Following our successful Murder Ballads evening in May, we're launching ourselves liver first into Oktoberfest with a special night of songs about alcohol and drunkenness.

Urban and Eastern presents: Drinking Songs

Following our successful Murder Ballads evening in May, we're launching ourselves liver first into Oktoberfest with a special night of songs about alcohol and drunkenness... 

While concept albums are a relatively common phenomenon – Frank Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours came out in 1955 -Urban & Eastern has been inspired by Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour to apply the principle to live music.

The lineup: all-star cast of North Eastern musicians

In honour of Oktoberfest, we have gathered some of the finest North Eastern talent - musicians who will watch their lives float away through the bottom of a glass...

Dirty Diamonds

Appalachian-influenced banjo and ukulele

Happy Valley Clan

The latest collaboration between Graham Wales (Mansions of Glory) and one-woman Swedish folk choir Nathalie Stern.

OCDC

Lo-fi back-porch oddity

Bridie Jackson

Stark Fado influenced folk/blues from this rising star

Emily Portman

Traditional twisted folk

Rebecca Jones

A Belgian/Irish acoustic star

Christi Andropolis

Magic fiddler

Krista Puranen

Finnish tango

Alcohol...?

The evening is sponsored by our friends at Wylam Brewery, Allendale Brewery, and at Hepworth & Co Brewers Ltd, so expect lots of wonderful local and organic ales. Thank you people for sponsoring us!

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Tickets are £5 on the door.

More info and links on Urband and Eastern Website