Ryan's Gig Guide - January 2019

THANK FOLK IT’S FRIDAY Friday 18th Jan Shirley Red Lion Folk Club The Bearwood Bandits return as Featured Guests, for a second visit to a mighty friendly club with a great atmosphere. The Bearwood Bandits are a six piece collective formed in the autumn of 2015 by, now retired, Peter Burgess. Their aim being to play all things acoustic on a variety of traditional instruments: Folk, Blue- grass, Newgrass, Country, Americana, Blues – you name it, anything goes.  www.mondoroyale.com  www.bearwoodbandits.com DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY Saturday 5th Jan The Sunflower Louge, Birmingham Got a case of the winter blues? Then get down to see our favourite local purveyors of upbeat pop music Mondo Royale and let them banish those post-Christmas blues! WORLD CLASS JAZZ COMES TO WOLVERHAMPTON Friday 8th Feb Newhampton Arts Centre A brand new contemporary Jazz music pro- gramme is launching in Wolverhampton at Newhampton Arts Centre. NAC have been working closely with jazz enthusiasts from Wolverhampton to bring these carefully se- lected names to the first season of JAZZ. The series will feature some of the world’s most renowned jazz musicians beginning with Steve Fishwick .  www.stevefishwickjazz.com www.surgemusic.com 18 rgg Jan 2019 www.ryansgigguide.com