Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok trends. Loving the genre still prompts the question: what’s wrong with you? Implying, of course, that there is something not quite right about the people who make and consume it.

In Feeding the Monster, Anna Bogutskaya dispels this notion once and for all by examining how horror responds to and fuels our feelings of fear, anxiety, pain, hunger and power. Anna will be in conversation about the book at this event.

Connection is a Song is a poetic, funny and relatable coming-of-age story set to the sounds of the 1990s. It travels from Sinead O’Connor’s impossibly mournful ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ to the delirium of the KLF’s ‘3 a.m. Eternal’ via the guitar heart of the decade where Elastica’s ‘Connection’ beats Blur and Oasis in Anna’s own Battle of Britpop.

Our resident reggae sound system host their first event of the year: a celebration of what would have been the 80th birthday of the king of reggae music – Bob Marley! We pay tribute to the legacy of the globally renowned, musical and cultural icon the only way we know how!

Electric Six returns to the UK in November and December for the 22nd straight year….and you are just as excited as you were the first time they arrived off the airplane from America. America is a truly bizarre place these days…but Electric Six is not borne of the same disease.

A bubbling swamp curse of unholy rhythm, Jim Jones All Stars is the latest project from garage godfather Jim Jones (Thee Hypnotics, The Jim Jones Revue).

Following her killer debut tour, Riawakening (Top Ten Best Stand-up Shows of 2024 – Telegraph), the wickedly funny Ria Lina realised she wasn’t just awake, she was ready to rebel. Expect a relentless stream of hilarity as Ria explores the state of the world, the eternal battle of the sexes, and the delight of Zhrowing life up in the air after years of following the rules.

Captain Mustache is proud to present this year’s Beard & Moustache Competition!
This will be the third competition in what is set to be an annual tradition of gathering glorious styles and excellent folks.

Navigating the post-pandemic touring world, where nostalgia is king of the jungle, ALABAMA 3 have agreed to give fans a hypo full of love and hook in a mainline to 1997 and 2000!

Yorkshire’s Chris Brain has carved his place firmly into the contemporary folk scene following his highly-regarded first two albums, Bound to Rise (2022) and Steady Away (2023).
Garnering acclaim from the likes of Cerys Matthews (BBC 6 Music) and Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2), he has since shared the stage with iconic acts like Robert Plant, Jacqui McShee and Martin Simpson. ‘Golden Days’, the first single from Steady Away is now prominently featured in the A24 film ‘We Live In Time’, starring Oscar-nominated actors Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

Hailing from York, international singer/songwriter Twinnie is quite the trailblazer, carving out her own lane in Nashville, where she now resides. Following her sold out home show in November, she joins us again in June!
“A Country-Pop star on the rise with a personality as powerful as her magnificent voice” – The Telegraph