The Climbers are doing some very rare live performances next month. Dates are as follows:

October
27th – Dulcimer, Manchester – with The Mariner’s Children and Tristram
28th – BBC 6music Session for Marc Riley
29th – Luminaire, London – with Left With Pictures and Laura Hocking
30th – The Hope, Brighton – with The Mariner’s Children and Tristram

Ticket details to follow, check your usual outlets.

We have an extra special show this weekend arthritis grounds of Charleston house. The house was owned by Virginia Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell with her husband Duncan Grant and over the years became the artistic home of the writers and painters that made up the Bloomsbury Group – including Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton Strachey.

We’re not quite as influential as the Bloomsbury Group (yet!) but as a Sussex via London based community of like minded thinkers it seems like a nice fit to be playing in their beautiful home.

The lineup features Rowan Coupland, Animal Magic Tricks, Woodpecker Wooliams and Laish. The event runs from 10pm – 11.30pm this Friday (24th) and forms part of Charleston’s excellent short story festival, Small Wonder. The event is totally acoustic.

Tickets are available directly from Charleston on 01323 811626. The capacity is only 50 and at the time of writing I know there are fewer than 5 tickets remaining.

Rowan Coupland is touring the UK right now. He really is one of the best live performers you will ever see so don’t miss him:

Sunday 12th September- Stanmer House -BRIGHTON
Monday 13th September- The Wheatsheaf- OXFORD
Tuesday 14th September- St John on the Wall- BRISTOL
Wednesday 15th September- St James Wine Vaults- BATH
Friday 17th September- Fuel- MANCHESTER
Tuesday 21st September- The Fishtank- DURHAM*
Wednesday 22nd September-The Rude Shipyard- SHEFFIELD*
Thursday 23rd September- Indy Jax- HEMEL HEMPSTEAD*
Friday 24th September- CHARLESTON- EAST SUSSEX*

*with Animal Magic Tricks

His debut official EP will be released by Willkommen shortly, details to follow.

The tour of Ireland begins today in Limerick, hope to see you at a show:

14th: Dolan’s, Limerick
15th: Cyprus Avenue, Cork
16th: Roisin Dubh, Galway
17th & 18th: Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, Clonakilty
19th: Workman’s Club, Dublin

Click to see full size time sheet

Doors are at 2pm and I’d recommend coming for the whole day as every band is unmissable.

Sadly The Miserable Rich have had to cancel but we have the beautiful Curly Hair stepping in to fill their shoes.

The free Big Lemon bus leaves at 1pm and 2pm from Old Steine (first come, first served) and you can also get the train to Falmer and then walk or get the number 78 bus direct to Stanmer Park. The 25 also stops just outside the university and it’s a short walk from there. The weather report is currently ‘sunny spells’ so we’re hoping and praying for a nice dry day.

MARQUEE:

3.00pm – 3.30pm:     THE MARINERS CHILDREN

4.30pm – 5.00pm:     SHORELINE

6.00pm – 6.30pm:     THE CLIMBERS

7.30pm – 8,00pm:     SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN

9.00pm – 10.00pm:   LAURA MARLING

BAR STAGE:

2.20pm – 2.50pm:    CURLY HAIR

3.45pm – 4.15pm:     LAISH

5.15pm – 5.45pm:     KRISTIN MCCLEMENT

6.45pm – 7.15pm:    FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS

8.15pm – 8.45pm:     ANNA CALVI

HENRY PELHAM ROOM:

2.20pm – 2.50pm:     RAYON BREED

3.45pm – 4.15pm:     ROZI PLAIN

5.15pm – 5.45pm:     RACHAEL DADD

6.45pm – 7.15pm:     ROWAN COUPLAND

8.15pm – 8.45pm:     MARY HAMPTON