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The Cross Kings London Bar Restaurant Venue

EVENTS

"Fantastic venue.. a cultural hot spot"
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Please note we are a two floor venue!

Please note, The Cross Kings is an 18+ venue. We cannot allow admission to anyone who appears to be under 18 years old. JUNE LISTINGS

LIVE JAZZ.BLUES.SOUL // LIVE ACOUSTIC.INDIE.PUNK.ROCK // COMEDY // FILM // FUNDRAISER // ECLECTIC! // WORKSHOP // POETRY

FRI 26	MAIN	*CLUB HELL presents FCK GLASTONBURY**	8pm		£5
		Sick of wasting 200 quid at Glastonbury to wade about in muck on bad drugs watching Sting with a bunch of hippies? There is an alternative. You would be silly not to take it. It is Club Hell. It's The Party At The End Of The Line. Heat From A Dead Star "This is music of blackhole darkness and raging intensity. But it's... bizarrely catchy" "Wonderful noiseniks, taking the surging rushes of Godspeed, marrying it to the intense atmospheric brilliance of Mogwai and the melodic, almost orchestral sounds of early Mercury Rev..." The Suicidal Birds + Pony Pack Two explosive Dutch girl bands. They are not like The Spice Girls. They are very angry about something. Like early Hole/The Breeders/Veruca Salt/the whole Riot Grrrl thing... Marcia Mello A busking girl and her guitar playing ragtime pre-war blues from Provincetown, Massachusetts. "One of the best guitarists I've ever heard" - Nick Marsh (Urban Voodoo Machine/Flesh For Lulu)

	JESTER	CLUB WOTEVER	8pm		£5
		Club for alternative underground gender-bending grrlz and bois and their friends. Performance, show and friendly freaks. this month with two amazing live acts... Maria Rosa Young (previously known as DykeMarilyn) : We are proud and happy to welcome Maria back to the Wotever stage! A Singer/Songwriter with Spanish Gyspy Heritage, Barbados Mojo, Irish Integrity, Welsh Magic, Scottish Guts and Potent Russian Blood in her veins .. she and her heartshaped guitar will Rock IT! Amazing new album available on itunes or on the night. The Mad Moiselles : We saw them first at Bar Wotever where they had us all up and dancing with their lively beats and humourus songs. They are 4 girls, all musicians, and they come from the 4 corners of the world. 'We love the buzz of performing our music live to whoever is happy to listen. We don't make excuses for who we are or what we do because we know that as long as you give life the best you've got, to live is enough'. This attitude will sure make Cross Kings shake on the night!

SAT 27	MAIN	ROCKET SURGERY	8pm		£6/£5 concs or flyer


MON 29	MAIN	DAN SPANNER BIG BAND	8pm		FREE
		In house big band! A great big sound for a swinging good time - from the repertoires of the classic Count Basie/Buddy Rich era.

	JESTER	DUKE MITCHEL FILM APPRECIATION CLUB	8pm		FREE
		http://www.myspace.com/thedukefilm

TUES 30	JESTER	LION’S DEN COMEDY CAR CRASH	7pm		£4
		New act / new material night

	MAIN	CROSS KINGS JAZZ JAM	7pm	£4/Free for musicians
		Bebop, Blues, Ballads, Swing, Latin, Modal, Modern and everything in between. We also very much encourage orginal material, bring charts for the house band. Teddy Simmonds - Tenor Sax, Rohit Nijhawan - guitar, John Marshall- drums and Barny Simkins - Bass.

JULY LISTINGS

LIVE JAZZ.BLUES.SOUL // LIVE ACOUSTIC.INDIE.PUNK.ROCK // COMEDY // FILM // FUNDRAISER // ECLECTIC! // WORKSHOP // POETRY // DJ


WED 1	MAIN


THUR 2	MAIN	Bob Hillary, Kate Daisy Grant and The Camden Sporting Arts and Social Club Band	7.30pm		£2
		Bob Hillary Bob Hillary is basically a hippy, whose life revolves around strong friendship and a love of good earthy real passionate music. He hopes to help people rise out of the craziness of the world situation at the moment and raise the consciousness and vibe thru music. His music mixes folk and dub in the most gentle of ways. Kate Daisy Grant Harmoniously discordant, strange yet familiar, sinister yet comforting. Kate Daisy Grant ignores the stale formula music industry and brings us something truly new and innovative. Like Alice in Wonderland she takes you on an atmospheric, and sometimes unsettling, journey through surreal dreams filled with whimsical and quirky sounds. Accompanied by a Victorian mechanical toy orchestra, Kate's intimate lyrics and sensuous tones take you by the hand and lead you through this unique experience. Melancolic and totally absorbing this is a dream you don't want to wake from. Subtly and gloriously produced. A gem." GRAHAM PHENIX, 3AM MAGAZINE "Fresh, engaging and gorgeous" - TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 The Camden Sporting Arts and Social Club Band Back by popular demand and led by the ever amazing Harry Glass, the CSASCB is back for its finale of the London Summer Tour. Americana sounds from a 7 piece welded together with nothing but the love of jogging. Lively tempo reinforce cracking melodies.

