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We Shall Overcome
Live Music with Captain Andy
TBA
Jax Chester
NN Music And Events
Chester's Live Music Guide Easter Weekend 2024
Friday 29th March - Monday 1st April 2024
Friday 29th March 2024
Assembly - Rob Jones and David Gregory 9pm until 12 midnight (Watergate Street, Chester)
New Chester Market - Night Whispers from 7pm (Exchange Square, Chester)
City Tavern - David Burton from 6pm until 9pm (Frodsham Street, Chester)
The Cornerhouse - Sophie Wilson from 9pm (City Road, Chester)
Craft & Company - Berni Lee 8pm until 10pm (Watergate Street, Chester)
The Egerton Arms Saughall - Proof of Age from 8:30pm (Hermitage Road, Chester)
Frankie’s chester - Drury Lane 8:30pm until 11pm (Watergate Street, Chester)
The Lock Vaults - Marc Kenny from 7pm (Hoole Lane, Chester)
The Marlbororough Arms - Ethan Brokenshire from 9pm (St John's Street, Chester)
Northgates - Helen Shanley and Wezz Howe from 8pm until 10pm (Northgate Street, Chester)
Shropshire Arms - The Two Dead Ends from 8:30pm (Northgate Street, Chester)
Telford's Warehouse - The Barstuds 8pm until 11pm (Canal Basin, Chester) (Ticketed)
Saturday 30th March 2024
Alexander's Live Chester - Ashley Fayth 1pm until 3pm (Rufus Court, Chester)
Alexander's Live - The U2 Experience Doors open 7:30pm (Rufus Court, Chester) (Ticketed)
Assembly - Berni Lee 9pm until 12 midnight (Watergate Street, Chester)
The Boathouse - The Richard G Jones Trio from 2pm (The Groves, Chester)
The Bridge Inn Boughton - Losing Light from 8pm (Tarvin Road, Chester)
The Bromfield Arms Chester - The Drive from 10pm (Faulkner Street, Chester)
New Chester Market - Drury Lane 7pm until 9pm (Exchange Square, Chester)
City Tavern - BAD ACOUSTIC (Berni Lee and Dawid Macuda) 4pm until 7pm (Frodsham Street, Chester)
The Cornerhouse - The Alibis from 9pm (City Road, Chester)
Frankie's - Robbie Donaldson from 8pm (Watergate Street, Chester)
G21 (The Saddle) - Suasion 7:30pm (Grosvenor Street, Chester) (Ticketed)
The Saddle - Savage Outlaws from 9pm (Grosvenor Street, Chester)
St. Theresa's Social Club - Purple Umbrella from 8:30pm (Blacon Avenue, Chester)
Shropshire Arms - Joe Palin 9pm until 11pm (Northgate Street, Chester)
Sunday 31st March 2024
Assembly - Robbie Donaldson 8pm until 11pm (Watergate Street, Chester)
Alexander's Live - Dave Roberts Jazz Quartet 2pm until 5pm (Rufus Court, Chester)
Alexander's Live - ABBA Fever Doors open 7:30pm (Rufus Court, Chester) (Ticketed)
City Tavern - Toria Wooff from 1pm (Frodsham Street, Chester)
The Egerton Arms Saughall - Kien Boden from 6pm (Hermitage Road, Chester)
The Leopard - The Vintage Murphy's from 4:30pm (Foregate Street, Chester)
The Mount Inn - The Two Dead Ends from 6:30pm (The Mount, Chester)
The Saddle - Sunday Sessions 3pm until 6pm (Grosvenor Street, Chester)
The Saddle - Before The Storm from 7:30pm (Grosvenor Street, Chester)
Monday 1st April 2024
Spital Vaults - Busking Night Presents Captain Andy, Will Riding & Phil Lovell 7pm until 10pm (Spital Walk, Chester)
We Shall Overcome part 1: A RIOT OF OUR OWN.
Is taking place at G21
The Saddle Inn
21 Grosvenor Street Chester Cheshire England CH1 2DD U.K.
TBA Sunday
Deva Fest
2023 TBA
Midday to 11pm over three days.
Chester Lakes Church Road Dodleston Chester Cheshire England CH4 9LQ U.K.
Deva Fest returns to Chester Lakes for 2022 with headline sets from Symphonic Ibiza, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Scouting for Girls.
