Podcast recorded during the recent ‘Soviet Threat’ weekend at Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker near Nantwich: https://coldwarconversations.wordpress.com/episode29/

Concert in Crewe (Saturday 20th October 2018) – Wistaston Singers and Kipling Singers are performing a concert on Saturday 20th October 2018 (7pm) at Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe. Tickets = £6. For further information please contact David Greatbanks 01270 582819 or Brian Simpson 01270 650699.

34 Pepper Street hosts it second OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT followed by live music from local acoustic duo, Sparks. 29th Sept from 7pm. Free Entry.

34 Pepper Street’s Thursday Live At 34 returns with local artist, entertainer and Ukulele player Marc Gallagher. Playing quirky covers and heartfelt originals this promises to be a fantastic night of music. Thursday 4th Oct from 730pm. Free Entry

WORDS & MUSIC WHITE HORSE LIVE WHITE HORSE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH FROM 8:30 PM ABBIE OZARD & BAND Abbie Ozards’s debut single “Average Disguise” won her an army of admirers after extensive BBC 6 Music plays earlier this year. Her stunning voice and shoe gaze styled writing led her to a summer of festival gigs and a rumoured imminent record[Read More…]

WORDS & MUSIC @ WHITE HORSE LIVE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH FROM 8:30 PM THE FIREFLYS The Fireflys are a Runcorn based band whose raw rock style also encompasses folk and Americana. Their new album “Only Us, Northern Lights” is out soon. FREE ENTRY

Recently called “the best live band on the scene” by Cerys Matthews, CC Smugglers have in a short space of time gone from ‘guerrilla buskers’ to festival show-stoppers, sharing bills with Bruce Springsteen and Old Crow Medicine Show and winning friends everywhere with their swing/folk/jazz hybrid and high energy street honed stagecraft. Guaranteed to bring Words & Music 2018 to[Read More…]

WORDS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE SQUARE TOWN SQUARE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH FROM 11:00 AM THE AVIATORS The Aviators are a newly formed four-piece band under the leadership of Eddie Ogle on lead guitar, Charlie Morris on drums, Alex Fairhurst on bass and Amber O’Brien on vocals. THE THROES The Throes are an indie rock band from Crewe. With sounds[Read More…]

ENZO ACOUSTIC ZONE WORDS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL @ ENZO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FROM 2:00 PM GRACE SAVAGE Four times UK beat box champion Grace Savage will perform live at Enzo after the workshop she is hosting at The Players Theatre. (Please see http://wordsandmusicfestival.com/acts/grace-savage/ to learn more about Grace and the workshop). OLIVER LOMAX Brilliant Manchester poet Oliver Lomax returns to[Read More…]

Arriving on the scene in 1979 and flying in the face of every late 70s trend by simply producing beautiful, timeless writerly music, Judie Tzuke has long been assured a place in the roll call of classic English songwriters. Her smash hit “Stay With Me Til Dawn” and album “Welcome To The Cruise” set the tone and her output and[Read More…]

***LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE *** British Sea Power hit the Top 20 in 2017 with their sixth album “Let The Dancers Inherit The Party”, adding pop immediacy to their modernist indie rock styling. Long time favourites of BBC6 Music and BBC Radio 1, their eclectic, quirky live shows are legendary – they have played atop the Great Wall of China, beside[Read More…]

Poet, humorist, and true great English eccentric, Les Barker, has graced UK and global stages for over 45 years. Initially appearing live, mainly with his dog Mrs Ackroyd, he has gone on to collaborate with musicians including June Tabor and Maartin Alcock. His solo albums include “The War On Terrier” and “Dark Side Of The Mongrel” and his songs have[Read More…]

Matt Owens was a co-founder and ever present member of Indie-folk icons Noah And The Whale who sold over one million records in the UK alone. Matt has fronted his own band, Little Mammoths, since 2016 and is now recording his first solo album. A superb vocalist and songwriter with influences including Ryan Adams and Tom Waits, Matt will open[Read More…]