	JESTER	ETHEL AND THE MERMEN SAX PASTILLES	8pm		£5
		We're going to party like it's 1929!! A terrific new night of New Orleans Brass Band hot-jazz and blues in the Cross Kings technocolour speakeasy basement. The Sax Pastilles are made up of a group of passionate trad-jazzers who celebrate and play an infectious style of music that needs no amplification! - Sousaphone, Clarinet, Trumpet, Banjo , Piano and more.

	Green Rm	THE KLINKER unplugged	8pm		£5 / £3 CONCS
		Hugh Metcalfe's otherworldly improv music/poetry/eccentric variety show night with more unmissable microtonal madness and slapstick sonic explorations.

FRI 3	MAIN	SEMICONDUCTOR ARCHIVES	8pm		£5
		Another selction of some of Londons finest live bands, with old favourites Kerfunk rounding the night off with their funktastic live show. Dont miss it! Kerfunk + Kalorie + Tiny Tigers + Danny Roulette + Living With Frank

	JESTER	LION’S DEN COMEDY CLUB	7pm		£5
		Comedy Gong Show!

SAT 4	MAIN	xxTRYHARDER PROMOTIONSxx presents	7pm		£8 / £6 adv
		thrash and street punk mayhem with: The Setup (Belgium) + Forfeit (USA) + Get Fucking Dead (UK) + Cold Snap (UK) + Vice City! (UK) Advance tickets available from : www.myspace.com/xxtryharderxx or http://xxtryharderxx.bigcartel.com

	JESTER	DEAD AND BURIED	9pm		£5
		London’s premier death rock club night

SUN 5	JESTER	AUM (Awareness Understanding Meditation)	1pm		£15
		Self-improvement workshop

MON 6	MAIN	DAN SPANNER BIG BAND – Rehearsal	8pm		FREE
		The Dan Spanner Big Band is made up of quality players from around London. They play music from the repertoire of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Mingus... and other great big bands, with the aim of entertaining audiences rather than appealing to their intellect. This great music and indeed the appeal of a big band with all that blowey metal and collective swing thing should be celebrated...
TUE 7		The all new Cross Kings OPEN DECKS night ! - UR the DJ !	7pm		FREE
		Yup, starting from July 7th, the first Tuesday of every month will be Open Decks night @ The Cross Kings ! If you have 30 minutes worth of tunes that simply MUST be played out, please bring them along and sign up for your 30 minutes of fame ! that's twice as long as Andy Warhol predicted you'd get... Admission is free and it's first come first served from 7pm - 11pm... maybe bring an extra 30 mins just in case there's a spare slot later on... and report to Master of Deck Ceremonies, Mr Johnny Clash. ( Due to a recent mechanical death we only have one vinyl turntable, but we have 2 fully functioning CD decks and, if you wish, you can even plug your laptop in and DJ from that. )

WED 8		MYSOIREE Acoustic	7.30pm		£5
		Shura : A young female songstress shows us how a loop pedal should be used. William Wolfe Hogan : The energetic performer brings us a unique take on the violin. Matan : A charming Italian singer-songwriter of melodramatic songs. Phousa : The emotive songwriter kicks things off with a few acoustic numbers.

THUR 9	MAIN	NO SWEAT presents STEWART LEE	7:30pm		SOLD OUT
		Fresh from his new TV show 'Comedy Vehicle', Stewart Lee bringing his own brand of satirical comedy to No Sweat's Summer Comedy Night at The Cross Kings. Joining him for the ride are the fantastic Josie Long, Andrew O'Neill, Hils Barker and Steve Parry

	JESTER	TRASHVILLE LOUNGE PRESENTS....	8pm		£6/£5 with flyer
		"The Trashville Lounge - like living in a David Lynch movie!" Thee Graverobbers + We Happy Few + Rival Eyes + This That And The Other Ace garage punk 'n' roll from Thee Graverobbers, swampy alt-blues We Happy Few, a blues-punk explosion in Rival Eyes and raw edged rockin' country-blues from This That And The Other . As usual host Grae J will be spinning a selection of trash, lounge and country-blues floorfillers to a backdrop of flickering black and white 1950's go-go girls!

FRI 10	MAIN	ROOM ON FIRE	8pm till late		£6


	JESTER	CLUB FABULOUS: ELECTRIC!	8pm		£5
		Seven 7 (heavy rock with big melodies) Thick As Thieves (garage rock/ white stripes meets queens of the stone age) James Perryman (folk/blues/country) Tom Matchett (British rock guitarist)

SAT 11	MAIN	SEMICONDUCTOR ARCHIVES All-Dayer	3pm		£5
		A action packed day of indie, acoustic, electro and rock: something for anyone and everyone!

