Whats on over Christmas 2022 Live Music!

Tonight The Bungalow are having a Christmas Bash with Northern Soul and Mod Era band Shout and a guest DJ. Shout are the perfect band for a fun night out and they will no doubt get the floor filled with the local (and those travelling) Northern Soul dancers. Doors are 7pm and you can pay on the door while tickets last.

Tomorrow afternoon The Bobby Deans Big Band will be playing some festive songs for you. Alan McEwan of The Bungalow said “Big band afternoons have been very popular. I hope to see all our regulars there for an afternoon full of festive fun with Bobby Dean’s Big Band” Bobby Deans is a musician whose name is synonymous with big band music in Glasgow. His band is formed from some of the finest musicians available in Scotland and his music pad runs to all the big band classic sounds of Dorsey, Ellington, Millar, Basie, Kenton and Goodman while vocal contributions cover the classic artists like Sinatra, Darren, Fitzgerald and Holliday. Doors 1pm and the bands starts at 2pm. If you want get a seat it is you better get in early. 

On Thursday The Bungalow Introducing Nights welcome Bicycle Trip, The Mundos and Jamie and Joe to the stage for a night filled with music from young talented musicians. Doors are at 7pm. First act starts at 8pm and Tickets are £5/3 students.

The Old Swan have Escapade in tonight from 7pm and tomorrow from 3pm for some Christmas the Clyde boys are ready for some shenanigans, popular sing a long much-loved tunes and some Scottish favourites. Lee James is in his usual slot at 3pm on Tuesday performing his Swing Set then on Thursday at 3pm he will be ‘Taking You Through the Decades” Duncan McLellan is playing from 4pm on Wednesday 

DJ Del is spinning some tunes at The Cave tonight and tomorrow night from 8pm.

 Paisley Cover Band of the Year 2021 return to what is always a guaranteed tremendous gig in The Keg tonight. They are sure to have you dancing your woolly socks off all night. The dynamic power trio start at 9pm. Tomorrow night ‘Thee Johnny Barr’ will be once again gracing the stage of The Keg from 9pm. The very popular performer is looking forward to a night of fun and chaos, special guests and general mayhem. Johnny starts at 9pm and will be taking requests and complimentary drinks. After all it’s Christmas. 

This week’s open mics are: Local singer-song writer Stephen Hendry at Tannahill’s on Monday from 8pm. The Abbey Bar on Monday with Dunky Hunter at 8pm, Jason Flood is the host at Gantry on Tuesday from 9pm; Johnny Barr will be at The Keg on Wednesday from 8.30pm.  

For most of us Christmas is supposed to be synonymous with joy. Christmas songs give us the message of “Joy to the World” resounding in shops, pubs, homes and Christmas markets and it certainly is a time for a “Hollly Jolly Christmas.”

The real emotions of the season are a bit more complex. For many people, late December produces a kind of toxic brew of nostalgia and melancholy. It’s difficult not to remember loved ones missing at this time of year. People move, grow apart, pass on – all these hit home hard for some at this time of year. Nearly everyone has too much to do, picking who to go to or who to invite to Christmas dinner and gift-giving can be a minefield. So keep in touch with those who you know or think may be feeling a bit down over the Festive Season. 

Finally. To all the local musicians and the ones who come to our town from afar and play for us ‘Thank you for the music and thank you for everything that you do’ Have a very Merry Christmas, a great weekend and thank you all for Keeping Music Live.