EVER WANTED TO SEE THE HIGHLANDS AT IT VERY BEST - The Tartan Heart Festival Belladrum 2004 14th August, the Italian Gardens, Belladrum, By Beauly, Inverness-shire - 12 hours of rock, country, blues, world and Celtic music in a dramatic and romantic garden setting in the Highlands in aid of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres. Free camping; street theatre, alternative therapies, yoga, dance, stalls, food and drink. Families welcome (under 12s free);

Please forward this e-mail to anyone you think would enjoy this event , and take the high road this summer.

Hope to see you there.

Joe Gibbs
Belladrum 2004 www.bellardum.co.uk

The Linda Gail Lewis and The Lewis Three
Karen Matheson & Donald Shaw (of Capercaillie)
James Grant & Friends
The Andy Gunn Band and special guest Geno Washington
Totó La Momposina
Peatbog Faeries
Grim Northern Social
David Ogilvy
The Lush Rollers
Mystik Shoes
Planet Potato
Beats Working

12 hours of rock ‘n reel in aid of
Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre

Free camping 13/14th August. Teepee village (teepee rental available)

Free parking

An all ages event

Food, drink, crèche, street theatre, stalls, amusements for children and divers balms for mind and body

Tickets (strictly limited numbers so BOOK EARLY)
£25 (under 12s free) in advance;
Tickets bought online by credit card are subject to a £1.50 booking charge and are operated as secure transactions by PayPal. In order to pay, you will need to open a PayPal account if you don’t have one already. This is an easy process which you can access through the ‘buy tickets online now’ button.
£35 at the gate, depending on availability.
Non refundable under any circumstances.

FOR FULL DETAILS ON THE FESTIVAL, TICKETS AND NEWS UPDATES, VISIT OUR WEB SITE www.belladrum.co.uk

BOB CHEEVERS
IRELAND

Tues June 8th-Corrigans Kitchen (Castleblaney,Co Monaghan)

Wed June 9th-The Spirit Store (Dundalk)

Thur June 10th-The Moving Room (Roscommon)

Fri June 11th-Dolans Warehouse (Limerick)

Sat June 12th-Arthurs Bar (Armagh)

Sun June 13th-Rostrevor Music Club at St. Bronagh¹s Social Club, Mary Street
(Rostrevor)

Mon June 14th-Solas (Drogheda)

Tues June 15th-Colfer¹s Pub (Carrick On Bannow)

Wed June 16th The Lodge (Mallow,CoCork)

Thu June 17th The Lobby (Cork)

Fri June 18th-Buddy Carrol¹s Pub (Kilkenny
County Thomastown)

Sat June 19th-Forum (Waterford)

Sun June 20th-The Portstewart Folk Club at The Music Station (Portstewart)

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SCOTLAND

Wed June 23rd-26-Isle of Arran

Sun June 27- The Boat...Rothesay on the Isle of Bute

Tue June 29th-Brel in Glasgow...Belgium Bar Resturant

Wed June 30th-The Mint in Coatbridge outside Glasgow

Thur July 1st-Edinburg

Fri July 2nd-The Globe in Aberdeen

Sat July 3rd-Robert Gordon Festival in the afternoon
Sat July 3rd-The Nairn Hotel that night

Sun July 4th-Aura in Stirling

Wed July 7th-The Old Inn in Gairloch

Thurs July 8-Hootenannies Inverness

Fri July 9-Carnegie Lodge Port Mahomac Tain

Sat July 10-Ullapool radio in the afternoon
Sat July 10-The Arches Inn in Ullapool

Sun July 11-The Loft in East Grange

Wed July 14-The Bein Inn

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ENGLAND
Thur July 15th-The Bridge Hotel in Newcastle

Sat July 17th-Private Function

Sun July 18th-Rose And Crown in South Shields

Tues July 20th-The Grey Horse in South Shields

Wed July 21st-Scholars in Scarborough?

