What's On January - April 2020

JANUARY - APRIL 2020 LISTEN | CREATE | LEARN | EAT | DRINK | DANCE | ENGAGE

“Welcome to Olby’s Creative Hub, Margate. If you are reading about us for the first time, thank you for your interest. If you already know of the work we do, then thank you for your support. Let me just set the tone for those of you that are new to us here.

We have spent 19 years developing our business here in Margate through the toughest of years. By 2013 we had reached readiness to move forwards with our vision and aims, so we created our Community Interest Company to establish long term community-led events for Thanet.

Our signature event is Margate Soul Festival, but it’s one of many.

We see Olby’s as an important part of the regeneration and development plans for Margate through the continued improvement of our festivals, our events programme, live music provision and the creation of combined community and educational creative arts activities.

Our aim is to showcase Margate’s forward thinking attitude by creating town-owned, sustainable, celebratory events, as well as providing training and development opportunities that have real outcomes with tangible results.

We are now in an exciting new phase of growth here and with the support of Arts Council England, we have improved our building’s accessibility and installed stateof-the-art video and audio recording facilities to support the development of our young people in a grassroots programme. Take a look inside to read more about our plans and work.”

Eli Thompson - owner, musician and promoter

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JANUARY Kid Of Pop Friday 24 January 19:00 - 22:00 The UK’s no. 1 mini Michael Jackson tribute performer, Otis Phoenix: The Kid of Pop presents his debut live solo show “The Future Shines On”.

Join us at Olby’s Soul Café, for an evening celebrating the music and legacy of Michael Jackson as The Kid of Pop presents a history of The King of Pop. All proceeds from the show are going towards The Kid of Pop’s trip to Los Angeles in February 2020, when he will bring his tribute performance to America’s Got Talent.

Limited availability so book early to avoid disappointment. £10 adv / £12 door + booking fee

Chelsea Carmichael Saturday 25 January 19:30 - 22:30 London-based composer and National Youth Jazz Choir alumni, Chelsea Carmichael, is heavily involved in the vibrant UK jazz scene. She has performed with the likes of artists including SEED ensemble, The Huw Bennett Quintet, Arun Ghosh, and the Arthur O’Hara trio, and has previously toured with international heavy-weights, Terence Blanchard, and Courtney Pine.

Chelsea is now debuting her own project under her own name, playing original music influenced by her love of groove and intricate rhythms.

Jazz Refreshed DJs will be playing some dancefloor jazz to get those feet moving. £10 adv / £12.50 door + booking fee

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INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK Thursday 30, Friday 31 January, Saturday 1 February 19:00 - 23:00 Olby’s grassroots programme kicks off with three days of shows showcasing new and upcoming talent. This years acts are as follows: Argyle, New Nervous Kind, Claire Pitt Wigmore, Liotia, The Ovines - Squangey Bobbins.

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Each show will be video and audio recorded for streaming and music production purposes, using our brand new studio production facility ‘Studio One’. £3 each event + booking fee

FEBRUARY COMEDY ISLAND

Reggae By The River Valentines Special

Thursday 6 February 19:00 - 23:00

Saturday 15 February 21:00 - 03:00

First instalment of a brand new series of shenanigans and side splitting humour being presented every month.

We are back again at the amazing Olby’s Soul Café and music rooms. We will bring you the best in reggae, lovers rock, rnb, old skool soul and latin music with a special live PA from Kofi, with DJ’s Junior B, Jon Jon and Lady J..

£4 adv / £6 door + booking fee

the social

£10 adv / £15 door + booking fee

Friday 7 February and thereafter every first Friday of the month 19:00 - 23:00 Capturing the essence of black dance music from the 30s to the present day.

An evening of quality music, taking you on a musical journey.

From swing to rhythm & blues, rock n roll to boogaloo, with some ska, 60s soul and a few new tunes in the mix too.

Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy!

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KAI Hoffman

Saturday 29 February 19:30 - 00:00

Friday 6 March 19:00 - 23:00

Ms Maurice aka Sheila Maurice-Grey is a trumpeter, vocalist and visual artist.

This is a Social and Olby’s Creative Hub event.

She combines a melange of influences in her music with a touch of West African sonic seasoning.

Kai Hoffman is a blues, jazz and cabaret singer, songwriter, bandleader and recording artist. Kai’s international reputation is growing steadily with shows including Don’t Tell Mama and the Metropolitan Room in New York City, The Blue Note in Milan and the European Jazz Expo.

Central to her music is her visual art practice, with which she aims to question her identity, as well as what it means ‘to misrepresent vs to be misrepresented.’ Her art explores the notion of ‘blackness’ and the hyper sexualisation of the black female body throughout history since the early 1800s.

She is interested in visual history and facts known about ‘Blackface Minstrelsy’ and ‘The Hottentot Venus – Sarah Bartmann.’

