Upcoming Events 22nd to 30th Oct. – Featuring sound And Oxjam

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Oct 222010
 

We used to have a festival in Aberdeen in October, seems now we have two! See below for info and links re. sound and Oxjam … and much more.

sound Festival

Ongoing until 14th Nov.

Ruth Wall
Offering more than 60 performances in over 20 venues across North East Scotland, the 6th sound Festival will run until Sunday 14 November.

“Collaboration has always been at the heart of sound,” says Fiona Robertson of sound. “as we work closely with music clubs and other organisations across the North East. Our opening events form part of a Scottish celebration of Minimalism in which we are delighted to partner Glasgow Concert Halls..”

sound is the North East of Scotland’s contemporary music festival. Following a pilot event, “Upbeat” in 2004, the first festival was launched in November 2005. sound is now an annual event, which aims to make contemporary music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. As well as programming its own events, sound operates as an umbrella for a range of concerts, workshops, masterclasses and performances programmed by other organisations in the North East. Dame Evelyn Glennie, James MacMillan and Rohan de Saram are current Patrons of the festival.

For full details of the 2010 sound Festival and ticket information visit www.sound-scotland.co.uk and join sound on Facebook. sound events at a glance. http://www.sound-scotland.co.uk/site/2010/events.htm

Comedy

Sun 24th Oct.

8:00pm, Music Hall

JOHN BISHOP
£20+BF

Mon 25th Oct.

8.00pm, Music Hall

THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW
£20+BF

Music

Fri 22nd Oct.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

THE FAMILY MAHONE
£10+BF

7.30pm, The Tunnels

CHANTEL McGREGOR Plus Support
£7

7.45pm, Blue Lamp, Gallowgate

Iron Broo Duo
Celtic Society Public Ceilidh with Iron Broo Duo
Aberdeen University Student Association (AUSA) Celtic Society are holding a Ceilidh with the Iron Broo Duo of Fred Wilkinson (bouzouki) and Charlie Abel (accordion). All dances will be called, no experience is necessary.
The Ceilidh is being held in the legendary Blue Lamp, on the Gallowgate in Aberdeen – Surely the most famous Live music venue and finest pubs in Aberdeen. In case you’ve not been there before just look for the actual Blue lamp on the wall above the door. The entrance to the Ceilidh is through the revolving door to the right of the lamp up the hill.
There will be a raffle during the interval. Dancing will be from 7.45/8pm till midnight. The bar usually remains open till 2 if you are in need of some lubrication after the ceilidh.
The music will be lively.  www.ironbroo.co.uk

8.00pm, Café Drummond

WHOLE LOTTA LED ( Led Zeppelin Tribute )

8:00pm, The Moorings

DARTH ELVIS AND THE TATTOINE TRIO

Sat 23rd Oct.

7.00pm, OXJAM ABERDEEN TAKEOVER

– Music festival featuring the best local bands in Aberdeen at 5 city venues

Tunnels 1

oxjam-gig

Le Reno Amps, Turning 13, Cuddly Shark, Eric Euan & Duke.
Tunnels 2
Weather Barn (formerly Cast Of The Capital), Carson Wells, The Deportees, The Marionettes & Katerwaul.
Cafe Drummond
The Wildcards, Kashmir Red, Energy, Emerald Sunday & Talking Sideways.
Blue Lamp
The Lorelei, Gerry Jablonski Band, Oxbow Lake & Chris Carroll.
Enigma
Jo McCafferty, Kitchen Cynics, Craig Davidson, The Scandal Extracts & Sarah J Stanley.

Wristbands cost £5 and allow access to all of the venues across the whole night and also free entry to the aftershow party at Snafu. Tickets can be purchased at www.wegotickets.com, by contacting Oxjam Aberdeen and soon at selected outlets.

8.00pm, The Moorings

THE FIRE AND I, BROTHEL CORPSE TRIO (tbc), OBLIVION INCARNATE

9.30am, The Tilted Wig, Castlegate, Aberdeen

GUTTERGODZ, THE HUNGRY MONGRELS

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 24th Oct.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

DAN LE SAC Vs SCROOPIUS PIP
£14.50+BF


8.00pm, Peacock Visual Arts.

PORT ROYAL, TEN, SUMISU-MI
£6

8.00pm, Carmelite Hotel, Stirling Street

Open Mic Session ( every Sunday. )

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

Mon 25th Oct.

7:00pm, Oxjam At The Arts Centre

FIONA SOE PAING

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An evening of film and music in the Cafe Bar at Aberdeen Arts Centre. Featuring Fiona Soe Paing, London Indie Film Festival nominee for her unique combination of electronica and animation.
Supporting her will be Ross Whyte with his film FOG and Josh McGregor
We’re raising money for Oxjam, a month long music festival throughout the UK raising money and awareness for Oxfam GB! Tickets only £5, available from me or from http://www.wegottickets.com/oxjam/event/96678

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/Oxjam/Info/Event/OxjamArtsCentre

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Tues 26th Oct.

7:30pm, Music Hall

THE DRIFTERS

Wed 27th Oct.

8.00pm, Café Drummond

YOUNG REBEL SET, FLAXMAN, Plus Support

Thurs 28th Oct.

