sugardrum

Sat 8th Dec 2007
The Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston
the wupadupa christmas gig. lovely.
doors 8pm. £4 all proceeds to hope flowers school (a school for peace and community development in bethlehem)

Sat 22nd Sep 2007
All Saints Church, market Place, Kingston, Surrey.
The wupadupa string thing - an evening of singersongwriters and story telling and film accompanied by a string orchestra all in a big old and beautiful church to raise money for amnesty international. Voluntary donation (suggested £7). Part of the wupadupa Amnesty Kingston Freedom Festival although the ticketing for this event is separate from the Freedom Festival weekend on Oct 5th - 7th. doors 7pm.

Thu 23rd Aug 2007 to Mon 27th Aug 2007
Small World Festival Summer Gathering, Headcorn Kent
doing a gig on the Friday eve and Sunday afternoon on the wupadupa stage.

Fri 22nd Jun 2007 to Sun 24th Jun 2007
Glastonbury Festival
various gigs around the Green Futures Fields area.

Mon 28th May 2007
Kingston Parish Church, Kingston
we're playing as part of the special 20th Aniversary concert at Kingston Parish Church to celebrate the 20th aniversary of the Kingston Green Fair, of which there have been 20 so far, this being the 20th and the 20th aniversary of the 1st, 20 years ago ;)

we're the support act, first on at 8pm for about 30mins. For tickets, best to visit the Kingston Green Fair Website. If you can't get a ticket in advance, don't worry as it's a big church so as long as you get there nice and early you should be able to get a seat.

Thu 24th May 2007 to Mon 28th May 2007
Small World Spring Gathering, Headcorn, Kent.
playing on Thursday and Friday evenings and on Sunday afternoon, all on the wupadupa stage. Yay!

see www.smallworldsolarstage.org for more details and to book a ticket.

Sun 20th May 2007
electroacoustic club @ The Slaughtered Lamb
34 - 35, Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DX. Doors are at 7pm, I'm on at about 9ish for 25mins. only a fiver to get in or 4 quid if you're a student.

Fri 18th May 2007
The Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston
a collaborative cross fertilisation of singer songwriters and musicians performing songs with enlarged ensembleness. Plus live music to film from Impermanence (phil dale, matt kelly, beth perry and cathy brooke)
free home made cake and doodlebook!

Fri 18th May 2007
Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston
We is goin a bit choral like with this one and conglomacollaborationing four of my favourite female voices Carrie Tree, Mihaela (pinknruby), Beth Perry (the semble that was) and Cathy Brooke + pinknruby paul, mark woodward, mark "drum" fisher, storme "him beat dem drum nuff fat hand", Phil "emmer" Dale, matt (the same semble that was) and nigel sugardrum + elena all like singin and playin things like northumbrian pipes, harp, fat percussion, guitars, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, electric boxes of unlimited noise and so on (with various projections) Also unleashing his guitar full of untamed species, flora and mathematics amrit sond (also playing a piece live to film) and Also also playing pieces live to films - Impermanence (phil dale, beth perry, matt kelly, cathy brooke, will fearless)

Mon 16th Apr 2007
Dead or Alive promotions at The Old Queen's Head
44 Essex Road, Islington, London, N1 (off Upper Street), (tube - Angel; rail - Essex Rd) £3 with flyer

Wed 4th Apr 2007
Bedsprings at 26 Smithfield
26 Smithfield St. Farringdon, London, EC1A 9LB, onstage 8pm

Wed 21st Mar 2007
**CANCELLED ** 26 Smithfield at 26 Smithfield St. Farringdon, London, EC1A 9LB **CANCELLED **

Wed 7th Feb 2007
Green Note, 106 Parkway, Camden, London NW1 (just up the road from Jazz Cafe)
An evening with Astic Borders & Friends is back, after a most successful evening here at Green Note in November '06. Founder members Adrian Roye and Beth Dariti (also featuring Will Jenkins) have been playing all over London since 2004; sometimes solo, sometimes as a duo, but always to the very best acclaim. Astic Borders is a somewhat different animal; it's a project that focuses on collaboration, friendship and making music absolutely for the love of it. If you missed the last gathering, you don't want to miss another evening of banjo anti-folkstress Dana Immanuel, the manic and fragile acoustic songs of sugardrum and the uniquely acoustic Astic Borders. Only £3 on the door and best to get there by 8pm as it may well be a sell out.