Jazz Refreshed DJs will be playing some dancefloor jazz to get those feet moving. £10 adv / £12.50 door + booking fee

Join us for an evening of quality music, taking you on a musical journey. From swing to rhythm & blues, rock n roll to boogaloo, with some ska, 60s soul and a few new tunes in the mix too.

Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy!! £5 adv Social members / £7.50 non / £10 door + booking fee

Event partner: The Social

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AMY TRUE - POW Saturday 7 March 16:00 - 19:00 + 21:00 - 02:00 We are pleased to present a day time session of independent music for 14 - 17 year olds running from 4pm - 7pm as part of POW! Festival celebrating the Power of Women.

Featuring internationally renowned conscious hip hop artist Amy True and rapper Nicki Knightz alongside young Thanet artists from Pie Factory Music. Amy opens our day celebrating women in soul music and will also feature in an over 18s evening event, taking place on the same day from 9pm - 2am with the acclaimed Mollie Collins, drum & bass DJ producer.

Tickets from £5 adv + booking fee

MADNESS TRIBUTE SPECIAL KINDA MADNESS Saturday 14 March 19:30 - 02:00 Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set, combining the phenomenally energetic stage presence of The Specials with the wonderfully iconic tunes of the Madness ‘Nutty Boys’. With Special Kinda Madness you get a Madness tribute band and a Specials tribute band on the same stage!

Playing a set from each band and producing a show that will have the audience up and dancing from the off, Special Kinda Madness will have everyone hankering after that exciting era of 2-Tone and ska. £12.50 adv + booking fee

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APRIL QUADROPHENIA Saturday 11 April 18:30 - 23:00 Club night theme and tribute to the iconic movie!

Featuring live band Who Next (playing the hits from the film including Louie Louie, You Really Got Me, Green Onions, Da Doo Ron Ron, Be My Baby, My Generation, The Real Me, 5:15, Bell boy + many more) plus DJ Drew Stansall, saxophonist from The Specials.

Dress code - handsome! £15 adv + booking fee

DRUMS AT THE FRONT - workshop + show Friday 24 April 17:30 doors 18:00 - 19:00 drum workshop 19.30 show doors PBUG on stage 21:00 Pete Ray Biggin is one of the most renowned session players in the UK today. He’s played with artists like Amy Winehouse, Chaka Khan, Incognito, The Specials, Whitney Houston and is currently drumming for his all time favourite band Level 42. He is also a multi-talent with his own project, PB Underground, where he not only takes on the role of artist but also songwriter, producer, video editor, manager and so on.

Workshop £10 Show £17.50 Full show and workshop £25.00 + booking fee

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COMING UP IN MAY...

SKATONICS Saturday 16 May 19:30 - 23:00 Skatonics is a 9-piece band and is rapidly becoming one of the ‘must see’ ska bands in the UK. They have backed Suggs recently at a charity event in Whitstable and went on to support the mighty Madness at the Kent County Showground.

They have also supported the likes of The Selecter, Bad Manners, Reef, Geno Washington, Neville Staple (The Specials), Bruce Foxtons ‘From the Jam’, The Blockheads and many others. £10 + booking fee

OH MY GOD! IT’S THE CHURCH Saturday 9 May 19:00 - 22:30 The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but there is nothing mysterious about the rise of the phenomenon that is - Oh My God! It’s The Church. Original, outrageous, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining, OMGITC have had a monumental few years as a live act - traversing the globe conducting their all singing, all dancing, party church service to hundreds of thousands of gleeful sinners. £12 + booking fee

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Festival Season 2020 Margate Mod & Sixties Festival 22 - 24 MAY 2020 Great British Music & Culture are excited to announce the line-up for our 2020 festival.

With 3 nights and 2 days of top bands and DJ’s, Saturday and Sunday, we take the event back outside in the wonderful old town packed full of vintage shops and cafés alongside our own market.

Sunday includes the scooter run.

All evening events take place at the fab Olby’s Music Room.

Our venue is a top live music and DJ basement club with two rooms. The Soul Café upstairs on the ground floor serves delicious food. Live acts include: The Rifles, The Jack Cades & Sha La Las, Small Fakers. Tickets on sale now at: www.gbmusicculture.co.uk

SKAGATE MARGATE 3 JULY – 5 JULY 2020 Skagate celebrates the great British skinhead culture that is influenced by the original 50s & 60s Jamaican ska reggae sounds. Live acts include: Doreen Shaffer of The Skatalites, Susan Cadogan, Chainska Brassika, The Estimators and The Magnetics. Tickets on sale now at:

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MARGATE SOUL FESTIVAL 31 JULY - 2 AUGUST 2020 Margate Soul Festival is Kent’s signature soul music festival held in and around the picturesque Margate harbour and promenade adjacent to the sands of Margate beach.

