LANCASTER comedy/ acoustic duo The Cosmic Fingers are hosting a special acoustic event tonight, Friday, at The Park Hotel to celebrate the release of their new album May Contain Adult Humour.
Also on the bill are punk outfit The Guilty Pleasures (playing a one-off acoustic set) and Manchester's folk/punk artist James Bar Bowen. Entry is free, doors 8pm.
Also tonight, take yourself on a blues and soul journey with San Franciscan Derrick "Big" Walker.
Now based in Stockholm, saxophonist and harmonica player Walker has worked alongside many great blues bands, and during his stint with the popular 80s band the Soul Rebels opened up sets for the likes of The Ramones, Dead Kennedys and The Beat.
Recently Derrick signed up for a tour exchange with Lancaster-based band The Convulsions who are hosting him and his Swedish band of blues veterans at the Golden Lion, Moor Lane, from 9pm.
After sell-out gigs featuring top names like Juliette Lewis, British Sea Power, Camera Obscura and Speech Debelle, Morecambe Library will complete their schedule with performances from fresh new sounds Alessi's Ark, Tigers That Talked and Alex Cornish.
And tomorrow night, Lancaster's Electric Free Time Machine and Harvey Lord are on the bill at All Hallow The Eve, "a dark alternative to Hallowe'en with haunting vocals, spacey psychedelic music...within a dark and arty wooded glade". Sounds suitably spooky.
Tickets for the event, which takes place at Fell Foot Wood in Newby Bridge are £14.50 (including camping and parking), or £7 for the evening. Call Barry on 015395 31014.
Tickets for the show, on November 14, are £6, from www.seetickets.com, or 01524 415215.
If you attended this year's Kendal Calling Festival, and had lots of fun, why not vote for it in the UK Festival Awards 2009?!
The Calling, now in its fourth year, has been nominated for Best Small Festival and Grassroots Festival.
Go to
www.festivalawards.com to vote for this and other festivals.
Gig guide* Tonight, Friday:
Golden Lion: Derrick Big Walker and The Blues Souls. Stonewell Tavern: The Terms.
The Yorkshire House: The Adventures Of Loki, Pocket Knife, Runt Hornet, The Rose Bay Willow Band.
The Park: The Cosmic Fingers, The Guilty Pleasures, James Bar Bowen.
Smokey O' Connors, Morecambe: Everly Brothers tribute and record hop.
The Platform, Morecambe: Norman Prince and Paul Johnston. The Bath, Morecambe: Wrecked.
* Saturday:
Gregson Centre: Hallowe'en Ceilidh with The Free Reed Band. The Yorkshire House: Sorrows Fall, Eliminator, Dark Forest, Iron Void. The Golden Lion: Doublegone Johnson. The Grand Theatre: Monster Mansion Spooktacular with VAT Free. The Platform, Morecambe: Blazin' Fiddles. The Bath, Morecambe: Circus Freak. Smuggler's Den, Morecambe: Trouble at Mill. Fighting Cocks, Arnside: The Hoodoo.
* Sunday: John O'Gaunt: Tin Pan Alley. The Crofters, Garstang: Mike Carnie Jazz All Stars and pianist Derek Harrison.
* Monday:
Longlands, Tewitfield: The Charm.
* Tuesday:
The Dukes bar: Andy Kenyon (6pm).
* Wednesday: The Dome, Morecambe: Legends of Rock with Focus, Wishbone Ash and The Acoustic Strawbs.
* Thursday:
John O'Gaunt: The Section. The Yorkshire House: Beyond The Sun and more tba.
