ICYMI my review of the Sound Guernsey ‘Class of 2015’ Reunion show in The Pit at St James with Sarnia, New Place, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...
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Sound Guernsey Class Of 2015 Reunion: Sarnia, Rosemary, Bloomfield, Ellie Amber and Hanging Pieces – The Pit at St James – 10/10/25
Ten years ago Sound Guernsey held its first event at The Venue at Fermain (now Buho restaurant) giving youngsters aged between 11 and 18 a place to experience a range of live music at a time when n…
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ICYMI my review of last weekend’s Fête Des Bêtes at St James Guernsey celebrating a range of folk and roots music with a twist… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...
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La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25
Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…
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La Fête des Bêtes – St James Guernsey – 27/09/25
Having originated as a two day Weekender in Sark back in 2021, La Fête Des Bêtes aimed to champion folk and traditional music with a modern twist but after that first happening seemed to disappear,…
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ICYMI my review of The Recks with Tantale and Tim Corbett at St James Guernsey last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/t...
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The Recks, Tantale and Tim Corbett – St James, Guernsey – 13/09/25
Five years ago the ten-legged, Sark originated, psychedelic folk monster The Recks headlined a most unique Vale Earth Fair and then, what with one thing and another, vanished from stages, studios a…
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My the review of The Recks big return show at St James Guernsey last weekend with support from TANTALE and Tim Corbett: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/t...
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The Recks, Tantale and Tim Corbett – St James, Guernsey – 13/09/25
Five years ago the ten-legged, Sark originated, psychedelic folk monster The Recks headlined a most unique Vale Earth Fair and then, what with one thing and another, vanished from stages, studios a…
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Ivy Earth Fair 2010 – Chateau De Marais, St. Peter Port, Guernsey – 7-8/08/10
As we are now in the wake of the 49th anniversary of the Vale Earth Fair and, while it hasn’t happened every year since it’s mid-1970s inception, when it has it’s been at the Vale Castle with…
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ICYMI my review of the 2025 Vale Earth Fair weekend featuring more great music than you can shake a stick at (or I was able to include)… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/v...
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Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2025 – Vale Castle/Thomas De La Rue – 23-25/08/25
Often described as ‘a local event with a global conscience’ there’s no denying that as we headed towards the 2025 Vale Earth Fair over the August bank holiday weekend this felt more important than …
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Vale Earth Fair Weekend 2025 – Vale Castle/Thomas De La Rue – 23-25/08/25
Often described as ‘a local event with a global conscience’ there’s no denying that as we headed towards the 2025 Vale Earth Fair over the August bank holiday weekend this felt more important than …
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"A smile crept across my face and refused to leave until sometime after their set ended... I could not pry myself away from The Opera!" #livemusicreview #artistspotlight
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23rd Blues by the Bay takes place at Harbor Park
EAST TAWAS – Blues by the Bay, hosted by the volunteer Tawas Blues by the Bay Board, was held for its 23rd year over the weekend at Harbor Park in
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ICYMI my review of Dodgy and The Shabs at st James last weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/g...
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Global Collection: Dodgy and The Shabs – St James Guernsey – 08/08/25
Back in September 2023, when lightly psychedelic indie power pop survivors Dodgy first visited St James Guernsey, they promised they’d be back and they delivered on that on Friday 8th August 2025 w…
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Global Collection: Dodgy and The Shabs – St James Guernsey – 08/08/25
Back in September 2023, when lightly psychedelic indie power pop survivors Dodgy first visited St James Guernsey, they promised they’d be back and they delivered on that on Friday 8th August 2025 w…
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Continuing my posts reviving coverage from festivals lost to time, this time around Chaos 2010: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/c...
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Chaos Weekend 2010 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 25-27/06/10
As the Green Man Chaos Weekend & Discharge Music Festival entered the second half of its first decade in June 2010 it continued its growth with not just The Peace Tent taking on a bigger role b…
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ICYMI my review of the Vale Earth Fair stage at the Rocquaine Regatta with Oh Crikey, The Basement Preachers, The Space Pirates Of Rocquaine and Amish Car Thieves… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/v...
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Vale Earth Fair at Rocquaine Regatta – The Field At Rocquaine – 26/06/25
The build up to the 2025 Vale Earth Fair music festival continued on Saturday 26th July as the festival collective headed ‘out west’ to provide the musical entertainment as the Rocquaine Regatta ba…
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ICYMI my review of last weekend’s gig in The Pit at St James with SkySkrapers, Sarnia, Sleep Thief and The Lo-Fidelity Sparkle Bitches… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/s...
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SkySkrapers, Sarnia, Sleep Thief and The Lo-Fidelity Sparkle Bitches – The Pit – 19/07/25
Over the weekend of 18th and 19th July 2025 The Pit at St James Guernsey was open for business with a Sound Guernsey under-18s night on the Friday (which I wasn’t at for the obvious reasons, but ac…
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SkySkrapers, Sarnia, Sleep Thief and The Lo-Fidelity Sparkle Bitches – The Pit – 19/07/25
Over the weekend of 18th and 19th July 2025 The Pit at St James Guernsey was open for business with a Sound Guernsey under-18s night on the Friday (which I wasn’t at for the obvious reasons, but ac…
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Cowboys from Hell brought the thunder to Tinley Park and I was there to feel every riff. Here's my full recap:
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ICYMI my review of the 20th and final Green Man Chaos Weekend… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/07/05/c...
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Chaos 20-25 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 27-29/06/2025
Before I get to this year’s festival, the 20th and seemingly final occurrence in 21 years of the Greenman MCC Chaos Weekend (to give it its full name), I thought it appropriate to say a quick thank…
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Chaos 20-25 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 27-29/06/2025
Before I get to this year’s festival, the 20th and seemingly final occurrence in 21 years of the Greenman MCC Chaos Weekend (to give it its full name), I thought it appropriate to say a quick thank…
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ICYMI my review of To The Woods and Dribbler at The Yacht… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/t...
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To The Woods and Dribbler – The Yacht – 21/06/25
One week before the final Chaos Weekend a gig took place at The Yacht which, while totally unrelated, certainly had a feel of being something of a warm up for the festival and very much had the spi…
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To The Woods and Dribbler – The Yacht – 21/06/25
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Chaos Weekend 2008 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 27-29/06/08
Following on from my flashback to my first Chaos Weekend in 2007, and with the 20th and final happening of the festival rapidly approaching, I thought I’d revive my review of the 2008 event t…
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Another flashback as we get nearer to the final Chaos Weekend, my revived review of Chaos 2008: tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/c...
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Chaos Weekend 2008 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 27-29/06/08
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ICYMI my review of SpaceSoul and Kiya Ashton at The Vault Guernsey… tommygirard.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/s...
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SpaceSoul and Kiya Ashton – The Vault – 13/06/25
After a few weeks of bigger ‘event’ style gigs it felt good to be back at The Vault on the evening of Friday 13th June for a more straightforward affair with a pair of Guernsey based acts in the fo…
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