Taking place annually on the first weekend of August each year, Margate Soul Festival offers a unique combination of ticketed large-scale live shows, free to access family friendly street performances, and the most eclectic mix of club nightlife. Spread across the creative Old Town, our selection of venues cater for a wide range of musical tastes, each with their own special atmosphere, creating the biggest soul inspired festival in the country. Tickets available exclusively from: www.margatesoulfestival.co.uk

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MARGATE JAZZ FESTIVAL 18 - 20 SEPTEMBER 2020 Olby’s are pleased to announce the partnership of Olby’s Soul Café and Margate Jazz Festival to present Margate Jazz Festival 2020. We aim to continue on the path of those who have reaffirmed Margate’s relationship with all things jazz, particularly following on from what was created by the late David Mossman, (Vortex Jazz Club), in 2005, when the event was known as ‘The Big Sky Jazz Festival’.

We aim to expand our event across several locations in Margate creating a town-wide event for all to enjoy. Full details of all venues and acts for 2020 will be released soon. www.margatejazzfestival.co.uk WHAT’S ON JANUARY - APRIL 2020

NEW SPACES & VISION FOR THE FUTURE Since conception in 2013, Olby’s Community Interest Company has been forging forward with its vision and aims to establish long term community-led events for Thanet, including the annual Margate Soul Festival and others. Now in our new home, located at Studio One, 4 Fort Hill, Margate CT9 1HD (formerly The Dug Out), we are ready to further develop our ambitions and business opportunities for the benefit of our community.

Studio One...

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Studio One is our new multi-functional self-contained space housed in our creative hub. Our development project supported by Olby’s, Arts Council England and Cherry Tone Studios includes the installation of green screen video, digital audio recording and hot desk facilities with flexibility to be used for rehearsal, production, streaming or performances. We are developing a series of in-house workshops and trainee courses linked to real outcomes through our year round festival programme.

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FEATURES: // Dimensions: 301sqft (28sq mtrs) // Ceiling Height 10ft (3mtrs) // Seating for up to 40 // Hot Desks // Fitted projector // Disabled access // 24 Track Digital Recording // Analogue Toft Trident Desk // Avid Pro Tools Software // Free WiFi access // Audio hearing loop // Green Screen // 4k HD Cameras // 5k Linear 5 PA System

Dark Spirits will launch the space on 24th August. Dark Spirits has been created by a leading team of theatrical designers, creative writers and performance artists. It’s an entirely original production for the South East

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Dimensions: 2581sq ft (234sq mtrs) Ceiling Height 10ft (3mtrs) Stage Dimensions D12ft x W20ft Seating for up to 60 Board Room / 160 Theatre Standing 340 Fitted projector Disabled access Digital Allen & Heath Ilive desk 10k Martin Audio PA Theatre Lighting Desk & Control Free WiFi access

Why not pop in for a chat or drop us a line at cic@olbys.co.uk to see how we can support your journey?

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Studio Two is our creative arts space which will comprise of a reception, two 11mtr long vaulted corridors and a 9mtr by 15mtr event or production space that has boundless possibilities. The stairlift from Olby’s Soul Café makes this space accessible to all and it can be utilised as part of, or independent from, our main commercial event space, The Music Room.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE

Oscar Saunders Oscar Saunders, 19, is a local self-taught musician. Success in a local talent show encouraged him to write, perform and release his debut single, ‘Darling Goodnight’. Since then he has worked in various aspects of the music business, not just on his own music but performing with, as well as managing, other local bands. He cites Brian Wilson and George Martin as his influencers and aspires to pursue a career in music production. Oscar believes that by working with experienced and knowledgeable industry experts at Olby’s he will gain the necessary knowledge, experience and personal growth to progress in the music industry and become fully equipped to attain his career aspirations.

To date Oscar has worked across the varying disciplines Olby’s has to offer from live sound engineering, front of house hospitality to being part of the video production delivery team for Margate Soul Festival.

“Our commitment to young, developing artists does not stop there and we are now able to embark on a journey to embrace and support young people on the pathway to employment within the creative industries. The creation of Studio One, 4 Fort Hill, Margate CT9 1HD (formerly The Dug Out) now makes us ready to further develop our ambitions and business opportunities for the benefit of our community.”

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OLBY’S FOOD

AWARD WINNING FOOD WITH THE WARMEST WELCOME AWARD WINNERS

THE SOUL CAFÉ Restaurant opening times:

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12pm - 3pm Monday to Wednesday

Served every Sunday 12pm – 6pm

12pm - 9pm Thursday - Saturday

Olby’s award winning roast combines this Great British tradition with our Jamaican roots.

12pm - 6pm Sunday Pre-show food bookings available

Reservations on 01843 448595 or online at www.olbyssoulcafe.co.uk WHAT’S ON JANUARY - APRIL 2020

FIND US: Olby’s Creative Hub 4 Fort Hill Margate CT9 1HD 01843 309 907 Creative Space Enquiries: cic@olbys.co.uk Events: Phil@olbysmusic.co.uk FOLLOW US: INSTA: @ olbys_soulcafe FACEBOOK: @OLBYSSOUL TWITTER: @OLBYS_SOULCAFE www. olbyssoulcafe.co.uk

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