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Music, Comedy And Dance In Northampton

Published: 15th November 2008 14:54

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SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music as Ginger Pig Band rock on with blues classics, soul & some R&B. Praise be! Tickets £5. Doors open 7:30pm.
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Auntie Ruth presents Fright Night- her very own Halloween party, and has abolished normal dresscode so get into the spirit of the night and raise your devilish alter-ego's for the witching hour!
Let DJ's Blackcatfound and the Putrid PopTarts put a spell on you whilst you dance the night away with live music from White Room.
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Aidy West entertains you with a mixed up fusion of reggae, rock, disco and underground gems new and old. Free entry. 9pm.
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MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents ... Adulthood- the follow up to 2006's acclaimed Kidulthood . Free Entry. 8pm.
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TUESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline act Rob Deering. Support from Chris Martin and Jen Brister. Cheap laughs at only £7. Doors open at 7.30pm.
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
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OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Ghost Dog. An African American mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob. Free Entry. 8pm
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WEDNESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
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THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Tea Dance... a delicate balance between perfection and beauty from 2pm till 4pm. In association with Age Concern all welcome!
Film Lab, the very best of local film, video, photography & art. Calling all artist to submit their work & get involved. Send work to thefilmlab@live.co.uk. Free entry.
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Acoustic Lounge with Park Dept., Red Pill plus more! Free Entry. 9pm.
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FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: The Charismatic Zippy with the best chart, dance, urban & classic tunes!
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SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: An evening of Ska, Roots, Old-skool Reggae vibes with 7-piece band The Bighead supported by a Soul DJ playing Vinyl Reggae and Northern Soul classics.
Tickets £5. Doors open 7:30pm
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Jez Williams dropping hip-hop, soul, nu jazz, broken/afro beat & more! Meanwhile Neil Harrison takes over the dance floor with his simply sexy R&B.
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Playhard present Pic N Mix: A mixed bag of musical gems from dance to hip-hop, indie to pop, confident that you'll be throwing shapes all night! Free entry. 9pm.
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MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents.... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ... Indiana Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls. Free Entry. 8pm.
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TUESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
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OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Coffee & Cigarettes. A series of absorption in the obsessions, joys, and addictions of life, and there are many common threads between vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common. Free Entry. 8pm
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WEDNESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
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THURSDAY 13TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Age Concern -'The Lighthouse' Charity CD launch night. Live acoustic music from Bee Church, Gregg Cave, Similar Jones, Jo Horne & many more. Free entry. 8pm.
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Live music from The Zoe Rahman Band- Zoe likes to explore her mixed race background and connections with Bengali culture. This band, with her brother Idris on clarinet, plays a varied set, which allows an element of world music, as well as straight ahead jazz.
"One of the finest young pianists in Europe" Dave Gelly, The Observer
£10 ticket (£8 conc). Door Entry 8pm.
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FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Matt Potter steams into your weekend entertaining you with the very best soulful tunes running on into the night with uplifting house anthems & commercial R&B.
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SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: NEED BAND!!
Tickets £5. Doors open 7:30pm
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: D'Arcy plays funk, soul and tunes to get you in the mood. Poptarts a night of songs you love to hear but are too afraid to ask for.... Expect pop, indie and guilty pleasures. Live music from Angels Share playing foot stomping Celtic music!
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Anthony Lewis brings crowd pleasing R&B fused with funk and soul!
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MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents.... Kung Fu Panda... The story of a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest Kung Fu fan around, unexpectedly gets chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu. Free Entry. 8pm
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TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline Mark Olver. Support from Ed Gamble and Ray Peacock. Cheap laughs at only £7. Doors open at 7.30pm.
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
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OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Night On Earth. An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night. Free Entry. 8pm
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WEDNESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
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THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Live music from The Dub Pistols- Chewing up hip-hop, dub, techno, ska and punk and spitting them out in a renegade futuristic skank they have consistently defied categorisation and exceeded the highest of expectations! Tickets £15 for members, £20 for non members.
Door Entry 8pm.
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FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: The charismatic Zippy plays the best chart, dance, urban & classic tunes!
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SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music from Souler Rhythm, leading you to a place where the groove is King. With a blend of Latin rhythms, funked up bass, jazzy rifts and impassioned vocals, this outfit will defy you not to dance.
Tickets £5. Doors open 7:30pm
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: DJ Suff stitches quality deep, soulful house & garage with a touch of funky Latin soul while Slinky is back fusing US house with soul-drenched club classics.
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Jez Williams drops hip-hop, jazz, funk, breaks and broken beat.
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MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents.... Wall.E... An animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot who is the only one of his kind left on earth after a botched attempt at trying to clean the earth that has been overrun with garbage. Free Entry. 8pm.
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TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
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OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Broken Flowers. As Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. He embarks on a cross-country search for his old flames who might possess clues to the mystery at hand. Free Entry. 8pm
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WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
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THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Live music from Pete Molinari. Mojo nominated artist comes to the club- "A superbly realised piece of folk blues heartache"- MOJO.
"The soul of American music distilled into the voice of a Cuban-heeled greaser from the Medway Delta" ¬ THE GUARDIAN
Tickets £7. Door Entry 8pm.
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FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: The Buzz dj's present Yum Yum- spinning the finest up-front Northern Soul, Deep Funk, Ska, Rhythm & Blues, Mod Jazz, Reggae, Motown, 70's Shufflers, Crossover and newies. £4 before 10pm- £5 after. Door Entry 8pm
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: LIANNE CARROLL the BBC Jazz awards winner 2005. A special charity concert by CAN. All proceeds go to families through the CAN drug addiction charity. Door Entry 8pm. Tickets £15.
Matt Potter plays an electric selection of cool smooth grooves, funky disco and the very best soulful club classics.
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SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music from Slim 47 playing cover versions of up to date Indie/Rock classics. Door Entry 7.30pm Tickets £5.
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BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Mr Allsorts brings no fancy gimmicks or irony just pure, unadulterated rare & classic vinyl grooves! Neil Harrison plays smooth grooves, sexy R&B & soul. Live music as the Ginger Pig Band take to the stage with blues classics and some R&B.
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CHARLES BRADLAUGH: MOIST brings you breaks, electro & chunky house to the dance floor.
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OLD WHITE HART: The Manhattan Connection with Aidy West. Cocktails & late night lounging to a New York club soundtrack.
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MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents ...Hancock- A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image, starring Will Smith. Free Entry. 8pm
REW

TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline act...

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
REW

OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents The Incredible Hulk. Fugitive Dr. Bruce Banner must utilize the genetic accident that transforms him into a giant. Free Entry. 8pm.
REW


WEDNESDAY 3RD DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
REW


THURSDAY 4TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Tea Dance! Tell your Gran or Grandad to come along & make new friends! In association with Age Concern all welcome! 2pm-4pm.

Film Lab, the very best of local film, video, photography & art. Calling all artist to submit their work & get involved. Send work to thefilmlab@live.co.uk. Free entry.
REW


FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: The Charismatic Zippy with the best chart, dance, urban & classic tunes!
REW


SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music from Britpop band Dodgy! Best known for their hits "Staying Out For The Summer" (their debut hit that reached #19 in the UK on re-release in 1995) and "Good Enough" (their biggest hit, reaching #4 in the UK chart) plus support. Tickets £15. Doors open 7:00pm
REW

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Alex Madden brings you some of the best Soul Garage fused together with only the most excellent Funky House. Live music as Ginger Pig Band rock on with blues classics, soul & some R&B and Poptarts bring you your favourite 90's pop hits, Britpop & indie anthems.
REW

CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Gandy delivers a melting pot of uplifting beats bleeps and brass. Expect the unexpected, with well-known classics, emerging jazz gems and a couple of twisted electronica interludes.
REW


MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents ... The Dark Knight. Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. Free Entry. 8pm.
REW


TUESDAY 9TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline act ...

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.
REW

OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Iron Man. Action adventure starring Robert Downy Junior as a genius inventor who vows to protect the world as Iron Man. Free Entry. 8pm.
REW


WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.
REW


THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: The Charismatic Zippy with the best chart, dance, urban & classic tunes! 9pm.


FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Matt Potter steams into your weekend entertaining you with the very best soulful tunes from the 70's & 80's, running on into the night with the best uplifting house anthems & commercial R&B.

