Floral Pavilion Theatre
Wed 6th November, 7:30pm

Rock ‘n’ roll legend Joe Brown continue to go from strength to strength. His five-piece band, which includes his son Pete Brown, will be on stage all evening and will be performing timeless classics, rockabilly, gospel, country, folk and rock ‘n’ roll. A sensational show and musical journey.

Floral Pavilion Theatre
Thursday 7th November, 7:30pm

The triple BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winners are singer/songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer, joined by double bassist/vocalist Miranda Sykes. Their captivating music dips and dives through roots, rock, blues, country and trad. Folk. Each gig promises a memorable, harmony-rich programme of punch-packing original songs.

Following a summer of key UK festival headline appearances and a tour of Germany the genre-defying band return to the UK this autumn for the “Hand in Hand” tour – for the first time ever Steve, Phil and Miranda will be their own support act – performing three songs apiece in the opening set to showcase their myriad individual talents, before joining forces for the unique Show of Hands experience after the interval.

Floral Pavilion Blue Lounge
Friday 8th November, 8:00pm

1973, Genesis released one of the crowning glories of the British prog-rock movement. Selling England by the Pound remains a dazzling and beguiling collection of fables and fairy tales, combining pastoral folk with a hard-rocking edge and topping it all off with a very English brand of whimsy. The album gave Genesis their first Top 40 hit single, the magnificently-titled I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), providing Pan’s People with surely the only opportunity of their careers to perform a Top of the Pops dance routine to a song about lawnmowers.

Forty years on, ReGenesis – the world’s finest Genesis tribute band – are celebrating the album’s anniversary by performing Selling England by the Pound in its entirety, using it as the centrepiece of a rich and varied set that encapsulates the spirit of the band’s early, Peter Gabriel-fronted years. Since forming in 1994, ReGenesis have won acclaim for their authentic, dramatic and colourful live shows, even earning a place in Mojo Magazine’s ‘Top Ten Tribute Bands’ feature.

Tickets will be 'More on the Door'.

Floral Pavilion Blue Lounge
Tuesday 12th November, 8:00pm

Walter Trout plays earth shattering blues rock music throughout Europe and the USA. Trout was voted the 6th best guitarist ever in a BBC Radio listener’s poll and topped the Blues charts with the all star ‘Full Circle’ and ‘The Outsider’. His live shows are mesmerising and his guitar technique dazzling.

Floral Pavilion Theatre
Friday 15th November 2013, 7.30 pm

Gary Murphy's ‘All New Guitar Legends’ show returns to the Floral Pavilion by popular demand as part of the International Guitar Festival of Great Britain.

The story of guitar legends continues with a brand new show featuring music from some of the greatest names in rock & pop music. The show highlights many different guitar styles including rock, pop, jazz and country and has something for all ages.

Performed by Gary Murphy, and his multi talented band, the story is narrated by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Billy Butler who gives an insight into the lives of our best loved guitar heroes including: Mike Oldfield, Django Reinhardt, Todd Rundgren & Meatloaf, Carlos Santana, Gary Moore & Thin Lizzy, Chet Atkins , Hank Marvin and The Shadows plus many more. Guitar Legends is a show you will not want to miss.

Floral Pavilion Theatre
Saturday 16th November 2013, 7:30pm

Capercaillie celebrates their 30th Anniversary year with a new album, a UK tour and festival appearances throughout Europe. From their homeland roots of Argyll, Capercaillie have been credited with being the major force in bringing traditional Celtic music to the world stage.

Since the band's first innovative recordings of 1984, they have toured in 30 countries across the globe, released 10 award-winning albums and had the first ever Gaelic top 40 single. Capercaillie includes some of the finest musicians on the scene: Manus Lunny, Charlie McKerron, Donald Shaw, Ewen Vernal, Michael McGoldrick, David Robertson, Che Beresford, and the exquisite voice of Karen Matheson.

Their innovative approach to traditional sources and influences and the excitement they create through live performance explains the widespread esteem in which they are held in the current explosive folk scene.

