Things Are Looking Up?

The new home of Open Mic Night is now The Winchester Arms, Castle Green, on a Wednesday night. The Monday sessions are still taking place at The Pen and Quill but for many the future of them is uncertain and the warm, cosy environment of The Winch is becoming an attractive replacement.

The new landlady of The Winch has also declared she wants to get rid of the live sports fans and fill the pub with artists and musicians and will be holding life drawing classes, art exhibitions and more live music.

Tuesday the 23rd of December sees the infamous Cafe Mamba reopen, this time as Perfect Fifths. This building has been open and closed more times then.....

This time the management have bought the building and will be opening it primarily as a coffee shop during the day with live music and alternative club nights downstairs in the evening. I cant think of two better uses for a building.

The 23rd will be the launch of a new alternative night where local band Paper Plane Pilots will be playing alongside many of the DJs who frequented the MFN and EP Presents nights. I will definitely be attending this night and support Steve fully in what he is doing. Yes Taunton has had indie nights before and yes they haven't always been great but I don't see that as any reason why a new one shouldn't be started. Its in our hands to support things like this, to get involved and to build them into the type of nights we want to attend. Entrance is £3 all night and doors are open 9 till about 2. Maybe 4, I cant quite remember.

January the 9th will be the next first Friday of a month which means the Brewhouse will be holding another Late Lounge. The Late Lounge takes place in the bar of the Brewhouse and starts when their main production finishes, usually about 10ish, and goes on till the early hours with chilled out acoustic sets from local artists. I have been lucky enough to play at a few of these and am amazed that they aren't better supported.

I will be playing on the 9th and cant wait to be out gigging again - I hope to see some faces in the audience - its free after all.

Maybe things are looking up in Taunton for the time being with lots of cultural activities to be getting involved with.