Wicked Wenches – Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh – 4 October

It was a miserable Wednesday night in early October. The much heralded Indian summer had bypassed Edinburgh, except for the monsoon part that is, so how to cheer oneself up? Easy. The first Tuesday in every month see those Wicked … Read More

Stand Comedy Club 15 September

It has been all too long since I have been to the Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh for a gig outwith The Fringe, but this was put to rights as I with three friends headed there for a night out and … Read More

Jason Byrne – Cirque du Byrne Tour

I really can’t remember exactly when I first saw Jason Byrne perform live, but it must be fourteen years ago having previously see him on the Edinburgh or Bust TV series.

Byrne then was a very young red headed bundle … Read More

Reflections on the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2011

With a choice of over 50 shows spread over 10 days, all I can give is just a flavour of the Festival based on the 7 shows I managed to see. Virtually every form of jazz was available from … Read More

Pushkart Derby:- P in the Bay III 23 July 2011

Okay something was wrong from the start. It was an outside gig of marathon proportions being staged in Scotlandand it wasn’t raining. Not only was it dry, it was warm and sunny throughout even hot at times and that was … Read More

Oh What A Night -Beyond The Barricade – Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre 25 June

For what started off as a one-off collaboration for a charity performance the ‘Beyond The Barricade’ phenomena has really grown in as much that twelve years later the show devised by David Fawcett and Andy Reiss is still packing them … Read More

Scottish final of AmusedMoose LaughOff 2011 at the Bongo Club, Edinburgh 5 June

The Amused Moose organisation have been running this competition for quite a while now culminating in the Grand Final that is held during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival each August. Quite a number of now mega names have come through these … Read More

Thriller Live

There are those like me, who though they accept that Michael Jackson did create quite a number of classic tracks back in the day, do not totally understand the fanatical support that he garnered from those spread around the four … Read More

Kim Shepherd Tiffany Lounge Dunfermline Wed 15 June

As it says on the poster above Dunfermline’s own Kim Shepherd, a young actress and singer extrordinaire is performing for her public at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall in their Tiffany lounge.

Tickets are going to be hard to come by … Read More

Ed Byrne – Crowd Pleaser – 27 April

Those of you who regularly follow our site may recall that back in the end of October last year I didn’t review Ed Byrne when he appeared at the Edinburgh Stand as part of his Warming up in the Cold … Read More