Wed 10th Jan 2007
downstairs at The Rubicon, Maple Road, Surbiton
8pm-ish and I think it's free to get in, yay!

Wed 20th Dec 2006
Rerelease at the selkirk
60 Selkirk Road, Tooting Broadway London Town. Rerelease xmas special. all unplugged and very lovely. cost £2, stars 7.30/8pm.

Fri 15th Dec 2006
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston.
The wupadupa xmas horse lounge gig- a collaborative music making affair with sofa, broken TV, poorly hung picture etc... plus, free cake and a doodlebook to dribble, sorry scribble in!

Fri 1st Dec 2006
private wupadupa house gig somewhere in SW London.

Thu 16th Nov 2006
The Ram Jam Club, behind the Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston.
part of an evening called Alternative London, celebrating the Wacky and the Wonderful. 7.30pm onwards, open mic, comedy, drama, Fred Astair, rap and rhyme. £5 voluntary donation to cover expenses and vegetarian soul food.

Wed 1st Nov 2006
reRelease at The Selkirk, 60 Selkirk Road, Tooting Broadway, London Town
Another intimate, electrifying, acoustically charged nite at reRelease HQ featuring Move John Move, The Lucky Face, Sugardrum, eyeMoeba and more of London's finest acoustic artists. Come along for food, friends and phonix. 8pm

Thu 26th Oct 2006
The Ram Jam Club, behind the Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston Upon Thames.
the Grey Horse acoustic night was run for many years by Tom Corbett, then followed by Nick Davies and Rich Evans and currently just by Rich Evans. It was where wupadupa began and is the end of an era. 8pm ish.

Thu 19th Oct 2006
The Electroacoustic Club @ The Slaughtered Lamb, (downstairs) 34-35, Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX
I'm on at around 10.15pm, £5/£4 more info at the club website

Mon 9th Oct 2006
WORDPLAY at the Sanctuary Cella, Brunswick St East, Brighton.
another sizzling evening of smoking-hot verse and melt-in-the-mouth melodies from the UK's finest spoken word and musical artists. 7.30pm, £5 / £4.

Sat 7th Oct 2006
All Saints Parish Church (Kingston Parish Church), the Market Place, Kingston.
Day 2 of the Amnesty Freedom Festival, the wupadupa string thing - singer / songwriters accompanied by a string orchestra plus a mini art exhibition. 7.30pm www.amnestyfreedomfestival.org

Sun 17th Sep 2006
Hove Seafront, Brighton.
All day Strawberry Social event with loads of interesting experimental stuff. wupadupa people and soundtank playing in the afternoon sometime, from 2pm onwards I think.

Sun 3rd Sep 2006
The Windsor Arts centre
details to follow, but should be a good 30min set each :)

Thu 24th Aug 2006 to Mon 28th Aug 2006
Small World Summer Gathering Festival in Headcorn, Kent.
www.smallworldsolarstage.org

Thu 20th Jul 2006
wuapdupa house gig mad hatters tea party type thing with mad hats, music and cake.
a private event at a house in East London somewhere. Just follow the cake crumbs and you might well find us ;)

Tue 4th Jul 2006
The Acoustic Lounge, Smoke Rooms, 100 Clapham Park Road, Clapham, London, SW4 7BZ.
evening start at 8.30pm, only £4. more details to follow.

