Diary of Live Music Pubs in Harlow and Surrounding Area
- By Chris Clements
- Published 02/8/2009
- What's on in Harlow and surrounding area
Diary
Some bands booked entertainment may be subject to change so please check with the pub first. If you click on the band the link will take you to a short description of the band and in some cases the bands own website. Sorry there are some bands I have no information for.
THE HERALD, Broadley Road, Sumners, Harlow
01279 437965
Fri 2 Apr Charlies Aunt
Fri 30 Apr Cupid Stunts
Fri 7 May Rekovered
Fri 11 Jun Braezen
Fri 9 Jul Charlies Aunt
Fri 20 Aug Rekovered
Fri 3 Sep Cupid Stunts
Fri 17 Sep Braezen
Fri 1 Oct Charlies Aunt
Fri 5 Nov Rekovered
Fri 17 Dec Cupid Stunts
Fri 17 Dec Braezen
THE POPLAR KITTEN, Tawneys Road, Harlow
Sat 29 May Double Trouble
Sat 2 Oct Charlies Aunt
THE COCK INN, Cock Green, Harlow
01279 423921
Fri 26 Mar Side FX
Sat 5 Jun Side FX
Sat 25 Sep Side FX
Fri 24 Dec Side FX
THE CROWN, 40 Market Street, Old Harlow CM17 0AP
THE LINK, Parsloe Road, Harlow CM19 4RT
Sat 13 Mar Under Ether
Sat 3 Apr Me & Him
Sat 10 Apr Braezen
Sat 17 Apr The reason
Sat 30 Apr Diverse Divas
Fri 14 May Scooby
fri 31 May Sax on Fire
THE SHARK, HOBTOE ROAD, Colt Hatch, Harlow CM20 1TH
01279 416297
Sat 13 Mar Repertoire Dogs
Sat 27 Mar Freebird
Fri 2 Apr Captured
Sat 17 Apr Charlies Aunt
Fri 23 Apr The Donkeys
Sat 24 Apr Graffitti
Sat 1 May Fly
Tue 4 May Dragon
Fri 14 May Livewire
Sat 15 May DeLorean
Sat 22 May Hell n BacK
Fri 28 May Repertoire Dogs
Sat 29 May Scooby
THE PURPLE EMPEROR, Burgoyne Hatch, Momples Road, Harlow
01279 418102
Fri 12 Mar East of Java
Fri 19 Mar Scam 69
Sat 27 Mar Graffitti
Fri 02 Apr Triple X
Sat 03 Apr Repertoire Dogs
Sun 04 Apr East of Java
Sat 10 Apr Hedgehog
Sat 17 Apr BIG 10
Fri 23 Apr Scam 69
THE THREE HORSESHOES, Great Parndon, Harlow
01279 423411
Fri 20 Jul Side FX
G.P.C.A. Harlow, Abercrombie Way, Harlow
01279 414081
Sat 27 March Side FX
Sat 22 May Side FX
Sat 20 Nov Side FX
THE KING WILLIAM, Sawbridgeworth, Herts CM21 9AJ
Sat 20 Mar Purple Haze
Sat 17 Apr The Weller Collective
Sat 24 Jul The Weller Collective
Sat 16 Oct The Weller Collective
THE MARNE INN, Thorley Park Centre, Bishops Stortford, CM23 4EG
01279 652101
Sat 3 Apr Charlies Aunt
Sat 8 May Chinawhite
Sat 12 Jun Charlies Aunt
Sat 31 Jul Full Metal Jacket
Sat 28 Aug Double Trouble
Sat 11 Sep Charlies Aunt
Sat 25 Sep Monkey See
Sat 9 Oct Full Metal Jacket
THE ROSE & CROWN, 16, Station Road, Bishops Stortford, CM23 3BL
01279 652515
Sat 13 Mar Portland Avenue
Sat 10 Apr Sugarush
Fri 30 Apr Darren Bardoe
Sat 22 May Blueprint
Fri 18 Jun Darren Bardoe
Sat 19 Jun Portland Avenue
Sat 26 Jun Sugarush
Fri 27 Aug Darren Bardoe
Sat 11 Sep Portland Avenue
Sat 25 Sep Sugarush
Fri 29 Oct Darren Bardoe
Sat 27 Nov Portland Avenue
Fri 10 Dec Darren Bardoe
Sat 18 Dec Sugarush
THE STAR, 7 Bridge Street, Bishops Stortford, Herts
01279 654211
Sat 30 Jan Gun Metal Grey
Sat 29 May Gun Metal Grey
THE WHITE SWAN, High Street, Hoddesdon, EN11 8TN
Sat 13 Mar Purple Haze
Sat 12 Jun The Donkeys
Sat 19 Jun Charlies Aunt
Sat 14 Aug Captured
Sat 9 Oct Charlies Aunt
Sat 13 Nov The Donkeys
Sat 27 Nov Captured
THE GOLDEN LION, Hoddesdon High Street, EN11 8SX
01992 463146
Sat 22 May Hot Maegus
Sat 10 Jul Hot Maegus
THE OLD BULLS HEAD, 26, Baldock Street, Ware SG12 9DZ
01920 461112
Sat 13 Mar Hot Maegus
Sat 1 May Hot Maegus
THE WHITE BEAR, 95, High Road, Broxbourne, Herts EN10 0BN
01992 441389
Sat 24 Apr Purple Haze
Sat 5 Jun AngelFire
THE DUNCOMBE ARMS, 24 Railway Street, Hertford SG14 1BA
Andy Robinson Band - 3 piece rock band
http://andyrobinsonband.bravehost.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theandyrobinsonband
Anthem Rock covers band from
http://www.myspace.com/anthemrockband1
Allergy Three piece alternative poppy punk band
http://www.myspace.com/allergy2
AngelFire Rock covers band – 4 piece, female fronted, lively energetic, talented and full of energy. Covers – Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Alannis Moirisette, Beatles, Foo Fighters, Bryan Adams, Green Day, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Bon Jovi, Free, Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, to name a few.
