OLIVES OPEN MIC NIGHT HAS BEEN GOING FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND IS A WELL ESTABLISHED LIVE MUSIC FIXTURE ON THE LEICESTER MUSIC SCENE.
RUNNING EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT IT IS CURRENTLY HOSTED BY SINGER SONGWRITER STEVIE JONES, WITH HIS BROTHER NICK ON THE DESK.
WE HAVE A DECENT PA AND A SMALL STAGE AREA.ITS ALWAYS A NICE CHILLED OUT ATMOSHERE WITH CANDLES , SOFAS AND GOOD SELECTION OF BEERS AND WINES AND ALWAYS OFFERS ON SHOTS AND BOTTLED BEERS/PITCHERS.
EVERY WEEK WE HAVE A FEATURED ARTIST DOING A 30 MIN SET BUT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IS AVALABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF PERFORMERS. WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR FULL BAND SETS IE DRUMKITS BUT ACOUSTIC SETS OF ANY KIND ARE WELCOME.
TO BOOK A SLOT JUST TURN UP EARLY AND GET YOUR NAME DOWN ON THE LIST - YOU LL GET A MIN OF A 3 SONG SET MAYBE MORE DEPENDING HOW BUSY IT IS.
PREVIOUS PERFORMERS: CALDER/JOHN BUDDING/ONE TOWN OVER/ANDY GREEN/ROBIN LISTER/PAULA ANN DRIVER/CHRIS CONWAY/AMY WYKE/CHRIS FORDHAM/TICH VANGO/JO OMALLEY/NORSCALORDRIE/DAN BRITTON/NO OASIS/MALC EVANS/LIZ SCATTERGOOD/GEORGE SIMPSON/GEORGIE HARTMANN/CALUM MAC DONALD/MARK GILL/IRENE RAE/LISA DE VILLE/EVANGELINE/DANNY KELLY/ROSS CLARK/JOEL OWEN/MY FIRST TOOTH/WAYNE SCURRAH/CLUB O/JULIE COLLINGS/CHLOE VAUGHAN ETC ETC
HOPE YOU CAN COME ALONG SOON
8PM KICK OFF AND IT RUNS TIL 11PM
SPREAD THE WORD!
Olives Bar, 95 Queens Road,
Leicester, LE2 1TT
(Just above Subway Sandwich Bar)
Tel: 0116 2101671
FEATURED ARTISTS:
THURS 26TH FEB THE BLACK REPORT + LOU SHORT
THURS 5TH MARCH THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY + ROSS CLARK
THURS 12TH MARCH AMY WYKE + CHERRY COLBY
THURS 19TH MARCH THE BIG HEAD + JANE HURLEY COSSERAT
THURS 26TH MARCH TIM HOLEHOUSE + EAST WEST
THURS 2ND APRIL KATE HUMPHREY + SIMON SCARDANELLI
THURS 9TH APRIL MALC EVANS + CHLOE VAUGHAN
THURS 16TH APRIL BEE CHURCH + KATIE & DARYLL
THURS 23RD APRIL DAN BRITTON + DAVID ABBOTT
THURS 30TH APRIL NAT JOHNSON + BARRICADES RISE
THURS 7TH MAY ACOUSTIC SINGER SONGWRITER COMPETITION 'Stars in their words' for more info email paula@sunflowersongs.co.uk http://www.sunflowersongs.co.uk/
THURS 14TH MAY SARA SPADE + ELIZABETH CORNISH
THURS 21ST MAY ROBERT POST
THURS 28TH MAY BECKY SYSON
THURS 4th JUNE STEVIE RIGSBY + TBA
THURS 6TH AUGUST SUMMER SUNDAE WARM UP SHOWS
(part of The Summer Sundae Fringe Festival 2009
THURS 13TH AUGUST STUART O CONNOR + TBA