YOUNG BUCKS AND OLD COWS is a one off stand up comedy night. The name is appropriate because most of the acts are young bucks. A couple of the acts are old cows. That said, it's a very exciting line up:

Caroline Jones from Delete The Banjax is doing her first ever stand up gig. World exclusive!.

Matthew Steer from Britain's Best Mates and Broken Biscuits is doing his first ever gig. Bang!

Pat Cahill Winner of the Amused Moose Laugh-Off 2011 and Cavendish Arms New Act 2011 and a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Award 2011, Up the Creek One to Watch and Latitude New Act of the Year 2011. He will be doing brand new stuff. World exclusive!

Thomas Nelstrop will be trying out new stuff that will be part of his Edinburgh show. There may well be music involved. Nice.

James Allnutt from Allnutt and Simpson doing some stand up. A treat!

Joe Davies is doing a brand new set. He was brilliant last time he did the Wilmington.

And Spencer Jones doesn't have a clue what he is doing yet.

Doors open at 730, Its free to get in and it's gonna be proper good.

See you there!

YOUNG BUCKS AND OLD COWS

Resident DJs Gary Crossing, John Knight and Aeon Thoth play the best in 60s soul, ska and R&B plus northern nuggets and mod beats.

Special guest DJ is Andy Strickland, co-founder of Walthamstow club night Walls Of Heartache.

FREE ENTRY

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CRAWDADDY!

THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS

 Ed Eales-White try's out some character sketch stuff. With brilliant guests, Aisling Bea, Tom Golding & William Andrews, Joe Wilkinson! All for FREE. 

Doors  - 7.30pm, show 8pm

FREE Entry.

Ed Eales-White's Comedy Night

The amazing/ridiculous open-mic night for communicators of science is
back! This month compere Steve Cross will be looking at the science of
love, and he'll be joined by ten amazing acts playing music, telling
jokes, recreating famous experiments, trying out mad demonstrations
and laying down cold hard facts. They are:

Andy Holding

Dave Jones

Helen Arney

Katie Steckles

Helen Clarkson

Oliver Broadbent

Chris Arridge

Professor Karmadillo

Kathryn Harkup

Rhys Phillips

Free (suggested charity donation £5)!

Doors 7pm

SCIENCE SHOWOFF 5

Shirley and Shirley plus special guests: Jess Ransom, Tom Cottle, other funny folk tbc.

Doors 7.30pm

Tickets £5 adv/ £6 on the door

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/151394

The long one and the short one are back with a monthly residency at The Wilmington Arms. After storming the Edinburgh Fringe with rave reviews from the critics, Shirley and Shirley filter our world through fabulously twisted minds and deliver a ‘mash-up’ of sketch, character and physical comedy.

“Characters that make you think I wish I’d thought of that” - MacKenzie Crook

"Two of the freshest and most energetic performers in Edinburgh this year" James Corden

“These girls are going all the way” - The Herald

SHIRLEY AND SHIRLEY

Already championed by the likes of Q Magazine and BBC 6Music due to their gloriously unpredictable live show, HOODLUMS release their second single ‘Dark Horses’ along with B-side ‘Ends of the Earth’ (physical and digital format) on January 30^th  via Blow The Whistle Recordings.

Doors 8pm

‘This Death Cab for Cutie-esque bout of upbeat moping from the South London outfit weaves autumnal piano around big guitars and anthemic vocals’ Q  Essential 50

‘This London-based motley-crew produce a sound like no other, highly original, lyrical, theatrical, at the close of the set the audience are literally screaming for more.’ The Fly

‘Literally swinging from the rafters and dancing on the tables and chairs are support band Hoodlums. This is how all great parties end.’  NME 

HOODLUMS SINGLE RELEASE PARTY

Caves

Dead Tracks

Due Kie

Cool Customer

£4 adv from www.wegottickets.com  £5 on the door.

Doors at 7:30.

