Issue 62

Railroving in Loughborough The Region’s Biggest Gig Listings A New Era at the Iron Horse

Changing hands at Smith’s of Bourne.

rhythm and booze

Live Satellite Sports Live Entertainment ‘Cheesy Tuesday’ Cheese sharing nights

September

Fri 8th - Salmon Dave

Sat 4th - The Nuggeteers

Sat 9th - Another Girl,

Fri 24th - Dave Smith

Another Planet

solo acoustic

Sat 16th - Division

Sat 25th - The Nuggets

Sat 23rd - Tiger Club

October

Fri 29th - Go With the Flow

Sat 2nd - Dirty Rumour

Sat 30th Oct - High Rollers

Peterborough CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011 & 2014 CAMRA Gold award 2013 & 2016 Peterborough Civic Award 2017 for Community Involvement Werrington Centre, Staniland Way, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6NA

Dave Nightingale who currently runs the Woolpack in Stanground has been forced to scale down his live entertainment by Peterborough City Council. Dave has invested a large sum to improve

to close the venue down over what Dave describes as unjust

a thousand local people have signed a petition in support of the pub. The council served a noise abatement order to the

late-night opening. A previous application had been made to demolish the building in favour of

a premises licence application has been made to reopen the Solstice in Peterborough for a pub bar and outdoor drinking

has now expired.

The proposed relocation of the Peterborough United football stadium to the Embankment has caused concern over the impact on the annual Peterborough Beer Festival. Formerly home to the Posh Independent Ebeneezer’s, Peterborough

Ebeneezer’s on Grove Street

is currently closed while a new leaseholder is sought. Another popular pre-match drinking Palmerston Arms offers an outdoor drinking area on a paved area at the junction with Palmerston Road.

Ray Groves and Vince Gosling who took over the Rose and Crown at Thorney last year have shocked locals by announcing their departure.

It’s understood that the owners of the building will be taking control of operations.

In Werrington the Three Horseshoes has undergone a major refurbishment by owner Stonegate.

Peterborough chef Lee Clarke has relocated his Prevost

Bar 1888, Bourne

(Contin restaurant from the city centre to the newly refurbished Haycock Manor Hotel at Wansford.

Up the A1 in Stilton, the Talbot is offering the new range of Charles Wells beers.

The Letter B, Whittlesey’s popular real ale outlet, remains for sale with offers in the region of £330k requested. Agent Everard Cole is also promoting the sale of pubs in Ramsey St Mary’s (the Lion), Wisbech (Mendi’s) and Duddington (the Royal Oak) – see advertisement in this issue for details.

Bourne-based Knead Group has sold four of its pubs to the Red Cat Pub Company, headed up by former Greene King CEO Rooney Anand. The Jubilee Garage and Smith’s in Bourne are included in the sale along with the Lord Nelson in Oakham and the Prince Rupert in Newark.

Knead Group will continue to own and operate its Stamford establishments – the Crown Hotel, Tobie Norris and Paten & Co. A new wine and

Letter B, Whittlesey

tapas bar has opened in Bourne.

Bar 1888, named after the date of the building’s construction is housed in a former barber shop in South Street.

Bourne Corn Exchange has undergone a major refurbishment with new stage, lighting and sound systems, dressing rooms and bar. The Five Bells at Edenham, near Bourne has not reopened after the Covid pandemic – it is thought the owners have retired. Also staying shut for now is the Hare & Hounds at Greatford, and the Black Horse at Grimsthorpe which has remained closed

for several years. The lease of the Whichcote Arms at Osbournby, north of Bourne is for sale with jasmartin.co.uk Cribbage is about to make a comeback in Stamford. Teams wishing to take part in a new league commencing in October should contact Jill on 01780 751691 or Sarah on 01780 765583.

Grantham’s Hops & Glory Beer Festival is set to return to St Wulfram’s Church from 4-6 November this year. Seventy real ales are expected along with ciders, perries, gin and mead, along with three nights of live

Five Bells, Edenham

(Contin music. Arguably the town’s most Lord Harrowby

barbecue and live music over Whistle Stop micropub (open daily ales – including Whistle Stop to the local air ambulance for every pint sold. The Manners Arms at Knipton has reopened with new licensees after a brief period of closure following a zero rating for its food. “Urgent improvement” was deemed subsequently departed. music promoter and record

place at venues across Rutland including the Old Buttercross Crown in Exeter Arms at Barrowden and the Grainstore

at the renowned pub/restaurant the Queens Head La Thorpe just outside Sleaford. the bar and seating. The pub reopened at the start of August.

