2025 Gig Review Journey

Capturing the personal gig experience in words is the founding principle of this blog. Here's the 2025 journey.

AMAUK Showcases - Hackney, London

Danni Nicholls - Temperance, Leamington Spa

Julian Taylor - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Colby T Helms - Muthers Studio, Birmingham 

Campbell Jensen - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Alex Hart - Stourbridge Town Hall (Wollaston Studio), Stourbridge

Chuck Prophet and His Cumbia Shoes - The International, Leicester.

Carter Sampson Band - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

An Evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart - Birmingham Town Hall 

Steve Knightley - Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge

Danny and the Champions of the World - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Thea Gilmore - Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton

Red Sky July - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

The Delines - The Glee Club, Birmingham

Ramblin' Roots Revue - Bucks Student Union, High Wycombe

Stephanie Lambring - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

Jerry Leger - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Our Man in the Field + Matt Owens - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Margo Cilker - The Jericho Tavern, Oxford 

Andrew Combs + Dan Whitehouse - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Brown Horse - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Sorrel Nation - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

Abigail Lapell + Steph Cameron - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Ellie Gowers - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Catherine MacLellan & Lucy Farrell - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Niamh Regan - Kitchen Gardsn, Birmingham 

Beardy Folk Festival - Hopton Wafers, Shropshire

Hannah White - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

Brandi Carlile - Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Turnpike Troubadours - Institute, Birmingham

Iona Lane - St.Anne's Church, Bewdley

Todd Day Wait - The Folklore Rooms, Brighton

Maverick Festival - Easton Farm Park, Suffolk

Sara Petite - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

Blue Rose Code - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Boo Hewardine and Yvonne Lyon - Thimblemill Library, Smethwick

Michell, Pfeiffer and Kulesh - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Britnee Kellogg - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

The Long Road Festival - Stanford Hall, Leicestershire

Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregor Black - Violets Tea Room, Bridgnorth

Katie Spencer - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Kirsten Adamson - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Toria Wooff - Dead Wax, Birmingham

Larkin Poe - Institute, Birmingham

Brandy Clark - Institute, Birmingham

David Ford - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Suzanne Vega - Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Holly Carter - Temperance, Leamington Spa

Honey and the Bear - Kitchen Garden Birmingham

The Humdrum Express - Claptrap the Venue, Stourbridge 

Ranagri - Bromsgrove Folk Club, Bromsgrove

The Dreaming Spires - St.George's Hall, Bewdley

Steady Habits - The Victoria, Birmingham

3 Daft Monkeys - Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge

Jaywalkers - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

My Darling Clementine - Kitchen Garden, Birmingham

Chris Cleverley - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Kim Lowings and the Greenwood - Woodman Folk Club, Kingswinford

Dan Whitehouse - Symphony Hall, Birmingham