SUN 12	MAIN	LONDON KLEZMER WORKSHOP	MIDDAY		£5


MON 13	MAIN	DAN SPANNER BIG BAND – Rehearsal	8pm		FREE
		In house big band! A great big sound for a swinging good time - from the repertoires of the classic Count Basie/Buddy Rich era.

TUE 14	JESTER	LION’S DEN COMEDY CAR CRASH	7pm		£4
		New act / new material night

WED 15	MAIN


THUR 16	MAIN	I'D RATHER BE...	8pm		£tbc


	JESTER	THE KLINKER	8pm		£5 / £3 CONCS
		Hugh Metcalfe's otherworldly improv music/poetry/eccentric variety show night with more unmissable microtonal madness and slapstick sonic explorations.

FRI 17	MAIN	LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE	8.30pm		£5
		The L.A.C. bring their 12 piece blend of Fela Kuti inspired Afrobeat. Dance the night away to their Afro-Funky rhythms and blazing horn section. Featuring the vocal talents of Afrobeat pioneer Inemo Samiama.

	JESTER	LION’S DEN COMEDY CLUB	7pm
		Comedy Gong Show!

SAT 18	MAIN



MON 20	MAIN	DAN SPANNER BIG BAND – Rehearsal	8pm		FREE
		In house big band! A great big sound for a swinging good time - from the repertoires of the classic Count Basie/Buddy Rich era.

TUE 21	MAIN	DANGEROUS KITCHEN - jazz, beats, noises & beyond
		Polaris : - groovy & ambient soundscapes, performed by multi-instrumentalists DAVIDE MANTOVANI & ROSS HUGHES. Ryan Williams Band : ryan williams- guitar, rory simmons- trumpet, will collier-bass, nisk smally- drums Salvemini Duo : michele salvemini- clarinet, electronics, ennio salvemini- guitar, loops

WED 22

THU 23	MAIN	MACMILLAN ?


FRI 24	MAIN	BANANA PEEL RADIO'S INTERNATIONAL DEBUT SHOWCASE	8.30pm		£5
		A CANADIAN ONLINE INTERNET RADIO STATION A'PEEL'ING TO THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW The Harringtons Fantastic 4 piece indie rock band from South Yorksire Ockhams Raiser Swansea based 3 piece with melodic alternative acoustic driven funk undertones Black Bikini Alpha Best indie track winners 2009, this London based duo pack a healthy punch Adele Wilding Lyrical and emotive, this Canadian acoustic Singer Songwriter is a must see The Commander-In-Chief Raw, powerful and genuine Hybrid Rock! skyrocketing high notes with a crystal clear voice Tally Koren chilled out downtempo acoustic singer/songwriter Captain Dangerous One of the best 4 piece Indie Pop/Rock bands around Beautiful Sleazy 4 peice indie band from Cambridge with a chunky slice of Glam garage thrown in for good measure

SAT 25	MAIN	ROCKET SURGERY	8pm		£6/£5 concs or flyer

MON 27	MAIN	DAN SPANNER BIG BAND	8pm		FREE
		In house big band! A great big sound for a swinging good time - from the repertoires of the classic Count Basie/Buddy Rich era.

	JESTER	DUKE MITCHEL FILM APPRECIATION CLUB	8pm		FREE
		http://www.myspace.com/thedukefilm

TUES 28	JESTER	LION’S DEN COMEDY CAR CRASH	7pm		£4
		New act / new material night

WED 29	JESTER	FAR EAST ELECTRIC PSYCHEDELIC	8pm		£5
		"Japanese vs. European psychedelic underground, going beyond every sphere of music" ·Bo ningen + Lasers from Atlantis + more tba
THU 30	MAIN	CLUB FABULOUS: ELECTRIC!	8pm		£5
		Red Music Uk (commercial hip hop/r’n’b artist that has a dancey vibe) Ki (new single "Ronin Technique") XYM aka Da Yorkshire Rapper (hip hop artist with a Yorkshire flavour) Ambrei (Future Bass-Shakin' Chart-Toppers from Ambrei & Hedstatic) http://myspace.com/righttracrecords Unrecorded (experimental pop)

	JESTER	ANTI-PROMOTER PRESENTS…		8pm	£tbc
		3 great hardcore/punk/grunge/alternative bands every month

FRI 31	MAIN	CLUB HELL presents The Party at the End of the Line	8pm		£6 / £5
		Ivy's Itch + The Silver Abduction

THE CROSS KINGS LONDON BAR VENUE126 York Way, London, N1 0AX T: 0207 278 83 18 info@thecrosskings.co.uk
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