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

MARTIN TAYLOR
£17.50+BF

8.00pm, Shelley Leighs

The Big Mic Up – Hosted by Dave Moir and Kenny McLeod

Big Mic Up

Get off the couch! come down to Shelley Leigh’s and hear the music, be part of the vibe, Come along folks to Dave and Kenny’s open mic night . If you like to play, or just to listen then be prepared for a night of great music at Aberdeens latest musical cultural venue.

Fri 29th Oct.

8.00pm, The Moorings

WHICH WAY NOW
www.myspace.com/whichwaynowrocks

8.00pm, Café Drummond

THE ANSWERING MACHINE, RAPIDS, Plus Support
£6

7.30pm, The Tunnels

THE DRAYMIN, THE VIPER LINES

Sat 30th Oct.

4.00pm, One Up (instore gig)

STEVEN MILNE

7:00pm, Snafu

LITTLE COMETS, Plus Support

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

THE COAL PORTERS
£12+BF

8.00pm, Café Drummond

AKA SKA

8.00pm, The Moorings

GOTHIC DORICS

8.00pm, Captain Tom’s
Cirque-de-Sinister Halloween Party

THE RUCKUS, BROTHERS REID, SMOKIN CATFISH, THE WETFLEX
£5

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Upcoming Events 16th to 23rd Oct. – Featuring sound 2010

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Less is More: minimalism at heart of 2010 sound Festival

Sally Beamish

Offering more than 60 performances in over 20 venues across North East Scotland, the 6th sound Festival will open on Wednesday 20 October with a performance by the Red Note Ensemble at Woodend Barn, Banchory, featuring the World Première of Gabriel Jackson’s new work for strings, and will run until Sunday 14 November.

This autumn sees sound joining forces with the Glasgow Concert Halls to offer a Scottish celebration of Minimalism. Following a weekend of concerts in Glasgow launching Glasgow’s Concert Halls’ three year exploration of the genre, sound picks up the baton with five days of performances under the banner Less is More including works by composers such as Bryars, Fitkin, Glass, Gordon, Nyman, Reich and Riley. The Smith Quartet makes a welcome return to sound with four concerts including a performance of the complete string quartets of Philip Glass. Other highlights of Less is More sound include the Festival’s opening concert with Red Note Ensemble.

“Collaboration has always been at the heart of sound,” says Fiona Robertson of sound. “as we work closely with music clubs and other organisations across the North East. Our opening events form part of a Scottish celebration of Minimalism in which we are delighted to partner Glasgow Concert Halls..”

sound is the North East of Scotland’s contemporary music festival. Following a pilot event, “Upbeat” in 2004, the first festival was launched in November 2005. sound is now an annual event, which aims to make contemporary music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. As well as programming its own events, sound operates as an umbrella for a range of concerts, workshops, masterclasses and performances programmed by other organisations in the North East. Dame Evelyn Glennie, James MacMillan and Rohan de Saram are current Patrons of the festival.

Ruth Wall
The programme showcases the broad mix of new music for which sound has become recognised from instrumental to choral and electroacoustic, and includes no fewer than 18 World, UK and Scottish Premières. sound regulars including The Smith Quartet, Hebrides Ensemble, Edinburgh Quartet, Primrose Piano Trio, Sally Beamish and Richard Craig are joined in 2010 by an array of “newcomers” including Bibby Piano Duo, Rautio Trio, FOUND and Hoot.

For full details of the 2010 sound Festival and ticket information visit www.sound-scotland.co.uk and join sound on Facebook. sound events at a glance. http://www.sound-scotland.co.uk/site/2010/events.htm

Other Events -16th to 23rd October

Miscellaneous

Sat 16th Oct to Wed 3rd Nov.

7.00pm – 9.30, The Athenaeum

26 Collective Present …. ABERDEEN ALTERNATIVE A4 EXHIBITION
26 Collective are proud to present a selection of pictures from all across the creative scene in Aberdeen & beyond!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127661767258800&v=info&ref=ts

Comedy

Sun 17th Oct.

8.00pm, Blue Lamp

Comment Breakneck Comedy – The Joke Factory
STU AND GARY, BRUCE FUMMEY, GRAEME THOMAS, DEREK MILLAR, JON GREENAWAY

8.00pm, Music Hall

DARA O BRIAIN
£19.50+BF

Tues 19th Oct.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

ROB DEERING
£12+BF

Music

Sat 16th Oct.

7.30pm, The Tunnels

THE WOE BETIDES, LOST CITY LIGHTS, THE SIDE, SOUL CASINO
£5

8.00pm, Café Drummond

THE CLASHED  ( Clash tribute. )

8.00pm, The Moorings

THE COUNCIL, THE FLAMING MOES, GLASSMAN

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 17th Oct.

8.00pm, Café Drummond

WOODENBOX, A FISTFUL OF FIVERS, KITTY THE LION, TUNGSTEN, BULLHELM
£6

8.00pm, The Tunnels

POLAR BEAR, TUT VU VU
£10/12

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

Mon 18th Oct.

