Tribute Night
Tribute Night is a long and winding journey through the wonderful, eclectic landscape of popular music and a celebration of its most important, influential, innovative and fun exponents. These are the people who crafted the soundtracks of our lives.
It’s a simple but winning formula: every three months, a different artist is featured and various local musicians play various songs by the featured artist in various and often surprising ways. Occasionally, it is more of a theme than an artist. All are welcome to get involved by choosing a song or two to learn and play on the night, or by coming to listen and sing along. If you’ve been to one of these nights before, you’ll know that they can be silly amounts of fun.
To find out more, including how to get involved, send an email to Zac at TributeNight@hotmail.co.uk and join the mailing list. You can also visit our Facebook page for more information.
A Brief History Of Tribute Night
The seeds were sown when esteemed performance poet, celebrated author and local legend, AF Harrold, thought it might be rather fun to organise an evening in tribute to Leonard Cohen in July 2005, inviting his musical chums to contribute a song or two. It was so successful and fun that he repeated the whole exercise a year later, and was persuaded to hold similar nights for different artists at quarterly intervals. Thus was spawned Tribute Night.
Now in its 19th year, the Tribute Night formula has been applied to the following artists and themes:
- Leonard Cohen - August 2006
- Prince - November 2006
- David Bowie - February 2007
- The Beatles - May 2007
- Bob Dylan - August 2007
- Frank Zappa - November 2007
- Queen - February 2008
- Blondie - May 2008
- The Kinks - August 2008
- XTC - November 2008
- The Smiths & Morrissey - February 2009
- Kate Bush - April 2009
- Led Zeppelin - August 2009
- The Cure - November 2009
- The Rolling Stones - February 2010
- Madness - May 2010
- Fleetwood Mac - August 2010
- Depeche Mode - November 2010
- The Velvet Underground & Lou Reed - February 2011
- Elvis Costello - May 2011
- One Hit Wonders - 5th Birthday Special - August 2011
- Pink Floyd - November 2011
- Pulp - February 2012
- ABBA - May 2012
- Joni Mitchell - August 2012
- Black Sabbath - November 2012
- Pet Shop Boys - February 2013
- R.E.M. - May 2013
- Björk - August 2013
- Bruce Springsteen - November 2013
- The Clash - February 2014
- Bee Gees - May 2014
- The Who - August 2014
- Beck - November 2014
- T.Rex - February 2015
- 60 Years Of Eurovision - May 2015
- Leonard Cohen Night III: ’Sing Another Song, Boys’ - July 2015
- Nirvana - August 2015
- Chic - November 2015
- Christmas Special - December 2015
- Then That’s What We Called Music 1991 - Celebrating The Rising Sun’s 25th Birthday - February 2016
- David Bowie: “…and the stars look very different today.” - April 2016
- It’s Your Birthday Number Ones! - pre-10th Birthday Special - May 2016
- Tribute Night’s Greatest Hits - 10th Birthday Special - August 2016
- Radiohead - Tribbers’ Choice - November 2016
- Christmas Special - December 2016
- George Michael & Wham! - February 2017
- Status Quo - May 2017
- Carole King - August 2017
- Bob Marley - November 2017
- Christmas Special - December 2017
- Kylie Minogue - January 2018
- Billy Joel - May 2018
- James Bond Themes - August 2018
- Eagles - November 2018
- Christmas Special - December 2018
- Madonna - January 2019
- Small Faces - May 2019
- Stevie Wonder - August 2019
- AC/DC - November 2019
- Christmas Special - December 2019
- Elvis Presley - February 2020
- The Great Big Tribute Night Quiz Of Everything Tribute Night 15th Birthday Quiz Night! - August 2021
- Christmas Special - December 2022
- Beyoncé & Destiny’s Child - March 2023
- The Human League & Heaven 17 - June 2023
- Elton John - September 2023
- Motown - December 2023
- Iron Maiden - March 2024
- U2 - June 2024
- Dolly Parton - September 2024
- Christmas Special - December 2024
- Tina Turner - March 2025
- Live Aid 40th Anniversary - June 2025
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