Events at the Launderette …
Great Gigs at a Unique Venue
Launderette Session gigs are on sale at WeGotTickets, including many not listed on this page.
Tickets are also available directly from Old Cinema Launderette without a booking fee.
Doors usually open at 7pm. Support (if arranged) starts around 7.50pm. Headliner around 8.30pm. For full details click "buy tickets".
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Bridie Jackson Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 12th June 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Bridie Jackson is a musician and proud Northerner, who started writing songs aged 3 and never stopped. Her favourite songwriter is Jake Thackray but she more frequently gets compared to Feist.
Best known as lead singer and songwriter of her band, Bridie Jackson and The Arbour, who received national recognition after winning the 2013 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Contest, Bridie is now stepping out as a solo artist, and looking forward to playing a handful of intimate shows in her favourite North -Eastern venues throughout 2020.
Richard Strange (Doctors of Madness) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 19th June 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy & Richard Strange Present
An Accent Waiting to Happen
A collection of songs, stories, reading, film clips and downright scurrilous gossip, from a man who has been a major cultural influence in Britain since 1975. A man who, uniquely, has worked as a musician, performance artist, composer, writer, actor, curator and educator.
Richard will share his thoughts and experiences of working with Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, The Sex Pistols, The Damned, Marianne Faithfull, Jack Nicholson, Harmony Korine, William Burroughs, Gavin Bryars, Anita Pallenberg, Grace Jones, Tim Burton, Robert Wilson, Damon Albarn and Jarvis Cocker, among others
The Blow Monkeys & Brass Venue - Ushaw
Friday 17th July 2020 — Buy Tickets
Ushaw & MrWishyWashy Present
The Blow Monkeys are unique with a roller-coaster career spanning over 35 years. Always making new music, always stretching musical boundaries. With worldwide hits such as the classics “Digging Your Scene” and “It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way”, they became household names but there was always so much more going on with these simian soulsters.
Amelia Coburn Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 4th September 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Since being nominated for the BBC Young Folk Awards in 2017 Teesside's Amelia Coburn has spent much of her time travelling around the world, working and living in France, Mexico and Russia. A striking stage presence and the ability to fill a room with the subtlest of sounds.
Old Red Eyes - Tribute to Paul Heaton (Housemartins/Beautiful South) *New Date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 11th September 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Andrew Johnson returns for his much loved tribute to Paul Heaton, the Housemartins and the Beautiful South. Old Cinema Launderette; what a great place to be.
TV Smith (Adverts) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 12th September 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
TV Smith was founder member, singer and songwriter for the Adverts, who formed in late 1976, and became one of the leading bands in the first wave of British punk rock. In early 1977, they performed regularly at the newly-opened Roxy Club in London, and gained cult success with the Stiff Records single "One Chord Wonders." Their next release, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" became a hit record, leading to many radio and TV appearances and extensive media interest. A further single, “No Time To Be 21,” also entered the charts, and the band spent the rest of the year playing live, including major tours with The Damned and Iggy Pop.
Collister & Fix Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 16th September 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
‘Christine Collister’s singing was powerful and emotional, shifting effortlessly
from soft and angelic to knock you out Janice Joplin style.
Michael Fix’s guitar was equally superb. He provided tasteful support
in the most charming way and would then explode into amazing virtuoso
runs across the finger board, all impeccably tasteful and clean.’
Peter Buck (REM) & Luke Haines (The Auteurs) Venue - Flying Duck, Glasgow
Saturday 3rd October 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
w/ Scott McCaughey & Linda Pitmon
‘Beat Poetry For Survivalists’ is the new collaboration between Peter Buck & Luke Haines.
Peter Buck was the guitarist for the biggest band in the world – REM
Luke Haines was the guitarist for the Auteurs. The Auteurs were not the biggest band in the world. They were pretty good though.
Luke Haines also does paintings of Lou Reed.
One day, Peter Buck bought one of Luke Haines’ Lou Reed paintings. They had never met before but decided that the fates had brought them together and they should write some songs together and make an album.
‘Beat Poetry For Survivalists’ is that album
(released soon on Cherry Red Records)Kris Drever (Lau) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 14th October 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Kris Drever is a Scottish folk singer songwriter, who has won multiple awards including an incredible 7 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, two shortlist nominations for Scottish Album of The Year (with his trio Lau) and much acclaim for his solo recordings and concerts including glowing reviews from The Herald, The Guardian, Mojo and Q Magazine.
Catfish Keith (2 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 16th October 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
“Breaking new ground for blues, Catfish Keith is a solo revelation.” – The Guardian
“Catfish Keith is one of the best blues entertainers in the USA.” – Dave Van Ronk
Catfish Keith (2 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 17th October 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
“Breaking new ground for blues, Catfish Keith is a solo revelation.” – The Guardian
“Catfish Keith is one of the best blues entertainers in the USA.” – Dave Van Ronk
Martin & Eliza Carthy Venue - Ushaw
Friday 23rd October 2020 — Buy Tickets
Ushaw & MrWishyWashy Presents
The good Doctor Martin Carthy and his twice Mercury nominated daughter Eliza Carthy, join forces to perform songs from their first duo album ever, a CD of traditional material entitled THE ELEPHANT, released in May 2014 on Topic Records.
Martin is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced a generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, while Eliza has been twice-nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and a multiple-award winner at the BBC Radio Two Folk awards.