A new pub has opened in Spalding. Oscars in New Road is housed in a former estate agency.

The bar was originally due to

Chequers Hotel was due to reopen in August as Bar 912. In Bull Inn in causing concern among residents after a spate of vandalism and a

A bar and bistro has opened within Boston United’s new Ellenders

Geese & Fountain over Palmers Ale House and Kitchen in Long Sutton. The pub

tour as a band member of 1970s favourites Showaddywaddy.

Pubs no more A fresh application has been made to convert the Old Coach House Inn Deeping into three houses.

Mill Street Pub & Kitchen in new home of restaurant and which has outgrown its th

Black Horse, Grimsthorpe

Old Kings Head near Boston is to reopen in September as a “boutique B&B” complete with function room.

Chris Shilling

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The Secret Stable Market Deeping’s Iron Horse Ranch House has seen some exciting developments recently.

Opened eight years ago

by Richard Swinscoe as an Americana/Biker themed pub/ diner, the venue is now staking a serious claim to the Deepings’ premier entertainment venue.

On retirement, Richard has handed the reins to his daughter, Verity, with front of house duties managed by Rachel King, who talked us through the improvements. the original theme remains, but out back there are now two outdoor stages housed in an enormous rigid marquee, dubbed “the secret stable”.

The capacity has grown to 500 standing guests (or 150 seated) with an outdoor Tiki bar offering a range of beers and wines along with the cocktails and spirits. As well as live music every weekend, into open mic nights, a monthly comedy club, pop-up markets and even a drag quiz night. The weekly bike nights continue in a separate marquee, and there’s now a riverside dining terrace.

Rachel King

The pub opens for breakfasts at 10am during the week and 9.30am at weekends. Food is available all day, and there’s a range of craft/keg beers, though currently no regular cask. Bands perform every Friday and Saturday night with afternoon entertainment on Sundays commencing at 3pm – see details in our listings section. A charity beer festival celebrating Richard’s retirement to the coast is to be

held on the weekend of 15-17 October at which there will be a wide range of cask ales and real ciders, along with live bands each day, kicking off with the Expletives on the Friday.

If you haven’t visited yet, the Iron Horse can be found the High Street, Market Deeping, adjacent to the Market Place.

See ironhorseranchhouse. co.uk for further information.

Chris Shilling

The Fat Cat 49 West End Street Norwich Norfolk NR2 4NA 01603 624364 fatcatpub.co.uk No visit to Norfolk’s county town should go without a visit to the Fat Cat – arguably the UK’s best known real ale pub.

It’s not exactly handy for the station, so unless you’re planning a pub crawl through the city, it’s best to jump in a taxi. I had an hour to spare, so did just that, and was lucky enough to catch charismatic owner Colin Keatley on a quiet day.

Now a youthful 71, Colin’s enjoyed a lifetime in the pub trade, starting at his dad’s pub in London – The Roundhouse – in 1971. He then took the Savoy Tavern (which is still there) becoming London’s youngest landlord, then moving to Norwich, taking on a couple of pubs before buying the 19th century former Steward & Patteson New Inn from Courage and renaming it the Fat Cat. The range of expertly kept real ales available in the pub grew to an incredible 35, and established the Fat Cat as a national mecca for lovers of good beer and a traditional pub atmosphere.

Indeed, Camra awarded the pub its ultimate accolade – National

Pub of the Year – twice (in 1998 and 2004) along with countless regional awards, and most recently, a gold plaque – unique for the county of Norfolk.

The successful formula was then employed elsewhere – former Spring Tavern was purchased in 1996, and is still run

by Colin’s brother. In 2003, the former Wherryman in Lawson Road, Norwich was purchased and renamed the Fat Cat Tap, incorporating its own brewery, then further outlets in Thorpe Road, Norwich (Fat Cat & Canary), Colchester and latterly the nearby Perseverance which he renamed the Fat Percy, and has recently morphed from a

craft beer venue.

