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1 week 2 days ago

Dear Plug and Players,

We have an opportunity to get Clive Carroll up a little early on the 5th of May to do a workshop for us. There are two options available but that only makes the organisation much more difficult, so if we get an...

5 weeks 1 day ago

The exceptionally talented Danny Hart from Hadrians Union will be holding a Banjo Workshop at 4pm on sunday 7th April, preceding the Hadrians Union gig. Entry to the workshop alone will be £5 but the combined workshop and gig entrance...

14 weeks 4 days ago

THE first Plug 'n' Play of 2013 at Penrith Playhouse on Sunday was a great start to the year — it seemed to embody the whole spirit of music in Cumbria and provided a taste of good times to come.
Although to begin with, there were only a...

29 weeks 4 days ago

The current season of Plug and Play is almost at an end, and what a season it has been so far!  We’ve had some great acts performing on our modest stage and the room has been filled to capacity on many occasions, which is a significant...

29 weeks 4 days ago

Plug n Play’s March session on the first Sunday of the month was crammed full of sound and live music.  The Big Caffeine Fix were the headline act and brought with them more sound equipment than your reviewer can remember ever seeing on our...

29 weeks 4 days ago

As previously advertised on these pages, Plug n Play’s January session was not on the traditional fist Sunday of the month but in fact was on New Years Eve and what a great night it was too! We booked two local bands, Stooshie and Alex & The...

29 weeks 4 days ago

Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot! Is the traditional rhyme usually associated with the first weekend of November as we celebrate the bungled assassination attempt on King James I in 1605. But for your reviewer...

29 weeks 4 days ago

The new season of live music at the players bar is well underway with a rocking good performance from American Blues and Country legend Kent DuChaine.  Kent was the headline act this month at Plug & Play and is currently 5 weeks in to a...

29 weeks 4 days ago

February saw Plug & Play’s evening of live musical entertainment fill the Players lounge to capacity with the headline act - The Indian Postal Service. The band are in fact local to Cumbria and the Lake District and say they are more used to...

29 weeks 4 days ago

March’s Plug & Play night of live musical entertainment on the first Sunday of the month was another sell-out success with the Players lounge filled to capacity once again.  This month we wanted to show our appreciation to the students...