A musical education from the Professor

The Rose pub in Biggleswade is home to many a quality pop and rock gig and on Thursday, December 22 the aptly named Beerbelly will be playing covers at the venue.

Potton and District Club will also be offering plenty of pre and post Christmas musical shenanigans, including a music and comedy night on Friday (December 23) and a Christmas Eve party night and disco on Saturday.

Pre-Christmas musical entertainment in Stotfold, meanwhile will include a performance by rock act Just for Kicks on Saturday, as well as disco nights at The Crown and at The Coach and Horses on the same night.

Over at The Green Dragon in Upper Gravenhurst there wil be rock covers on Friday and acoustic covers and originals on Saturday courtesy of Paul Adams and the Delta Ladies respectively.

Moving on to the after-Christmas entertainment, top Abba tribute act Almost Abba will be playing at Potton and District Club on Boxing Day, along with DJ Ray K.

Maxwell Hammer and Smith will be on the bill at The Fox and Duck in Stotfold on Thursday, December 29.

New Year’s Eve revellers also have a host of events to choose from on the music front.

Five-piece Cambridge band Easy Livin’ will be playing classic covers from the 1960s through to the present day at the Biggleswade United Working Men’s Club.

Tickets are £8 in advance and £10 on the door and can be bought by visiting the club or by contacting 07765 692488.

Soloist Yvette Nowlan will be singing covers at The Horseshoes in Blunham, while The Scallywags will be playing covers and original material at The Golden Lion in Clifton.

At Old Warden Village Hall there will be a performance from XL5 and a rock disco hosted by Ricardo.

In Stotfold Hit ‘n’ Run will play at The Chequers, Huggy Flares will perform at Stotfold Conservative Club and Carolina Moon will be on the agenda at The Coach and Horses.

Ray Macfarlane will also be playing at The Green Dragon in Upper Gravenhurst.

Over in Bedford, a professor is coming to Elements nightclub to assault your eardrums on Boxing Day – none other than chart topping rapper Professor Green. The coolest face of Brit rap at the moment, Green was first signed to The Beats, a record label run by Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem.

He won the inaugural JumpOff MySpace £50,000 battle rap tournament in July 2008 and in 2009, he worked with Lily Allen on her 2009 concert tour.

In 2006, at the age of 23, he released his first mixtape, Lecture #1 to critical acclaim and has toured up and down the country. Another EP and debut album later Professor Green is a pop-culture force to be reckoned with, and it is a serious coup for promoters that he has picked Bedford as his Boxing Day venue of choice.

The first 200 tickets cost £10 and then £12.50.

There are also limited VIP tickets which cost £30 and will include a meet and greet with the professor himself.

To find out more visit www.elementsclub.co.uk