7.00pm, The Warehouse, Windmill Brae

BOWLING FOR SOUP
£18.50 adv +bf

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Wed 20th Oct.

8.00pm, The Tunnels

DON BROCO Plus Support

8.00pm, Shelley Leigh’s

Thurs 21st Oct.

The Big Mic Up – Hosted by Dave Moir and Kenny McLeod

Big Mic Up

Get off the couch! come down to Shelley Leigh’s and hear the music, be part of the vibe, Come along folks to Dave and Kenny’s open mic night . If you like to play, or just to listen then be prepared for a night of great music at Aberdeens latest musical cultural venue.

Fri 22nd Oct.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

THE FAMILY MAHONE
£10+BF

7.30pm, The Tunnels

CHANTEL McGREGOR Plus Support
£7

7.45pm, Blue Lamp, Gallowgate

Iron Broo Duo
Celtic Society Public Ceilidh with Iron Broo Duo
Aberdeen University Student Association (AUSA) Celtic Society are holding a Ceilidh with the Iron Broo Duo of Fred Wilkinson (bouzouki) and Charlie Abel (accordion). All dances will be called, no experience is necessary.
The Ceilidh is being held in the legendary Blue Lamp, on the Gallowgate in Aberdeen – Surely the most famous Live music venue and finest pubs in Aberdeen. In case you’ve not been there before just look for the actual Blue lamp on the wall above the door. The entrance to the Ceilidh is through the revolving door to the right of the lamp up the hill.
There will be a raffle during the interval. Dancing will be from 7.45/8pm till midnight. The bar usually remains open till 2 if you are in need of some lubrication after the ceilidh.
The music will be lively.  www.ironbroo.co.uk

8.00pm, Café Drummond

WHOLE LOTTA LED ( Led Zeppelin Tribute )

8:00pm, The Moorings

DARTH ELVIS AND THE TATTOINE TRIO

Sat 23rd Oct.

7.00pm, OXJAM ABERDEEN TAKEOVER

– Music festival featuring the best local bands in Aberdeen at 5 city venues

Tunnels 1

oxjam-gig

Le Reno Amps, Turning 13, Cuddly Shark, Eric Euan & Duke.
Tunnels 2
Weather Barn (formerly Cast Of The Capital), Carson Wells, The Deportees, The Marionettes & Katerwaul.
Cafe Drummond
The Wildcards, Kashmir Red, Energy, Emerald Sunday & Talking Sideways.
Blue Lamp
The Lorelei, Gerry Jablonski Band, Oxbow Lake & Chris Carroll.
Enigma
Jo McCafferty, Kitchen Cynics, Craig Davidson, The Scandal Extracts & Sarah J Stanley.

Wristbands cost £5 and allow access to all of the venues across the whole night and also free entry to the aftershow party at Snafu. Tickets can be purchased at www.wegotickets.com, by contacting Oxjam Aberdeen and soon at selected outlets.

8.00pm, The Moorings

DOWNFALL, WHICH WAY NOW, RISE, REBEL THUNDER

9.30am, The Tilted Wig, Castlegate, Aberdeen

GUTTERGODZ, THE HUNGRY MONGRELS

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Upcoming Events 9th To 16th Oct.

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Miscellaneous

Sat 9th Oct
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12.00pm, Balmedie Visitors Centre

March of Menie
Click here for details

12.00, Stewart’s Hall, Huntly

GIVE AND TAKE DAY
People can take along, items such as furniture, kitchenware, books, dvds & cds, toys, and plants/gardenware between 12.00 noon and 3.30pm. From 1.30 until 5.00pm the Stewart’s Hall will be open to the public who can come along and take items they want for FREE.

Contact Aberdeen Forward.
Visit Aberdeenforward.org
Email admin@abzforward.plus.com
Tel. 01224 560360

Sat 9th Oct to Wed 3rd Nov.

7:00pm – 9:30pm, The Athenaeum

26 Collective Present …. ABERDEEN ALTERNATIVE A4 EXHIBITION
26 Collective are proud to present a selection of pictures from all across the creative scene in Aberdeen & beyond!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127661767258800&v=info&ref=ts

Sun 10th Oct.

12:30pm – 3:00pm, Union Terrace Gardens!!


37,000= events around the world on 10:10.10
This is Aberdeen’s only one in the city centre!!
Lots going on from low carbon education/information, nature events, lots for kids of all ages.
Oxjam will have a gazebo of live music & a chance to buy their wonderful wrist bands for their main event a couple of weeks later. A great day for all the family.
If the weather isn’t good come along anyway as we will transfer everything into the alcoves under Robbie Burns statue.

Music

Sat 9th Oct.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

A GENUINE FREAKSHOW, THE DEPORTEES, HEADLIGHT, CRAYONS
£5

7:30pm, Music Hall

BUCKSBURN AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND, BOGHALL AND BATHGATE CALEDONIA PIPEBAND
“Fired Up” Pipeband Concert
£15+BF

8:00pm, Café Drummond

KING KURT

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION, SMOKIN CATFISH

8:00pm, The Moorings

MISS THE OCCUPIER, THE FIGHTING 69TH, TRANSMANTA

8.00pm till 3.00am, The Tunnels Room 2

A SKAndalous night out with the Granite City Roller Girls!
Come join the Granite City Roller Girls for a night of SKAndalous fun in the Tunnels! Propaganda DJs spinning out punk, new wave, rock and ska all night plus Sound System live to get ya’ll skanking about and living it up with the best quad-based roller-skatin’ team in town.
£3

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 10th Oct.