Chris Shilling

Leicestershire’s second largest town is perhaps best known for its university, but is also home to the world’s largest bell foundry, and the famous Brush ‘Falcon’ works where 150 years of railway engineering is about to end this later year when the rail refurbishment unit closes.

The iconic Brush logo dominates the view from the platform as you arrive at the station, after an 80 to 90-minute train journey (changing at Leicester). Fares with railcards come in at around £20 from Peterborough, but this can be done cheaper from Stamford or Grantham.

Immediately post-Covid, opening times and beer ranges are perhaps a little tighter than would usually be expected, so an 11am arrival time is currently not ideal for the pubs nearest the station. It’s a 10-minute walk into town, past the Tap & Mallet, recently closed due to the ill health of the owner, but there are three midday opening pubs in close proximity. The Windmill on Sparrow Hill is the town’s oldest pub dating from 1650 and still boasts small individual rooms, with three cask ales – Pedigree and Draught Bass (still a strong seller here)

plus a guest beer – a tasty Moa New Zealand Pale Ale from Shiny Brewery when we called.

Friendly landlord Luke formerly had the Organ Grinder pub in the town, and has stripped out the carpets (much to the dismay of some regulars) to expose the are available during the week, along with roasts on Sundays, and there’s a sizeable garden.

On Churchgate, the Three Nuns in a foody but traditional Everards house with the usual Everards’ brands plus a guest beer from Castle Rock. The pub was busy with diners already and

The Windmill

we were pleasantly surprised with the choice of tasty hot entertainment is offered on Two doors down the Good Beer Guide-listed White Hart is a free house with a range of local ales and guests – from

hole – The Swan in the Rushes – a three-roomed Castle Rock outlet with stripped the musical accompaniment guests from Charnwood and

There’s a pleasant outdoor area, From here we skirted round the shopping area to the Rushes

to miss the Needle & Pin

Amber Rooms opposite – a disappointing JD (Durdle Door from the Dorset Brewing Co) alongside the usual Doom Bar and Ruddles etc, then followed a succession of

Churchgate showing the White Hart and the Three Nuns.

A warm welcome at the Moonface Brewery Tap & Bar.

(do Loughborough students really care?) – The Tap & Clapper (formerly the Black Lion) looked promising from the outside, but could only offer Pedigree and the Bell Foundry is a sports bar with Doom Bar on tap. On to Market Street, the Cask Bah would surely offer salvation? No, temporarily closed due to Covid. The is a Marston’s owned burger joint with Ringwood Razorback as a guest ale, and the Crafty Fox was given short shrift due to its ale. At least the town’s other Wetherspoons – the Grade II listed Moon & Bell on Ward’s End – was an improvement on its sister pub. Our party enjoyed JHB and Citra from Oakham Ales as well as Kelham Island’s Pale Rider for just £1.99 a pint.

A little further on the Jam Garden was offering Doom Bar as it’s sole ale and the Blacksmiths opposite looked like it had closed down. On to Woodgate, the Wheeltapper Cask & Tap House opens from 4pm, housed in a modern building but with a focus on mainly small breweries across

the UK at prices below £4, plus real ciders and a range of craft keg beers. Still on Woodgate, the Organ Grinder (formerly the Packhorse) is a familiar name, with outlets in Nottingham and Newark, and didn’t disappoint.

Up to eight Blue Monkey beers are available along with a range of real ciders (the pub was awarded 2019 Pub of the Year by the local Camra branch), there’s a “Stable Bar” out the back and “Hayloft” function area upstairs.

We were keen to take a look at the bar on the Great Central Railway station – the UK’s sole preserved main line railway, so we by-passed the Phantom (Doom Bar only) and the Royal Oak (Pedigree only) on London Road to reach the GCR Refreshment Room just as a steam hauled train pulled in. All very interesting, but sadly the bar had already closed so we could only view the sole handpump through the window. Keen to end on a high we retraced our steps to Moira Street to pay a visit to the Moonface Brewery & Tap Bar. Opened two years ago, this unassuming building, originally a photo studio, offers a delightful,

quirky cobbled outdoor drinking area with beer casks for seating.

Two house beers were available (Mr B’s and No 1) along with guests from Leatherbritches and Blue Bee (and no keg beer). The beers were on top form lovingly cared for by business partners Lisa and Pete whose friendly and enthusiastic nature presumably contributed to the pub gaining the local Camra Pub of the Year award for both 2020 and 2021.

