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What's on

Your guide to what's on in the week commencing Wednesday, September 15.

Wednesday

Music

Shane Lamont's Open Mic; The Horns, Hempstead Road, Watford, 8pm.

Session; The White Lion, Sopwell Lane, St Albans, 9pm.

Stevie K Jam Session; The Goat, Sopwell Lane, St Albans, 8pm.

Beverley Cassidy; Hunter's Lodge, Kings Langley, 8.30pm.

Open Mic Night with Shane Lamont; The Horns, Watford, 8.30pm - 11.30pm.

Paul Green; The Red Lion, Hemel Hempstead, 9pm - 11pm.

Open Mic & Musician Jam Night; Indy Jax, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm.

The Faith Stealers; The Farmers Boy, St Albans, 9pm - 11pm.

Exhibition

Christine Hillier: An Exhibition; Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, 12.30pm - 5.30pm.

Theatre

Johnnie Walker; The Elgiva, Chesham, 8pm.

Who Killed Agatha Christie?; Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, 7.45pm.

Club

FITNESS Zumba; Life and Soul, St John's Road, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm.

LAMDA Drama classes for aged 5-18; Espinosa Centre, Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted. Call Vicki Gentle on 07970 932092 or email her at vickigentle@gmail.com for further information

Janet Clayton & Malcolm Fermandez social dance; Boxmoor Playhouse, Hemel Hempstead, 7.45pm.

Kilombo; Espinosa Centre, Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted, 7pm-8pm.

Thursday

Music

Battle of the Bands; The Horns, Victoria Street, St Albans, 8pm.

The Function Rooms, Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm.

Karaoke; White Hart, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm.

Goff Dubber's Dixieland Express; Pump House Jazz Club, Watford, 8.30pm.

The Faith Stealers; The Farmers Boy, St Albans, 9pm - 11pm.

Too Rex; The Horns, Watford, 9pm - midnight.

The Vertigos; The Blacksmiths Arms, St Albans, 9pm.

Free Electric Band; The Mermaid, St Albans, 9pm.

Jazz Jam; The Portland Arms, St Albans, 8.30pm.

Martin; The Rose & Crown, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm - 11.30pm.

Open Mic Night; The George & Dragon, Chesham, 9pm - 11.30pm.

Jewel Entertainments Karaoke Cabaret; The White Hart, Hemel Hempstead, 9pm.

Clubs

Funky modern jive classes for adults; Hemel Hempstead Football Club, Vauxhall Road, www.ijig.co.uk

Snorkeling Club for children aged between 6 & 15; Sportspace, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, 7.15pm, contact Lisa on 07707 603408.

Scuba Diving Club for people over 16 years of age; Sportspace, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, 7.30pm, contact Gordon on 07748 176906.

Scouts; Ridgeway Scout Hall, 37 Grove Road, Tring , 7.15pm

Exhibition

Christine Hillier: An Exhibition; Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, 12.30pm - 5.30pm.

Guiding in Bushey: 100 years of the girl guide movement; Bushey Museum, Bushey, 11am - 4pm.

Theatre

Phantom and the Musicals; Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, 2pm.

Abba - The Show; Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, 8pm.

Company; The Court Theatre, Tring, 7.45pm.

2 Kinds of Magic; The Elgiva, Chesham, 8pm

Who Killed Agatha Christie?; Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage,7.45pm.

Miscellaneous

Networking with half price champagne: The Old Mill, London Road, Berkhamsted, 7pm.

Friday

Music

Musicbox; The Horns, St Albans, 8pm – 2am.

Alison Pengelley; The Old Mill, London Road, Berkhamsted, 8pm.

Viva Santana; Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 7.30pm.

Lenny on the Decks; The Horns, Watford, 9pm.

Friday night live; The Function Rooms, Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, 7.30pm.

MiceWithGlasses; O'Neill's, St Albans, 10pm - 12.30am.

Bad Janet; O'Neill's, Watford, 10.30pm - 1am.

