We have been involved in the Unglamorous International Women’s Day since it started in 2022. This year was always going to be a difficult one. Since the loss of Ruth, Unglamorous has been run by her daughter Isobel and a committee of lovely Unglam women. There are now so many women bands that it was […]
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The Stayfree Christmas Party at Firebug, or as we liked to call it ‘Stayfree Snowcase’ This was a great get together of customers and bands from previous Showcases. The first band on the night was Unglamorous Band – Mental Load. These women formed just 6 months ago . Facebook – Mental Load Next up was
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First on tonight at The Big Difference was the beautiful Joyce Embers. This was her first billing as usually she plays a lot of open mic nights. Her set was fantastic, with a range of ballads and heavier material. She is a thoughtful song writing with a great voice – Instagram –@joyce_embers Next band to
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This is the first of two showcases at The Big Difference this Autumn. This months line up starts with Pretty Dirty Rats, one of the great women bands to form out of the Unglamorous Project. These guys are funky, punky and have great rat based songs with very entertaining stories Facebook Next up was residents Dum
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This was our first showcase at OMC Music Venue on Frog Island, by far the easiest one to transport equipment to as I just have to cross the road to get to it. The opening band was brand new trio – Acute Echo, part of the Unglamorous project, they formed in May , had their
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Well its 30th June, exactly a year since our first Showcase and I’m please to say how much fun we have been having doing the event. This line up may look a bit eclectic from a distance but Jake from The People Assembly would only play a Showcase if they were to support The Verinos.
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This Showcase was all about pedal boards and plenty of sick guitar solos! The winner of the biggest pedal board goes to Mysterious Voices. I wasn’t the only person taking photos of their pedal boards too! Mysterious Voices opened up the night with a great set. They have a very interesting sound, the bassist often
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This was our very first all women Showcase! As Stayfree is the home of Unglamorous, we have plenty of amazing women bands to choose from and Im sure there will be more women bands appear on our line ups in the not to distant future. Boilers opened the night. This brand new band played their
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As 2022 started, we knew it was our 30th anniversary since starting at Friday Street in 1992. It would be great to celebrate in some way, plan some events and tell the story of how Stayfree Music has grown and developed through the decades. But there were also lots of challenges as January approached. It
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Having had a great success with the monthly Stayfree Showcases we decided to end the year with a Christmas Party at Firebug on 16th December. Performances at this event would be by the staff, headlined by the much anticipated return of The Hunters Club. Max Mead started the event with his one man band. His
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Pheonixshire, 11 Years Tyranny, Wollow at Duffy’s Bar This month was all about Heavy Metal – Rock. Pheonixshire Eleven Years Tyranny The pace quickened somewhat with death metal/ metalcore Eleven Years Tyranny. There was a permanent mosh pit throughout their set, hair was flying everywhere! Alex on vocals
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Szyslak, Our Souls, First Wave at Firebug 29th July 2022 This was another great night of guitar rock with a punk edge to celebrate Stayfree’s 30th anniversary by showcasing some of the bands that rehearse or are based here. We think Firebug is a brilliant venue to see live bands and our second showcase gig
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Thirty years is a long time for anyone to stay in business – especially a local independent music organisation- so it was important for Stayfree to have a big event as a centrepiece to the year’s celebrations. In that time, Stayfree has promoted events, managed and supported bands and, most importantly, converted huge old buildings
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