There we were, sitting in Hove, lovers of music but too lazy to go out. So we thought 'why not use our newly-knocked-through front room to create an intimate space for musicians to perform?'. They can play their songs, sell their CDs and make a few quid - while we can bask in their reflected glory like the fame-whores we are. Mmmm...
So, we promise you:
So, we promise you:
- an up-close-and-personal experience (it's big enough, but not that big)
- some great singer-songwriter-instrumentalists
- you'll get to see every slide and every hammer-on
- and every penny of your donation will go to the performer
Coming Soon
Update - August 2024
Having dipped our toes back into the water with Sally Barker in December 2023, then nabbed Show of Hands for a February gig before they 'retire', and followed that up with the incredible Charlie Austen, it's been a busy time here at Hove House Concert towers. However, Rob needs to take some time off from September, so we probably won't be doing any more gigs this year. Plans are in place to return with a full programme in 2025, starting in March and as soon as we know who's playing, we'll announce it here, on Facebook and to the mailing list. Until we meet again - have a great rest of the 'summer' and we'll see you soon!
Logo by Logologo. Now there's a mouthful.
Friday June 14th - Charlie Austen
About Charlie Austen
Charlie is a one-woman band and tour-de-force, playing carefully crafted original songs on the folk-soul-rock spectrum, ready to take you on a lyrical journey to outer-space and back. Airy, yet powerful blues-infused vocals, intricate guitar parts and bare feet that keep the beat, courtesy of her unique suitcase drum-kit invention, Charlie featured nationally on BBC Radio 4, and you can catch her live on the UK festival circuit this year.
Charlie also features as a vocalist in cult blues-rock band Nine Below Zero, with whom she has toured extensively, and has been chosen for many high-profile gigs with her solo act. These include a European tour with Bryan Ferry, several UK tours with Squeeze-frontman and Ivor-Novello award winning songwriter Glenn Tilbrook, and a contribution to Cat Stevens’s online 'Catsong' festival, celebrating 50 years of 'Tea for the Tillerman'.
Charlie also features as a vocalist in cult blues-rock band Nine Below Zero, with whom she has toured extensively, and has been chosen for many high-profile gigs with her solo act. These include a European tour with Bryan Ferry, several UK tours with Squeeze-frontman and Ivor-Novello award winning songwriter Glenn Tilbrook, and a contribution to Cat Stevens’s online 'Catsong' festival, celebrating 50 years of 'Tea for the Tillerman'.
"...sparklingly original. Some of the songs seem so personal, so confessional, that I shudder to think what might have inspired them."
- PACKETOFTHREE.COM
- PACKETOFTHREE.COM
'Tickets' - £15.00
"Her star is ascending, and rightly so..."
- WRITEWYATTUK
"In a marvellously presented set, Charlie Austen joins the ranks of musicians who have been taken to the hearts of the Liverpool music lovers."
- IAN HALL, LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION
- WRITEWYATTUK
"In a marvellously presented set, Charlie Austen joins the ranks of musicians who have been taken to the hearts of the Liverpool music lovers."
- IAN HALL, LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION