The Good Ship...return to Kilburn of The Smyths and Digital, plus pop quiz etc

Ooh, shiver me timbers and other such maritime nonsense.

Right, firstly if it is your birthday or you want to hire our balcony area for any other reason we can offer it at the weekends absolutely FREE. Not only that but we also do a big discount on all sparkling wines and champagnes and guarantee that all your party have free entry to the club. So please email or call me if you would like to set something up. As much notice as possible always helps.

Now, big fanfare, starting in October we are going to try and have live music every Thursday starting with the magnificent Smyths (www.thesmyths.net) on the 6th. If you haven't seen them yet then you really should. The following Thursday to celebrate John Peel day we will have the Joy Division (with a smattering of New Order) tribute Digital (www.digital-jdno.co.uk). They were ace at All Manna so get along to that too if you can. Tickets for both will be a fiver and they will be available in advance as we have a limit on bands nights of 150 people.

Also music fans let me announce the start of our monthly pop quiz "Don't know much about history" on the 25th October. Simon and Luke will be popping (popping!) the questions and mucho prizes, fun and chin scratching is promised.

Fourthly, we will have free wine tasting sessions plus a half price wine night as we change over stock so if any wine drinkers out there want a free or cheap wine session then please let me know.

Lastly, our bunch of DJs will be playing on Fridays and Saturdays with the first Sunday of the month too. The list is below...

DJ list for October. Entry is FREE before 1030, £3 between 1030 and 1130 and £5 thereafter.

Saturday 1st
Maurice will play an eclectic selection of uplifting sounds from Northern Soul, Tamla, Stax, Philly, Trojan, 2 Tone and a smattering of new and old punk and new wave.

Sunday 2nd
Regular first Sunday of the month special “Biff Bang Pow!” A riotous plethora of mod, soul, ska and RnB classics brought to you by John O, Jimmy B and Kid Kandez.

From 9pm until 1230am. A bargain £2 on the door.

Friday 7th
Regular first Friday of the month Soul night. Your hosts, Thee Captain’s of Suave invite you to dance the night away to their carefully chosen spread of fine soul gems and the like from their extensive larder of quality produce.

Saturday 8th
Maurice will play an eclectic selection of uplifting sounds from Northern Soul, Tamla, Stax, Philly, Trojan, 2 Tone and a smattering of new and old punk and new wave.

Friday 14th
Stuart will be playing Motown, 60s psychedelia, NYC Punk, vintage rock, blues, folk, classic indie and so much more.

Saturday 15th
Glenn will be mixing a funky blend of house, dub, hip hop, reggae, rare groove, drum n bass and broken beats.

Friday 21st
Tony playing a rich palette of music covering funk, soul, afro beat, latin, jazz, hip hop, disco, funky reggae & ska mixed with a smattering of psychedelic rock and twisted folk-funk. From the classic cut to the obscure rarity, the unifying principle is a solid groove.

Saturday 22nd
Moose plays the best in chirpy/funky indie from the 80s to now with a smattering of the jolliest hip hop and house classics.

Friday 28th
Andrew Deas will be playing funky house with amazing remixes of the likes of The Killers and The White Stripes. Plus club classics and old funk all designed to have you moving.

Saturday 29th
'Espacio Cosmico' All aboard the good ship for a musical expedition with your host DJ Joe, the party sounds will be an extra special blend of moogspacefunklatindubjazzrockdiscohouse sort of stuff.

all aboard...

The Good Ship, free entry throughout September.

Dear all, thanks to the people who have been down to the new bar. It has been horribly hectic but a lot of fun. Just to let you know that we are planning to open up our bands night with The Smyths on Thursday 6th October and then probably go every or most Thursdays thereafter. I just need to get the nod from my sound princesses and the man who will fit our new PA.

If you are in a band and haven't already got in touch about a gig then please do. In the meantime we have an All Manna DJ night next Friday, same as All Manna except without any bands basically plus a whole range of DJs playing good stuff over the coming Fridays and Saturdays, please have a look at the list below and do check them out. We are open til 1 during the week and 2 at weekends and for the month of September we have no entry charge whatsoever.

The emphasis is on the music so there is a great jukebox with CDs from The Smiths, KaitO, Sly and The Family Stone, Velvet Underground etc, a monthly pop quiz coming very soon and of course bands and DJs. We will also show all major sporting events on a soon to be installed huge screen but once the game is over the music is coming on. Quality beers on tap including London Pride, Hoegaarden, Stella, Carlsberg and Labatts, plus 16 wines and cocktail menu coming by this weekend.

DJ Menu for September...

Friday 16th: Stuart will be playing Motown, 60s psychedelia, NYC Punk, vintage rock, blues, folk, classic indie and so much more.

Saturday 17th: Moose plays the best in chirpy/funky indie from the 80s to now with a smattering of the jolliest hip hop and house classics.

Friday 23rd: John will be playing Inner City, Maximo Park, PJ Harvey and Burning Spear.

Saturday 24th: Maurice will play an ecletic selection of uplifting sounds from Northern Soul, Tamla, Stax, Philly, Trojan, 2 Tone and a smattering of new and old punk and new wave.

Friday 30th: TBC

Saturday 1st September (and every first Saturday of the month) Soul night. Your hosts, Thee Captain’s of Suave invite you to dance the night away to their carefully chosen spread of fine soul gems and the like from their extensive larder of quality produce.

cheers

the rebirth of the manna

well kinda,

From this Saturday 3rd September The Good Ship at 289 Kilburn High Road will be open to the public offering a late bar til 2, a top jukebox and reasonably priced drinks plus a wide ranging menu to the denizens of Kilburn.

We will start putting live bands on from October 6th and it will probably be every Thursday and possibly every Sunday too depending on demand. So if you are looking to play, drink, or whatever then please get in touch.

cheers