To round 2011 off, we're going to be giving you a chance to see incredible musicians some of whom are rarely seen in London, with lots of ukeleles, banjos and mandolins to boot!

TEAM A VS TEAM B

A genuinely uplifting 5 piece band, made up of jazz, classical, rock and folk musicians, who'll be travelling down from Manchester to join us this evening. Using a huge array of classical instruments they create wonderful acoustic music which smacks of Beirut, Neutral Milk Hotel and Bjork, among many other influences.

SUN TAILOR

Moving independent folk artist from Tel Aviv, who we're very grateful to have paying us a visit. Soft but intense, Sun Tailor's music envelopes you in soothing tones while maintaining lots of energy. A rare chance to see him before his debut album Like The Tide is released in 2012.

BERNADETTE BENTLEY

A brilliant modern English folk singer, playing guitar, ukelele and concertina. With haunting and mesmerising melodies and sharp lyrics, her music is thoroughly refreshing to hear.

WAR ELEPHANT

A heartfelt duo who play stripped down raw acoustic music. With backgrounds in metal, dance and folk these guitarists capture passionate melodies while maintaining an edge to their music. No strangers to gigging in London, hopefully you'll be following them around the city in their various exploits after seeing them here.

WORRY DOLLS

A wonderful female duo from Liverpool who are fresh on the London scene. Their compelling lyrics, passionate vocal harmonies and beautiful melodies have made us fall in love with them. Also using a variety of instruments, you'll definitely find something to be impressed about in this pair.

Links to the performers can be found at  http://www.chaostheorymusic.co.uk/candied-nonsense/

 £5 entry on the door

CANDIED NONSENSE

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 this month is Jane Wilkes of seminal late 80s club night Wendy May's The Locomotion (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=158988095864&v=wall).

Jane, alongside Wendy and the like of Norman Cook, Phil Jupitus and Andy Lewis would deliver the best in classic old soul and original R&B every friday night at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town - now the Forum.

Jane also did the odd slot at the Wag Club back in the day, and will be dusting down her trusty old record box and diggin out some classic 60s soul tunes and funky soul for the Crawdaddy! faithful.

FREE ENTRY

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CRAWDADDY!

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

Got a problem? Let's solve it. With comedians.

Jim Smallman

Kent Valentine

Sarah Benetto

David Morgan

8pm. More TBC

GROUP THERAPY

This is gonna be brilliant!

Jamie Glassman and Spencer Jones will be doing a load of comedy characters. some old some new but all new material!

AND

The very funny Bob and Jim (http://www.bobandjim.co.uk/ ) providing the musical accompaniment.

Also we have the wonderful Gemma Whelan and the fantastic Paul F Taylor both doing a comedy turn.

COMEDY AND A RIGHT OLD KNEES UP!

8pm

COMEDY KNEES UP

Science Showoff 3's brave and most excellent communicators of science-related-things are:

Rob Davis: “Cat On Yer Head is a multi-player, mass participation game about game design where the audience becomes a human games console. It has appeared at Bright Club, London; GDC Europe, Cologne; and GameCity, Nottingham.”

Strawberry & Cream: “Sultry Strawberry and catastrophic Cream sing two cheeky songs about science. One of which is based on the research of UCL’s Sam Tazzyman!”

Eva Amsen: “Why are so many scientists also musicians? I’ll share some stories of people who just can’t stick to one discipline, and why they are awesome.”

Prof Karmadillo: “Professor Karmadillo will grab your ears with their fantastic catchy songs of science. Come and catch a musical mini-lecture which for this show will focus on genetics.”

Tom Whyntie: “In September, the BBC reported that the (in)famous Higgs Boson could be discovered “by Christmas”. Through the medium of stand-up comedy, Tom Whyntie will attempt to either lead a raucous celebration of the God Particle’s discovery, or deliver a masterclass in “scientific expectation management”.”

Pete Gravell: “I’ll be visualising sound with fire, water, cornstarch, laser beams and jelly all dancing to the beat of Radiohead. I’ll also squeeze in some of the history and physics behind the experiments.”

Rob Wells: “I’ll be teaching the chief method (Doppler Spectroscopy) of how planets are being discovered outside of our solar system with the obligatory tin foil and audience participation.”

