Get ready for another awesome weekend of live music around Swindon! We have one of the best, if not the best live music scenes in the South West, with venues like the MECA, The Vic, The Tuppenny and many more!

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The Vic

FROGLORD + ONEIROMANCER + THRAKIAN

SET TIMES

• 8:15 – THRAKIAN
• 9:15 – ONEIROMANCER
• 10:00 – FROGLORD

FROGLORD
Since the dawn of time mystics have prophesised the coming of an ancient amphibian, bestowed with deathray vision and ectoplasmic slime. Emerging from deep within the mystic swamps of Bristol (UK), Froglord arise bringing their powerful blend of sludgy grooves and psychedelic doom. With face melting fuzz and foot stomping riffs, Froglord’s reign of amphibious terror has begun.

ONEIROMANCER (OH-NERO-MANCER)

Metal to the Masses Cheltenham Finalists. With members from Cheltenham, Swindon, and Bristol, Oneiromancer plays a terrorizing blend of hardcore, doom, black, and death metal.

THRAKIAN

Originating in Bulgaria and named after the ancient tribes that inhabited the same lands, South Wales–based sludge juggernauts Thrakian will be presenting their debut album The Way. Combining oppressive riffs, melodic weight, and raw emotional intensity, the band channels mythology and personal struggle into a bleak and immersive sludge metal experience.

Time: 8pm

Tickets: £8adv

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The Tuppenny

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

Bob Bowles (guitar, vocals)), Bill Jones (harmonica ) & Mike King (guitar) deliver a stripped back acoustic led blues set. Three of the hottest names in UK blues bringing the sound of the south to the streets of Swindon. If you’ve never heard Bill Jones blow a blues harp, this event is unmissable.

Time: 8:30pm

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The Beehive

Jim Blair

Hip Route/JB & the Mojo Makers front man playing solo. Still cool, still funky, still no socks! And if the songs don’t draw you in then the banter will!

Time: 8:30pm

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The Castle

OPHELIAS BEARD + TEORSTAN

We are stoked to be able to bring you the Swindon debut of the incredible Ophelia’s Beard!

Female fronted folk with a bite – Ophelia’s Beard is a genre fluid songwriter that combines the folk roots of her Devon upbringing with an injection of modern angst and passion. By grounding her songs with the stereotypes of the genre, and sparking a modern twist within, Ophelia creates familiarity in songs you’ve never heard before. New wave folk, with a hint of punk, she fits somewhere between traditional rock and folk set ups, proving banjo has a place in the modern scene.

Described as ‘a complete redefinition of the meaning of powerhouse vocals’ she fronts her band with a captivating ease supporting artists like Chloe Foy, Supalung and Jack Browning. Beard started its festival career at Between the Trees dubbed a ‘wild card’ by the organisers but had such a good reception that, two years on, they’ve moved from openers to headliners. Her debut single ‘Red Sea’ has been said to ’embody the boundless energy the band has become so hyped for’.

Support comes from Teorstan, an artist who dazzled at his SoP debut at The Pulpit earlier this year.

Teorstan is songwriter, singer and guitarist Tom Martin. Named after the Anglo-Saxon word for the river that winds through Martin’s hometown, Teorstan’s songs reflect the storytelling of folk music, weaving stories that run like the channels of that same river, while thematically addressing the modern age. Tying together raconteurs like Bruce Springsteen and the quieter, poetic alternative folk of Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver, the aim is to mesmerise and affect the listener through narratives that illustrate modern life. Martin’s work as a writer with WREN has been played on BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 6 Music, and his feature with alternative rap artist and producer NTHN has amassed over a million streams on Spotify.

Time: 8:30pm

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Bakers Arms – Stratton

Halloween Fancy Dress Jam Nite

Time: 8:30pm