The Groove; The Blacksmiths Arms, St Albans, 9pm.

tr8r; The Rat's Castle, St Albans, 9pm.

Freefall Jazz; The Six Bells, St Albans, 8.45pm - 11pm.

The Measures; The Plough, Potten End.

The Faith Stealers; The Goat, Berkhamsted.

Oasis Tribute Band; The Halfway House, Rickmansworth, 8.30pm.

Scratch; The White Hart, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm - midnight.

The Push; The Peacock, St Albans, 9pm.

Tambourine Jerk; The Boat, Berkhamsted, 9pm - 11pm.

AndiRob; The Horns, Watford, 9pm - 1am.

The UR Crew; The Duke of Marlborough, St Albans, 8pm - 11pm.

Exhibition

Christine Hillier: An Exhibition; Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, 12.30pm - 5.30pm.

Guiding in Bushey: 100 years of the girl guide movement; Bushey Museum, Bushey, 11am - 4pm.

Theatre

Jazz Meets Jive, Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, 8pm.

Company; The Court Theatre, Tring, 7.45pm.

Keep Alive - the forgotten voices; Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth.

Who Killed Agatha Christie?; Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, 7.45pm.

Saturday

Club

Tap and modern dancing for children three years upwards; Markyate Village Hall, 9am and 1pm.(email da.dance@hotmail.co.uk, www.MDA-Dance.co.uk or telphone Annette on 01442 214287).

Music

Band and Boogie; The Function Rooms, Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, 7.30pm.

Blues Brothers Banned; The Watford Palace Theatre, 8pm.

The Nick Ross Orchestra - Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era; The Elgiva, Chesham, 8pm.

The Caution Horses; The Garibaldi, St Albans 8.30pm - 11.30pm

Hit 'n' Run; The Ox, Watford, 9pm - 11.50pm.

punchmonkey; The Horns, Watford, 9pm - 1am.

Gravity; Greenacres Tavern, Hemel Hempstead, 9pm - midnight.

AbaKus; The Wellington Arms, Watford, 9pm - 11.30pm.

Scandal; The Beehive, Hemel Hempstead, 9pm - 11.40pm.

The Funky Mukkas; O'Neill's, Watford, 10.30pm - 12.30am.

Phoenix Blues Band; The Blacksmiths Arms, St Albans, 9pm.

Acoustic Stuff; The George & Dragon, Northchurch, 8.30pm - 11.30pm.

Mouth On A Stick; The Portland Arms, St Albans, 8.30pm - 11pm.

The Measures; The Gamekeeper's Lodge, Chesham.

Rescue; The Robin Hood, St Albans, 9pm - 11pm.

Covered In Skas; The Mermaid, St Albans, 9pm.

Nick Stephenson; Childwickbury, St Albans, 9pm.

Kool Tones; The Halfway House, Rickmansworth, 8.30pm.

Sheila's Tequila's; The White Lion, Amersham, 8pm - 11pm.

D J Hansi; The Farmers Boy, St Albans, 8pm.

Jewel Entertainments Karaoke Cabaret; The Grapes, Hemel Hempstead.

Exhibition

Christine Hillier: An Exhibition; Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, 12.30pm - 5.30pm.

Guiding in Bushey: 100 years of the girl guide movement; Bushey Museum, Bushey, 11am - 4pm.

Theatre

Chris Dean's Sounds of Burt Bacharach; Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, 8pm.

LBM Presents Alexander Ardakov; Leighton Buzzard Theatre, Leighton Buzzard, 8pm.

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus!, Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead, 2.30pm.

Company; The Court Theatre, Tring, 7.45pm.

Who Killed Agatha Christie?; Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, 7.45pm.

Comedy

Mitch Benn and The Distractions; Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans, 8pm. See report on page 23 for more.

Sunday

Music

The Northside Jazz Band; The Horns, Watford 12.30pm – 2.30pm.

KMD Jam/Open Mic Nights at The Chess Suite Chesham United Football Club, Amy Lane, Chesham 7pm - 10.30pm

Jazz at The Cock; The Cock Inn, Church Lane, Sarratt, 3pm – 6pm.

