APRIL 2025
Friday 4th April
SOAAR presents
ABDOUJAPAROV
Saturday 5th April
SOAAR presents
SAMANTICS + NICK PARKER
The perfect "Double Header"!
Two of the UK's best performers namely Samantics and Nick Parker will be at Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge on Saturday 5th April 2025.
Sunday 6th April
Katie Fitzgeralds presents
Katies Gang Show
KATIE’S CRAZY GANG SHOW
The Boys from the All Night Chemist
Matt Johnson
Fat Belly Morton & Sweet Baby Onions
Cockney Sing a long with Matt Cox
Mandala Tribal
With an exceptional drama presentation from the guys from SOAAR
Plus a very special guest performance in the interval - not to be missed !
All hosted by our very own Wayne Beese
More acts TBC
Thursday 10th April
Katie Fitzgeralds presents
The music and songs of Pete Williams
An intimate semi acoustic show featuring the songs and music of Pete Williams from Dexy's Midnight Runners . Like Elvis Costello and Paul Mcartney , Williams has the ability to make magic out of the mundane
David Stubbs Classic Rock Magazine
Friday 11th April
Funny Beeseness presents
Jonny Cole
SOLD OUT
Saturday 12th April
Katie Fitzgeralds presents
Big Jim's Boogie Band
Big Jims Boogie band make a welcome return to Katie Fitzgeralds
SOLD OUT
Sunday 13th April
Banner Theatre presents
Battle Lines
A celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1984/5 miners’ strike! A celebration of key working class struggles of today!
The historic miners strike of 1984 was a key moment in working class history. The government’s objective was crystal clear – destroy the most powerful union in the UK and pave the way for the full-scale roll out of neoliberalism.
“All the things that we live with today – the zero hours contracts, the food banks, the underemployment, the bogus self-employment, the huge level of inequality that has emerged in the last generation. All that was made possible by breaking the most significant obstacle to that kind of economy and society, which was the power of organised labour and the trade union movement.” Seamus Milne, Author of ‘The Enemy Within’
Battle Lines re-visits the striking mining communities Banner supported in 1984 to celebrate in song, music and video this historic working-class struggle.
Battle Lines links this historic struggle to the battles of today with songs and video from striking Amazon workers in Coventry and creative union battles in the global south like the massive farmers struggle in India which delivered the biggest general strike in trade union history.
Friday 18th April
SOAAR presents
Miles Hunt
SOLD OUT
Saturday 19th April
SOAAR presents
ALL FOR JOLLY
Cornish Celtic folk punk rockers, ALL FOR JOLLY, are hitting the UK to tour their new album! This band are braced to skyrocket so grab those tickets nice and early!
Formed in 2019, Cornish Celtic folk punk rockers, ALL FOR JOLLY, hail from the rugged coastal town of Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The live-wired quintet have been turning heads and making new friends for their infectious sound that merges foot-stomping folk with a buoyant punky edge. Already creating a strong reputation for their animated live performances, the eclectic alternative crew have toured throughout the UK and Europe on numerous occasions, and to date, the band have graced stages at a number of prominent festivals such as: Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters, Bearded Theory, Lindisfarne Festival and Festival Medieval (Germany). ALL FOR JOLLY have also played alongside everyone from Rumjacks, Subhumans, and Ferocious Dog to Fisherman's Friends.
Sunday 20th April
Katie Fitzgeralds presents
IAN HENLEY's DANCEATHON
Wednesday 23rd April
Funny Beeseness presents
Adam Rowe & Friends
Saturday 26th April
Funny Beeseness presents
Angelos Epithimiou
ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU
The creation of Dan Renton Skinner – a member of the Dutch Elm Conservatoire Sketch group – Angelos Epithemiou is the owner of a burger van who wants to break into show business.
He got his break in 2009, when he became a permanent team member on the revival of Shooting Stars, replacing Johnny Vegas on Ulrika Jonsson’s Team B, before becoming the scorer.
Angelos was nominated for the breakthrough award and best sketch or character act at the 2010 Chortle awards. In 2012 he starred in his own Channel 4 series.
Sunday 27th April
Funny Beeseness presents
Angelos Epithimiou
ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU
The creation of Dan Renton Skinner – a member of the Dutch Elm Conservatoire Sketch group – Angelos Epithemiou is the owner of a burger van who wants to break into show business.
He got his break in 2009, when he became a permanent team member on the revival of Shooting Stars, replacing Johnny Vegas on Ulrika Jonsson’s Team B, before becoming the scorer.
Angelos was nominated for the breakthrough award and best sketch or character act at the 2010 Chortle awards. In 2012 he starred in his own Channel 4 series.