The bar opens at 4pm during the week and 2pm at weekends, and usually remains open until 9pm canal, that offers a short route back to the main line station.

Chris Shilling

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Key 1. Windmill 2. Three Nuns 3. White Hart 4. Swan in the Rushes 5. Needle & Pin 6. Amber Rooms

7. Tap & Clapper 8. Bell Foundry 9. Cask Bah 11. Crafty Fox 12. Moon & Bell 13. Jam Garden

14. Blacksmiths 15. Wheeltapper 16. Organ Grinder 17. Phantom 18. Royal Oak 19. GCR Refreshment Rooms 20. Moonface Brewery & Tap Bar

the rhythm section Jez Hellard & the Djukella Orchestra

Combining hard hitting walls of sound with riff driven anthems, Archy Tomás and his band play The Old Town Hall, Bourne on Saturday 11 September.

Supported by Spalding indie/ alt rock covers band Who Shot Frank?, tickets, priced £10 plus fees, are available from bournetownhall.org.uk On Friday 17 September, the venue will be hosting Jez Hellard & the Djukella Orchestra (jezhellard. net), a group playing traditional and contemporary folk music, which incorporates tango, rhumba and reggae and pretty much anything in between.

Booking is essential and tickets are again available, priced £14 plus fees, from The Old Town Hall’s website.

The Iceni Meadery in Alfric

Square, Woodston Peterborough will be holding a grand openair market on 4 September.

Featuring a licensed bar, stocked with locally brewed real ales, and hot food, there will be live music from the Chris Watson Trio.

The Big Bash is an all-day event taking place at Manor Leisure Centre, Whittlesey on Sunday 12 September. Featuring indoor and outdoor activities including a sports taster event at 1pm, classic cars, a golden years exhibition and stalls, there will be live music between 2-5pm from Kill Me Kate, James Edmonds, the Chris Watson Trio, and the Boatmen, followed by a children’s disco in the evening. The Boatmen will also be appearing at the Coates Fete, held on Coates village green between

1.30pm-5.30pm on Saturday 11 September.

A L’aristo’s Revival, in aid of Cancer Research UK, takes place at The Brewery Tap, Peterborough on 15 October.

Hosted by DJ Mr Nash and other guest DJs, the event starts at 9pm and admission is £5 each.

Another charity event, this time a Drum and Bass Night with DJs Mr Nash, Annakey and Instant, takes place at the city centre venue on 4 September, again at 9pm with £5 admission.

The Langtoft Festival returns to Pavilion Sports Park, Langtoft on Saturday 4 September. Running from 12-11pm, the festival features live music from Groove Cartel, Pennyless, Crowbone, Filthy Contact, the 707, Listen Like

Groove Cartell

Thieves, the Deps, Brotherhoods Roundabout, Opaque and the Fyzz Wallis Band. There will also be a fully licensed bar, family entertainment, an abundance of food, stalls and much more.

For further information and to purchase tickets, go to langtoftfestival.co.uk Following a £1.2m refurbishment of Sleaford’s National Centre for Craft and Design, the newly renamed Hub

Pennyless

hosts its popular Unplugged evenings from 6-9pm on Tuesday 7 September and Tuesday 4 October.

The Palmy Ukulele Band will be at the Falcon Hotel, Whittlesey on Sunday 26 September at 2pm, and will be performing at the World Conker Championships at the Shuckburgh Arms, Southwick on Sunday 10 October from around 11am. For further information on

the band, which has its rehearsals at the Ostrich on 23 September and 28 October, go to facebook. com/PalmyUkeBand The Festival of the 60s takes place at Sleaford Legionnaires Club on Saturday 11 September.

Featuring Union Gap, the Rag Dolls and the Casuals, DJ Phil Stevens will be keeping the sounds of the 60s going in the intervals between the live bands.

Starting at 7pm until 1am, tickets are £24 each from Aidan or Jenny on 01522 576238 (daytime only), 07729 097235 or from the venue itself. For further information, go to facebook.com/ the60ssounds The Lord Harrowby at Grantham is holding its Beer & Music Festival on 23-26 September. As well as 24 cask beers, real ciders, and a barbecue at the weekend, there will be live music from the System on Saturday 25 September and Irish band Cruel Sister on Sunday 26 September.

