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‘The Bear lives’ – Music venue ‘staying put’ after last-gasp Hatters buyout

July 20, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘The Bear lives’ – Music venue ‘staying put’ after last-gasp Hatters buyout

Luton’s world-renowned jazz and blues venue The Bear Club has penned a new lease to provide a “more secure future” for the live music spot after a life-saving intervention from Luton Town Football Club. In […]

The Bear Club
Music

Hatters save iconic jazz club from closure in ‘start of a new era for a long-neglected area’ of Luton

May 10, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on Hatters save iconic jazz club from closure in ‘start of a new era for a long-neglected area’ of Luton

Luton Town Football Club have stepped in to save the town’s world-renowned jazz and blues venue The Bear Club from closure, saying that “we simply could not stand by and let it happen. It means […]

The Bear Club's new owners Neil and Giles
Music

‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

March 23, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

The owners of The Bear Club have teased a “promising development” which could see the Luton music venue saved after fears it would be forced to close in the summer.  In January, the building in […]

The Bear Club
Music

‘The result we feared’, as hope of keeping Bear Club alive ‘not possible’

February 23, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on ‘The result we feared’, as hope of keeping Bear Club alive ‘not possible’

Efforts to save The Bear Club have fallen short with Luton’s internationally-renowned jazz and blues club being forced to close in June.  In January, the freehold of the building on Guildford Street was put up […]

The Bear Club's new owners Neil and Giles
Music

Bear Club new bosses ‘not about to change anything in a hurry’

December 24, 2022 Music and arts desk 17

The new owners of The Bear Club have promised not to change anything in a hurry when the popular jazz and blues music venue reopens its doors in February.  The internationally renowned nightspot had been […]

Justin Doherty behind the bar at The Bear Club
Music

New owners found to keep Bear Club ‘on the rails’

December 9, 2022 Music and arts desk 1

The Bear Club will get a new lease of life after new owners were announced.  The internationally renowned jazz and blues music venue was due to close after the former owner Justin Doherty admitted the […]

The Bear Club
Music

The Bear Club to close as ‘financial sword of Damocles swings overhead’

September 2, 2022 Music and arts desk 19

An internationally renowned Luton jazz and blues music nightspot is set to close, with the owner saying the “financial sword of Damocles swings overhead”. In 2019 The Bear Club was voted one of the top […]

Castlefest 2021
Music

Castlefest comes home for 7-day music marathon to ‘give something back to town’

September 18, 2021 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Castlefest comes home for 7-day music marathon to ‘give something back to town’

“You can always start again” that’s the mantra for Luton music festival Castlefest which makes a big return to the town after the 18-month national coronavirus shutdown of live gigs, returning to it’s “spiritual home” […]

Dois Padres Danny Young (guitar) and George Cowan (drummer)
Music

Fuzz-rockers Dois Padres dissect new album ‘Swamp Jams’ track by track

March 5, 2021 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Fuzz-rockers Dois Padres dissect new album ‘Swamp Jams’ track by track

“Musically and lyrically, I think it’s the most complete thing we’ve done,” says Danny Young, as the guitar-slinging frontman assesses Dois Padres’ new glam-fuzz delinquent ditty album, ‘Swamp Jams’, in an exclusive track-by-track rundown for […]

Dois Padres frontman Danny Young
Music

Return of the biggest, brashest, most untouchable hombres around, as Dois Padres deliver new delinquent ditty

June 28, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Return of the biggest, brashest, most untouchable hombres around, as Dois Padres deliver new delinquent ditty

“Luton feels like where it all started and now, doing this record with Vandalism Begins at Home, feels like it’s coming full circle with people who believe in us. Everyone is rising together,” says Danny […]

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    Music

    Luton rockers explore parenthood and the butterfly effect on new single ‘Freckles’ with DIY video shot in the town

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    A Luton band have returned with their latest single which is the first instalment in a planned trilogy exploring different aspects of parenthood and an accompanying video DIY-filmed video shot at locations around the town. [...]
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    Theatre

    Luton-born playwright brings supernatural thriller Awaken home for Halloween

    September 18, 2026 Comments Off on Luton-born playwright brings supernatural thriller Awaken home for Halloween
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