Sunday soul; The Function Rooms, Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, 8.30pm.

The Legend of Swing; The Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 7.45pm.

Cruisin Mooses; The Horns, Watford, 3.30pm - 6.30pm.

Leech; The Oddfellows Arms, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm - 10.30pm.

Acoustic Jazz Implosion; The Portland Arms, St Albans, 8.30pm.

Martin; Tudor Rose, Hemel Hempstead, 8.30pm.

Kevin Tait; The Royal Oak, Bushey, 2pm - 5pm.

The Northside Jazz Band; The Horns, Watford, 12.30pm - 2.30pm.

Blue Angel Acoustic Cafe; at The Horn, St Albans, 8.30pm - 11.30pm.

Miscellaneous

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe Youth Theatre Auditions; Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe.

Exhibition

Guiding in Bushey: 100 years of the girl guide movement; Bushey Museum, Bushey, 11am - 4pm.

Theatre

Theatre of Widdershins, Arabian Nights; Court Theatre, Tring, 2pm.

Monday

Music

Oxygen@The Horns; The Horns, Hempstead Road, Watford, 8pm.

The Monday Club; The Horn, St Albans 9pm.

Delta Echoes; The Rose & Crown, St Albans, 9pm - 11pm.

Clubs

Tiny Tots Soccer Woodridge Community centre 2pm-3pm

Children's Goju karate classes in Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead Contact Marie and Chris Green on 01442 244504 or e-mail sasori@talktalk.net.

Sam's Salsa Classes; Redbourn Village Hall, Redbourn, 8pm, 01442 233936.

Sambuka; St Mary's Church, High Street, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm. Contact bob@sambuka.co.uk or 01442 384854 or 07876 545973

Just A Capella; Leverstock Green Village Hall, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm.

Theatre

My Mother Said I Never Should; Pump House Theatre Company, Watford, 7.45pm.

Comedy

Screaming Blue Murder; Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead, 9pm.

Tuesday

Music

Diana Braithwaite, Chris Whiteley and BluesMove; Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead, 8pm. See report on page 23 for more details.

Shana Morrison - The Joyride Tour plus special guest Graham Robins; The Alban Arena, St Albans, 7.30pm.

The London Community Gospel Choir Live!; The Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 7.30pm.

Roj'n'Ray; The White Lion, St Albans, 8.30pm - 11pm

Open Mic Night (mixed) with Jimi; Blackwells, Chipperfield, 8pm - 11pm.

Jam Night; The Malta, Harpenden.

Watford Openmic; The Pumphouse, Watford, 8pm - 11pm.

The Strawberry Blonde Presents...Open Mic Night; The Portland Arms, St Albans.

Clubs

Salsa mamas; Leverstock Green Village Hall, Leverstock Green Road, Hemel Hempstead, 9.30pm.

Scouts; Ridgeway Scout Hall, 37 Grove Road, Tring, 6.45pm.

Showtime Performing Arts at Apsley Community Centre, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, 4.30 pm – 6.30 pm, 01442 268901 for info.

Cuban Salsa; Espinosa Centre, Northbridge Road, 6.30-7.30pm (beginners), 7.30-8.30pm (improv/adv)

Theatre

Von Ribbentrop's Watch, Watford Palace Theatre, 7.45pm.

My Mother Said I Never Should; Pump House Theatre Company, Watford, 7.45pm.

Neil Simon's California Suite; Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin, 7.45pm.

Those Variety Days; The Elgiva, Chesham, 2.30pm

Charley's Aunt; Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, 7.45pm.

Miscellaneous

Rushjudo; Northchurch Social Centre, Bell Lane, Berkhamsted call 01296 631850, email rushjudo@hotmail.co.uk or visit the website at www.rushjudo.co.uk.

Quiz night; The Old Palace, 83 Langley Hill, Kings Langley, 8pm

Tea Dance; Aylesbury Civic Centre, Market Square, Aylesbury, 2pm.


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