OLD WHITE HART: The Old White Hart hosts Rainbow Readings, light a colourful path to spiritual enlightenment with our Clairvoyant. 6pm.


SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music with Ginger Pig Band. Rock ‘n' roll with extras! Tickets £5.

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Slinky drops soul, slam dunk funk & plenty of Prince. Meanwhile Neil Harrison excites you with with smooth grooves, sexy R&B & soul. Live music as Wordsworth play pop and punk covers!

CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Playhard present Pic N Mix: A mixed bag of musical gems from dance to hip-hop, indie to pop, confident that you'll be throwing shapes all night! Free entry. 9pm.


SUNDAY 14TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Vivid Soda Burlesque Revue Christmas Show III is the Paris style revue show that provides a not to be missed night out for thrill seeking clientele seeking the cutting edge of entertainment! Tickets £8 adv/ £10 on the door. Doors open 7:30pm. 8pm start.


MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents ... Hellboy II -The Golden Army. The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Free Entry. 8pm.


TUESDAY 16TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline act

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Salsa classes. 8pm. £7.

OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Hancock- A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image, starring Will Smith. Free Entry. 8pm


WEDNESDAY 17TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live & Unplugged acoustic music. 9pm.


THURSDAY 18TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: James Taylor Quartet are back again playing the music of probably the most famous, distinctive and definitive soul label of all time with support from Thabani. CAN fundraiser. Tickets £15. 8pm.

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Cocktails and dreams, served with a solid slice of Slinky style Soul. 9pm.

FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Retrotonic Legends - Clash of the Titans! For the last Retrotonic Legends of 2008, Don Letts (Big Audio Dynamite) comes back to town and will be joined by another titan of known for his legendary DJ sets - Daddy G (Massive Attack). Expect to be taken into far flung worlds of dub, trip-hop and reggae. Be prepared for musical mayhem, visual mash-ups and one hell of a Christmas dance-off! With Skank Sound System and Retrotonic DJs. Tickets £8 advance / £10 on door available from The Picturedrome

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: DJ Zippy with the best dance selection.


SATURDAY 20TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Live music as Angels Share return with their foot stomping Celtic music! Tickets £5. Doors open 7.30pm.

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Auntie Ruth's presents her Decades Party take 4! Grooving 70's soul train with live music from Superfly! Tunes from the 80's Club Tropicana scene with Matt Potter and Bonnylad while Neil Harrison parties like it's 1999!

CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Mattyboom is back and he lights up the decks playing a musical collage of beats and breaks, with anything from rock to reggae thrown in the mix!


MONDAY 22ND DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Movie Night presents ...


TUESDAY 23RD DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Comedy Club with headline act

OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents The Dark Knight. Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. Free Entry. 8pm.


WEDNESDAY 24TH DECEMBER

PICTUREDROME: Playhard play a mixed bag of musical gems from indie to pop, dance to hip hop.... confident that you'll be 'throwing shapes and that' all night! Free Entry.


SATURDAY 27TH DECEMBER

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: DJ Suff presents the best of soulful house & disco.


TUESDAY 30TH DECEMBER

OLD WHITE HART: Cinema Club presents Hellboy II- The Golden Army. The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Free Entry. 8pm.


WEDNESDAY 31ST DECEMBER- NEW YEARS EVE!!

PICTUREDROME: Who's your inner Music Legend? King of soul? Are you rock and roll? Queen of pop, or Prince of hip hop? Wordsworth and DJ Spin? will lead us into the New Year! Tickets £15. 8pm-2am.

BLACK BOTTOM CLUB: Dress to impress as Auntie Ruth presents The Ratpack! New Years Eve at The BBC. Live music from Ginger Pig Band & Poptarts. Martini and canapé reception. Tickets £20 for members, £25 for guests. 8.30pm-2.30am.

CHARLES BRADLAUGH: Enter 2009 with a band at The Charles Bradlaugh! Mish and Johnny are back, bringing you a New Years Eve party to remember! Open until 2am. Free Entry, no ticket required.

OLD WHITE HART: Party on down at the School Disco! With music from Anthony Lewis playing you crowd pleasing party classics! 9pm-2am. £5 entry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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