Wednesday September 1st 9pm |
£8 / £10 |
| Steve Tilston extra… with Richard Shindell | |
| Steve always brings us the best of singer-songwriters and he’s done it again. An expatriate New Yorker now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Richard Shindell is a meticulous craftsman of song whose six studio albums and one live recording have been revered by critics and fans alike. Innovative, original and occasionally spiritual, Shindell's songs weave tales that interchangeably champion the downtrodden, exalt the disaffected or wax empathetic to those lost to society's fringes. As well as his own songwriting he has produced an astonishing collection of covers called South of Delia. |
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Thursday September 2nd 9pm |
£4 |
| The Trades Club’s world famous Quiz and Curry | |
| Questions related to music, history, the news and other generally acceptable categories with prizes so cheap you’d hardly believe them worth giving away… as well as CDs and whatever else needs to be transformed from office clutter to quiz prizes on the night. Top curries and a top night all round. |
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Friday September 3rd 9.30pm |
£4 / £6 |
| Grass Roots Discotheque presents: SubVersion 1.0 | |
| A brand new night dedicated to bringing the best in bass-heavy dance music to Hebden Bridge. With an emphasis on the innovative, energetic and raw junglistic side of the drums and the bass, SubVersion was born from a desire to fill an obvious gap in the area’s dance scene. The Trades’ system will be enhanced for the night with stupid amounts of bass from Grass Roots Discotheque’s high spec stacked up rig. SubCulture will ease you in with some chest-pumping dub, before Babel’s unconventional take on the darker corners of the aural spectrum. Special guest Lost Property (from Manchester’s Herbal Sessions & Stumblefunk) will then turn it right up with the filthiest jungle sounds. Visuals all night from the Black Moose crew. |
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Saturday Serptember 4th 9pm |
£5 / £6 |
| Manchester comes to Hebden Bridge: Boplocal with Clint Boon & Phil Beckett |
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| Manchester comes to Hebden Bridge. Created by senior figures on the Manchester radio scene the idea is simple - start early, have lots of fun and a darn good time, without having to hang around the city centre. DJs Clint Boon (XFM, Inspiral Carpets) and Phil Beckett (Hacienda, Rock & Roll Bar) will be playing loads of beltin’ tunes that you know and love from their ridiculously large record collections. Perfect for whether you want to stand around drinking and chatting, or dancing the night away! | 
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Wednesday September 8th 9pm |
£10 / £12 |
| Iain Matthews of Matthews Southern Comfort +Dan Whitehouse |
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| Founder member of Fairport Convention Iain’s growing fascination with American singer/songwriters, lead to the formation of Matthews Southern Comfort, and the global hit "Woodstock". He has kept moving on and after spells working with ex Monkee, Michael Nesmith, forming Plainsong he lived in the USA before moving back to Europe and settling in Holland After 19 solo efforts he is about to release the first Matthews Southern Comfort album for several decades. | 
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Thursday September 9th 9pm |
£7 / £9 |
| Steve Tilston’s Trades Roots with Carl Jones & Beverly Smith | |
| For Years Carl Jones and Beverly Smith have appeared on the traditional music scene, at festivals and on record in various bands and formations, playing just about anything with strings or tossing in vocal harmonies wherever there was the opportunity. In their live performances they bring those years of experience to the art of the duet—songs and tunes, old and new, done simply and with love. Carl Jones toured with Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn String Ensemble, playing mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. He often plays as a duo with James Bryan, and is sometimes found pickin' as part of a trio with Bruce Green and Don Pedi. His songs have been recorded by the Nashville Bluegrass Band among others. Beverly Smith has made numerous recordings, backing up fiddlers Bruce Molsky, Rafe Stefanini, Tara Nevins and Brad Leftwich, vocalizing with Irish musicians Mick Moloney and John Doyle, and also singing with bluegrass great Laurie Lewis. |
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Friday September 10th 9.30pm |
£5 |
| Treesponsibility: an evening with Moonbuggy and Wobbly | |
| A Treesponsibility benefit to mark the halfway point in the group's 25 year tree-planting programme. Headliners Moonbuggy bring their own brand of dub/reggae up from Nottingham, with local psychedelic rock outfit Wobbly providing support. Let there be dancing! All proceeds towards treesponsibility's ongoing work in the Upper Calder Valley. |
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Saturday September 11th 9pm |
Limited Sales at £5 Ring 01422 845265 |
| The Electric Brains +Little Chief | |
| This is a celebration of all organ donors – a Trades Club member has survived ten years after a liver transplant and wants to raise money for Cambodia Youth Music fund. A largely invited audience but with limited tickets available for general sale. |
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Sunday September 12th 9pm |
£5 / £7 |
| Myshkin | |
| Myshkin writes lyric with a dark and subtle wit, raw honesty, and a painter’s eye. Her tunes draw on early jazz, freak folk, and gypsy soul. With seven records and thousands of shows she has built a reputation of consistently delivering fresh, challenging, and moving music. |  |
Thursday September 16th 9pm |
£7 / £9 |
| Sid Kipper: an evening of folk and comedy | |
