The Cricket Club has forwarded the following notice which we are pleased to reproduce here:
The next music event at Sunbury Cricket Club is a big one - it’s this year’s BEER, GIN & MUSIC FESTIVAL on Saturday 14th September from 12 noon until midnight. Your ticket covers the whole day, and you can enjoy real ales, craft lagers, prosecco and a range of gins, with hot food available.
As usual, we have a stunning line-up of bands right through the day at this year’s Festival, with all the bands doing full shows of two 45-minute sets. They are:
2pm ANDY ROBERTS’ BLUES PATROL
Top class contemporary blues and soul from a band who are always busy on the circuit and are regulars at venues like the Bull’s Head at Barnes. Led by the outstanding vocalist, Andy Roberts, (ex-Atlantic Soul Machine & Storm Warning) the line-up comprises guitarist Tony Pow, (Stray, Harry Cane & The Moneymakers, JP and The Wiseguys), keyboard and Hammond wizard Richard Simmons, bassist Tex Comer, (Frankie Miller, Los Pacaminos) and drummer Ed Spevock, (Babe Ruth, Chicken Shack), plus Christina Al-Wakil on flugelhorn, trumpet and backing vocals. They play a mixture of original material and their own interpretation of tunes by the likes of Curtis Mayfield, Joe Louis Walker and Gamble & Huff.
5.30pm THE MUSTANGS
The Mustangs are one of the staples on the bills of blues festivals around the country and have been a popular attraction at the club over the years, including appearing at our inaugural Beer Festival two years ago. The band comprises Dynamic front man Adam Norsworthy on guitar and vocals, Derek Kingaby on harmonica, Ben McKeown on bass, and Jon Bartley on drums – Jon also has another role in life as joint leader of The Green Party. Playing mainly blues-inspired original material, they now have a catalogue of a dozen albums and remain one of busiest and most popular bands on the blues rock scene.
9pm THE PAUL COX BAND
The great rock, soul, and blues singer and all-round rock showman Paul Cox has appeared at the club many times over the years in several guises, with his band The Proof, with his We Remember Joe Cocker show and with the French bluesman Charlie Fabert, as well as headlining our first Beer Festival with Fire & Water. He is back this year with his definitive line-up comprising Mike Summerland on guitar, Nigel Hardy on bass, Dave ‘Munch’ Moore on keyboards and Pete Stroud on drums, all with along history in name bands. It will be a fine up-front rocking climax to the day.
Tickets are available at £12 until 13th Sept. from the Club bar or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/sunburysports or £15 on the day. If you would like to sponsor a barrel of beer, which gets you some extra entry tickets, there are details of who to contact on the official flier.
Previous years have been hugely successful and enjoyable events and this one promises to be another fantastic day. We look forward to seeing you there.
