HISTORY

Acoustic Night

The First 12 Years
Late 1994 –
Tim Gibbard books the first Acoustic Night for a Thursday night at Stokes Café (now Take 5, Stokes Croft. It’s jammed and quickly becomes a weekly event.

Performers include:Guy Malzoons, Kennedy, George, Jim, Rob Scicilliano and Plastic Jesus. It last nine months and they lose their licence for being too raucous.
Jasper Hardhat Taro Atmosphere, AKA Jasper, becomes the organiser with Ethosphire., opening as Son of Stokes, at Jesters Comedy Club. Spin offs include all day and 24 hour poetry events at both Stokes and Jesters.
Acoustic Night even has a spell in Bedminster.
Late 1995 - Jasper ran it with Lhina Robson, at the Pickled Newt for around six months until settling at the Brew House. Jasper leaves for Southampton. Lhina runs it on her own for about a year. Performers include: Invisible Voice, Andy from the Sad Old Bastards, guitarist Stephen King and poet Polly Carr (now Polly Moyer).

1998 – Pete Hunter takes on role of organiser and MC for nearly four years. Regulars include Ian Sills, David Johnson, Alison Wade, SJ Esau, Bucky, Jane Taylor, Mirrimar and Nathan Filer. He introduces theme nights, such as Christmas in Space. The venue remains the same but goes through several incarnations. It is now The Croft.

New Year 2003 – Mal Travers takes over from Pete. Acoustic Night moves to the King Charles. Mal creates our first website, creates the guest slot, and post recordings on the website. Performers include: Lou Bell,bOYDON gOODMAN, Hal Camplin, Phenzwaan, and Pete Hunter, Pete Gebler. Acoustic Night hits the doldrums.

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