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YELLOWDOG PRESENTS: CAVES

The Musical Comedy Awards is back! Now in it's fourth year, the MCA has grown in stature to become an annual fixture in the comedy calendar and the best place to see the UK's finest up and coming musical comedians alongside some of the best established acts of the genre on the circuit. Over the years the MCA have provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 Finalists), Abandoman (2010 winners) and Jay Foreman (Best Newcomer 2009 and now touring with Dave Gorman) and created a thriving independent platform to celebrate the artform that is musical comedy. The competition has also played host to stars of the genre such as Mitch Benn, David O' Doherty, Bo Burnham and many more.

So here come the Quarter-Finals! The top 40 musical comedy acts selected from musicalcomedyawards.com have taken part in the first round heats and we are now left with the top 24, who will battle it out through to the Semi-Finals and then the Final at the Bloomsbury Theatre on April 7th. Judges for this year's competition include Mark Boosey of British Comedy Guide, Tim Clark of Such Small Portions, Rupert Majendie of BBC Comedy, Lynne Parker of Funny Women, Kenny Cavey of Com Comedy and Jon Grant and Paul Weedon of Red 24 Management. Both the judges and the audience vote for their favourite three acts to progress through to the Semi-Finals. We welcome back WeGotTickets as the sponsors of our Best Newcomer Category and are delighted to have them as our exclusive online vendor for all MCA shows.

Here are a list of the acts performing in Quarter-Final One on Feb 11th:

Cecilia Delatori

Matt Tiller

Jenny Beake

Tom Adams

Slap & Giggle

James Rowland

1.30pm – 3.30pm

Tickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154303

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Twitter @ musicalcomedyuk

2012 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS QUARTER-FINAL ONE WITH JAMES SHERWOOD

Heart Kill Giant – 10.20pm - www.facebook.com/heartkillgiant

Keebo – 9.40pm - www.facebook.com/keeboband

The Migrant – 9.00pm - www.themigrant.net

Malf – 8.20pm - www.malf.co.uk

DOORS 8pm, 5 QUID!

As it’s party time we are doing a FREE SLICE OF FEED YOUR HEAD CAKE on the door!!!

plus the usual FREE SHOT of Jagermeister to the first 25 people!!!!!!!!

Woo hoooooooo!!

FEED YOUR HEAD PRESENTS - 3 YEARS AT THE WILMO!

The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.

The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.

This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...

£4 on the door

Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)

THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS

For one night only enjoy an evening hosted by Cariad Lloyd, alongside top stage and screen comedians Rachel Stubbings, Brett Goldstein, Fraser Millward, Jessica Fostekew, Sara Pascoe & The Boom Jennies.

7.30pm (doors 7pm), £8

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154414

AN EVENING WITH...

A work in prgress from Thomas Nelstropp (Two Pints, The Impressions Show) see it here first!

8pm, pay what you can!

Jonni Fest & Thomas Nelstrop's Inner Child

Megson + Milkwood

7.30pm to 11pm

£8 in advance from www.wegottickets.com  or £10 on the door

Trad & psych folk night with live performances from infectious folk duo MEGSON with support from SE London alt rockers MILKWOOD plus The Fox and The Blacksmith spin all kinds of folk, psychedelic & prog tunes. 

ROUT OF THE BLUES

The Anthologists + Guests

The Wilmington Arms' favourite nu-jazz rockers return with their unique blend of Scofield-esque guitar, ethereal keyboards and muscular rhythms for the first time in four months. Their shows are always electrifying affairs so this is a chance to catch these rising stars of British jazz before they take off!

8.00pm

FREE ENTRY!

JAZZ AT THE WILMINGTON

Bordeauxxx

Young Romance

Colour Me Wednesday

The Ritas

Doors 8pm

£5 advance/ £6 on the door

Tickets £5 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152864

★ Bordeauxxx ★

http://soundcloud.com/bordeauxxx

A welcome return for Which Way Is Up! favourites Bordeauxxx. A band that deliver bright and brash guitar pop with more hooks that a fisher mans tackle. Or something. Either way, this lot, are good. If you missed them last time around you really shouldn't make the same mistake twice.

