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The Bear Club
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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 […]

Sarah Kelly of SK and the Kings
Music

SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

July 13, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

Lutonian singer-songwriter Sarah Kelly of SK & the Kings has been picked to play Latitude Festival later this month on the back of launching her debut EP, ‘Over’. The past few years has SK has […]

Missing The Ferry perform in the recording of their VB@H Live Session at The Castle in Luton
Music

Missing The Ferry reveal Luton anthem that came before Coldplay’s

June 18, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Missing The Ferry reveal Luton anthem that came before Coldplay’s

Before Coldplay’s viral curtain-closer to Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Stockwood Park, came a homegrown Luton Irish anthem for the town, which has just been unveiled in special live session performance.  Tunesmiths Missing The Ferry […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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
Music

Bear Club planning for ‘worst case scenario’ as building put up for sale

January 29, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Bear Club planning for ‘worst case scenario’ as building put up for sale

Luton’s internationally renowned jazz and blues nightspot, The Bear Club, is planning for the “worst case scenario” as the freehold of the building was listed for sale which could see them forced out in the […]

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 […]

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