Komedia Music

Indoor Festival

Friday 7 January

Small World

The unique solar powered live music stage, featuring Kissmet, Bhangra-Raaf-Funk explosion, Lucky 4, Oddur from Lambs acoustic project, Tarred and Feathered plus more.

Late Night

Friday 7 January

Laidback & Late

Going home so soon? Come for a late drink in our Cabaret Bar. Relaxed, friendly, and open until 1.30am!

 Acoustic Pop

Thursday 13 January

John Watts & Fischer-Z + Turning Green

Coming to hometown Brighton as part of their 25th Anniversary celebrations to coincide with EMI’s release of the new Highlights double CD and Garden Party DVD.

8.30pm - £7/£5

Fairground dance music

Friday 14 January

Los Albertos + support

Since their formation in 2002, Los Albertos have created a frenzy on the dance floors of Europe with their inimitable blend of Ska, Swing Jazz, Drum’n’Bass and Klezmer classics.The band writes its own music as well as offering twisted interpretations of traditional jazz and popular music classics.

Late Night

Friday 14 January

Laidback & Late

Going home so soon? Come for a late drink in our Cabaret Bar. Relaxed, friendly, and open until 1.30am!

Latin Dance Night

Saturday 15 January

Jesus Cutiño Group + DJ

Exhilarating Cuban rhythms from this energetic 9-piece band, fronted by the upbeat and entertaining tres player Jesus Cutiño. Red hot Latin music guaranteed to get everybody up on their feet! Plus DJ Bungeroosh spinning the finest Latin sounds.

Jazz/Blues

Thursday 20 January

Carol Grimes

Grimes is a truly spine-chillingly powerful singer. Although rooted in the blues she bridges r&b, jazz and music theatre – as she says herself, she is an ‘unclassifiable and eccentric musician’!

Dance night

Friday 21 January

Zen Hussies

A nine piece band who guarantee to get the joint rocking with their swing jazz, ska and rocksteady beats. Add klezmer, tango and vaudeville into the mix… its going to be a great party!

Late Night

Friday 21 January

Laidback & Late

Going home so soon? Come for a late drink in our Cabaret Bar. Relaxed, friendly, and open until 1.30am!

11pm (no entry after 12am) £2.50

Bellydancing Breakbeats

Saturday 22 January

Oojami

Belly dancing, whirling dervishes and trapeze artists accompany this enthralling band who fuse Turkish music with Sufi nuances, vibrant Latin and African rhythms.

‘Turkish Delight’ Time Out  ‘A pulsating blast from the global jukebox’ The Observer

Legendary blues

Tuesday 25 January

The Blues Band

Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuiness, Gary Fletcher, Rob Townsend

The individual members of this band were already much admired when they formed back in 1979; this year sees their 25^th anniversary and those fans just keep on coming! Fashions come and go, but not only is the blues always there, The Blues Band are too!

8.30pm - £18

 Americana

Wednesday 26 January

Kevin Montgomery and the Road Trippers (USA)

An all-star line-up featuring two of The Mavericks, Steve Earle's guitarist and legendary steel player Al Perkins (Manassas/Emmylou Harris) will be performing with Kevin Montgomery. Described by The Guardian as 'habitually awesome' his shows are renowned as entertainment-packed Americana of the highest possible standard.

contemporary easy listening

Wednesday 26 January

Ilya

Slinky, sexy and slightly mysterious, Ilya have pioneered a new genre of epic easy listening they like to call desert noir – a place where Ennio Morricone meets film noir, where Godfather soundtracks mingle with polkas and waltzes, where Jacques Brel is fused with James Bond, and Curtis Mayfield’s bass lines – and something completely fresh and new somehow emerges from the gaps in between.

9pm - £8/£6

Flamenco

Thursday 27 & Friday 28 January

Emilio Maya Flamenco Group

Direct from Granada, sensational guitarist Emilio Maya is part of Spain’s foremost flamenco family. His group consists of leading contemporary dancer Ana Cali, Joachim Cortes’ cajon player El Moreno, plus singer and flamenco bass. Wowing Lewes Guitar Festival audiences earlier this year, this is stunning and authentic flamenco at it’s finest.

Late Night

Friday 28 January

Laidback & Late

Going home so soon? Come for a late drink in our Cabaret Bar. Relaxed, friendly, and open until 1.30am!

11pm (no entry after 12am) £2.50

North African Pop

Saturday 29 January

Abdelkader Saadoun

The British king of Rai music and his band play the music from the street of Oran, Algiers and Paris. With DJ’s, belly dancers and the fast, heavy rhythms create a carnival atmosphere. Immensely joyful, immensely danceable.

9pm - £10/£8

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Revised: 17 January 2005