You’ve survived the summer. You’ve had a hectic few months of eating, drinking, socialising, spending and sunning yourself. You’re savouring the last opportunities to enjoy a pub garden after work on a weekday. Hopefully you’ve caught plenty of sweaty summer shows, some outdoor community concerts and maybe even a festival or two.
Once the August Bank Holiday weekend is over you can stop, right? You can knuckle down to the daily grind, vegetate with Netflix on your sofa and save up your pennies for Christmas. Nope! I hate to break it to you but there’s still an awful lot happening…
We’ve done the hard work and found the best of September’s gigs for you to enjoy:
Wotsit Called Festival
- Where: The Palace, Hastings
- When: Friday 29th and Saturday 30th September
- Who: The Restarts, Nosebleed, Riggots, Pizzatramp…
- Event Page HERE / Tickets £10 advance, £15 OTD
Hosted by the lovely folks in Matilda’s Scoundrels under the Toxic Wotsit moniker, Wotsit Called Fest is two days of straight-up bangers bound to get you stomping feet, throwing elbows and sinking pints with aplomb.
Nosebleed will be royally cavorting around The Palace as headliners on Friday – there are few more exciting things than their riffy punk ‘n’ roll. It’s also the launch party for Matilda’s new album As The Tide Turns, so folk-dancing with reckless abandon is mandatory.
Starting early, Saturday features London thrashers The Restarts, Wigan’s heaviest duo: Riggots, northern post-hardcore from The Fuckin’ Glorious and ska-punk comedy gold from The Crash Mats. There will be cocktails and DJs until 2am which sounds like a delightfully dangerous combination. Not to be missed!
In the meantime, enjoy their pre-fest playlist:
Kick The Crutches All Dayer
- Where: The New Cross Inn, London
- When: Saturday 23rd September
- Who: Vanilla Pod, The Kimberly Steaks, Müg, On a Hiding to Nothing
- Event Page HERE / Tickets £5 early bird
I can guarantee this is the most fun you will find for £5 this September.
Deep breath! For this princely sum you can see… Vanilla Pod, The Kimberley Steaks, Pizzatramp, Natterers, Misgivings, Müg, BROCKER, On A Hiding To Nothing, Werecats, Nietzsche Trigger Finger, Strange Planes and Fastfade. Phew!
With that many bands, I’m not sure how they’re going to fit any punters in the venue. The merch table’s going to need its own postcode. There are probably some bands you’ve heard of and some you haven’t, so why not get down early and enjoy the whole lot? It’s a great opportunity to discover someone new.
If you catch one band, make sure it’s The Kimberly Steaks. They’re everything that Greenday could have been:
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