April Events at the Scream Lounge

This April The Scream Lounge in South Croydon has a full schedule of amazing events for all you live music lovers, Here is a few of the headline shows, full listing below; check them out!

Guns 2 Roses

(April 1st)

Europe’s premiere Guns n Roses tribute band return to Croydon

Random Hand

(April 6th )

Touring midlands ska-core band stop off in Croydon on their mammoth UK tour.

With support from top-notch local punk acts Wonk Unit, Company L & The KADT

Easter Screamfest 2011

(Thursday 21st – Monday 25th April)

A five-day long celebration of local bands and artists taking place accross both stages this Easter bank holiday weekend, featuring performances from over 50 acts comprising the cream of Croydon’s music scene, including:

esOterica

Size Nine

Banned Sauce

Bad Sign

The Merry Gang

The Lost Audio

Homebrood

and many more

- Easter All-ages season

(Various dates)

Giving a stage to the best up-and-coming young bands, we’re hosting a series of shows by the likes of Future System, Theory Of Six Degrees, Up River, Press To Meco and many more

APRIL GIGS

Friday 1st April
Guns 2 Roses
plus
Dirty Kneez
Europe’s top GnR tribute act return to Scream.
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£5 adv
Saturday 2nd April
Stagefrite Presents
The Fuegos
The Lit Fuses
Retox
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£4 entry
also….
Saturday 2nd April
Wildfire Music presents
Busking For Cancer Charity Night
with
Wired Desire
Kitty Lipps
B-Movie Vampires
and more tbc
DOWNSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£tbc
Sunday 3rd April
ALL AGES MATINEE
with
Arms of Atlas
Lecarla
Surrender the Coast
In Ruins
Hogan
Deadwax
Violet
Copy & Paste
(Metal/Rock)
All-ages welcome
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
DOWNSTAIRS
Starts 1pm – 5pm
£4 Entry
also…
Sunday 3rd April
Acoustic Sunday
with
Olivia Sebastianelli
Tom Janssen
Sam Kronis
Tim Eveliegh
Lady Man Lady
Audrey
LIVE IN THE LOUNGE BAR
Starts 7pm
FREE ENTRY
Tuesday 5th April
NineteenSeventyNine
JSA
The Horny Skulls
Megan Rees
(alt/Indie/Punk)
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£tbc
Wednesday 6th April
Random Hand
Wonk Unit
Company L
The KADT
(Punk/Ska/Hardcore)
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£4 adv
Thursday 7th April
Frantic Promotions Present:
Golden Tanks
Forever Wednesday
The Valiant
Honour Is Dead
(Metal/Hardcore)
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£5 entry
Friday 8th April
Friday Night Showcase
A new regular night showcasing the best local bands of all genres, old and new, FREE OF CHARGE
this week…
Junkyard Choir
My Friend Eject
plus more tbc
(Alt/Rock/Blues)
UPSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
FREE ENTRY
Saturday 9th April
Live Band Karaoke with Dr Smutglove
Comissioner G
featuring YOU on lead vocals!!
plus live Playstation Rock Band challenge – On the main stage, turned up to 11!
DOWNSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
FREE ENTRY
Sunday 10th April
Acoustic Sunday
with
Dan Mulcahy
Bella Kadarsis
Joel Bullen
Hil Walters
& more tbc
LIVE IN THE LOUNGE BAR
Starts 7pm
FREE ENTRY
Monday 11th April
ALL AGES Rock Night
Pins & Puppets
more tbc
All-ages welcome.
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
UPSTAIRS
7pm – 10pm
£4 entry
Tuesday 12th April
ALL AGES rock night
with
The Theory Of Six Degrees
Press To Meco
more tbc
(Rock)
All-ages welcome.
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
DOWNSTAIRS
7pm – 10pm
£4 entry
Wednesday 13th April
Free Live Comedy night
Our monthly comedy nights continue with a line-uop of top touring UK comics.
Hosted by Pete K Mally
UPSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
FREE Entry
Thursday 14th April
Bleed To This Presents: Neverify
Bleed To This
Treason
Forever Exiled
(Metal)
UPSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
£4 entry
Friday 15th April
The Ramonas
(all-girl Ramones Tribute band)
plus
The Devil Cocks
The Blow-Ups
Marking 10 years since the sad passing of Joey Ramone, the girls return to celebrate the music of the best band who ever walked the face of the earth!
DOWNSTAIRS
£4 adv
Doors 8pm
Sunday 17th April
Acoustic Sunday Jam Night
Come along and join in!
plus open mic
Live in the Lounge bar from 7pm
FREE ENTRY