7:30pm,  Lemon Tree

ABERFELDY, WEATHERBARN
£11+BF

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

Mon 11th Oct.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

GENERAL FIASCO, WILDER Plus Support

7:30pm, Café Drummond

FOR A MINOR REFLECTION, KATERWAUL Plus Support

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Tues 12th Oct

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

THE SHEE
£10+BF

7:30pm, The Tunnels

THE DELAYS, STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND
7:30pm £10/12

Wed 13th Oct

8:00pm, Café Drummond

ETERNAL IDOL. DEATH WATCH, THE BEAST MUST DIE, BROCK LOBSTERS
£3

Thurs 14th Oct

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

CAVERN BEATLES

7:30pm, The Tunnels

THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE, RAGGEDY ANGRY, Plus Support
£12/15

9:00pm, Slains Castle

Acoustic Session

Fri 15th Oct

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

ANIMALS & FRIENDS with Special Guest – SPENCER DAVIS
£16+BF

7:30pm, Deeside Activity Park, Lumphanan

Public Ceilidh with CLACHAN YELL
£15 (INCLUDING STOVIES)

8:00pm, The Tunnels

TWENTY TWENTY Plus Support

8:00pm, Café Drummond

WE ARE THE OCEAN
£7.50

8:00pm, The Moorings

SHUSH, THE SCANDAL EXPERTS

Sat 16th Oct

7:30pm, The Tunnels

THE WOE BETIDES, LOST CITY LIGHTS, THE SIDE, SOUL CASINO
£5

8:00pm, Café Drummond

THE CLASHED  ( Clash tribute. )

8:00pm, The Moorings

THE COUNCIL, THE FLAMING MOES, GLASSMAN

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

If you have a public event you would like us to include,
please email details to…  articles@aberdeenvoice.com


Upcoming Events 2nd to 9th Oct.

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Miscellaneous

Wed 6th Oct.

Robert Gordon Open Day
http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/xev_EventDetail.asp?id=2968

Thurs 7th Oct.
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REFLECTIONS AND VISIONS
– THE WORLD THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES

Launch of an exhibition of photographs from young people who have had experiences of care. They were supported in the project by SIRCC (The Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care) and the exhibition was launched at the SIRCC annual conference in June to celebrate 10 years of the organisation.There will be a civic reception on Thursday the 7th of October to launch the exhibition in Aberdeen, where it runs in different venues for the next month.
( Click pic to enlarge. )

Fri 8th Oct.

10.00am, Faculty of Health and Social Care, RGU, Garthdee Campus

Donald Trump’s ‘Graduation’
Contact RGU for further details

Sat 9th Oct
12.00pm, Balmedie Visitors Centre

March of Menie
Click here for details

12.00, Stewart’s Hall, Huntly

GIVE AND TAKE DAY
People can take along, items such as furniture, kitchenware, books, dvds & cds, toys, and plants/gardenware between 12.00 noon and 3.30pm. From 1.30 until 5.00pm the Stewart’s Hall will be open to the public who can come along and take items they want for FREE.

Contact Aberdeen Forward.
Visit Aberdeenforward.org
Email admin@abzforward.plus.com
Tel. 01224 560360

Comedy

Sat 2nd Oct.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

HOWARD MARKS
£12+BF

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

Breakneck Comedy Club
£5/7

Sun 3rd Oct.

8:00pm, Music Hall

ARDAL O’HANLON
£18+BF

Tues 5th Oct.

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

GREG DAVIES – FIRING CHEESEBALLS AT A DOG
£12.50+BF

Fri 8th Oct.

10.00am, Faculty of Health and Social Care, RGU, Garthdee Campus

Donald Trump’s ‘Graduation’
Contact RGU for further details

Music

Sat 2nd Oct.

7.30pm, The Tunnels

THE JOY FORMIDABLE, CHAPEL CLUB, & More tbc.
NME Radar Tour
£9.50

8.00pm, Café Drummond

BOMBSKARE, THE HOSTILES, THE WILLIE G TRIO

8.00pm, The Moorings

MAYBESHEWILL, TOUR SUPPORT & GLASSMAN

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 3rd Oct.

7:30pm Lemon Tree

KIERAN GOSS
£12+BF

7:30pm, Snafu

SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP, THE JOHN KNOX SEX CLUB, STEPHEN WINTON

7:30pm, Tunnels

THE DELANEYS & Support

8:00pm, Café Drummond

AVOID THE MORNING, DUKE, WE ARE HEROES

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

8.00pm, Café Drummond

HEALTHY MINDS COLLAPSE, KASHMIR RED, Plus Support

Mon 4th Oct.

7:00pm, Music Hall

LEVEL 42
£25+BF

7:00pm, Lemon Tree

JERRY HARMON, LAURA LOCKYER
£7+BF

7:30pm, Snafu

THE XCERTS

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Wed 6th Oct.