Greg Foot: One half of Science Junkies and one whole ball of energy, Greg will be showing us a bunch of his favourite science demos. He’ll probably mention the BBC 3 series he’s just been filming and he will be messy and loud!

Jenna Stevens-Smith: “From scientist to elite athlete and back again, I am going to be talking about my favourite sport and how understanding the science around it makes it even more exciting.”

Zarinah Agnew: Neuroscientist by day, Zarinah has also carved giant brains from the sand of the river Thames, which only survive a few hours before being covered over by the tide. She’ll be sharing a video of this amazing work and telling us what its like to mix your science and your art up.

SCIENCE SHOWOFF 3

Laugh Out London brings you an Early Christmas Present of a night full of comedy, mirth and entertainment to raise money for the mental health charity Mind.

Acts include:

PAPPY'S - Fun and frantic sketch mayhem. Edinburgh best newcomer nominees, 2007, and stars of E4's Mr & Mrs Hotty Hott Hot Show and Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown podcast

http://www.pappyscomedy.com/

SHEEPS- Former footlights stars bring smart, original sketches to the stage ***** 'Extremely talented' - Edinburgh Guide, **** 'Very exciting indeed' - Independent, **** 'Terrific' - Daily Telegraph, **** 'Clever, sharp and Fresh' - The List

http://www.sheepscomedy.com/

TOTALLY TOM - The darker side of modern living. Edinburgh best newcomer nominees, 2011. ***** - Daily Telegraph.

http://www.totally-tom.com/

DR BROWN - Defies description for the most part. Guardian interview - http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/sep/21/doctor-brown-comedy-interview

SEANEEN MOLLOY - Blogger and mental health advocate. Writes at http://seaneenmolloy.co.uk/

BEC HILL - Australia's comedy sweetheart. Flipcharts and funnies.

http://www.bechillcomedian.com/

CHRIS COLTRANE - He's big on Twitter. And very funny too. Our MC for the evening.

http://www.chriscoltrane.com/

SPECIAL GUEST - A very special guest.

Time: Doors are 7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Price: £7 normals, £5 concession. All money raised is to go to Mind.

Tickets are available from door, and from here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/140252

Find out more about Mind's work at http://www.mind.org.uk/

LAUGH OUT LOUD LONDON PRESENTS

The Good Suns - 10.20

thegoodsuns.blogspot.com

The Little Unsaid - 9.40

facebook/thelittleunsaid

Will Robert - 9.00

facebook/willrobertmusic

Thom Giles - 8.20

myspace/gileslikestea

plus...........  FREE MULLED WINE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THRU THE DOOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FEED YOUR HEAD XMAS BASH!

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

Bang. We've got Dr Brown. Smash. We've got Pajama Men.

THE AWKWARD SILENCE + SPECIAL GUESTS

BANG CRASH WALLOP

WHAT A BRIGHT CLUB!!!!

This month we’re laughing at noise, from sound to speech to all those extraneous things that make it harder to work out what the hell is going on out there.

Ringmaster tonight is Ed Gamble, the noisiest man we could find.

And in expert corner all of these brainboxes:

Giorgio Savini – A physicist and builder of delicate instrumentation, trying to make sense of the noise of the Universe

Mel Pinet – A speech and language scientist, who knows how we understand people when we just can’t hear them

Harry Cliff – A high-energy physicist, who stares at readings of the inifinitesmal and hopes they’re real

Jon Gallagher – a historian of English, who knows all the things normal people used to say, and what they sounded like

Sarah Morgan – an optometrist, who makes a glorious noise about the importance of eyecare

Steve Cross – Bright Club co-organiser, occasional sound engineer and music snob

And a return of the surprising and surreal Sleepy Ed Hicks on the banjo. http://www.fredwoodbear.com/

Tickets are £5, Doors are 7.30pm and it’s all at the Wilmington Arms. See you there!

Tickets from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/145668

BRIGHT CLUB: NOISE

After last month's party night at Kentish Town Dome, CIA and Longview bring you this intimate Christmas special at The Wilmington Arms. The event will feature a headline set from Longview as well as support from yet to be confirmed special guests and CIA DJ's.