http://www.myspace.com/angelfirelive
Ash Rock, pop, indie covers three piece band
Bad Hair Day
http://www.badhairday.org.uk/
Powerful guitar based blues/rock and classic rock. Embraces all types of blues and classic rock
Bob & Doug Soul & Classics Duo – 60’s to present day
Beagles
http://www.wherebeaglesdare.co.uk/
Essex rock covers band
Big10 Ska covers band, sounds like Madness, Bad Manners, The Specials, The Beat, Toots and The Maytals, Neville Staples, The Selector, Desmond Dekker.
Blues
Blueprint
http://www.blueprintthepartyband.co.uk/
4 piece Essex based band have their roots back in the late 70’s and have the combined experience of over 1000 gigs between them. Playing songs from Elvis to the Stones with modern classics such as The Police, Some of their most requested songs include: Pretty Woman, Brown sugar, I’m a Believer, Move It, You Never can Tell,I saw her standing there, Twist and shout, Do you love me, Shakin’ all over, Easy, She loves you and more.
Captured
http://www.myspace.com/captured2009
Rock covers band from Essex formed in April 09.
Influences: Pink Floyd, Toto, Journey, Van Halen, Stereophonics, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Muse, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, The Cult.
Chinawhite
http://www.chinawhiteonline.com/
No holds barred, in your face hard rock guitar.
Crossbow Cover rock band – Influences: Bad company, Judas Priest, Free, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy
http://www.crossbowrock.moonfruit.com/
Cupid Stunts 70’s Glam rock tribute band
http://www.cupidstunts.org.uk/
Charlies Aunt Four piece rock band
Covered in Skas
http://www.myspace.com/coveredinskas
Rock and Pop covers band
Double Trouble ‘Harmony’ rock covers band
http://www.doubletroubleband.co.uk/index.html
Dragon Playing classic rock & roll. Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Cult, Queen, Nickelback, Metallica, AC/DC, The Darkness, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Deep Purple, Python Lee Jackson, Billy Idol, Pink Floyd, U2, Bon Jovi, The Who, Neil Young, Def Leppard.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/dragonrockband/
DeLorean
http://www.deloreanband.co.uk/
DeLorean play sets of 70s, 80s, and early 90s rock.DeLorean perform tracks by legendary artists such as : Bon Jovi, Guns n’Roses, Whitesname, AC/DC, Queen, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Billy Idol, The Scorpions and many , many more.
East of Java rock/indie/covers band
Expose Covers include U2, Stereophonics, Placebo, Maroon 5, Pink Floyd, Queens of Stone Age, Metallica, Rasmus, Foo Fighters, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Nirvana, The Cranberries, Led Zepplin, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Kaiser Chiefs.
Fly
http://flyrockcovers.com/
Four-piece Modern & Classic Rock Covers Band from Essex. Playing classic and modern covers from Thin Lizzy, The Who, Muse, The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon, Bon Jovi and may more.
Freebird This four piece band play classic rock, blues & soul, covering artists as diverse as Wilson Pickett to Bad Company and AC/DC. Most of the set comes from the 60’s 70’s & early 80’s
Fubar Rock/Punk/Pop favourites
Full Metal Jacket
http://www.myspace.com/fmj07
Classic rock covers band from London playing set list of rock classics from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with some older or more modern stuff thrown into the mix.
