There was great excitement in Brighton on Saturday 18th May when Billy Bragg attended the Under The Influence showcase at Fitzherberts at The Alternative Escape (part of The Great Escape festival) and joined the acts onstage for a singalong of his hit “A New England”! Continue Reading →
To celebrate the release of the new album “Bloodsports”, we paid tribute to SUEDE. As well as great artists performing two of their own songs and one SUEDE cover we also had official Suede Biographer, David Barnett’s lovely and poisonous Suede Quiz and rare Suede tracks on the playlist… Continue Reading →
On Mon 21st Jan we finally paid tribute to Bob Dylan: Acts included: Mide, Dylan Walshe,
Zeth Townsend, Phil Jordan, Jade Townsend, The Lucky Face and Nat The Hammer Continue Reading →
On Mon 17th Dec we had our Xmas Party: Acts performed two of their own songs and one Festive track. Acts included: The Reverse, The Anti-Poet, Helen McCookerybook, Miranda Quammie, The Lucky Face, Paul Hawkins and Ruff John. A selection of some of the performances from the night are now available to see on our youtube page Continue Reading →
To celebrate our second birthday here’s a short film about “Under The Influence” filmed at our One Day Festival on June 17th 2012
Made by James Dillon & Julia Bobbin. Continue Reading →
On 22nd Aug 2011 we paid tribute to that sexy pop funk mutha Prince, with a wonderful selection of acts playing two of their own compositions alongside a classic Prince cover. Continue Reading →
On 18th July we paid tribute to those grandfathers of Alternative Rock Pixies… Continue Reading →
Dedicated to the dedicated followers of Ray Davies, On 23rd May we paid tribute to local hero and Kinks frontman, with a fantastic bill… Continue Reading →
The lure of a night dedicated to Nick Cave proved to be too much to resist for many and attracted our largest crowd up to this point. Continue Reading →