Gypsy Jazz , Parisian & Eastern European Music Night with The Schmoozenbergs – Sat 11th Feb

Doors 7.30pm. Start 8.00pm. Adv ticket £12. OTD ticket £15.

Conjuring up the mood of 1930s Paris, fused with flavours of Eastern Europe and a liberal sprinkling of high energy folk, The Schmoozenbergs’ uplifting music will put a smile on your face and a spring in your step. With roots in Gypsy Jazz, and influences beyond, they bring you irresistible rhythms, evocative melodies and playful improvisation to create a lively and heart-warming sound.

Featuring the soaring fiddle playing of Gina Griffin, the masterful double bass of Ron Phelan, and the bouncing rhythm and hot lead guitars of Sam Stennett and Tom Brydon-Smith, this Bristol band have delighted audiences at venues and festivals across the UK for the past decade. Their latest album ‘Awaken’, a collection of original compositions, was ‘Played throughout with much gusto, and projects an infectious joie de vivre that will, no doubt, healthily up any heartbeat’ (*****, Morning Star), and was described as ‘Excellent musicianship, laidback and accomplished…played with love and abandon’ (Folkradio.co.uk).

• “Upbeat good time music” (Songlines Magazine)
• “a voyage of delight, a foot tapping whirl of expressive energy” (Liverpool Sound and Vision)
• “Unashamedly good time, beautifully played music” (Fatea Magazine)