Monday 18th April
ALL AGES Metal night
Up River
First In/Last Out
Daybreak
Rough Hands
All-ages welcome.
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
UPSTAIRS
7pm – 10pm
£4 entry
Tuesday 19th April
ALL AGES band night
with
Future System
6VI
plus guests tbc
All-ages welcome
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
DOWNSTAIRS
7pm – 10pm
£4 entry
EASTER FESTIVAL
Thursday 21st April
esOterica
Surrounded By Disgust
Mordecai
Slabdragger
Deprevate
Snakebite
Surviving Silence
Bloodloss
Bleed To This
(Metal)
PART OF OUR 5-DAY EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Doors 5pm
£5 Entry, £15 for a 5 day pass.
Friday 22nd April
Size Nine
Banned Sauce
Los
Soapy Jefferson
Magic Brother
Thortsen Fears
Jack Nosey
Shonanis
plus more tbc
(Funk/Alternative/Rock)
PART OF OUR 5-DAY EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Doors 5pm
£5 Entry, £15 for a 5 day pass.
Saturday 23rd April
Bad Sign
The Lost Audio
The Merry Gang
Tilt At Windmills
Electric Trees
Polaris Condition
Backyard Bully
plus more tbc
(Rock/Indie/Alternative)
PART OF OUR 5-DAY EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Doors 5pm
£5 Entry, £15 for a 5 day pass
Sunday 24th April
Against The Flood
Heart of a Coward
Tidor
Here Lies Affliction
Press To Meco
Silhouette of a Ghost
Tenyson
Foundations
Profane and the Sacred
In Ruins
Olivia Sebastianelli & Band
(Metalcore/Rock)
PART OF OUR 5-DAY EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Doors 5pm
£5 Entry, £15 for a 5 day pass
Monday 25th April
United Stoats Of America
Homebrood
Los Salvadores
Eclectic Arts Network
& loads more tbc
(Acoustic/Folk/Americana)
PART OF OUR 5-DAY EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL
Doors 5pm
£5 Entry, £15 for a 5 day pass
Thursday 28th April
Saviour Management Presents:
A Day After Tomorrow
C Is For City
Beneath The Tide
Doors 7.30pm
£3 Entry
Friday 29th April
A Splash Of Colour Here presents…
Arcane roots
Suffer Like G Did
Delta Sleep
Swims
(Alternative/Math/Prog/Indie)
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£5 Entry
also
Friday 29th April
Frantic Promotions Present
Black Water
Sworn To Oath
Wired Desire
The Fallen
DOWNSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£4 entry
Saturday 30th April
Kunt & The Gang
plus
Elliot Mason
The Basildon filthmonger (and top 100 chart superstar) is back!! Support from surrealist songwriter and Scream favourite Elliot Mason.
UPSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£3 adv, £4 on the door
also
Saturday 30th April
Stagefrite presents
The Royal Wedding Aftershow Party
with…
Rage DC
T & the Mugs
Gallows Humour
16 Guns
Noxious Toyz
Washed up
Model Citizens
A special extended Bank Holiday punk rock show
DOWNSTAIRS
Starts 6.30pm
£7 entry
Bank Holiday Sunday 1st May
Frantic Promotions ALL AGES present:
The First
FranKo
Mandrage
Superking
(Alternative/Rock)
All-ages welcome.
Under 14s must be accompanied by a paying adult
No alcohol permitted in the live room
DOWNSTAIRS
Doors 6pm
£5 Entry
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May
Japanese Tsunami Releif Charity gig
with
Clone
Camel Toe
Bleed To This
plus more tbc
Japanese anime themed fancy dress, face painting, chrity sale and more tbc
Doors tbc
£tbc
Wednesday 4th May
Wildfire Exposure Presents:
Sky Harbour
Rhiannon The Nightmare
plus more tbc
A new monthly showcase night hosted by Wildfire Music bringing new bands to Scream
Doors 8pm
FREE ENTRY
Thursday 5th May
FREE METAL NIGHT with
Seed Of Detest
Eyes Of Munity
comeoutfiring
(Metal/Hardcore)
plus more tbc
Doors 8pm
FREE ENTRY
Friday 6th May
Friday Night Showcase
A new regular night showcasing the best local bands of all genres, old and new, FREE OF CHARGE
this week…
Gabi & The Whoremoans
Goat
Fly This For Me
3 Day Medicene
plus more tbc
(Rock)
DOWNSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
FREE ENTRY
Saturday 7th May
Frantic Promotions Present:
Surrounded By Disgust
Dyscarnate
Happy Face
Once A Wolf
(Extreme/prog metal)
DOWNSTAIRS
Doors 8pm
£5 Entry
Sunday 8th May
Acoustic Sunday
with
Mark Woods (album launch show)
plus more tbc
Live in the Lounge bar
Starts 7pm
FREE ENTRY
Wednesday 11th May
Free Live Comedy night
Our monthly comedy nights continue with a line-uop of top touring UK comics.
Hosted by Pete K Mally
UPSTAIRS
Starts 8pm
FREE Entry