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT
£12+BF

7:30pm, The Tunnels

FLASHGUNS, MALFUNCTION
£5

8:00pm, Café Drummond

KASSIDY & Support
£7

Thurs 7th Oct.

7:00pm, Lemon Tree

WALTER TROUT
£17.50+BF

7:30pm, The Tunnels

LAUREL COLLECTIVE, BELGRADE, & Support
£5

9:00pm, Slains Castle

Acoustic Session

Fri 8th Oct.

7:30pm,The Tunnels

MUDHONEY

8:30pm, Lemon Tree

MACFLOYD
£13+BF

8:00pm, Cafe Drummond

RANDOM HAND & Support

Sat 9th Oct.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

A GENUINE FREAKSHOW, THE DEPORTEES, HEADLIGHT, CRAYONS
£5

7:30pm, Music Hall

BUCKSBURN AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND, BOGHALL AND BATHGATE CALEDONIA PIPEBAND
“Fired Up” Pipeband Concert
£15+BF

8:00pm, Café Drummond

KING KURT

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION, SMOKIN CATFISH

8:00pm, The Moorings

MISS THE OCCUPIER

8.00pm till 3.00am, The Tunnels Room 2

A SKAndalous night out with the Granite City Roller Girls!
Come join the Granite City Roller Girls for a night of SKAndalous fun in the Tunnels! Propaganda DJs spinning out punk, new wave, rock and ska all night plus Sound System live to get ya’ll skanking about and living it up with the best quad-based roller-skatin’ team in town.
£3

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen


If you have a public event you would like us to include,
please email details to…  articles@aberdeenvoice.com

Oxjam Tuning Up For A Night To Remember

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By Andy Kite.

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The Oxjam Music Festival is really hitting a note across Aberdeen.  With just over a month remaining till the big day, activities are starting to pick up with a view to raising funds and awareness for Oxfam.

Having already generated over £1,000 in the city through events such as a music quiz and a guitar hero tournament confidence is high for breaking targets in the run up to the festival, titled “The Takeover”.

Taking place on the 23rd of October, the festival will showcase some of the top artists from across the city with 25 bands performing across five stages.  Headlining The Tunnels will be Weather Barn and Le Reno Amps with both acts hugely popular with music fans in the north east.  The Wildcards and Kashmir Red will rock Cafe Drummonds while Jo McCafferty and The Kitchen Cynics will bring ambience to Enigma.  Finally, local favourites The Lorelei and Gerry Jablonski and his Electric Band will light up the Blue Lamp.

Oxjam Music Programmer Shawn Skinner declared “We are absolutely delighted with the quality of acts we have playing The Takeover and feel there is something for everyone.  We aimed to capture a cross section of the music scene in Aberdeen and believe we have that.  We’ve booked some local big hitters, renowned acoustic acts, blues and folk bands for a party atmosphere and encapsulated the spirit of rock and roll.  The best part is we can make a difference to people’s lives by listening to some of our favourite bands.  It’s incredible to think that around a billion people in the world don’t have access to clean water and while we can’t rectify this issue, we can certainly attempt to raise awareness and play our part in changing it.”

Tickets can be bought for £5 and provide unlimited access to each stage.  Hopes are high that each venue will be full to deliver a night to remember with every penny going to Oxfam with the money used to fight poverty and climate change.  A little money can go along way as, for instance, £429 is enough money to build a library and fill it with books and £720 can supply clean water for a village of 800 people.

At present the Aberdeen team at Oxjam have already raised enough funds for both of these initiatives.  Those attending The Takeover can also take part in “signing” a visual petition by having their pictures taken with the Oxfam “Fair Deal” handstamp with the photographs being put together in a collage and sent to world leaders.  Tickets for The Takeover can be bought at One Up on Belmont Street and at www.wegottickets.com.

Upcoming Events 18th To 25th Sept.

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Sun 19th Sept

2.00pm, Rubislaw Church, Queen’s Cross

Victorian Aberdeen Photo Walk ( Hidden Aberdeen ) Join our guide, Allan Paterson, former director of the Aberdeen Urban Studies Centre, educator and expert in Aberdeen’s built environment as he takes us on a journey between Rosemount and Rubislaw in Victorian Aberdeen Sadly no tea – bring a flask! 🙂 Meet outside Rubislaw Church which is across the roundabout from Queen’s X Church

Fri 24th Sept

6.00pm, Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BQ

WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? a video installation by Oliver Reesler “What is democracy?” is not one question, but two. On the one hand, the question relates to conditions of the current, parliamentary representative democracies that are scrutinized critically in this project. On the other hand, the question traces different approaches to what a more democratic system might look like and which organizational forms it could take. The project asked “What is democracy?” to activists and political analysts in 18 cities around the world, resulting in a multiplicity of different perspectives and viewpoints. Exhibition runs 25 September – 30 October

All over the UK

Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning … find one near you and help raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support. http://coffee.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx See Article

Comedy

Sat 18th Sept.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

DANNY BHOY – By royal Disappointment £15+BF

Tues 21st Sept.