★ Young Romance ★

http://www.facebook.com/YoungRomanceMusic?sk=app_178091127385

Paolo and Claire are Young Romance. They write about love and doubt and dislocation, wrapping up their words in a layer of fuzz and distortion.

They are inseparable. They live together, write together, finish each other’s sentences and second-guess what the other’s going to say next. Sweet, charming, funny, and entirely self contained, they can bicker and joke with each other for hours on end, splendidly isolated as the world rushes on all about them.

They also make bloody captivating pop music.

★ Colour Me Wednesday ★

http://www.colourmewednesday.com/

Having recently discovered Colour Me Wednesday I am super excited to have them play a show for Which Way Is Up! These pop sensations have some cracking songs including the (soon to be) indiepop anthem 'Purge Your Inner Tory'.

★ The Ritas ★

http://theritas.co.uk/

The Ritas are geeky fangirls. They are the girls who stand at the front. They are the girls who try to find the stage door. With a sold out EP on Dufflecoat Records we are sure that you are going to fall head over heals for The Ritas. Buzzy girls with guitars - what's not to love?

WHICH WAY IS UP!

The Musical Comedy Awards is back! Now in it's fourth year, the MCA has grown in stature to become an annual fixture in the comedy calendar and the best place to see the UK's finest up and coming musical comedians alongside some of the best established acts of the genre on the circuit. Over the years the MCA have provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 Finalists), Abandoman (2010 winners) and Jay Foreman (Best Newcomer 2009 and now touring with Dave Gorman) and created a thriving independent platform to celebrate the artform that is musical comedy.

The competition has also played host to stars of the genre such as Mitch Benn, David O' Doherty, Bo Burnham and many more.

So after four amazing and massively enjoyable, packed out first round heats, here come the Quarter-Finals! The top 40 musical comedy acts selected from musicalcomedyawards.com have taken part in the first round heats and we are now left with the top 24, who will battle it out through to the Semi-Finals and then the Final at the Bloomsbury Theatre on April 7th.

Judges for this year's competition include Mark Boosey of British Comedy Guide, Tim Clark of Such Small Portions, Rupert Majendie of BBC Comedy, Lynne Parker of Funny Women, Kenny Cavey of Com Comedy and Jon Grant and Paul Weedon of Red 24 Management. Both the judges and the audience vote for their favourite three acts to progress through to the Semi-Finals. We welcome back WeGotTickets as the sponsors of our Best Newcomer Category and are delighted to have them as our exclusive online vendor for all MCA shows.

Here are a list of the acts performing in Quarter-Final Two on Feb 18th:

Steve Seller

Sandys Ferrett

Andy & the Prostitutes

Darren Walsh

Clare Lomas

Swamp Donkey Soundsystem

1.30pm – 3.30pm

Tickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154321

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Twitter @ musicalcomedyuk

2012 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS QUARTER-FINAL TWO WITH FRANK SANAZI

The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.

The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.

This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...

£4 on the door

Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)

THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS

Colin Hoult, Horse&Louis, Dregs & The Beta Males

8pm (Doors, 7:30)

Tickets are £6 for normal people, £5 for students and £4 if you turn up on the door in SPACE COSTUME (Starfleet Uniform, Klingon Battle-Armour, Perpetual Virginity, etc.)

After a third critically acclaimed run on the Edinburgh Fringe, sketch storytellers, THE BETA MALES return to their Time Out Recommended launch-pad for new material, THE WILMINGTON ARMS for another night of stellar sketch comedy.

