Blues & Roots Club

Upcoming Blues & Roots Club Events

All 8pm start unless otherwise stated; tickets £10-£15, available on 07814 344969 / 01843 861788

Enquiries to [email protected]

January:

Tuesday 27 Fire and Water - the music of Bad Company, Free and Led Zeppelin 8pm.

February:

Broadstairs Blues Bash 2026 @ The Wrotham Arms

Thursday 19 Feb Doctor Bob's Blues Clinic 8.30pm Free entry - Powerhouse blues, r'n'b, boogie and funk. Exquisite Hammond.

Friday 20 Feb Sister Suzie and Andy Twyman - Nothing In Rambling 6pm Free Entry. A musical journey through Mississippi and Louisiana. Sublime vocals and guitar performed with just the right amount of sass. You will be charmed.

Zac Schulze Gang 9pm tickets £12. UK Blues Fed Best Emerging Artists 2024 and Best Young Musician 2025. Blues rock classics and original material from their current album performed to perfection. Electrifying.

Saturday 21 Feb Rising Young Stars of the Blues Scene - presenting Jack Austin Despy Trio and Jesse Garwood Tri 1-4pm Free entry. Astonishing teenagers. Jack has already racked up two UK Blues Awards nominations and Jesse has played many iconic venues and opened for the likes of Nine Below Zero.

Bex Marshall Band 5.30pm Free entry. British Blues Award winner and four times European Blues Awards nominated. Often vocally compared to Janis Joplin and an incredible guitarist and songwriter too. A very special real deal all round lady of the blues.

Zac Schulze Gang perform the music of Rory Gallagher 9pm tickets £15. Special show first UK performance. They have a huge following and rightly so. Snap up tickets for their shows asap.

Sunday 22 Feb Ian Siegal 1-3pm ticket price TBA. Described by Mojo as 'The cleverest writer and most magnetic performer to have come out of the UK blues scene'. A master of the acoustic stage, expect dry humour, incendiary slide guitar and a soul infused  impressive vocal range. Spellbinding. An incredible 13 British Blues Awards, 4 European and even 3 US nominations unprecedented for a non American.

Voodoo Vendors 4-6pm Free entry. Hot and heavy stamp your feet and dance swamp blues. Savage guitars, voodoo vocals, unique and intoxicating. Sonny and Tubsman know how to bring the party. They will have the whole place jumping.

Mighty Fine Mr Feist's Invitation Jam 7pm Free entry. The last hurrah of this fab town festival we are so very proud of. Harp virtuoso festival organiser Nigel will be giving his all fronting his chosen house band and inviting up special guests. Get here early, the whole town will be trying to!

March:

Tuesday 3 Marcus Bonfanti 8pm
Tuesday 24 Billy Walton Band (USA) 8pm

April:

Wednesday 1 Alvin Youngblood Hart Band (USA Grammy award winner) 8pm
Sunday 19 Robin Bibi 5pm - free entry 
Tuesday 21 Connolly Hayes 8pm
Tuesday 28 Juliet Lloyd Trio - often compared to Carole King (USA) 8pm - £12 

May:

Sunday 3 The music of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits - Ben Mills collaboration with Chris Kennedy and Nigel Feist of Harp Attack and Vine 5pm
Tuesday 12 King Size Slim 8pm
Saturday 16 Our Own Way - Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute band 8.30pm - £15
Tuesday 26 Robin Bibi and Nigel Feist 8pm
Friday 22 Davina and the Vagabonds (USA) 8.30pm

June:

Tuesday 2 Dana Gillespie and the London Blues Band 8pm
Tuesday 16 Errol Linton Band 8pm 

Tuesday 30 Justin Light and the Midnighters with special guest Nigel Feist 8pm 

July:

Monday 20 Mike Sanchez 8pm
Friday 31 Whisky Flowers 8.30pm

August:

Sunday 2 Ian Siegal Band (time TBA)

Sunday 9 Marcus Bonfanti 4-6pm. This show is in collaboration with Broadstairs Folk Week tickets available on https://ticket tailor.com/events/broadstairsfolkweek

Tuesday 11 Zac Schulze Gang 8.30pm

Wednesday 12 Robin Bibi and Alan Glen 4-6pm. This show is in collaboration with Broadstairs Folk Week tickets available on https://ticket tailor.com/events/broadstairsfolkweek

September:

Wednesday 2 Jesse Garwood Trio 8pm

Tuesday 15 James Oliver Band featuring Norman Watt-Roy 8pm
Thursday 17 Vince Lee and Sophie Lord 8pm
Tuesday 29 Mat Day Band 8pm

October:

Saturday 3 Errol Linton Band 8.30pm

Wednesday 14 Billy Walton Band (USA) 8pm
Tuesday 27 Bex Marshall Band 8pm

November:

Tuesday 10 Jack Austin Despy Band 

Tuesday 17 Fire and Water - the music of Bad Company, Free, and Led Zeppelin 8pm

December:

Tuesday 1 Zac Schulze Gang plus special guests Nigel Feist and Steve Crispe 8pm

Tuesday 8 Dennis Greaves and Mark Feltham of Nine Below Zero acoustic duo 8pm (call venue for tickets details)