7.30pm, Snafu

Scottish Comedian Of The Year Heat £3/4/5

Music

Sat 18th Sept.

7:00pm, The Warehouse, Windmill Brae

THE DRAYMIN Plus Special Guests £5.00adv + bf

7.00pm, Dyce Scout Hut, Pitmedden Road, Dyce, Aberdeen

Ceilidh for the Visayans A fundraising ceilidh in aid of volunteer for the Visayans, a charity organisation in the Philippines helping communities out of poverty. http://www.danceforthevisayans.weebly.com

7.30pm, The Tunnels

ELLIOT MINOR, MAKE THIS RELATE, AUTUMN IN DISGUISE.

8.00pm, The Moorings

LED ASTRAY, RISE

8.00pm, Elizabethan, Fraseburgh

THE THREATS, ALL AGES

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!! ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB. http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 19th Sept.

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. ) Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

8.00pm, Café Drummond

HEALTHY MINDS COLLAPSE, KASHMIR RED, Plus Support

Mon 20th Sept.

8.00pm, Café Drummond

OCEANSIZE

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday ) Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome. ( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Tues 21st Sept.

7.30pm, The Tunnels

AMY SAWERS My return to the stage after the beautiful Heidi came along nine months ago! Also joining me on stage is Andrew Duhon ( all the way from New Orleans) and Kenneth Clark. Doors at at half seven and it will be a sharp start so come along early if you can!

8.00pm, Café Drummond

TRAPPED IN KANSAS, CAST OF THE CAPITAL, MIN DIESEL

8.00pm, The Tunnels, Aberdeen

RECKLESS LOVE, JETTBLACK, DIRTY ZENNA, GUTTERGODZ £10 … get in touch with either of the bands for tickets!

Wed 22nd Sept.

8.00pm, Blue Lamp

CORINNE WEST, JOE PHELPS & TUNGSTEN, BULLHELM

8:00pm, Café Drummond

KEN MAYBURY ” THE HYPNOTIST ” £3 … Free Admission To All 2010 Freshers!

7.30pm, The Tunnels

MARK MORRIS (THE BLUETONES), WILSON, THE TRADE, KASHMIR RED. £7.50

Thurs 23rd Sept.

8.00pm, The Tunnels

MT. DESOLATION, STANLEY £10

8.00pm, Café Drummond

Jack Daniels’ Band Night JABLONSKI, LADY MERCEDES, THE RUCKUS £3

8:00pm, The Tunnels

Gig For Palestine GONG FEI, TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR, SIMON GALL & FRIENDS, RAPUNZEL WIZARD Come find out about SPSC Aberdeen’s current campaigns and find out how to get involved. All profits on the door will donated for aid for the next flotilla to Palestine. See Article

Fri 24th Sept.

7.30pm, Music Hall

Public Ceilidh with CLACHAN YELL

8.00pm, Café Drummond

COPY HAHO Plus Support

Sat 25th Sept.

7.30pm, Lemon Tree

THE CHRISTIANS £17.50+BF

7.30pm, The Tunnels

PEARL AND THE PUPPETS, NICKY POWELL, MYKE BLACK

8.00pm, Captain Tom’s

RIGHT HAND LEFT, TURNING 13, Plus Support £4

8:00pm, Mambo’s Peterhead

THE DRAYMIN, VELVET AUDIO, GRANT DAVIDSON, FUNKY TRANSPORT ( DJ SET ) £5

8.00pm, Café Drummond

THE VIPER LINES, TIJUANA SUN, DEVILS DISCO

8.00pm, The Moorings

APES I.Q. (tbc), DAYDREAM FRENZY, THE DIRTY TRICKS

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!! ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB. http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

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Oxjam Takeover – Acts Announced

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By Andy Kite.

Musicians in Aberdeen play their part in the UK’s biggest ever charity music festival

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Local bands are set to take to the stage in support of Oxfam next month as part of Oxjam, the UK’s biggest music festival. On the 23rd of October, the Oxjam Takeover festival will see around 25 acts play across five stages in the city centre with all proceeds going to fight poverty around the world.

The show forms part of Oxjam’s Month of Music which runs through the whole of October. Oxjam is a festival with a difference.: Thousands of fundraising music events are put on by ordinary people – from large-scale festivals to local sponsored busks – making it the biggest line-up of any music festival in the UK.

Among the artists playing include Weather Barn, Le Reno Amps, Jo McCafferty, The Wildcards, Gerry Jablonski, The Deportees, The Kitchen Cynics and Turning Thirteen. For just £5, wristbands for the event can be purchased allowing access to any of the stages in The Tunnels, Cafe Drummonds, Enigma and The Blue Lamp.

Laura Darnell, regional manager for Oxjam Aberdeen, said:

“We’re really excited to be playing our part in making Aberdeen part of a month-long musical celebration right across the country. Even more importantly, this gig is all about showing that the best in local music can have a global impact too – for example, just £7 could feed a family, and £10 can buy five bags of seeds. So everyone who comes along can rest assured that as well as having a great time, they’ll be helping to change lives around the world too.”

During October, more than 950 venues, 2,000 volunteers, 6,000 bands and musicians and 135,000 audience members nationwide will enable Oxjam to raise £500,000 to help Oxfam fight poverty.