A slick, hilarious sketch show... Genius." - The Sunday Times

"A joy" - Steve Bennett, Chortle

"Highly inventive and gloriously funny" - Time Out

★★★★★ Spoonfed ★★★★★ FringeGuru ★★★★★ ThreeWeeks ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Chortle ★★★★ Fest ★★★★ The List ★★★★ Time Out

Also blasting off with us this month are...

...Character comedian and STAR of 'This is Jinsy' and 'Russell Howard's Good News', the titular COLIN HOULT!

“Lewis Caroll meets League of Gentlemen…will draw out laughter from the deepest recesses of your soul” – Time Out

...Sketch bastards from the outer reaches of the universe, DREGS!

★★★★ Broadway Baby

★★★★ National Student

★★★★ Three Weeks

"Sharp, quick...unique ...something rather special" Three Weeks

...And Songsters, Musical Comedy Award Winners and actual astronauts*, HORSE & LOUIS!

‘Wryly funny songs and quirky lines… plenty to enjoy… A smartness to the writing and a downplayed elegance to their performance. Watch them grow.’ - CHORTLE – Steve Bennett

*May be a lie...

THE BETA MALES SPACE RACE 2(: THE WRATH OF COLIN)

This month Bright Club, the night where performers from outside the
world of comedy try stand-up for the first time, brings you a music
industry special. Tonight we'll hear from rock stars, music writers
and even an opera soprano about their lives in music. We'll re-live
road stories and laugh at the ridiculous people who populate the world
of rock.

Tonight's MC is Elis James and the musical maestro is James Sherwood.
Who isn't a rockstar. Ironically.

Doors 7.30 pm

£5 tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150516

Bright Club: Music

Tristan Mackay, Album Launch (Full band) on stage 9.00pm

Matt Belmont, on stage 8.00pm

Doors, 7.30pm

£5 in advance

The 22^nd February sees the long awaited launch of Tristan Mackay’s debut album ‘Out Along the Wire’ released on his own label Battered Hat Records on 20 February. Already picking up plays on Radio 2! The night will feature Tristan with his full band and support from Matt Belmont!

Tristan Mackay first picked up a guitar at the age of 14 after hearing the Eric Clapton ‘Unplugged’ album. This started his lifelong love for blues guitar music and the storytelling songs of Dylan, Young and Springsteen.

In 2001 he moved to Yorkshire to study at Leeds University.  During his student days he would busk to pay the bills and it was to this pursuit he returned after university to promote his music. In 2010, Tristan was discovered on myspace by Grammy award winning producer Martin Levan (John Martyn, Andrew Lloyd Webber) who invited him to his studio to lay down demos.

Later that year they embarked on a collaboration to produce Tristan’s debut album ‘Out Along the Wire’. With a team of outstanding musicians, including Pete Van Hooke (Mike and the Mechanics, Van Morrision) and friend John Garden (Scissor Sisters) as well as a cameo organ performance from Paul Carrack, the album of all original tracks is due for release in Feb 2012.

TRISTRAM MACKAY ALBUM LAUNCH

Bear Driver + Blinko Swink

Doors 7.45pm

Door Price £7

Adv Tickets £6 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150602

www.facebook.com/themurmurbox

www.adventureclubrecords.com

MURMUR BOX AND ADVENTURE CLUB RECORDS PRESENT

Shacklewell Row – 10.20pm - www.facebook.com/shacklewellrow

Another’s Blood – 9.30pm - www.facebook.com/anothersblood

The Umbrella Parade – 8.50pm - www.facebook.com/theumbrellaparade

YoB – 8.10pm – www.yobmusic.com

DOORS 8pm, £5 ADV / £6 DOOR

The usual FREE SHOT of Jagermeister to the first 25 people!!!

FEED YOUR HEAD PRESENTS

A special night of Welsh music, spearheaded by the returning genius of Plant Duw. There'll also be a sublime sets from Alex Dingley and also Them Lovely Boys. Discs will be spun by DJ Jam Jar. 