A very limited number of tickets on sale now - available from:

www.wegottickets.com/longview  

Longview on FB here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Longview/209366535774946

CIA STUDIOS PRESENTS: LONGVIEW

Well another year has passed and Christmas is nearly upon us, so thoughts turn to family, friends, roasting fires, horrible jumpers and lashing of turkey. But here at Death & Glory our thoughts are turning to dancing, Surf Rock and Chicken!! We have put together a night containing some of the finest old-school rock’n’roll, tailor made for y...ou to dance your socks off too before wandering off in to the snow with a smile on your face and spring in your step. Without further ado, we give you;

MFC Chicken

Anyone who knows the Death & Glory crew will know how much we love the mighty MFC Chicken. This will be their third show for us at the Wilmington and they’ve been better every time. For the uninitiated, the Chicken play some of the finest, tightest and most infectious rock’n’roll this side of the 50’s and anyone not dancing when they hit their stride is either dead or in a coma. Or deaf. Or not in the same room. Anyway, the point is if you like the music of Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis then you will love the truly awesome, sax-fuelled, raw, sexy music of MFC Chicken.

One Fathom Down

Fronted by the furiously enigmatic Sixteen, London trio One Fathom Down play stripped down but souped up psychosurf. Imagine a battered hotrod with the engine of a formula one car that hums like Dick Dale played through Iron Maiden’s sound system. Throw in a healthy dollop of hair grease, more leather than Gary Glitter’s wardrobe and serious sense of raw power and you have something approaching the One Fathom Down experience. No vocals, no pretentiousness, no waste and no boundaries. Get ready for a set that will feel, look and sound like standing at the finishing line of a drag race.

JD Smith

Essex boy Stuart James Durden Smith (JD to his friends) has played over 800 shows and supported the likes of Duane Eddy, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker and Wanda Jackson. His style of Blues, Punk, stomp and slide has gained him many a fan and you should definitely get along early to join the ranks. Expect fierce guitar playing, rasping vocals and something akin to a Rocket From The Crypt solo show. If you like Jon Spencer, the up-tempo side of Nick Cave and Captain Beefheart then you’ll surely fall for the delights of JD Smith.

And as always we recommend you get down early (especially so this month as the first 30 through the door will get a free Christmas mix CD courtesy of Mr Slinn). As always, doors open at 8.00pm, first band on at 8.30pm and it’ll cost you a mere £4. Come and deck our halls people!

DEATH AND GLORY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Odd Box is celebrating a fine year of Which Way Is Up! shows at The Wilmington Arms with four cracking bands, mince pies and other festive cheer!

★ Shrag ★
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shrag/19167559456
http://shragband.wordpress.com/

Shrag are our favourite band. We love them. They've just finished recording their new album. They mix up noisy pop songs with catchy as fuck tunes. They're probably the best live band on our isle fronted by the enigmatic Helen King. They've headlined shows across Europe and toured the UK with The Cribs. They're just finishing up their 3rd album. If it's half as good as last years 'Life! Death! Prizes!' we are in for a treat.

“Shrag are a sharp poppy post-punk band smearing their own dark lip gloss on sex and gender…” Pitchfork

★ Just Handshakes (We're British) ★
http://justhandshakeswerebritish.tumblr.com/

From Leeds. Signed to the awesome Elefant Records (Spain). Just Handshakes (We're British) are something of a rarity these days, a British indiepop band that are worth shouting about. Their recent 7" 'New Adventures In Pop' is bright pop music that will make you smile large. The band have played London Popfest and Indietracks in 2011. We think 2012 will be a big year for Just Handshakes (We're British). Come catch them before they take off!


★ Baaneex ★
http://baaneex.com/

Baaneex are Odd Box favourites. Earlier in 2011 we released their debut EP 'Weird Dance'. In 2012 we will be releasing more records by Baaneex because we adore them.

Baaneex blend woozy lo-fi pop with a big dirty guitars and a a smattering of punky pop hooks. Their live shows are a rollercoaster of noise and energy. Part punk, part pop, all heart.

★ Pale Man Made ★
http://palemanmade.bandcamp.com/

Pale Man Made from Newcastle takes touches of the best 80 and 90s indie, add a caustic commentary on work, animals, politics and sport and engulf in a whirlwind of boy-girl fuzzy pop.

I recently saw them at the Nottingham Indiepop all dayer and they blew me away. Mining a seam of pop tunes last touched by Urusei Yatsura.