Floral Pavilion Blue Lounge
Tuesday 19th November 7:30pm

The celebrated star of worldwide hit comedy Scrubs and frontman of platinum selling Australian band Men at Work to tour UK.

Scottish-Australian Colin Hay is probably best known for his time with 1980’s legends ‘Men at Work’ – the platinum selling Australian band that topped worldwide charts in the 80’s with anthems like “Down Under,” “Overkill,” and “Who Can It Be?”. We have most recently been reminded of Hay’s outstanding talent from his many appearances in US comedy series ‘Scrubs’ – which became (and still is) a staple of evening television here in the UK and throughout the globe.

Although he’s one of Australia’s best-known exports, Colin Hay was born in Kilwinning, Scotland, and to this day remains hugely popular in the country and the rest of the UK.

Hay has released nine albums since founding own label Lazy Eye in 1992. Peaks & Valleys (1992), an outing for solo acoustic guitar and voice; Topanga (1994), a rock album that featured “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin;” Transcendental Highway (1988); the acoustic Going Somewhere (2001); Company of Strangers (2002); a collection of newly recorded Men at Work hits and some new songs called Man At Work (2003); Are You Lookin’ at Me? (2006); American Sunshine (2009) and the current Gathering Mercury.

Since 2003, Hay has had a partnership with Compass Records and has slowly rebuilt his name recognition. “I went from playing for 50 people a few years ago, to 500 and 1,000 seat venues. I’d like to speed it up a bit, cause I’m running out of life,” Hay quips in fine Scottish style, “but for the most part I’m happy to be on the road and still making music, and attracting ever increasing audiences.”

Hay and Greg Ham toured with backing musicians as Men At Work from 1996 to 2002, and played to an estimated audience of 2 billion viewers during the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He’s also toured with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band in 2003 and 2008 and took part in the All Starr TV special.

Hay and his music, most notably an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit “Overkill”, as well as more recent works such as “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin” and “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get over You”, has been featured on TV shows including Dawson’s Creek, Judging Amy, and Scrubs – converting a new generation of devout fans across the globe.

His song “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You” was included on the soundtrack of the Zach Braff film Garden State. Hay also appeared in an episode of the celebrated “Larry Sanders Show,” in Hay’s mind, a career highlight.

Today, he’s equally at home in the studio or on stage, playing with either his band or solo acoustic. “I started off playing acoustic; it’s my natural game, if you will,” he concludes. “It’s the point I started from and may well be the point I end with. It’s always what I return to.”

Floral Pavilion Theatre
Friday 22nd November 2013, 7:30pm

Rock and roll icon, author, restauranteur, - legendary former Rolling Stones bassist BILL WYMAN has seen it all and continues to live life to the full. His latest musical rebirth as the driving force behind the fabulous Rhythm Kings sees him return to his musical roots. This set of virtuoso musicians superbly bring back to life the kind of classic rhythm and blues that first inspired Wyman to pick up the guitar as a teenager. A show imbued with absolute quality. The Rhythm Kings will be joined by very special guest Maria Muldaur, best known for the hit single 'Midnight at the Oasis'.

Floral Pavilion Theatre
Saturday 23rd November, 8:00pm

With wall-to-wall hits, great rhythm & blues and a line-up that features Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) and Dave Kelly (John Dummer Blues Band, Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker), The Blues Band continue to be Britain’s finest, most skilled practitioners in the art of the blues.

Thursday 28th November 8:00pm

A Solo Acoustic Performance

“I’m not reinventing the wheel/I just like the way it makes me feel,” says Glenn Tilbrook of his recent recordings. When the wheel in question is the perfect three-and-a-half minute pop song, Tilbrook is a certified patent holder and member of that elite group that includes such tunesmiths as Lennon & McCartney, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello.

As one half of the song-writing ampersand behind the beloved band Squeeze and now a successful solo artist, Tilbrook has perfected a signature style marked by brilliant melodic invention, cheeky humor and slice-of-life pathos, all wrapped up with unshakable hooks and his golden boy tenor. From chestnuts like “Up the Junction” and “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” through stunning new tracks “Untouchable” and “Ray and Me,” he has amassed a veritable Sears Catalogue of memorable songs.