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Verse Poetry Festival

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Jonathan Agnew

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King’s Lynn Poetry Festival is currently planned

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Stamford Corn

Fenland Poet Laureate

Francis Rossi on Wednesday 1

Luke Wright The Stahl Theatre in Oundle

Monday’s Shaun Ryder on Oundle Festival of Literature should be sent to Anthony Ellis

The Ballad Seller During the Lockdown Cardinal Cox had his second collection, Grave Goods, published by Demain

Stamford Arts Centre

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01 September Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale Francis Rossi: I Talk Too Much Tour Stamford Corn Exchange

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02 September Embrace LGBT Night (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough 03 September Live Wrestling (8pm), Railway, Oakham The Deps (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Mr Nash Presents Thank Funk It’s Friday (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Chantel McGregor, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Molly’s Chamber,Yard of Ale, Woodston 04 September Undercover Band (9pm), Railway, Oakham Grand Open Air Market, The Iceni Meadery CJ Hatt, S Bar, Stilton Freudian Slippers (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Drum and Bass Night by DJs Mr Nash, Annakey and Instant (£5 entry, 9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Stealer,Yard of Ale, Woodston Cosmic Rodney, Bell, Deeping St James Blackout, Cock Inn, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford The Nuggeteers, Ploughman, Werrington 05 September End of Season Bike Show: Feet to Fire (1-3pm), 3rd and Church (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Open Mic Night (6pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough 07 September Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Unplugged (6-9pm), The Hub (NCCD), Sleaford 08 September Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale Classic Car Night (from 5pm), Wishing Well, Dyke The Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey 09 September Ostracised: A Great Notion + Support (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Quiz, Beerheadz, Grantham

10 September FYA Reggae (9pm) Iron Horse, Market Deeping Ramshackle Serenade (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Doorjam + Prima Volta + Live Wire + Quit Naked, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Leon,Yard of Ale, Woodston Junk Puppets, Cock Inn, Werrington 11 September The Tour*ettes (9pm) Iron Horse, Market Deeping The Mojo Slide (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough The Band from County Hell (8.30pm), Brass Windmill, Helpringham Family Fun Day (1.30-5.30pm), Coates Green Revolver,Yard of Ale, Woodston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Beyond The Barricade, Stamford Corn Exchange

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12 September Quiz Night (8pm), Railway, Oakham Sunday Sessions: Dan Knight (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Head in the Sand Folk Session (1pm), Ostrich, Peterborough The Big Bash: Kill Me Kate, James Edmonds, Chris Watson Trio and the Boatmen (2-5pm), Manor Leisure Centre. Whittlesey 14 September Strictly Acoustic Open Mic Night (7.30pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Open Mic, Bull, Rippingale 15 September Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale 17 September Steve Hunter the Soulman (9pm), Railway, Oakham Highway Star (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Dusk Till Dawn (10pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Jez Hellard & the Djukella Orchestra, The Old Town Hall, Bourne Uprising reggae band,Yard of Ale, Woodston Landlord’s Birthday Bash ft the Gangsters, Bell, Deeping St James Loose Rocket, Cock Inn, Werrington 18 September Meg McPartlin (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Candy Twist (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough LMB,Yard of Ale, Woodston Nicky Downs, Cock Inn, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford 19 September Sunday Sessions: Free 2 Decide Acoustic Event (35pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Soulful Strut DJ Session (2-6pm), Ostrich, Peterborough

Kitchen, Ramsey 23 September Last Bike Night of 2021, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Palmy Ukulele Band Practice (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Quiz, Beerheadz, Grantham 24 September Blues A-Go-Go (8pm), Railway, Oakham Jessie’s Ghost (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Radius 45, S Bar, Stilton The Expletives (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Groove Cartell (10pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey 2012 Band,Yard of Ale, Woodston Dave Smith solo acoustic, Ploughman, Werrington 25 September Pop Up General Store ft Local Traders (9am-2pm), Double Barrel Reggae & Ska Band (7.30pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Bent Back Tulips (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Mr Eddie Nash presents the Get Down (9.30pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough

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TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston Stealer, Cock Inn, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford The Nuggets, Ploughman, Werrington The System, Lord Harrowby, Grantham 26 September Sunday Sessions: Crossing the Tracks (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Palmy Ukulele Band (2pm) Falcon Hotel, Whittlesey Cruel Sister, Lord Harrowby, Grantham 28 September Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 29 September Live Stand-Up Comedy Night (8pm, tickets £10), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale 30 September Original Acoustic Night (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Funhouse Comedy Club, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Funhouse Comedy, Grainstore, Oakham

04 October Unplugged (6-9pm), The Hub (NCCD), Sleaford 05 October Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 06 October Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Stamford Corn Exchange 07 October Embrace LGBT Night (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Quiz, Beerheadz, Grantham 08 October The Ska Fella (9pm), Railway, Oakham Fire Flies (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping No Gods No Managers: Drones + Sprainer + All Fall Down (7pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Bootleg Boss (Springsteen tribute), Mama Liz’s, Stamford The Expletives,Yard of Ale, Woodston Filthy Contact, Cock Inn, Werrington

01 October Live Wrestling (8pm), Railway, Oakham Drag Karaoke/Lip Sync Night hosted by Teddi the Drag Queen (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping 8 Foot Under (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Mr Nash presents Thank Funk It’s Friday (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Salmon Dave,Yard of Ale, Woodston Radius 45, Cock Inn, Werrington Rich Hall, Stamford Corn Exchange 02 October Kick Back (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping The Mighty and The High (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Carpark Rendezvous,Yard of Ale, Woodston Filthy Contact, Bell, Deeping St James DJ, London Inn, Stamford Mercury, Stamford Corn Exchange Dirty Rumour, Ploughman, Werrington 03 October Sunday Sessions: TBA (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Open Mic Night (6pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough

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Stamford Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Stamford Corn Exchange Salmon Dave, Ploughman, Werrington 09 October Trash City Punk UK (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Salmon Dave, S Bar, Stilton Ouse Valley Singles Club (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Radius 45,Yard of Ale, Woodston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Another Girl, Another Planet, Ploughman, Werrington 10 October Quiz Night (8pm), Railway, Oakham Sunday Sessions: Ellie James (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Head in The Sand Folk Session (1pm), Ostrich, Peterborough World Conker Championships, Shuckburgh Arms, Southwick.

Stamford Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Stamford Corn Exchange 12 October Strictly Acoustic Open Mic Night, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Open Mic, Bull, Rippingale 13 October Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale The Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey 14 October Ostracised: Main Band + Support (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough 15 October Iron Horse Beer Festival: The Expletives (7.30pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Stealer (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough L’aristo’s Revival by DJ Mr Nash and other guest DJs (£5 entry, 9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Children of the Revolution,Yard of Ale, Woodston 16 October Karaoke Night (8pm), Railway, Oakham

Iron Horse Beer Festival(1-10pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Repose (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston Halo, Cock Inn, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford Paul Zerdin, Stamford Corn Exchange Division, Ploughman, Werrington 17 October Iron Horse Beer Festival (1-5pm), Ray Fenwick band (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Soulful Strut DJ Session (2-6pm), Ostrich, Peterborough 19 October Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Open Mic Sessions (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey 20 October Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale 21 October Original Acoustic Night: 3 artists (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Quiz, Beerheadz, Grantham 22 October John O Malley (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Black Dog Murphy (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough The Lazoons (10pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Band Called Malice (Jam tribute), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Elevate,Yard of Ale, Woodston Velocity, Cock Inn, Werrington 23 October Tony Gold: The Ultimate Tom Jones/80s Tribute Show (9pm), Railway, Oakham Jam Room (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping Clarksdale Contract (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Saturday Night Groove by DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Porky Pig,Yard of Ale, Woodston Blackout, Cock Inn, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford Think Floyd, Stamford Corn Exchange Tiger Club, Ploughman, Werrington