£6 in advance: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/141813
£7 on the door.

WHICH WAY IS UP!

After a third critically acclaimed run on the Edinburgh Fringe, sketch storytellers, THE BETA MALES return for a new run of their Time Out Recommended residencies at THE WILMINGTON ARMS. Over the next few months The Betas will pilot evenings of NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN (and possibly unrepeatable) sketches, each set in a world of their own creation.

Four strangers blow in from out the dust. A harmonica hums. A lone coyote howls low over the wasteland. A tumbleweed...tumbles. BLAM! A shot rings out! Behold a pale horse! This month The Beta Males serve you up a SPAGHETTI WESTERN. Expect blood, gold, dynamite and an adventure with much gun. Lots of much gun.

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 rolling into town with tumbleweeds we'll have...

...Character comedy care of HUMPHREY KER!
Winner Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2011
★★★★ “a ripping yarn” - Steve Bennett, Chortle
★★★★ “a theatrical comedy masterclass” - The List

….Honkytonk guitaristry from JAY FOREMAN!
Bedford New Comedian of the year 2010
Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2009
★★★★ “Victoria Wood for the Spotify generation” - Steve Bennett, Chortle
★★★★ “hilarious” - Three Weeks

...And masqueraded sketch banditos, McNEIL & PAMPHILON!
★★★★★ "Marvellous. Face-achingly funny. Electrifying gags executed with enviable panache" - Three Weeks
★★★★ "A partnership made in heaven" - Fest

All this plus an ART COMPETITION so you can win whatever bonanza lies hidden in the grave marked Arch Stanton.*

Doors are 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Tickets are £6 for law-abiding citizens, £5 for renegade students and £4 if you turn up on the door in costume (Cheroot-smoking assassins/Cattle Rustlers/Showgirls/Mariachi/etc.)

*Probably chocolate.

THE BETA MALES GO WEST

Lady Garden & Friends are back with a Christmas Bonanza!

Buggar Simon Callow's version- come and see these idiots chuffing about in the name of Dickens!

PAPPY'S

TOM BELL

MAX AND IVAN

TOBY

GINGER & BLACK

LADY GARDEN

DELETE THE BANJAX

SHEEPS

TOM ALLEN

£6 on the door- they'll be plenty of mince pies knocking about. Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm

Come down and have a right Christmas knees up!

LADY GARDEN & FRIENDS DO XMAS!

Rout of the Blues - trad and psych folk night at The Wilmington Arms

7.30 till 11pm featuring special guest Alasdair Roberts.

Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish singer, guitarist, interpreter of traditional songs and writer of new songs based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since 1996 he has released three albums of original material under the name Appendix Out as well as six albums under his own name, featuring both original and traditional material. http://www.alasdairroberts.com/

Rout of the Blues, presented by The Fox and the Blacksmith, your non-specialist hosts, expresses a deep enthusiasm for folk influenced sounds from the early sixties through to the present where Fairport, Shirley Collins, Caravan & even Hawkwind can be heard along with Johnny Flynn, The Unthanks, Midlake and Tunng.

http://www.myspace.com/routoftheblues

ROUT OF THE BLUES

New Years Eve is always rubbish, isn't it?

Pubs cost a fortune, there's nothing good on and the music is terrible.

Not any more.

The producers of Bright Club, Science Showoff and other great shows bring you a night of hilarious brainy antics, with loads of your favourite acts from throughout 2011. We'll have music, laughs, anarchy and we're taking over the whole of the WIlmington Arms, which gives us a great big room to drink, chat and do terrific geeky things together.

Artists appearing include Helen Keen (Radio 4), Steve Hall (begrudgingly BBC3), Strawberry's Hogmanay Karaoke (Green Man Festival), Steve Cross (in front of mirror with hairbrush) and loads more.

More details will appear here as we confirm acts.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME IN SCIENCE-THEMED FANCY DRESS!

The world's going to end in 2012. You might as well enjoy at least one New Year's Eve before it goes Kaboom!

Early bird tickets (before December 9th) are only £10. After that the price goes up to £15 each.

TICKET LINK: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/142995

NYE! THE LAST BEST PARTY

Pubs cost a fortune, there's nothing good on and the music is terrible.

Not any more.