The Acoustic Session

10/05/2020

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18/03/2015

Sadly, the Acoustic Session at It Bar is no more!

I'm afraid I no longer have time to run a regular music night to the standards that I would like, around my own busy schedule of gigs, but wish the best of luck to all the performers we've had drop in and to the lovely staff and management at It Bar.

Thanks for your support and to all the musicians that have played for us over the last two years. We're very grateful for being able to watch such a fantastic range of talent perform every week and especially for being able to help out those that decide to grab an instrument and live on sofas for a few weeks, playing their hearts out to strangers across the country for only a little bit of money and some beers - you lot are my heroes!

19/02/2015

14/01/2015

If you know or are a musician that would like to play at It Bar in Leeds this year, drop us a message because we're booking for Feb/Mar/Apr now!

05/11/2014

I'm afraid tonight's Acoustic Session is CANCELLED!

We have decided that since bonfire night is going on this evening, we're going to save our talented musical performers for when you're all a little less distracted!

Have a great bonfire night, folks. Next week is shaping up to be a fantastic night of live music so we shall see you then!

02/11/2014

Fantastic performances from Topher Holland, Laurence Son and the amazing Neill Ryan with his Rebel Sounds!

30/10/2014

23/10/2014

16/10/2014

Fantastic work from our all-female lineup!

15/10/2014

Live music tonight from the amazing Tim Loud and a new act in the form of Dave Lynch! The fun starts at 8:30pm and there's the usual food and fabulous drinks offers that you've come to know and love!

01/10/2014

Don't forget we have live music kicking off around 8:30 tonight folks! Somehow we've ended up with an all-female lineup tonight which is fantastic and totally unplanned for! It also might balance out some of the all-male lineups we have probably had in the past...

27/09/2014

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The fantastic Mordrake and Silverlode!

18/09/2014

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We had an incredible range of musical styles tonight! Thanks to all the acts that entertained us for the evening!

12/09/2014

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A very strong lineup this week! Thanks to Jack Edwards, Julian Socha and High Water Rising!

10/09/2014

We've got a live blues band and two solo acts for you tonight at It Bar from 8:30pm!

05/09/2014

Starting next week, we will have the fantastic blues band, Rising High Water playing a residency for us on every 2nd Wednesday of the month! Come down and check them out coz they're a talented bunch!

04/09/2014

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Such a fun night of music! And all thanks to the talents of John Harris, Scott Wainwright and Jake Martin!

04/09/2014

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A huge thanks to John Newsham and Liam McClair for playing our last Acoustic Session of the summer!

27/08/2014

Tonight we have two travelling troubadours visiting in Liam McClair and John Newsham to play some acoustic music for you! Get down early for the usual fantastic food and drink offers - music starts at 8:30pm!

24/08/2014

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The Backyard Burners certainly had the place jumping on Wednesday night! Huge thanks to Joe McCorriston for dropping by on his UK tour as well.

08/08/2014

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Well if you weren't at It Bar this Wednesday you missed out! Not only did we have lo-fi acoustic beat poetry from Laurence Son, but we also had a solo set from the talented Sam Thornton followed by a fantastic set from his band!

07/08/2014

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We had a lovely evening last week at It Bar. Thanks to James Coley for stepping up and filling in for a cancellation and also to the fantastic Silverlode for turning up with their wonderful collection of instruments!

07/08/2014

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This was over two weeks ago now, but I've been without internet and finally got to upload these today! Thanks to our lovely acts for coming down and providing It Bar with some great musical entertainment!

06/08/2014

Tonight we've got the incredible jazzy, rhythm and blues act, Louis Louis Louis headlining our evening of music with support from the likes of Laurence Son and Matt Baxter! Get down early for good seats - music kicks off at 8:30!

23/07/2014

What’s so good about IT? IT Bar Review

A review of our excellent venue! http://rantandravefletch.com/2014/07/18/whats-so-good-about-it-it-bar-review/

The volume at which bars and restaurants are adding burgers to their menus these days, you’d be forgiven for thinking the damn things were only invented yesterday. Of course, they’ve been around fo...

23/06/2014

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We had some top performers last week - I even did a little set myself, but I'm afraid I've still not managed to get good enough to be able to play AND take photos of myself...

22/06/2014

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Some photos of the acts from two weeks ago - a lovely night of live music!

06/06/2014

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Great performances from our acts tonight! A lovely atmosphere and some lovely music. More to come next week!

04/06/2014

Alaska Man

We've got some excellent music from FOUR extraordinary acts tonight at It Bar from 8:30pm! Here's a little taste of our Danish friend and final act tonight, Lilac's Daughter: https://soundcloud.com/lilacs-daughter/alaska-man

Listen to Alaska Man by Lilac's Daughter

03/06/2014

Things Not There

We've got some great music coming up this Wednesday! Here's a reggae track by one of our acoustic performers, PAWS...

Reggae/dub vibes!

01/06/2014

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Some great performances from new and old faces this week. I'm sure we'll be getting them all back at some point in the future too!

31/05/2014

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Busy times at the moment mean I've got a little backlog of photos from our little acoustic night! Here's some from last week...

28/05/2014

Steve Wilson! He's back at It Bar TONIGHT!

28/05/2014

Live music tonight at It Bar! This week we have three fantastic singer/songwriters: the lovely Sophie Langley, the excellent Josh Buckland and the talented Steve Wilson!

Music kicks off at 8:30pm but get down early for some food and the best seats!

14/05/2014

Live music as usual tonight from 8:30pm! All the way from Germany, we have the wonderful Sleepwalkers Station, from the city of Plymouth, we have the fantastic Luke Scott Dumper and from actually very close by in Armley is the excellent Tim Loud!

It's a strong lineup so get yourselves down for a fine mix of food, booze and music! You're welcome.