(L-R) Local publicans Lucy Wainwright (Walkabout), Sian Batley (The Castle)
and James Aspell (The Living Room) prepare for We Are Nottingham’s
live music and entertainment festival as part of Light Night 2012.
Its February and it’s cold and dark outside. But instead of being all miserable, sitting at home eating the last bits of Christmas cake and watching minor-celebrity Big Brother, we highly recommend you get yourself out on Friday 10 February.
There's a brand-spanking new music festival launching as part of it this time around, which has been organised and co-funded by We Are Nottingham (the business improvement district for licensed premises in the city centre) in association with licensees from some of the best venues Notts has to offer. Twenty three of these have joined forces to bring a new and dynamic aspect to Light Night. Here's what's on, and its nearly all for free.
We Are Avengers
We Are Avengers are on at Escucha, also from 8pm, and will impress you with a slightly eerie, yet beautifully played set of trip-hop – all done by their newly-formed full live band. Music of the unplugged variety will be taking place at Blue Bell Inn from 8pm onwards as well as the deliciously refurbished Cross Keys. To get your fix of rock and pop covers just pop over the road to the Living Room where the Blayze Duo will be taking the reins. The Bodega Social will be making the most of its duplex space with a music and arts mini festival, whilst just across the street Cape will also be springing into action, with Cape Live.
Over at Tantra there is a chance to get your sleaze on as psychobilly punks Dick Venom and the Terrortones take over from 9pm (£3.50 door charge) and launch their new Rockin’ Rollin Vampireman EP. Expect near the knuckle nudity and borderline pornography, so dress appropriately and don’t take your kids.
Dick Venom and The Terrortones
Heading over towards Hockley, from 10pm the excellent cocktail bar Tilt showcases Moules and Wiggins – a talented and experienced Nottingham blues duo (or trio if the non-namechecked Stev Riley shows up on drums). On the ever popular Broad Street, Edins will showcase the spoken word action with DIY Poets presenting Wine and Rhyme. The Nottingham based collective of wordsmiths who continue their mission to evolve poetry.
Throw yourself across the market square to chapel bar where Daylight Robbery will take you through an array of covers of the rock and indie variety at Fat Cats. Urban Intro are on stage at The Approach from 9pm – expect some serious old-school musicianship and a range of songs veering from Sinatra to Santana and back again.
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Will Jeffery
Or if you prefer a bit of old-school folk then Nottingham music scene veterans Wholesome Fish are on at the Malt Cross.
There are also free DJ nights on at Alley Café (with the Rigbee Deep Sound System), Dogma (Barksta and Tom Freeman), Revolution Hockley (Tim Swaine and Pete Reynolds), Cucamara (Thomas), Saltwater (Saltwater DJs), Walkabout (Damiano) and Yates (Steve Hubbard).
And here's what else is happening at Light Night. Over at Nottingham Castle you have samba and orchestral sets from Nottingham Music School (5.30-9pm), as well as the poppy twangs of LeftLion New Year's Eve headliners Captain Dangerous (7.30pm) and the fiddle-tastic Maniere des Bohemiens (9pm).
Or if you fancy some growly-blues then Will Jeffery and The Wild Gentry are playing at Nottingham Central Library from 8.15pm. If you ask him really nicely he might even break out into the weirdest, yet wonderful, cover of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme you'll ever here.
And this is just some of the entertainment on offer that evening. For information about comedy, poetry, dining and more, check out the Light Night website.
See you there, ducks and youths...
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