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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Withered Hand Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 27th July 2019 — Buy Tickets
“Beautifully constructed lyrical frameworks … on this banjo-tinged brand of Caledonian gospel” – **** MOJO
Baskery Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 2nd August 2019 — Buy Tickets
*Rearranged date. All tickets remain valid for this new date*Baskery is a Swedish alternative americana folk rock band, comprising the three sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson.
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Mama's Broke + Shipcote & Friends Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 3rd August 2019 — Buy Tickets
Jumpin' Hot Club Present
Mama’s Broke is a powerful folk duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy. Although highly influenced by their Canadian roots, Lisa and Amy are based out of nowhere and everywhere.
Emma Pollock (Delgados/Chemikal Underground) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 24th August 2019 — Buy Tickets
Emma Pollock is a founding member of Glasgow indie rock band The Delgados and their influential record label, Chemikal Underground
The Lake Poets Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 4th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
Sunderland lad Martin Longstaff 'The Lake Poets' plays rare gig in an intimate venue to coincide with Bands FC exhibition.
The Lake Poets venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 5th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
Sunderland lad Martin Longstaff 'The Lake Poets' plays rare gig in an intimate venue to coincide with Bands FC exhibition.
Sam Carter Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 6th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
‘Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational withsocial comment and personal reflection’ ⭑⭑⭑⭑ SonglinesPhil 'Swill' Odgers (The Men They Couldn't Hang) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 13th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers is one half of the legendary joint vocal strike force of UK folk rebel rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang.Audiences around the world from Cairo to Reykjavik, Brisbane to Vancouver and Berlin to London have submitted to his effervescent and heartfelt vocal style in stadium, theatre, hall and after hours lock ins.Belinda O'Hooley Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 19th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
Belinda O’Hooley is an exceptionally gifted pianist, singer, songwriter and composer. She is half of four time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Duo nominees O’Hooley & Tidow alongside her wife Heidi Tidow; together described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional songwriters.’ Their song ‘Gentleman Jack’ features as the closing theme song for BBC/HBO drama series Gentleman Jack. Belinda is also known for her inventive, minimalist, sometimes flamboyant accompanying of folk luminaries including Rufus Wainwright, Nic Jones, Jackie Oates and the Mercury nominated; Rachel Unthank and The Winterset.Tom 'Mouse' Smith venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 20th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
15 year old Singer/Songwriter, having already supported James Bay, Catfish and The Bottlemen, Shed Seven, Madness and The Charlatans. Gig is in aid of Musicians Against Homelessness.
Michael Chapman venue - old cinema launderette
Saturday 21st September 2019 — Buy Tickets
"this is the sound of a real songwriter who's lived a real life and all that entails" Q Magazine
Julie Felix Venue - Old cinema Launderette
Saturday 28th September 2019 — Buy Tickets
In 1966 Felix became the resident singer on the BBC television programme The Frost Report. She hosted her own shows for the BBC from 1968 to 1970, including the series Once More With Felix. Among those featured on her show were The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Leonard Cohen and Led Zeppelin's lead guitarist, Jimmy Page, who played the "White Summer" and "Black Mountain Side" guitar solo pieces. She performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969
Ben Walker Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 5th October 2019 — Buy Tickets
Ben Walker was recently hailed as ‘one of the best acoustic guitarists
in the world’ by Total Guitar magazine. A BBC Folk Award winner, he
has a passion for putting old jewels in new settings; for bringing
together traditional and contemporary music and for playing it like
no-one else.The Shining Levels - Music Inspired By The Novel - The Gallows Pole Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 11th October 2019 — Buy Tickets
Music inspired by the novel The Gallows Pole sees The Shining Levels tread similartopographical terrain to The Unthanks, and shares DNA with such disparate musicalancestors such as Pentangle, Sandy Denny, Bridget St. John and Tom Waits.Broken Chanter + Randolph's Leap + Simple Swan Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 12th October 2019 — Buy Tickets
“The first Broken Chanter album is a record which paints an emotional and expansive soundscape with a distinct sense of place, that showcases MacGregor's ear for melody and dexterity at tugging heart-strings. It will be released into the world in September 2019by Olive Grove Records and Last Night From Glasgow.”
Christine Collister & Michael Fix Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 16th October 2019 — Buy Tickets
‘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.’
Rachel Sermanni Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 19th October 2019 — Buy Tickets
Rachel Sermanni returns with her third studio album, So It Turns. A collection of reflective songs, many inspired by a sojourn at a Buddhist monastery in the borders of Scotland. So It Turns was recorded in Berlin in 2016 and now, finally, it is being released and celebrated with a solo UK and European tour. Come to a show filled with stories of one woman’s experience of what it is to be human. Explorations of desire; the joys and disappointments. Of the mundane and the mystical and their inevitable entwinements.
The Slocan Ramblers Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 31st October 2019 — Buy Tickets
“Contemporary bluegrass at its very best....their new album, Queen City Jubilee, could be the one that propels them to the forefront of the acoustic roots scene.” - Songlines magazineMik Artistik's EgoTrip Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 9th November 2019 — http://www.wegottickets.com/event/467386
Who is Mik Artistik?“The best live act I’ve seen all summer” so said BBC 6Music presenter & music aficionado Gideon Coe, Mik Artistik has performed at the last 11 Glastonbury's, and is already confirmed for 2019 where, as always, he’ll perform multiple shows over a variety of stages,Iggy Pop played crowd-favourite ‘Plastic Fox’ recently on his 6Music show calling the song a “stone cold classic”Mik, Jonny, & Sam, will make your day ~ sing along, dance around, laugh out loud, there is no other show like it, and if you’ve never seen one of Mik’s show before, all I can say is to expect the unexpected!The band are a Yorkshire treasure, and never fail to get an audience singing, laughing, gasping!, but most of all, enjoying themselves... it will be joyous!Ian Siegal Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 16th November 2019 — Buy Tickets
2018 was another milestone year for the UK’s favourite contemporary bluesman and renegade Americana'man. He scooped Best Male Vocalist and Best Acoustic Artist in the UK Blues Awards, adding to a long list of accolades in the UK, Europe and USA.
CATFISH KEITH Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 22nd November 2019 — Buy Tickets
World-touring acoustic blues pioneer Catfish Keith has established himself
as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time.
Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American
roots music has spellbound audiences the world over.Keith James. The Songs of Leonard Cohen Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 29th November 2019 — Buy Tickets
Included in the concert are Cohen’s well known songs: Famous Blue Raincoat, Sisters of Mercy, Suzanne and Hallelujah alongside his rarer and profound writing such as Who by Fire, Joan of Arc and Secret Life.Peter Bruntnell Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 1st February 2020 — Buy Tickets
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?
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Wednesday 26th February 2020 — Buy Tickets
Tickets are not 'Really Free'
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Thursday 27th February 2020 — Buy Tickets
Can the launderette cope with these two - probably not.
Martin Stephenson (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema launderette
Thursday 5th March 2020 — Buy Tickets
Martin's gigs at the launderette are a thing of legend. He just gets better and better.
Tickets always sell out for these intimate shows. Get them early.
Martin Stephenson Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Friday 6th March 2020 — Buy Tickets
Martin's gigs at the launderette are a thing of legend. He just gets better and better.
Tickets always sell out for these intimate shows. Get them early.
Martin Stephenson (3 night residency) Venue - Old Cinema Launderette
Saturday 7th March 2020 — Buy Tickets
Martin's gigs at the launderette are a thing of legend. He just gets better and better.
Tickets always sell out for these intimate shows. Get them early.
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