Pub tour trailer
Tue 17 Jan 2012
A little trailer for our upcoming pub tour which kicks off in two weeks time on 31 January. A five date tour in the run-up to our shows at the Roundhouse and Southbank Centre (24 Feb and 4 March). Not to be missed… Full info in our events section.
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Pub tour update…
Mon 28 Nov 2011
We know its been a bit quiet on the Night Shift front of late, so we thought we’d give you a quick update on pub tour progress. We know it sounds easy to put on a few gigs in pubs but there’s a fair amount of organising that has to go on. First thing is…
Read MoreHelp us find a good boozer…
Tue 1 Nov 2011
Now that we’re ready to go full-steam ahead with our pub tour we’re looking for your venue suggestions. We’re aiming to put 5 gigs on, in venues in North, South, East, West and Central London. We’re particularly looking for central London suggestions but all your ideas are welcome. The only stipulations are that it should…
Read MoreWe did it!
Wed 26 Oct 2011
As you may have seen, over the past month we have been busy raising funds to put on a whole tour of Night Shift’s in pubs, following on from the success of our initial event in September. Well, we had a flood of donations in the closing days of the campaign and were thrilled not…
Read MoreJust three days left to help us…
Wed 19 Oct 2011
There’s only a few days left to help us reach our £1200 goal, letting us take our Night Shift gigs to London pubs all over the capital. We’re so grateful to everyone who’s donated already and we’re nearly there…but even with a sell-out crowd, each event loses a little money, once the musicians, DJ, room…
Read MoreSeptember 2011 podcast
Wed 5 Oct 2011
Our September podcast is a packed edition – we look back at the hot, sweaty and beery pub gig back in September, talking to punters, musicians and staff and asking how the experience was for them. We fill you in on how YOU can help more pub gigs happen and we also talk to pianist…
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If you want a gig in a pub…give us a hug
Fri 23 Sep 2011
If you’ve been following our Night Shift page on Facebook or our Twitterfeed you might have seen some odd pictures posted in recent days…the office giving each other a hug (repeated here for your viewing pleasure), pork scratchings, a pint, a bunch of postcards… Well we can finally reveal what it’s all about. As you…
Read MoreSweaty, packed and boozy. The Night Shift in a pub.
Fri 9 Sep 2011
We’ll surely do a proper blog about last night’s Night Shift pub gig soon, but here’s a quick roundup with pictures and your feedback. Huge thanks to everyone who came along – we couldn’t have fitted many more of you in! A full set list will follow shortly. “this was a great night out “…
Read MorePub Night Shift – full playlist
Thu 1 Sep 2011
Violinist Maggie Faultless just sent through the full playlist from our pub event last week. We’ve also updated our Spotify playlist for the event with some more tracks from it. First Set: Corelli Opus 1 No 4 Handel Opus 2 No 3 Andante & Allegro Bach Prelude from suite in C major for solo cello…
Read MoreCorelli + Bach + Purcell + Pub = The ‘mini’ Night Shift
Thu 25 Aug 2011
There are two weeks to go until our first ever Night-Shift-in-a-pub on 8 September. Here’s a little video preview. If you watch it and are subsequently desperate to buy tickets you can do that here. By the way, does anyone know what the background music is? It’s insanely catchy…
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