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Tooth Marks
Music

Tooth Marks take bite of VB@H Live Sessions to shine light on grassroots music

May 10, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Tooth Marks take bite of VB@H Live Sessions to shine light on grassroots music

Luton rockers Tooth Marks have said local acts can be “scared to play their own material” and that it “should be the other way around,” as they walk the walk by becoming the latest band […]

VB@H Live Session number one with Jacob Kyte from SOURDOUGH
Music

Watch new VB@H project to shine light on Luton music venue and local artists

March 11, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Watch new VB@H project to shine light on Luton music venue and local artists

Luton music collective Vandalism Begins at Home (VB@H) has announced a new initiative to showcase local artists and The Castle live music venue that they call their “spiritual home”, with the first in a series […]

Radio 1's Big Weekend Luton 2024
Festivals

Over 100,000 fans will flock to Luton for Radio 1 Big Weekend music festival

January 29, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Over 100,000 fans will flock to Luton for Radio 1 Big Weekend music festival

Stockwood Park in Luton will play host to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in May with over 100,000 music fans expected to attend the live music spectacular, which has in the past hosted the likes […]

Black History Month 2023
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Luton celebrates Black History Month honouring the achievements of black women

September 29, 2023 Music and arts desk 1

Community groups and individuals across Luton are coming together this October to celebrate Black History Month. There are events for everyone, from music, film and theatre to steel pan and African drumming workshops, a children’s […]

The Castle with the green-doored building (next door to the right) where it was proposed to develop a HMO before the application was withdrawn
Music

Castle claims victory over bedsit plan but music group warns fight may not be over

May 24, 2023 Ronny Trousers 1

A music collective has hailed a campaign victory for live music in Luton but warned the fight against a venue-threatening bedsit proposal may not be over, despite the withdrawal of a hated planning application. Plans […]

The Castle
Music

Don’t ‘kill’ our music venue – council urged to reject ‘bedsit’ plans

May 2, 2023 Ronny Trousers 11

A music collective has issued a rallying cry for Lutonians to object to a proposed housing development which could “kill” the town’s only alternative live music venue.  A planning application has been submitted to Luton […]

SOURDOUGH played last year's Castlefest and return again for the opening night of this year's festival, curated by Vandalism Begins at Home
Music

Here’s why Castlefest is the hottest ticket in town as Luton music weekend returns

September 13, 2022 Ronny Trousers 24

A return to pre-Covid hope and optimism is re-emerging in the local music scene, insists the chief of Castlefst organisers Luton Live/s ahead of this month’s three-day festival. An explosive weekend of music to see […]

Gary Sweet watches from the directors' box at Kenilworth Road with club chairman David Wilkinson
Luton Town news

Hatters chief Sweet says Luton’s new stadium still set for music venue – and a football museum

February 25, 2022 James Cunliffe 13

Gary Sweet has confirmed that a music venue is still in the plans for Luton Town’s Power Court stadium site – but additional funding will be required.  A football museum celebrating the club’s history is […]

Luton band JW Paris are one of the artists on the Project: Leave the Capital 12-inch vinyl and UK tour
Music

‘It’s never been more vital to support grassroots music,’ say vinyl collective on verge of UK tour

February 5, 2022 Ronny Trousers 4

“It’s the most important Independent Venue Week that there has ever been,” says James Cunliffe, one of the co-conspirators of a grassroots music initiative conceived in lockdown to help support music venues and independent artists, […]

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” […]

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    Art

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