| Sid Kipper swam, fully formed, from the belly of the legendary Kipper Family. Over the last decade or so he has developed his epic tale of the village of St Just-near-Trunch, and his friends, enemies and relatives, in 6 albums, 5 books, 2 series for Radio 2, a podcast for Channel 4 Radio and numerous festivals . He writes, records, broadcasts, sings songs, tells stories, acts, and plays a bewildering array of equally bewildering instruments. He is a fantastically funny stand-up, musician and storyteller. Should remind you of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, with a dash of Flann O'Brien. Very funny" (The Guardian). |
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Friday September 17th 9pm |
£5 |
| Project X Calderdale, Recorded Filth and Friends Present Projexions | |
| A night of live acts and DJs. Performers include young folks and old giffers celebrating the hidden talent of Hebden Bridge. Over 18's Only. | 
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Saturday September 18th 3-5pm |
£1 |
| Transition Town Clothes Swap | |
| Bring old clothes you've worn enough and swap for attire that is new to you, what a good idea! | |
Saturday September 18th 9pm |
£5+ Donations |
| Trades Club Pakistan Flood Fundraiser No 1 featuring Arcomnia + Sitar Player Abid Hussain | |
| The musical style of Arcomnia is derived by combining influences from many areas including Sufism, the Breton tradition, European Paganism, native Australian musics, 12th & 13th century Galician / Portuguese song and early Judaeo-Christian chant. In the pieces based on pre-existing material the melodic contour of the source is retained as much as is practically possible, then rhythmically adapted to a sympathetic deep hypnotic groove. In using these melodic structures as a point of departure, they are exploring an ancient substratum in which resonant musical archetypes can be approached and mixed in meaningful way. These themes are designed to be expanded upon in performance - every time they are played is a unique experience. |
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£5 /£7  Get Tickets Now! |
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| The Black Twig Pickers | |
| Banjos and fiddles, boards and bones in hand, the Black Twig Pickers dove into a living tradition of old-time music that surrounds their homes in Southwest Virginia and never looked back. Both scholars of the regional sounds and advocates of an ecstatic and highly personal approach to the music, the Twigs hold down local dance and bar gigs, play all manner of celebrations and every so often, hit the road. Along the way, Isak Howell, Nathan Bowles and Mike Gangloff kept company with some of underground America's heavyweights and haunted the doorsteps of Appalachian fiddle and banjo masters. They've played for the National Council for the Traditional Arts and for audiences overseas. And they've put out a string of acclaimed albums, including 2008's Hobo Handshake and last year's Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers. |  |
| £7 / £9 Get Tickets Now! |
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| Michael Chapman and the Hellfire Preachers | |
| Michael Chapman, a long time Trades Club favourite returns with the Hellfire Preachers and their blend of dark Americana to match his southern fried sound. A great combination of Michael’s blues and these four guys from Lancashire – Dave Gardner (guitar and vocals), Matt Wells (Dobro and guitar), Phil Eaves (drums) and Dave Stearstree (upright bass) which creates a phenomenal sound. |  |
| £6 / £8 Get Tickets Now! |
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| Into the Valley presents Ashley Beedle | |
| Acid House hero Ashley Beedle and yesterday’s Super Hero The Flash Atkins Experience (live). West Yorkshire‘s Superclub in a pint pot returns to the party hub that is Hebden Bridge’s Trades club. Their guest is Ashley Beedle, who has helped shape dance culture: a pioneer of all things funky whether it be disco as the Black Science Orchestra, chart bothering underground house warriors X-Press 2 or more recently phuture soul revivalist with his Mavis project. Into The Valley resident Flash Atkins will be premiering his live band – The Flash Atkins Experience. Yesterday’s hero and today’s welfare sponger will be presenting locked down 4/4 electronic action along with bad special effects and lame stagecraft but still a show that will give The Cuban Brothers something to think about. One Not To Miss! | 
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| £7 / £9 Get Tickets Now! |
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| Cabaret Heaven with Anil Desai, Rosie Wilby and Rajesh Bollywood | |
| Hebden's comedy and cabaret club kicks off a new season with two diverse and very funny acts fresh from Edinburgh shows, and some great support. Anil Desai-one time star of "Goodness Gracious Me"- was booked here for April but got stranded in Oz by the ash cloud while doing the Sydney Comedy Festival with his hilarious impressions. Rosie Wilby has been touring her "Science of Sex" show taking a comic look at the glories of deviancy and this award winning funny woman will bring some of that hilariously sideways look to the Trades. We've also got some smooth songs and patter from Rajesh the Bollywood crooner who has an eastern take on some modern classics. Plus Peggy, Bernard , DJs and surprises. | 
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Thursday September 30th 8.30pm (Doors 8pm) |
£9 Members & Concessions £12 Others Get Tickets Now! |
 at the Trades presentsJohn Tchicai Trio, hosted by Dave Nelson (Piano) |
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| John Tchicai: saxophones Tony Marsh: drums John Edwards: bass John Tchicai is a living jazz legend who made his name in the 70s playing alongside John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Lee Konitz, and Cecil Taylor amongst others. He’s even performed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Now aged 74, he’s still on amazing form: appearing here with probably the most experienced and versatile rhythm section in the UK. |
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Note: Quoted prices are subject to a discount of upto 33% on production of a current membership card. To find out how to become a member of the Trades Club, Click here. |
