Staffordshire live music scene given boost as Pitchers announces Saturday night gigs until July
Staffordshire's live music scene has been given a shot in arm after a Tamworth sports bar announced live gigs every weekend until July.
Pitchers, Lower Gungate, have booked a variety of local bands including tribute acts, Irish singers, Ska bands, cover bands, local Indie legends and singer songwriters.
Pitchers, which opened last Autumn, is predominately a sports bar but after the success of recent Saturday night gigs, including Oasiis, proved there is a thirst for live music in Tamworth.
The venue, which used to be a cinema, lends itself to live music and under a previous incarnation Coreys Sports Bar, which opened in 2014 and closed in 2022, regularly hosted live bands including UB40 tribute act Rats in My Kitchen.
Manager Jason Pegg said: "Tamworth has a great history of live music producing its own bands who started here and went on to bigger things. Local people support bands and enjoy seeing them live so we've been blown away with the response to our live music."
He added: "Committing to live music means having the confidence in local bands and booking them months in advance.
"We have booked up every Saturday until June 28 which gives fans of the bands a date for their diary."
Irish folk-rockers Heed are playing are on this Saturday. The musical sisters have become mainstays of the Midlands music scene and have built their own following. Indie outfit The Bizz will be bringing their take on James, Oasis and Stone Roses hits on March 22.
Veteran Darlington band The Skapones are giving their Midlands fans a chance to see their high energy North East take on Coventry' greatest export ska on Saturday, March 29. Reggae and ska band The Precursors kick Aprils gigs off on Saturday 5 and new five piece indie and alternative cover band Luna Waves will be closing the month off on April 28.
Flamboyant glam rock band Mr President will be bringing their costumes and props to Pitchers on Saturdays, May 5 and playing classics from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
The Colour Six have been building a following by not just performing covers but mash-ups combining pop, rock, hip-hop, dance and even country into medleys and will pack out the venue on Saturday, May 10.
Sutton Coldfield indie cover band The Mighty Boing will be showing off their high energy set on May 24 and three piece favourites The Fine and Dandy on May 31.
Fan favourite McScraggy and the Suits will be getting the crowd on their feet on June 7 like every gig they play. Powerful soul and rock covers band 7th Son on June 14 and finishing off June's' music offering is Oasiis on June 28.