Thur July 22nd-The Angel in Corbridge near Hexham,
Northumberland

Sat July 24th-The Meadow House in Berwick Upon Tweed

Sun July 25th-The Maze in Nottingham w/Mindy Smith

Wed July 28th-The Springhead in Hull

Thur July 29th-Jug & Barrel in Leeds

Sat July 31st-The Kings Arms in Sunderland

Sun Aug 1st-Twickenham Folk Club at The Cabbage Patch in Twickenham

Wed Aug 4th-Ram Jam Club at Grey Horse in Kingston

Thur Aug 5th-9th...festivals in Southern France

Tue Aug 10th-The 12 Bar in London

Thur Aug 12-The Spitz

Sat Aug 14th...JFestival in Normanton on Soar

Tues Aug 17th...Acoustic Club in Normanton On Soar

Aug 19th Thur-The Musician in Leicester

Sat Aug 21st-House Concert in Blackfin Sidcup

Sun Aug 22nd-The Symphony Hall in Birmingham

Mon Aug 23rd-The Greys in Brighton

Fri Aug 27th-Square & Compass in Worth Matravers

Sat Aug 28th-SouthSea Folk and Roots Festival

Sat Aug 28th-RMA Tavern in SouthSea

 

 

COSMIC AMERICAN SHOWS
NOTTINGHAM U.K.

Note that BR549 and MINDY SMITH are now confirmed.

The John Sedastian show on 28th July has been CANCELLED.

 

THURSDAY 27 May
CLIVE GREGSON + support Bernard Hoskin £7adv/£8door


JUNE

TUESDAY 1 LLOYD COLE (Cabaret show) £15

After years as a hit maker with the Commotions, Cole is now out playing a few solo shows. An engaging performer - wry, self-deprecating, full of anecdotes and hangdog wit.

WEDNESDAY 9 EZIO £9adv/£10door

It’s two lead guitarists in one band, Ezio Lunedei and Mark "Booga" Fowell who together form a perfect unit. And it’s two different kinds of music - at home it’s the perfect studio recordings, on stage it’s breathtaking live performances to which you will get addicted after the first gig you’ve been to.

FRIDAY 4 BOB FOX BAND Featuring: Anna Ryder and Neil Hubbard £8adv/£9door

‘As soon as I heard Bob Fox sing I realised he must have one of the best voices in England, I have always regarded him as an artist of great ability and integrity’ Ralph McTell

SUNDAY 6 AMY WADGE BAND + BRIAN HOUSTON 7adv/£8door

'Pint sized poetess with Valley quaking voice. Her songs have a raw vibrancy that suit her earthy voice and emotionally mature lyrics' Q magazine. 'The new Joni Mitchell, with her distinctive voice and well-crafted songs' London Evening Standard

THURSDAY 10 HOMESPUN plus support (Cabaret show) £12adv / £14door

Featuring: Dave Rotheray of The Beautiful South and Sam Brown.

Homespun enjoy the best elements of The Beautiful South’s unpretentious, however, with this group of musicians and above all, with Sam Brown (Best known for her classic single ‘Stop’), Rotheray has found his writer’s voice. It’s a little bit country, it’s a little bit folk, it’s a little bit pop. In short Homespun is a gem.

FRIDAY 11 THE RESENTMENTS (USA) £10

Featuring: Stephen Bruton, Jon Dee Graham and Scrappy Jud Newcomb

Imagine an Algonquin Round Table with Groucho Marx, Nick and Nora Charles and Lenny Bruce on one side, and Hank Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins and Bob Dylan on the other, and you have the blueprint for a Resentments gig.

MONDAY 14 DEAN OWENS BAND plus support £7adv/£8door

The excellent new record ‘My Town’ has a diverse yet seamless weave of Americana, pop, folk and latin-tinged style.

THURSDAY 17 SARAH MASEN (USA ) plus support £6/£7door

With critical and commercial success behind her (songs used in TV show Dawson's Creek), Sarah remain squarely in the mid-tempo pop arena with songs that are born out of everyday observations.