24 October Sunday Sessions: Tommy Philpot (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping 26 October Poker (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 27 October Quiz, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Quiz (7.30pm), Bull, Rippingale The Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey Once Upon a Princess, Stamford Corn Exchange 28 October Palmy Ukulele Band Rehearsal (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Funhouse Comedy, Grainstore, Oakham 29 October Tiger Club (9pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping The Kurmujun (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Diggin’ for Diamonds (10pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Another Girl Another Planet,Yard of Ale, Woodston Fleetwood Bac, Stamford Corn Exchange Go With the Flow, Ploughman, Werrington 30 October Halloween Fancy Dress with the Glitter Sisters (8pm), Railway, Oakham Pop Up General Store ft Local Traders (9am-2pm), Iron Horse Halloween Party (7.30pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping 23 Reasons (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Great Nights Halloween Party (7.30pm), Ivy Leaf Club, Whittlesey The Gangsters,Yard of Ale, Woodston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Talent Banq, Stamford Corn Exchange High Rollers, Ploughman, Werrington 31 October Sunday Sessions: TBA (3-5pm), Iron Horse, Market Deeping

Beer Festivals 03-05 September Wadenhoefest, Kings Head, Wadenhoe

04 September Langtoft Festival (12-11pm), Pavilion Sports Park, Langtoft - Bar and bands: Groove Cartel, Pennyless, Crowbone, Filthy Contact, The 707, Listen Like Thieves, The Deps, Brotherhoods Roundabout, Opaque and Fyzz Wallis Band 23-26 September Beer & Music Festival, Lord Harrowby, Grantham - 24 cask beers, real ciders, barbecue and live music at the weekend 09-11 September Northampton County Beer Festival, Beckets Park, Northampton - Ale, cider, craft beer, bottled beer, prosecco, gin, rum, win, food and live music 15-17 October Richard’s Retirement, Iron Horse, Market Deeping -Live music, real ale and cider. Raising funds for Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice 04-06 November St Wulfram’s Beer Festival, St Wulfram’s Church, Grantham - Real ales, ciders/perries, gin, mead and mulled cider

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Morton title, If You Knew performed by Crozier and Smith joined by ‘Magic’ Mike Henry on trumpet, Jim Swinnerton on string bass and Sarah on clarinet and tenor sax.

As the title suggests, there will be more great jazz collaborations to come. Meanwhile you can enjoy a wide selection of the videos on Sarah’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/sarahtsax Run For Cover

By Stefan Taylor & the Signatures, CD, Static Wax SWR004

The pandemic has produced some amazingly resourceful artistic presentations as found here with some hot recordings made by internationally renowned musicians from Europe and the US. These collaborations were initially made as videos making their individual track for a tune usually using their mobile phone and then sending them to Sarah Spencer in the UK for her to compile using each title as one take in as live a fashion as is possible.

The results are a splendid set of recordings with a varied set of songs and tunes which, if you didn’t know better, you could consider that the musicians were together in a venue or studio nodding to each other when it was their tune to take a solo.

With ten musicians taking part there are group presentations big and small, ranging from a duo on Jelly Roll Morton’s Kansas City Stomps with Hugh Crozier (who co-arranged all the tracks with Sarah), on piano and US drummer Hal Smith. Another

Do you like soul music? Sweet soul music? Well, the great news is that a new generation of musicians and fans are loving the sort of soul so many grew up with in the 1960s onwards.

The sound of soul promoted on the likes of the Atlantic, Stax and Motown labels was so popular in Europe that the original American performers found a ready audience for their music over here. There was also the Northern Soul movement with individual dance moves crafted to some rare soul records.

Stefan Taylor & the Signatures

If you want to hear some up-to-date soul try this ten-track CD from Stefan Taylor & the Signatures. Taylor, 27, is not from Chicago or Detroit, but Leicester and listened to the music played by his DJ dad.

To play soul music properly you need a real band with a tight rhythm section, the right keyboard sound, a compact, punchy brass team and backing vocals – which is what the Signatures represent. They’ve now and can be heard to great effect on ten tracks including James Brown’s There Was a Time and Oscar Brown Junior’s ever popular The Snake.

If the 35-minutes of studio sounds makes you long to experience the band live – and it should – then they have a string of performances coming up including Oakdene Forest Park Soul Weekender (25 September); Skamouth Festival, Great Yarmouth (1 October), Cambridge Soul Festival (12 November) and Madness House of Fun Weekender, Minehead (20 November).

David Brown

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The Covid Sessions – Vol 1

By Sarah Spencer’s Global Ramblers, CD, sarah-spencer.com

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