Flame - Sorry no info at present
Gun Metal Grey
http://www.gunmetalgrey.co.uk/
Rock band
Graffiti Rock bank covering The Darkness, Jet, Maroon 5, Orson, The Fratellis, Feeder, Blink 182, Green Day, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Bryan Adams, U2, Kaiser Chiefs, Lenny Krabsticks, Stevie Wonder, Stereophonics, The Strokes, Billy Idol, Don Henley, Thin Lizzy, REM, Primal Scram, Black Crowes, Santana, Whitesnake and many more.
http://graffiti-are-not-dead.moonfruit.com/
Head First 5 piece covers band covering songs from zz top, Keiser Chiefs, Status Quo, Beatles, AC/DC, The Automatic, Billy Idol, Free, Lenny Kravez, The Fratellis, Britney Spiers, Thin Lizzy, Blur, Jet, Ugly Kid Joe, Pink Floyd, Brian Adams, Gary Moore, Steve Marriot, Queen, The Undertones, Oasis & more.
http://www.ednoddy.com/the_current_band.htm
Hell N BacK
http://www.hellnback.org.uk/
Three piece rock covers band based in Essex.
Hot Maegus
http://www.myspace.com/hotmaegus
3 musician blues and rock band. The set includes covers of blues material from the likes of Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, howlin’ Wolf, etc – plus rock from the Who, Stones, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and others.
Krush
http://www.dragonrockband.com/Crush.htm
Mike Mathews Band Sorry no information for this band at present
Monkey See
http://www.monkeysee.co.uk/
Monkey See.., are four good friends who set out to play a varied and popular collection of songs.
They play a range of songs from a wide range of artists, reflecting the variety of music tastes in the band. With numbers from bads as diverse as: U2, The Beatles, The Stereophonics, The Who, Oasis, David Bowie, Robbie Williams, Hard Fi, The Foo Fighters, Radiohead, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Morrisssey, The Artic Monkeys, The Darkness, Feeder, The Kaiser Chiefs and more.
Purple Haze
http://www.myspace.com/purplehazerocks
Three piece rock band specialising in and paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Roxoff Play tracks from Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Gun’s & Roses,
Rekovered Formally known as De ja Blue
Rekovered play a very varied playlist with song ranging from James Brown, Otis Reading to Classic rock like Deep Purple, Sabbath, Zeppelin and the Undertones. More recent blues include REM, Green Day and The Darkness
Repertoire Dogs Play songs from the Who, The Jam, Ocean Colour Scene, Oasis, Blur, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Coral, Scissor Sisters, Greenday, Franz Ferdinand, Jam, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Kinks, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Radiohead, Stereophonics, The Who, Blur, Artic Monkeys.
www.repertoiredogs.co.uk/repdogshome.htm
Scam69 Punk and New Wave Tribute band
Scooby 5 piece rock covers band who have been around for 8 years.
They play all time rock classics such as Stones, Beatles, Free, Kinks etc and some of the greatest party songs from the last 5 decades. Newest material covered is The Fratellis, Kaiser Chiefs, The Klaxons, Kasabian, Artic Monkeys and more.
Storm Play tracks from The Kaiser Chiefs, AC/DC Bon Jovi, Green Day and many more.
Sugarush
http://www.sugarushmusic.co.uk/
Based near Stansted in Essex Sugarush play great rock ‘n’ roll covers, Their repertoire includes: Aerosmith, Guns ‘ n’ Roses, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, T Rex, Rolling Stones and many more.
Side FX
http://www.myspace.com/sidefxgb
Five piece Harlow based band playing their own versions of some of the great blues and rock songs. Also getting uptodate with a few favourite indie tracks as well.
The Weller Collective
http://www.myspace.com/thewellercollective
Play all the hits from The Jam, The Style Council and Paul Weller solo material.
Triple X Three piece band with a reggae style
Twice Removed indie/classic rock/punk
The Cougars Well established four piece ‘covers’ band. Tracks by Elvis, Eddie Cochran, The Stray Kats, Dave Edmunds, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Bad Company & Bryan Adams
The Pistols The finest Sex Pistols tribute band in the land. The band looks and sounds like the real thing. Playlist includes Pretty Vacant, God Save The Queen, Anarchy in the
The Accused
http://accused.moonfruit.com/
A heady mixture of music consisting of rock and roll, classic rock, blues and pop, all to create a feel-good facor and to get people up dancing
The Donkeys










Hi Chris,
Trying to promote my son who's a professional guitarist and has a few local gigs lined up between now and September when he goes on USA tour with Aussie Floyd again. Check out his site and add it if possible ... would be much appreciated
Paul