Sat 24th Jun 2006
The Grey Horse, Kingston
the wupadua drum thing, a percusiontastic evening of singer songwriters plus lots of percussionists and free cake! doors 8ish

Fri 16th Jun 2006 to Wed 21st Jun 2006
The Sunrise Festival, Glastonbury
details to follow

Thu 1st Jun 2006
The Hope, 11 Queens Road, Brighton.
those lovely people at Sound Tank have invited us to perform a scaled down version of our recent wupadupa string thing gig, hence the title "mini string thing". 8pm, £5/£4.

Thu 25th May 2006 to Mon 29th May 2006
The Small World Festival, Headcorn, Kent. www.smallworldsolarstage.org

Sat 13th May 2006
Kingston Parish Church, Market Place, KT1 1JP
the wupadupa string thing. a very special wupadupa night featuring various wupadupa artists, a string orchestra, singers, songwriters, poetry, dance and other sound making devices.

this is a CHARITY gig with ALL profits going to Friends of the Earth.

cushions, candles and free home made cake.

doors 7pm. music starts 7:30

suggested voluntary donation:
£7 if you've got a good job,
£5 if not,
nothing if bankrupt.

If you know any of these artists then it's a very rare opportunity to catch them with a string orchestra! and if you don't know them then it's a very rare opportunity to catch them with a string orchestra!

Sat 25th Mar 2006
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road Kingston
the monthly wupadupa night. 8.30pm. £4 to get in but you get some free home made cake and music.

Thu 23rd Mar 2006
The Cellar Bar, South Hill Park Arts Ctr, Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7PA
Nigel doing a couple of songs along with many other people. starts at 9pm, £2 to get in.

Wed 22nd Mar 2006
The Grey Horse, Kingston.
Nigel and possibly Beth gatecrashing the Acoustic night to do a couple of new tunes. starts at 9pm and we'll probably be put on first as we're not really supposed to be there anyway ;)

Thu 16th Mar 2006
The acoustic lounge at The Roebuck, 50 Great Dover street, Borough SW1.
we're on second at 9.15pm. Nigel with Beth on cello playing 4 songs. Yay! Not sure if it's actually in a lounge in the back room of someone's house with the tv playing neighbours in the corner and and old man throwing peanuts at passers by with said nuts landing in the goldfish bowl next to the tv where the unfortunate fish become more and more troubled by the increasing salt content of the water and the small pile of nuts slowing beginning to obscure their nice little underwater castle their owner bought them for xmas a couple of years ago in the mistaken hope that it would brighten the place up a little when in fact the fish never seemed to notice as fish never seem to notice these things and what they really wanted if anyone cared to ask them was one of those groovy wheel type things that the hamster has...

Sun 19th Feb 2006
**CANCELLED** SORRY! The White Horse, 94 Brixton Hill, SW2.

Tue 7th Feb 2006
The Synergy Centre, 220 Farmers Road, London SE5. nearest tube is Oval.
Acoustic Music and Poetry Night - hosted by Small World, gathering the cream of the singer-song writers and poets from the festivals circuit together with a growing number of performers from the Camberwell area, combined with delicious food from the Sattva Cafe, Tuesday nights at the Centre are a highlight of the week. Food from 7pm, performances from 8pm. Nigel doing a short solo set.

Sun 5th Feb 2006
The White Horse, 94 Brixton Hill, SW2.
** CANCELLED, sorry! **

Sat 28th Jan 2006
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston. Travel: BR Kingston (departing from Waterloo and Vauxhall)
A Magical night with ivy spells including yummy cakes, comfy cushions and fairy lights!
Doors 8pm, starts 8:30pm, £4 entry.

Sun 11th Dec 2005
a brighton wupadupa night- at THE SANCTUARY cafe - brunswick street east, BRIGHTON -
starts 7:30 - ONLY £5!!!! - get there early...free cake

Tue 6th Dec 2005
the Synergy Centre, 220 Farmers Road, London Town, SE5 0TW,UK
A beautifully chilled and social evening, set in the communal living room, settees, soft cushions, soft lighting, and the lovely Sativa cafe to set things off properly. Suggested donation £3 (all profits will be given to the centre to help with the conversion) Nearest tube Oval.

