7			Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Sun 23rd Sept	Rebecca Schwarz					7.30pm (Doors 7.00pm)
Have you ever looked back at moments in your life and thought “oops”? Singer/Actress Rebecca Schwarz,, blessed with occasional poor judgement, entertains audiences with songs and chat. “Marvellous. The most entertaining show I’ve been to in years.”, “You were fantastic, very clever and very, very funny. The whole family loved it.”, “Absolutely amazing. Emotive, personal, compelling”.
Tickets:  £5 adv / £6 door				Tickets available from the Cafe or www.wegottickets.com
Tue 25th Sept	Poetry Bites with Christine Coleman & Jan Watts					7.30pm (Doors 6.30pm)
“One of the top 10 venues for poetry in the UK” (Susan Richardson, Radio 4). Poetry Bites also includes floor spots – arrive early to book a spot. Tickets on door or by email from jacquirowe@hotmail.co.uk (07971 018 825). Food Served from 6.30, Readings start at 7.30.
Tickets: £5 (£4 Conc.) on Door				Food served from 6:30pm, Readings start at 7:30pm

To book tickets for any of these events (unless specified on the listing) or to reserve a table in the restaurant call 0121 443 4725, e-mail us on info@kitchengardencafe.co.uk or call in at the cafe.