It’s exciting to think that anyone can get involved and every single gig will help to raise loads of money to change lives around the world

Since 2006, more than 36,000 musicians have played to an audience of over 750,000 people at almost 3,000 Oxjam events, raising in excess of £1.2 million to fight poverty around the world. Oxjam 2010 is expected to take the total past £1.5 million, enough to buy safe water for 1.6 million people, 750,000 bags of seeds or 60,000 goats.

From 27th to 30th September, a diverse range of the biggest names in music, including pop princess Diana Vickers, Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell, and Britpop legends The Charlatans performed their most unusual shows to date – inside an Oxfam shop – as the official launch events for the Oxjam month of music.

Former X-Factor star Diana Vickers, who headlined the Oxfam shop show on 28th September, said:

“The best thing is that everyone who takes part – from singers like me to musicians, promoters and audience members – is the real star of Oxjam. It’s exciting to think that anyone can get involved and every single gig will help to raise loads of money to change lives around the world.”

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell, whose new band performed for Oxjam, said:

“Our gig is only the beginning of a movement of thousands of gigs, club nights and events right across the country, all raising money to fight poverty. ”

In the lead up to the festival, there will be a campaign night held at The Belmont Cinema on the 15th September between 6pm to 8pm. Campaigners from Oxfam along with representatives from the Aberdeen team will be present to answer questions and demonstrate what funds will be going towards.

To find out what Oxjam events are going on in Aberdeen and the full line-up for the Takeover festival visit www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam. Tickets can be bought at www.wegottickets.com and donations made at www.justgiving.com/oxjamaberdeen.

Oxjam Takeover events take place on 23rd & 24th October in the following locations:

Aberdeen, Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brecon, Brighton, Bristol, Canterbury, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guildford, Huddersfield, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London (Brixton, Leadenhall Market, Brick Lane, Kilburn, Kingston), Manchester, Neath, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, Southampton, Stirling, Stoke-on-Trent and Wiltshire.

  • More than 600 Oxfam shops across the country sell second-hand music – double the total number of independent record shops in the UK*.
  • Oxfam shops sell around £6 million of music every year, which equates to around 1.8 million CDs and records every year, all donated by the British public. The largest single donation was of 4,000 vinyl albums to an Oxfam shop in Devon in 2008.
  • Oxfam has been one of the lead charities at Glastonbury since 1993, raising £2.7 million through stewarding the festival and signing up more than 400,000 people in support of its campaigns at the festival. Oxfam works at seventeen music festivals across the summer, stewarding, campaigning and selling festival fashion.

Upcoming Events 11th To 18th Sept.

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10th to 11th Sept.

Gadiefest 2010
A Festival of Storytelling and Traditional Arts in the North East of Scotland.
Details, click here. http://www.gadiefest.co.uk/

Comedy

Tues 14th Sept.

7:30pm, Snafu

DES SHARPLES, DAVID INNES, ELAINE MALCOLMSON, MARTIN McALLISTER, MIKEY ADAMS MC
£3/4/5

Sat 18th Sept.

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

DANNY BHOY – By royal Disappointment
£15+BF

Music

Sat 11th Sept.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

TALK TO ANGELS (ft Mickey Dale, Embrace ), MEET ME IN VEGAS
£5

8.00pm, Blue Lamp

GLEBE STREET BLUES BAND
£7/£5
www.glebestreet.20m.co

8:00pm, The Moorings

THE LEVEE STROLLERS, KETIMINE DECO, HIPPOCAMPUS
£3

8:30pm, Drummonds

AKA SKA

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

…to Fri 17th Sept

Northern Edge Jazz Festival
Local authority run festival with big name acts in the form of Stan Tracey,
Courtney Pine & Curtis Stigers. Lots of gigs & workshops on over a 10 day period
www.boxofficeaberdeen.com

Sun 12th Sept.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

ANGRY Vs THE BEAR, INATLANTA, THE FIRE AND I, THE MINIATURE DINOSAURS
£5

7:30pm, Music Hall

CURTIS STIGERS
£18+BF

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

GRAHAM MACKIE, TEDDY, RAY BRADSHAW, ASIM ALI and More
£5/7

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

Mon 13th Sept.

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond,

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Tues 14th Sept.

7:00pm,The Tunnels

TOMMY REILLY
Tommy Reilly is a talented Scottish singer–songwriter from Torrance, East Dumbartonshire.
He gained recognition after winning the Channel 4 TV show Orange unsigned Act.

7:00pm,The Tunnels

TOMMY REILLY Plus Support

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

THE CAVERN BEATLES
£14.50+BF

8:00pm, Café Drummond

SKY LARKIN Plus Support

Wed 15th Sept.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

MAKE SPARKS, THREE KNOTS, FAREWELL SINGAPORE, HEADLIGHT
£5

Thurs 16th Sept.

7:30pm, Lemon Tree

ADRIAN EDMONDSON AND THE BAD SHEPHERDS
£15+BF

8:00pm, Cafe Drummond

SUCIOPERRO Plus Support

Fri 17th Sept.