SUNDAY 20 CARMINA (Full Band) £7adv/£8door

''Rootsy, jazz-inflected music of pastoral beauty, elegance and style. Lead singer and saxophonist Pippa Marland is possessed of a wondrous voice capable of enchanting and emoting" Time Out magazine, London

WEDNESDAY 23 NEIL CASAL (USA) (The Rescue Rooms) £8adv/£10door

With seven albums to his name in just over five years, his output is singularly free from filler. Making a welcome return to Nottingham with a full band, Casal is not only a great songwriters but also a tastefully understated guitar player.

THURSDAY 24 BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN (USA) support DARDEN SMITH £12adv / £14door (Cabaret show)

Beth Nielsen Chapman is the writer behind number-one country hits for Trisha Yearwood, Willie Nelson, and Lorrie Morgan. Jazz artist Ute Lemper and blues-rock Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt have also recorded her songs. Chapman's own albums have charted in the top 10 in the Adult Contemporary field.

Coming up for JULY:


1 LONG RYDERS (USA) Support Greg Trooper (USA) Tickets £12adv/£14door (Rescue Rooms Venue)

5 BEN KWELLER plus support Tickets £7adv £8door (Rescue Rooms Venue)

6 RAMSAY MIDWOOD plus RANDY WEEKS


8 BR549 (USA) plus support (Rescue Rooms Venue)


11 BERT JANSCH (TBC)


12 HOT CLUB OF COW TOWN (USA) plus support Tickets £10adv / £12door (Cabaret venue)

21 RON TRUEMAN-BORDER Tickets £6


22 WRINKLE NECK MULES (USA) + The Loving Cup Tickets £7adv / £8door

25 MINDY SMITH (USA) support BOB CHEEVERS


ALL SHOWS ARE AT THE MAZE UNLESS STATED


AUGUST:


4 STEVE TILSTON Tickets £7adv / £8door

TANDY (USA) Tickets £7
ALL SHOWS ARE AT THE MAZE UNLESS STATED

SEPTEMBER:


5 or 6 AMOS GARRETT

9 COLCANNON (from Australia) Tickets £7adv / £8door

12 ADRIENNE YOUNG (TBC)

16 MARTIN JOSEPH (TBC) (Cabaret Venue)

19 EMALINE DELPAIX (from Australia) Tickets £6adv/£8door

29 ROD PICOTT (USA) Tickets £7adv/£8door

ALL SHOWS ARE AT THE MAZE UNLESS STATED


Coming up for OCTOBER:


HUGH CORNWELL BAND (Rescue Rooms Venue)
KEVIN MONTGOMERY (USA) (acoustic) plus support
JOHN TAMS & BARRY COOPE
15 NICK HARPER (TBC as part of the Nottingham Goose Fringe Festival)

16 BE BOP DELUXE (Rescue Rooms show)


ERIC TAYLOR (USA) plus support Mr Jones
31 EMILY SMITH BAND (TBC)

ALL SHOWS ARE AT THE MAZE UNLESS STATED

Coming up for NOVEMBER:


7 ERIC ROCHE

14 DICK GAUGHAN (TBC)


KIERAN HALPIN with CHRIS JONES
ALL SHOWS ARE AT THE MAZE UNLESS STATED

VENUE INFORMATION:

Venue details for THE MAZE SHOWS / Doors open at 8pm.

257 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FT tel. 0115 9475650

(Entrance through the Forest Tavern)

Tickets also available from www.seetickets.com

All MAZE SHOWS offer a maximum student admission price of £5 on production of SU card

Venue details for THE RESCUE ROOMS / Doors open at 7.30

Masonic Place, Goldsmith St, Nottingham

www.rescuerooms.com

Advance tickets available from Rock City Box Office: Tel 0115 9881889

Tickets also available from www.seetickets.com

Venue details for CABARET / Doors open at 7.30

22 FLETCHER GATE

NOTTINGHAM NG1 2FZ

www.cabaret-nottingham.com

Advance tickets available from box office Tel 0115 9413111

Tickets also available from www.seetickets.com

For regulars up dates by e-mail please contact Pete at: pete@cosmicamerican.com

Please note that shows listed can be subject to change so please check with venue.

 

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