Wed 16th Nov 2005
The Electroacoustic Club. Downstairs at The Slaughtered Lamb, 34-35 Great Sutton Street (off Clerkenwell Road) EC1V 0DX. Nearest tubes are Farringdon/Barbican (5 min walk) and Old St (10 min walk/2 m
Onstage around 9.15pm. Doors 7.45pm, £5. Directions etc avail from www.runningjumprecords.co.uk/electroacousticclub/lambdirections.htm

Tue 8th Nov 2005
eARmusic Open Mic, Monkey Chews, 2 Queens Crescent, Camden, London, NW5 4EP
nigel doing a 3 song solo set at this excellent open mic. eve starts at 8pm.

Sat 29th Oct 2005
the Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston
we're havin a kinda experimental acoustic remix night where we will be collaborating, disassembling and reassembling each others songs using a wide variety of instruments. Only £4 to get in, doors 8pm. Cushions, candles and free home made cake!

Mon 24th Oct 2005
The Halfmoon, Putney.
** CHANGED 23/10/05 ** Sorry folks but I'm much too ill to do this gig. Hopefully I'll be playing there again soon, sorry, Nigel.

Sun 16th Oct 2005
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston.
the freedom festival weekend in aid of amnesty international. a weekend of live music and comedy across 2 venues. doors 4pm. tickets available from www.kingston.gov.uk/eticketing/

Sat 24th Sep 2005
the grey horse, kingston
the sofa returns. wupadupa artistes and guests will take the stage (cunningly disguised as a front room, with sofa, broken telly, dodgy lamp etc) for a big song fest
wupadoodle doo. £4. doors 8pm ish

Thu 25th Aug 2005
Small World Solar Festival Headcorn, Kent (details at www.smallworldsolarstage.org)
loads of great bands and the wupadupa tent featuring some of the juiciest wupa talents and more...
£35 entry (book in advance)

Wed 27th Jul 2005
The Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston.
Acoustic Night. evening starts at 9pm.

Wed 20th Jul 2005
The Electroacoustic Club, The Slaughtered Lamb 34-35 Great Sutton Street London EC1V 0DX
on at 9.30pm for a 25min set. Lots of new songs to play and some oldens if there's time. doors 7-11pm Open Mic from 7.30pm Featured artists from 8.30pm £3 with flyer/£4 without Farringdon/Barbican tube, buses 4, 55, 56, 243

Wed 8th Jun 2005
The Grey Horse, Kingston
Acoustic Showcase evening. starts at 9pm, 3 other acts playing.

Sat 28th May 2005
the SMALL WORLD SPRING FESTIVAL( fri 27th - mon 30th) - in headcorn kent
www.smallworldsolarstage.org - for invite..

Thu 5th May 2005
**CANCELLED** The Electroacoustic Club Bear on the Square, 2 St.Johns Square, off Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 4DE. **CANCELLED** SORRY GUYS, RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE SOON.

Sun 24th Apr 2005
The Acoustic Living Room Unity Works Community Art & Healing Centre Lord Napier Pub, 25 White Post Lane, E9
A lovely evening hosted by Corneilius (AKA DJ Lookwood). Magic Hat meal at around 6.30pm, followed by music. Bring your own booze and pudding. Free to get in although donations for food and artists are encouraged.

Wed 13th Apr 2005
The Grey Horse, Kingston.
the "Strum Sing Special" First night of the new musical event happening on the 2nd & 4th wednesday of the month at the Grey Horse. doors 8.30pm, music starts at 9pm. only £4/3.

Wed 9th Mar 2005
The Grey Horse, Kingston
part of Tom's Acoustic showcase. Starts 9pm ish.

