Apothis Album Launch with Burning At Both Ends – The Fermain Tavern – 04/03/22

Last month Apothis dropped their debut album, ECLIPSE, and, on Friday 4th March 2022, they held a special show to celebrate the release along with Burning At Both Ends at The Fermain Tavern. First off I have to say it was great to be at a gig at The Tav again as, while it might...

Afrocarribean Fusion Presents Nonstop Jammin’ with Burning At Both Ends, Minister Blessed and Yas – Fermain Tavern – 16/10/21

Burning At Both Ends and Minister Blessed Last year a new group to organising shows in Guernsey, Afrocarribean Fusion, presented a night at The Fermain Tavern showcasing Minister Blessed and Yas (you can read about there here) and now a year later they are back, joined this time by Burning At Both Ends making for...

L’Islet Records Present Lets Get Heavy with Granite Wolf, Coastal Fire Dept, The Rock ‘N’ Roll Disaster and Elliot Albert Orchard – The Fermain Tavern – 14/08/21

Granite Wolf The fortunes of venues, particularly it seems in Guernsey, often go up and down as the live music scenes shifts and changes and, for a decade from around 2008 The Fermain Tavern (historically a hot bed of music on the island) had been the place to be for both local and visiting artists....

Music in Guernsey (and the Channel Islands) in 2020

I don’t really know how else to begin my review of music in Guernsey and the Channel Islands this year other than to say something that has already been said far too many times over the past twelve months, that it has been an odd year in pretty much all regards. I also don’t want...

Havoc Events X L’Islet Records: Alt-Rock vs Metal – The Fermain Tavern – 07/11/20

WhIle we all know it’s really not about any kind of contest but there is something tantalising about a pair of metal bands squaring off with a pair of ‘alt-rock’ acts in front of crowd at what, on its best nights, can be one of Guernsey’s best music venues. That’s exactly what we got tonight...

Afro-Caribbean Fusion with Minister Blessed and Yaz – The Fermain Tavern – 17/10/20

Having been the ‘home of Guernsey music’ (self-styled or otherwise) for a long time, The Fermain Tavern seems to have dropped off its position as the island’s chief venue somewhat and as such this was my only my third visit there this year, but it was for a night like no other I’ve experienced in...

Vale Earth Fair Fundraiser with The Honest Crooks, Skyscrapers, Kiya Ashton, Dan Guilbert and Mickey Haimes – The Fermain Tavern – 27/06/20

After the return of live music the previous weekend the Vale Earth Fair staged their first event of the summer, with this assistance of The Honest Crooks, at The Fermain Tavern on Saturday 27th June 2020. For this they presented a varied night of music that captured something of the spirit of the Earth Fair...

Nemesis – The Fermain Tavern – 28/04/07

After it came up and caused some conversation in a flashback post on Instagram recently, and I noticed the original version of this review had dropped off the BBC website where it was originally posted, I thought I’d revisit this show from April 2007 when Guernsey heavy metal heroes Nemesis made a grand return to...

Havoc presents Terrible Stuntman, Lifejacket, Kings and The Crowband – The Fermain Tavern – 15/02/20

As storm Dennis began to give the island a battering Havoc Events took over The Fermain Tavern for the first time this year for a genuinely varied night of live music with The Crowband, Kings, Lifejacket and Terrible Stuntman. While the storm (and no doubt other less obvious factors) seemed to be keeping people away...

Vale Earth Fair Unplugged 2020 – The Fermain Tavern – 08/02/19

The Vale Earth Fair's annual unplugged night has become almost as much a part of the Guernsey music calendar as the summer festival itself, albeit with slightly less fanfare. Every year comes with its own surprised and highlights which in the past have ranged from The John Wesley Stone heading off stage and fully unplugged...