Sutton Coldfield Festival of Arts

[ July 13, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sutton covers quartet The Full Act (pictured on the roof at The Gate!) will do a Festival stint at The Royal Hotel on July 13 between 6pm and 9pm, hosting their regular open-mic evening.

The group, comprising Siobhan Patton on vocals, Konrad Heywood on guitar, Steve Bird on bass and Andy Stones on drums, performs numbers [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] Stuart Jones and Martin ‘Sniper’ Rowberry regularly take part in funky keyboard ‘duels’ that are causing quite a stir on the web - and locals will get to see them perform live as part of the Sutton Festival Of Arts.

The pair’s performances, under the collective name Blister, have had two million hits to date on [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] Hot Monocles (right), winners of the O’Neill’s best unsigned band competition last year, bring their nuanced guitar rock to The Gate Inn on Saturday July 12 from 8pm, along with a strong bill of other locals.

Appearing in turn are bluesy indie duo James & Edwards (bottom middle), prodigiously gifted singer-songwriter Ben Drummond (top middle), and [...]

[ July 12, 2008; 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm. ] Bishop Vesey’s fine Afrobeat and techno-tinged indie-rockers Shoot Panda!? have agreed to headline a day of music by our best school and college-based rock bands.

They will perform in Meeting Room 1 at Sutton Library at the culmination of a mini-fest introduced by compere Joe Aston, of Arthur Terry School.

The line-up in MR1 is:

Relentless (11am-11.30am);

The Flood [...]