Canned Beet: Street Party
Once again, Beet Roots Soundsystem is joining forces with Canned Heat to bring you the second instalment of CANNED BEET!
A daytime session of roots reggae and dub, good beer, good food and positive vibrations.
Once again, Beet Roots Soundsystem is joining forces with Canned Heat to bring you the second instalment of CANNED BEET!
A daytime session of roots reggae and dub, good beer, good food and positive vibrations.
A new live show taking the UK by storm!
One of the world’s greatest music producers – Trevor Horn – is coming to City Varieties as part of an exclusive tour this autumn.
Horn is a bona fide pop legend having worked with everyone from Seal to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, ABC to Yes, Grace Jones to Belle and Sebastian, and Robbie Williams to Pet Shop Boys.
Plumhall (Michelle Plum and Nick Hall) supported Fairport Convention on their UK Winter Tour last year and then guested with the band at their prestigious Cropredy Festival in the summer. As a result, the duo has been asked to play their own set at Cropredy Festival 2025 with a full band line-up.
The duo has chosen Seven Arts as the ideal venue to perform their Cropredy set, with their producer David P Crickmore (Fiat Lux/The Durbervilles) on bass, synth and electronica and his son James Crickmore on drums.
Beloved comic actor Dudley Moore (1935-2002) was also a dazzling jazz pianist and a composer of wit and depth. The Chris Ingham Trio revisits Dudley’s evocative and appealing 1960s jazz in rich, rewarding presentation packed with striking music and fascinating anecdotes.
This acclaimed show been warmly received at Ronnie Scott’s and in concerts and festivals throughout the UK while the group’s CD Dudley received rave reviews fulsomely approving the overdue celebration of a remarkable British musician.
"A vibrant and moving homage" DOWNBEAT
In a world of soundbites and distractions Chris Wood is a truth seeker. His writing is permeated with love and wry intelligence, uplifting and challenging as he celebrates the sheer one-thing-after-anotherness of life. Tom Robinson and Chris Difford are fans while Stick In The Wheel and The Unthanks look to him as an influence.
Winner of 6 BBC Folk Awards, he's played with The Royal Shakespeare Company and was a key member of The Imagined Village along with Billy Bragg and Martin Carthy. A wise and soulful craftsman, his concerts are a cliche free zone.
On this walk you’ll discover the history of Black musicians and music culture in the city of Leeds. From visits by American choirs in the Victorian age, through the origins of Carnival and its claiming of space in the heart of the city, to the places where breakdancing took over, and where David Oluwale listened to music, Joe Williams takes you on a journey exploring the importance of Black music and music culture for Leeds.
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Led by legendary Leeds club founder Suzy Mason, Club Culture in Leeds will take you back to the heady days of 90s clubs. From the dark days of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper to a student boom town, Leeds became a vital destination on the house music circuit. With a key focus on LGBTQ+ and women in Leeds nightlife, Suzy brings her personal experiences to tell the story of Club Culture in Leeds.
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Leeds had a very special part to play in the evolution of punk and post-punk in the late 1970s/early 1980s. On the Punk and Post-Punk walk you’ll visit key sites from the University to the legendary F Club. The walk brings to life the very particular circumstances of Leeds at the time – the shadow of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper, The National Front and football violence, the arts courses at the city’s universities – that contributed to the sound and politics of Leeds’ own interpretation of punk and post-punk, and explores the music’s ongoing legacy in the city.
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