Tue 8th Mar 2005
Phil's Acoustic Club,
Trent Park Golf Club, Bramley Road, Southgate, London, N14 on stage sometime after 9pm. See www.philsacousticclub.co.uk

Sat 29th Jan 2005
The Grey horse, Kingston
The Monthly wupadupa with a cosy atmosphere and free cake. Doors 8:30pm, starts at 9pm. £4. CHARITY GIG to raise money for the Tsunami Appeal.

Thu 13th Jan 2005
the Electroacoustic Club at the Slaughtered Lamb, 34-35 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DX.
doors 7.30pm, on stage 8pm, £4. Nial Kelly, Michael Berk and Michael McCaffrey also playing.

Fri 17th Dec 2004
The Xmas wupadupa at The Grey Horse Kingston, transformed into a cosy living room type thing with a sofa, broken tv and a dodgy lamp siting in the corner that nobody knows where it came from.
Each artist will be doing a couple of songs each and jamming on each other's songs in a kind of "welcome to my living room, have some cake and a mince pie and lets have a jam!" type thing... doors 8pm till late, £4.

Wed 15th Dec 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
Tom's Acousic Night "Caroline's Birthday Special" with Party Wings & Cake!

Wed 8th Dec 2004
**CANCELLED/POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY** The Rubicon, Maple Road, Surbiton
details to follow...

Wed 1st Dec 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston.
part of Tom's Acoustic Showcase. Starts 9pm.

Tue 30th Nov 2004
Sound Unplugged, The Sound Cafe Bar, Leicester Square, W1
doors 7.30pm, on stage 8.35pm. £4/5.

Tue 16th Nov 2004
The Acoustic Lounge at The Railway, 18 Clapham High Street, Clapham Common, London, SW4 7UR.
Tube to clapham north. Turn Left 1 min walk. Just under bridge. Lovely intimate venue. Starts 8.30pm, only £3 to get in!

Sun 31st Oct 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston Upon Thames
3rd and final night of the Amnesty Kingston Freedom Festival in aid of Amnesty International. Doors 6pm. See www.amnestykingston.org/festival/ for more info.

Mon 25th Oct 2004
The Half Moon, 93 Lower Richmond Road, Putney.
Nigel doing a 3 song solo set.

Sat 16th Oct 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston Upon Thames
The monthly wupadupa night with lovely music, cool vibe, cushions on the floor, the wupadupadoodlebook and free cake! Doors 8.30pm, starts 9pm. Only £4.

Tue 12th Oct 2004
Phil's Acoustic Club, Trent Park Golf Club, Bramley Road, Southgate.
starts 8pm, doing a 3 song support slot.

Wed 29th Sep 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
doors 9pm, part of Tom's acoustic showcase

Fri 24th Sep 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
the wupadupa living room gig, a bit like the after the gig gig you usually get around someones house after a gig, complete with sofas, lamps, and general soft furnishings plus the wupadupadoodlebook and free cake! hurrah!

Wed 22nd Sep 2004
The Rubicon, Maple Road, Surbiton
doors 8.30pm-ish, free entry. We're not sure if there will be free cake as it's a newish venue for us!

Wed 1st Sep 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston.
Part of the acoustic showcase. Doors 9pm

Thu 26th Aug 2004
The Small World Festival, Headcorn, Kent. Aug 26th - 30th.
wupadupa have their own cafe at this beatiful, relaxed festival. See www.smallworldsolarstage.org for more info

Tue 10th Aug 2004
"sound unplugged" at the Sound Cafe Bar, Leicester Square
on stage around 8:35pm. Doors 7.30pm, 5ukp. Bar open until 3am.

Sat 17th Jul 2004
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston
an evening of cushions, candles, cake.... oh and some music. doors 9pm, £4

Wed 7th Jul 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
Tom's acoustic showcase. Starts 9pm and around 6 other acts also playing.

Sat 26th Jun 2004
Glastonbury Festival
7pm, Mandala Stage, Green Futures Field.

Thu 24th Jun 2004
Glastonbury Festival
eve, Tadpole Stage, Green Futures Field.

