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St. James in Guernsey carried on its regular series of comedy events on Wednesday 9th November 2022 with a visit to the island from Jason Byrne, supported by Harry Stachini. Stachini started the show off and right away his (comparatively) youthful energy and demeanour felt somewhat at odds with the majority in attendance, something he... Continue Reading →
As I’m sure is evident if you’ve followed my writing for any length of time classical music (in its broad sense) is not really something I have a lot of experience of - in fact I’m not sure I’ve ever attended a dedicated classical music event before, but that changed tonight as I headed to... Continue Reading →
As is tradition, the night before the Vale Earth Fair, there was a warm up show and, while it has taken place in different venues in the past, this year it was away from its usual home at the De La Rue with a move up the hill to St James and with music this... Continue Reading →
Over the last 12 months The Pips (formerly Albert & The Pips) have grown into one of the highlights of Guernsey’s live music scene and are now setting their sights on a move to Manchester so, before they go, they put on a show at St James with Kiya Ashton & The Folkadelics and Joe... Continue Reading →
While it had looked like a more quiet weekend this weekend the somewhat last minute announcement of this show featuring five solo and duo acts upstairs at St James piqued my interest so I thought I’d head along. Elliot Albert Orchard & Callum began proceedings, initially joined by Pips drummer Jake Pemberton as Orchard, sat... Continue Reading →
With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee all but inescapable elsewhere St James in Guernsey offered something of a respite with a double headlined night of Comedy from husband and wife duo Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris. Being the first double headliner type comedy event I’d seen here Brigstocke set the stage with a comparatively loose introduction,... Continue Reading →
As part of their diversification of events in recent time St James has featured visits from some top comedians and, added to that, they recently branched out into live podcast recordings with Drunk Women Solving Crime and they’ve not followed that up with a visit from Fingers On Buzzers, hosted by comedian Lucy Porter and... Continue Reading →
It’s felt like a while since I was last at a full scale show in St James Concert Hall but there was definitely a sense of expectation ahead of this one on Saturday 14th May 2022, for a few reasons. First was that Jesca Hoop had come so highly recommended that, even having never heard... Continue Reading →
Over the last few years the Guernsey Gigs Unplugged Club has become something of a regular highlight of my gig going from its origins in The Lion’s Den at The Golden Lion to its current incarnation at Local & Wild at St James. That said, what with one thing and another, I had missed the... Continue Reading →
It might have been April Fool’s Day but there was nothing foolish about the show happening Local & Wild at St James but, thanks to both Mike Meinke and Albert & The Pips there was a lot of fun, and great music. Mike Meinke, in solo mode for this occasion, started his set with what... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 