Croydon Arts Ambassadors presents IGNiTE

Although this event is aimed at a younger age group then Croydon Music generally addresses we feel we should recognise the work the Art Ambassadors do in regard to music in the borough.

The Arts Ambassadors are an organisation who works with young people between the ages of 14-19 and run s a scheme for 14-19′s from Croydon who want to get experience of working in the arts, producing live events for other young people and developing their skills. [Read more...]

Testing 1,2,3 2010

Bands named for heats of Testing 123 – 2010!

18 of Croydon’s top up-and-coming musicians and bands are lined up to try and launch their careers in 2010 as Testing 1-2-3 comes back for it’s fifth successful year. [Read more...]

Croydons first Gospel Music Festival

Croydon will have it’s very own Gospel music festival for the first time.

From Monday 13th to the Friday 17th of July 2000 performers will descend of the Fairfield halls. [Read more...]

Croydon’s Got Talent

Croydon is on the hunt to find the most talented individuals in the borough. To do this Croydon  will be holding their very own version of the hit TV series “Britains Got Talent”. So if you believe you have what it takes to win this competition and you live in the borough you are free to enter.

To enter the competition visit the Croydon Enterprise website do download the application form. Unfortunately if you wish to enter the Waddon heat the deadline has gone, but click the links relating to your area for details of entry deadlines and event dates.

Purley Music Week

From the 12th – 21st June Purley will host it’s music week celebration with 25 venues hosting live music over 10 day culminating in a live music event in The Rotary Field Purley.

This year the music festival will feature venues from South Croydon and Coulsdon.

If you wish to participate in the festivals, applications will be accepted up to the 11th June, all applications are welcome.

Contact the event manager, Matt Baker, at the Jolly Farmers tel 020…, if you would like to be involved. or email ian@5012.net.

For more details of the event and venues visit the Purley music site www.purleymusicweek.com.

Chemistry – October 2nd


CHEMISTRY is the hottest monthly live show out of south London featuring the best talent around from resident artist Bianca Rose, Cherri V, Alex Holland, Dominic Dadson and special guest Brit School Alumni Clinton Jordon

Hosted by Brit School Alumni Hollerz [Read more...]

Get your music across the Globe!

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We are proud to present The Croydon Music Marketing Seminar taking place at the Fairfield Hotel 1 Lansdowne Rd, Croydon on the 28th April @ 7.30. [Read more...]

Soul Lab @ The Treehouse

soul-lab.gifSoul Lab is a monthly live urban music night featuring some of the best urban talent from Croydon and greater London.

Based in the Treehouse in South Croydon, you will be entertained but a live band playing original compositions but various artists. A warm friendly environment for people who wish to enjoy live entertainment, with a high level of talent on show.

The doors open from 7pm with a DJ playing smooth soul & R&B tracks to get you in the mood, show time is 9pm

Free before 8:30PM
£4 Thereafter

Students £3 ID required

at the

TREEHOUSE
78 South End,
South Croydon,
Surrey CR0 1DP

For more information go to www.myspace.com/soul_lab_uk

Music Business Seminars

Throughout 2008 we will be hosting Music Business Seminars for the benefit of everyone who works in the music industry in Croydon. [Read more...]