Music Hall

SWEET ADELINES 30th ANNIVERSARY in Aid Of Cornerstone … see article

7:30pm, The Tunnels

CURATORS, TURNING 13, SMUGGLERS RUN, MARIONETTES
£4

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

SAM CARTER, THIS HEROIC ROUTINE
£6/8

8:00pm, Cafe Drummond

WASHINGTON IRVING Plus Support

Sat 18th Sept.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

ELLIOT MINOR Plus Support

8:00pm, Elizabethan, Fraseburgh

THREATS, ALL AGES

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

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Upcoming Events 4th to 11th Sept.

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Sat 4th Sept.

10:00am to 6.00pm, The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, Braemar

Braemar Gathering
The Gathering is famous for its friendship and hospitality which we look forward to sharing with the many visitors.
http://www.braemargathering.org/

10.30pm, The Brig O’ Don, King Street, Aberdeen

Sue Ryder Care Aberdeen Midnight Walk
Sue Ryder Care’s second Aberdeen women only 10k sponsored Midnight Walk.
Event starts at 10.30pm and finishes at 3.30am on Sunday.
Registration for the walk is £15.
http://fundraising.suerydercare.org/midnightwalk/events/aberdeen-midnight-walk.aspx

Thurs 9th Sept.

7.00pm, Aberdeen Forward offices, 2 Poyernook Road Aberdeen AB11 5RW

Home composting
Learn how to make your own compost from kitchen and garden waste in time for next year’s seed sowing projects.
£2
Contact Aberdeen Forward
http://www.aberdeenforward.org
Tel ; 01224 560360
email : admin@abzforward.plus.com

10th to 11th Sept.

Gadiefest 2010
A Festival of Storytelling and Traditional Arts in the North East of Scotland.
http://www.gadiefest.co.uk/

Comedy

Fri 10th Sept.

8:30pm, Cellar 35, Rosemount Viaduct

GEESALAFF Comedy night
“There won’t be a dry seat in the house!” Graeme Pyper
Doors open 8.30 p.m. Mayhem starts at 9!

Music

Sat 4th Sept.

7:30pm, Stonehaven Town Hall

Ceilidh and a Curry
Featuring a rare public appearance by SHINDIG
Tickets from Celtic Chords Tel: 01569 763913
http://www.celtic-chords.co.uk/

7:30pm, Kilau Coffee ( Little Belmont Street )

Katerwaul single release
KATERWAUL, SARAH J STANLEY

7:30pm, The Tunnels

THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND, BENNI HEMM HEMM, EAGLE OWL

8:00pm, The Moorings

EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS, JOHNNY SKYSCRAPER, Plus Support

8:00pm, Café Drummond

TOM HINGLEY (The Voice Of The Inspiral Carpets)

11pm – 3am, The Tunnels

IT’S A RAVE!
A nostalgic evening allowing you to indulge your inner raver….
Revisit the toxic youth of the 90’s for an evening of nostalgic dance classics, britpop and old skool rnb….
Dress; Think glow gear, rave paint, fluro, 90’s heros, nostalgic trash to dress your body, Boomboxes, 90’s dance inspiration and glowsticks…
£3

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub
SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

Sun 5th Sept.

8:00pm, Cellar 35

Sunday Sessions,
MIKE BLACK, STEVE WINTON, CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON, CHRIS GLEN, OLIVER RICHARDS

9.00pm, The Moorings

The Jam Factory ( every Sunday. )
Bands, acoustic musicians, jammers, poets etc. all welcome.

Mon 6th Sept.

9.00pm, Blue Lamp

Traditional Acoustic Session. All welcome.

10.00pm, Café Drummond,

Open Mic Night ( Every Monday )
Soloists, Poets, Musicians, Maniacs, and Full Bands Welcome.
( Full back line provided ) For more info, call 01224 619930

Tues 7th Sept. to Fri 17th Sept

Northern Edge Jazz Festival
Local authority run festival with big name acts in the form of Stan Tracey, Courtney Pine & Curtis Stigers.
Lots of gigs & workshops on over a 10 day period
www.boxofficeaberdeen.com

Thurs 9th Sept.

7:30pm , The Tunnels

ESPERI, NOISERV, AMBER WILSON, CRAIG DAVIDSON

8:00pm, Blue Lamp

SAM BAKER
£10/12

8:00pm, The Tunnels

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, SAMURAI FURY, ETERNAL IDOL, SEMPERFI
£10

Sat 11th Sept.

7:30pm, The Tunnels

TALK TO ANGELS (ft Mickey Dale, Embrace ), MEET ME IN VEGAS
£5

8.00pm, Blue Lamp

GLEBE STREET BLUES BAND
£7/£5
www.glebestreet.20m.com

8:00pm, The Moorings

THE LEVEE STROLLERS, KETIMINE DECO, HIPPOCAMPUS
£3

8:30pm, Drummonds

AKA SKA

11.00pm, The Tunnels

Rampage Rockclub

SATURDAYS IN ABERDEEN JUST GOT F**KING AWESOME!!
ABERDEEN NOW HAS A PREMIER SATURDAY ROCKCLUB.
http://www.facebook.com/rocknightaberdeen

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