The event is a family-friendly three day extravaganza of music, parades, shows and fabulous food and drink from local suppliers which takes place at Chester Lakes just three miles south of Chester City Centre on the weekend of 12th-14th August 2022.
Public Transport
We operate a shuttle bus at the start and end of every day from Ellesmere Port, Chester (including the railway station and City Centre) and Wrexham to the event for just £1 return.
The shuttle bus stops at Chester railway station, which offers frequent direct train services to Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales, the Midlands and beyond.
The bus stops at lots of places on the way. For the routes and times.
If you want to reach us by taxi it should cost around £10 from the city centre (depending on traffic) and we are set up as a destination on the KingKabs app (The largest taxi company in the City).
https://devafest.co.uk/find-us
Free-to-use fairground.
Camping
Chester Lakes have just opened a glamping section and put up their first three bell tents, and we are delighted to be able to offer them for Deva Fest guests to book.
Sleeping up to six people (you can chose the configuration of mattresses) they include bedding and a small seating area.
Meadow campsite with electric hook ups. All camping tickets INCLUDE full festival access and parking.
www.devafest.co.uk/camping
Dance Music
Symphonic Ibiza headline Old School Dance Anthems Day on Friday 12th August.
Joining them are Sonique Livin' Joy ft Luzahnn JX ft Shena Winchester Dave Graham Acoustic Odds Dream Frequency Bingo Bango & more.
I'M A LITTLE RAVER on Old School Dance Anthems Friday.
Pirate Saturday
So we have Pirate parades, the Pirate Day Ball with TRIX, general shenanigans and YOU!
Family
All the family can go on our fairground rides as many times as they like, visit the Xplore Science Discovery Centre Planetarium pop up and get involved in their experiments, meet and greet the Mermaids of Mermaid Cove, take drama & dance workshops with Stagecoach Performing Arts Chester, enjoy sensory & messy play with Laughter Tots Chester and Warrington, hear stories at The Story Tent and of course we have Pirate parades, battles, shenanigans and more on Saturday and even a family rave on Friday.
Gin
Top rated explorers Gin Journey will be taking over the private room in our Gin and Prosecco Festival to offer their infamous tasting experience.
You may have already been on one of their five star rated Gin tours in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Brighton or Chester – we have and their guides are knowledgeable and great fun as they take you on a journey to discover different types of gin.
Gin Journey will be hosting one hour masterclasses at Deva Fest Chester at just £20 per person (booking fee applies).
Comedy
Our initial Sunday Deva Laughs artist announcement.
Hosting the night will be Danny Mcloughlin again and he will be joined by Paul Smith Comedian Callum Oakley Alun Cochrane Scott Bennett Comedian & Duncan Oakley.
Yeah that's alright isn't it.
Our comedy festival within a festival opens every night at 6pm, and like pretty much everything else at Deva Fest (except your food and drink – yes someone did ask) it is included within your ticket.
The Saughall Hoedown
July TBA
Saughall Hoedown is a small locally based Folk and Country festival near Chester. The first annual Saughall Hoedown will feature local Folk, Blues and Country artists as well as a Barn-dance/Ceilidh band for much dancing and merriment.
Kings Acre Saughall Chester
Music Evening at the Albion Inn
Contact Mike or Christina Mercer on Tel:01244 340 345
Or email christina.mercer@tesco.net
Albion Inn Park Street Chester CH1 1RN
www.albioninnchester.co.uk
SIMPLY DYLAN
www.alexanderslive.com www.simplydylan.com https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFg-dBCEvUC9vS_G9i7tJgXP5qQIKjvkc No frills, no gimmicks, no pretence SIMPLY DYLAN is John O'Connell's personal exploration and celebration of the rich and diverse work of Bob Dylan. John O'Connell, a rare talent who has had his name indelibly written in to the tapestry of Liverpool's music scene, has collaborated with other highly reputable musicians from the city to form his Dylan Band.
It is their precise playing and high energy renditions of Dylan's work from the 1970s onwards which has gathered momentum and generated incredible interest. From a modest project recognising Dylan's 70th Birthday in 2011 Simply Dylan has gone from selling out the Cavern Club 6 times, to receiving fantastic reviews from the Spanish Press, to impressing Dylan fans from across the UK on their debut Tour with SJM Concerts.