Kaia Kater Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 29th October 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
A Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to folk music; the other the years she spent soaking up Appalachian music in West Virginia. Her old-time banjo-picking skills, deft arrangements, and songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight in North America and the UK, garnering critical acclaim from outlets such as NPR, CBC Radio, Rolling Stone, BBC Music, and No Depression
Diana Jones Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 5th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Award winning, US singer songwriter Diana Jones is known for her gritty, literary, Appalachian influenced songs. Adopted as an infant and raised in Long Island, NY, the fact that Diana couldn’t get enough of her brother’s Johnny Cash records finally made sense when she found her birth family and musical roots in the Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Her maternal grandfather, who had formed his first teenage band with a young Chet Atkins, was happy to pass on the culture and the music that he loved to his granddaughter.
Mark Morriss (Bluetones) *Rearranged date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 6th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Mark Morriss is a singer songwriter who famously made his name fronting English indie outfit The Bluetones. Mark fronted the four piece over a successful and fruitful 15 year period, scoring 14 top ten singles and 3 top ten albums, whilst touring the UK, Europe and Japan, before temporarily disbanding in 2011.
Mark Morriss (Bluetones) *2nd date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 7th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Mark Morriss is a singer songwriter who famously made his name fronting English indie outfit The Bluetones. Mark fronted the four piece over a successful and fruitful 15 year period, scoring 14 top ten singles and 3 top ten albums, whilst touring the UK, Europe and Japan, before temporarily disbanding in 2011.
An Evening with Richard Digance *New Date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 12th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Richard Digance is a BAFTA Nominated TV Entertainer Of The Year and Gold Award recipient from The British Academy of Composers. He turned his back on show biz for his first loves of music. Over 4,000 live shows, 62 British tours, 17 books, 3 stage plays, 32 albums and 4 million YouTube visits says it all. He composed the audio book music for Bill Bryson’s best-seller ‘The Road To Little Dribbling, He supported Robin Williams at The London Palladium, and supported Steve Martin in the USA.
Peter Bruntnell - *Rearranged Date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 13th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Album after album, the Kingston upon Thames solo artist produces rich and refined song-craft, yet hardly anyone has heard of him. Could this be his time?
Chris Wood Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 14th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
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.
Martha Hill Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 19th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Northern musician Martha Hill left her coastal Scottish home aged 17 to busk her way
around Europe. Newcastle based musician Martha Hill writes left-field pop that is both hard-hitting
and catchy as hell. An energy of husky vocals and melodic hooks, her introspective
storytelling delivers socially conscious themes over a backdrop of guitars, cellos and synths,
thriving in reinvention and fusion.
David Ford Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 27th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Award-winning songwriter, David Ford has a brand new show with some old-school values.
After touring the UK and Ireland in 2019 with his most technically ambitious stage production to date, this time Ford is packing away his terrifying array of triggers and loop machines and building a show around his classic songwriting and musicianship, presenting career highlights in a series of stripped-back, intimate performances.
David Ford Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 28th November 2020 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
“Unmissable” ★★★★★ The Guardian
"One of Britain's best." ★★★★★ The Times
“Puts everything into every word.” The LA Times
“David Ford is the eternal thrill of a young man going way too far and pulling it off.” Word Magazine
The Primitives (Acoustic) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Monday 25th January 2021 — Buy Tickets
Hapless Museum Worker Presents
The iconic indie pop band The Primitives play a very intimate gig at Old Cinema Launderette as part of their first ever acoustic tour.
The Primitives (Acoustic) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Tuesday 26th January 2021 — *SOLD OUT*
Hapless Museum Worker Presents
The iconic indie pop band The Primitives play a very intimate gig at Old Cinema Launderette as part of their first ever acoustic tour.
Chris Helme (Seahorses) - 2 night residency Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 5th February 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist, including with a new album readying for release during 2020.
His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as ‘Love is the Law’ and ‘Blinded by the Sun’ from his time with John Squires’ post-Stone Roses band, The Seahorses. But beyond these well-loved indie hits Helme has matured into a songwriter of regard for noir-tinged folk gems blistering with emotion.
Chris Helme (Seahorses) - 2 night residency Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 6th February 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Rising to fame in the 1990s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist, including with a new album readying for release during 2020.
His enviable back catalogue includes Britpop classics such as ‘Love is the Law’ and ‘Blinded by the Sun’ from his time with John Squires’ post-Stone Roses band, The Seahorses. But beyond these well-loved indie hits Helme has matured into a songwriter of regard for noir-tinged folk gems blistering with emotion.
Martin Stephenson (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 11th February 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Martin returns for his 8th year at Old Cinema Launderette. No introductions needed.
Martin Stephenson (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 12th February 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Martin returns for his 8th year at Old Cinema Launderette. No introductions needed.
Martin Stephenson (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 13th February 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
Martin returns for his 8th year at Old Cinema Launderette. No introductions needed.
Emma Stevens *New Date* Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 17th March 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
“Bringing a refreshing glimmer of hope and an abundance of heart and positivity,British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Stevens first picked up a guitar at the age of two and has since learnt cello, piano, banjo, ukulele, mandolin and bass. Emma achieved four consecutive play-listed singles on BBC Radio 2, extensive international radio play in the UK, Europe and Australia, an iTunes single of the week with her song "Riptide", sold out headline shows and supported The Feeling, Take That, Wet Wet Wet, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Train, Albert Lee and Simply Red to name a few! .
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett (3 night residence) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 14th April 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
John Otway returns for his 4th year at the launderette. Again this time with his enigmatic pal ‘Wild’ Willy Barrett.
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 15th April 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
John Otway returns for his 4th year at the launderette. Again this time with his enigmatic pal ‘Wild’ Willy Barrett.
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 16th April 2021 — Buy Tickets
MrWishyWashy Presents
John Otway returns for his 4th year at the launderette. Again, this time with his enigmatic pal ‘Wild’ Willy Barrett.
- Please check the WeGotTickets website for a full list of our forthcoming events.