Tickets available from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154123

Noson arbennig o gerddoriaeth Gymreig, wedi ei arwain gan y band ffiaidd hwnnw, Plant Duw. Fe fydd setiau gwerth chweil hefyd gan Alex Dingley a Them Lovely Boys. Caiff y disgiau eu troelli gan DJ Jam Jar.

£5 on the door.

BAM THWOK PRESENTS: FROM WALES WITH LOVE

The Musical Comedy Awards is back! Now in it's fourth year, the MCA has grown in stature to become an annual fixture in the comedy calendar and the best place to see the UK's finest up and coming musical comedians alongside some of the best established acts of the genre on the circuit. Over the years the MCA have provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish (2009 Finalists), Abandoman (2010 winners) and Jay Foreman (Best Newcomer 2009 and now touring with Dave Gorman) and created a thriving independent platform to celebrate the artform that is musical comedy. The competition has also played host to stars of the genre such as Mitch Benn, David O' Doherty, Bo Burnham and many more.

So after four amazing and massively enjoyable, packed out first round heats, here come the Quarter-Finals! The top 40 musical comedy acts selected from musicalcomedyawards.com have taken part in the first round heats and we are now left with the top 24, who will battle it out through to the Semi-Finals and then the Final at the Bloomsbury Theatre on April 7th. Judges for this year's competition include Mark Boosey of British Comedy Guide, Tim Clark of Such Small Portions, Rupert Majendie of BBC Comedy, Lynne Parker of Funny Women, Kenny Cavey of Com Comedy and Jon Grant and Paul Weedon of Red 24 Management. Both the judges and the audience vote for their favourite three acts to progress through to the Semi-Finals. We welcome back WeGotTickets as the sponsors of our Best Newcomer Category and are delighted to have them as our exclusive online vendor for all MCA shows.

Here are a list of the acts performing in Quarter-Final Three on Feb 25th:

Rachel Parris
Dog Eared Collective
Anne & Alan
Hannah Brackenbury
Rob Carter
Gabriella Burnel

Doors 1.15, Show 1.30pm

Tickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154322

THE MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS QUARTER FINAÆ THREE WITH HORSE AND LOUIS

The Wilmington Players are the hottest new thing in improvised comedy, one of the only groups in the UK performing Chicago style long-form improv, every Sunday.

The Players (or 'Wilmops' if you will) take one audience suggestion and improvise an entire story around it, weaving in vignettes and a host of improvised characters that slip between scenes.

This is the beginning of an exciting new scene in the world of UK comedy. The Future is improvised...

£4 on the door

Doors 6.30pm (show starts 7pm)

THE WILMINGTON PLAYERS

The second work in progress from BAFTA nominated comic actor Spencer Jones. Come and see him as he works out what is going to be in his debut Edinburgh show. He bought everyone a pint after the last one.

8pm

FREE ENTRY!

SPENCER JONES WORK IN PROGRESS

McNeil and Pamphilon - 'Face-achingly Funny' ***** (Three Weeks)

Bob and Jim - 'Truly inspired' **** (British Comedy Guide)

The Beta Males - 'Absolutely first class' ***** (Fringe Guru)

Garrett David Millerick - 'A comic chameleon' **** (Three Weeks)

Thomas Nelstrop - As seen on loads of telly stuff!

Doors 7.30pm, Starts 8pm

Tickets: £5

A very special sketch night this one, as 'McNeil and Pamphilon' and 'Bob and Jim' both perform an extended work-in-progress of their 2012 Edinburgh shows.  The Beta Males, Garrett David Millerick and Thomas Nelstrop also to perform.

McNeil and Pamphilon's Sketch Night

Burning Beard + Amber States + Imperial Youth

Prepare for Burning Beard to melt your face away. With Pearl Jam vocals and Led Zeppelin riffs, this is truly going to be one of those most memorable nights of your life.

COMMUNION PRESENTS BURNING BEARD