No ordinary interpretation, this is a remarkable and exceptional project which promises to delight Dylan fans young and old and to ignite a new wave of passion for one of the world's most prodigious songwriters.
The Chester Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), founded in 1884, is one of the premier non-professional orchestras in North West England. We strive to perform music from a wide repertoire which will appeal to playing members and audiences alike.
The Orchestra, which is a registered charity, is self-funding through member subscriptions, Box Office receipts from concerts and occasional fundraising activities. Sponsorship is also sought and we would be very pleased to hear from any organisations that wish to sponsor us.
We rehearse on Monday evenings (from 7.30pm) in All Saints’ Church Hall on Hoole Road, Chester CH2 3HZ. Good string players are always welcome and there are sometimes vacancies in other sections. The orchestra usually performs four or five concerts a year (including an annual carol concert), which take place in the magnificent setting of Chester’s ancient Cathedral.
Satirical Songwriter from Northwich. Peforming on the Chester Open Mic Circuit
Chemistry Lane
Chemistry Lane
Chemistry Lane are ambitious. It is fair to say that a band which cites David Byrne, George Orwell and Godspeed You! Black Emperor among their influences would be anything but.
The band, based in Chester but with a branch or two in North Wales, also define themselves as Post Cello Smack Rock. This is probably tongue in cheek. A good sign if they are not to collapse under the weight of their influence.
"November's Day Parade" kicks off in sprightly fashion. "Thunderpop" is all speed and immediacy. It burns brightly and, at under three minutes, is positively infantile compared to the rest of the EP.
There is an attitude present there that slowly dissolves as you move into the EP. You sink around slow burning, reverb drenched guitar. Music that is best left to its own devices rather than to be picked apart. Any attempt to sit and do this would be fruitless. An EP best enjoyed slowly and in this way, "Burning Building (A Time For Burning Mix)" is sublime.
An obvious high point is reached early on. The track "November's Day Parade" has a motorik drum beat following clipped and sampled spoken word which sits comfortably amid smooth vocals and ambience.
Throughout the sound is lush and deep and it accents Chemistry Lane's ambition. Beautiful production does well in ridding the album of a niggling sense of self importance - pushing it to the back of your mind.
It would be easy to get carried away with ideas as long and convoluted as these. Without sounding off the cuff the group manage to sound deliberate and with direction
UK Elvis Tribute Act Elvis Presley Impersonator 'Top Tribute' Darren Rivers is a superb UK Elvis tribute act. He has been performing his successful Elvis tribute show at all kinds of venues, functions and events for 20 years.
Formed in 1975, The Houghton Weavers made their television debut in the BBC's talent show "We'll Call You". So successful were they that, within a couple of months they were given their own show "Sit Thi Deawn" which continued for six series over seven years and had the highest viewing figures for any regional T.V. programme.
As well as their own show the Weavers have appeared on many other national TV programmes for both BBC and ITV including "Jim'll Fix It", "This Is Your Life" and "The Video Entertainers".
Six series on Radio 2 led the Weavers to appear with such notable artistes as Cannon & Ball, Ken Dodd, Rick Wakeman, Mike Harding, Billy Connolly, Phil Cool, Jasper Carrott, Norman Wisdom, Mick Miller and Stan Boardman amongst many others.
They have starred in six pantomimes at top theatres in the North West, five of them as top of the bill.
An album deal with EMI found the Weavers recording at the famous Abbey Road Studios and now over 24 albums bear their name, many of which have been re-released and are still major sellers, Their perennial favourite "The Blackpool Belle" was a number 1 hit in Tasmania and a number 3 hit in New Zealand.
Their Fan Club consists of over 2,000 members ranging in age from three months to 100 years and stretches as far afield as the USA, Canada, Bahrain, Belgium, Australia and Germany.
The Houghton Weavers guarantee a wonderful evening of song and humour. Their experience in the business together with their style and professionalism ensures that, as their motto says, they will always "KEEP FOLK SMILING"
Female acoustic duo, stripped back to two percussive guitars and two vocals. Keep it Raw.
All music owned, written and performed by Mercy Elise and Sarah Deboe.
Debut EP Available on iTunes & Amazon
www.meanddeboe.com