Sat 19th Jun 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
a wupadupa nite! 8pm, only £3 to get in. The usual lovely music and free cake.

Wed 16th Jun 2004
Grey Horse, Kingston
Toms Acoustic Showcase. Starts 9pm.

Sun 30th May 2004
small world festival, headcorn, kent

Sat 29th May 2004
small world festival, headcorn, kent

Wed 12th May 2004
Up all night at the Purple Turtle, Camden, NW1. Opp Mornington Crescent Tube.
doors 7.30pm, on stage 8.30pm

Thu 6th May 2004
Club Fabulous @ Lark in the Park, 60 Copenhagen Street, London. Nr Angel Tube.
Doors 8pm, 5ukp, Onstage 8:50pm.

Wed 5th May 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
part of the acoustic showcase night. Starts 9pm.

Tue 27th Apr 2004
The Twist @ Olivers, 9 Nevada St, Greenwich SE10. Transport Greenwich Overland, London Bridge or Cutty Sark DLR.
£3.50. Starts 8.30pm. The venue is opp the Rose & Crown pub & the Theatre down an alley on the left and downstairs.

Thu 22nd Apr 2004
Acoustic Revolution
The Grove Tavern, Wimbledon

Tue 20th Apr 2004
The Acoustic Trip, Caernarvon Castle, Camden

Sat 17th Apr 2004
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston
A chilled acoustic wupadupa night! Doors 8pm. £4

Wed 31st Mar 2004
Grey Horse, Kingston
Acoustic Showcase. Starts 9pm.

Wed 3rd Mar 2004
The Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston Upon Thames
Acoustic Showcase

Sat 21st Feb 2004
The Grey Horse, Richmond Rd, Kingston Upon Thames
a wupadupa night! doors 8pm ish - 12am ish, £3. A night of wonderful and sublime acoustic music.

Thu 12th Feb 2004
Tall Poppy Presents, The Wheatsheaf, 582 Fulham Rd

Fri 6th Feb 2004
Marlborough Theatre, Brighton
a wupadupa night! doors 7.30pm, £6/5. arrive early as small, intimate venue

Tue 3rd Feb 2004
The Acoustic Trip, Caernarvon Castle, Camden

Wed 14th Jan 2004
The Grey Horse, Kingston
Tom's Acoustic Night

Wed 17th Dec 2003
The Grey Horse, Richmond Road, Kingston
the wupadupa xmas party day one. doors 8.30pm. lovely toons and free mince pies!

Thu 27th Nov 2003
Tall Poppy Presents,
The Wheatsheaf, 582 Fulham Rd, SW6 5NT. Nearest tube - Parsons Green

Tue 11th Nov 2003
Phils at the Merryhills, 95 Bramley Rd, Southgate.
Nearest tube: Oakwood. doors 8pm. only £2 to get in. Nigel doing a short solo set.

Tue 28th Oct 2003
The Acoustic Trip, Caernarvon Castle, Camden.

Sun 26th Oct 2003
The Grey Horse
Kingston Amnesty Festival, doors 12pm, £5 or £12 for whole weekend

Wed 15th Oct 2003
Grey Horse, Kingston
doors 9pm

Fri 26th Sep 2003
The Grey Horse, Kingston

Wed 10th Sep 2003
the Grey Horse, Kingston
Tom's Acoustic Night

Mon 1st Sep 2003
Porters Cellar Bar, Bath
free entry, starts 8pm ish

Sun 31st Aug 2003
The Grey Horse, Kingston
doors 7.30pm, starts 8pm. only £5 or £4 cons.

Thu 24th Jul 2003
The Alexandra,
14 Clapham Common South Side, London, SW4 7AA.

Wed 11th Jun 2003
Acoustix at the Bedford
77, Bedford Hill, Balham, SW12 9HD

Sat 17th May 2003
The Betsy Trotwood
56 Faringdon Road, EC1R 3BL, on stage 8:30pm

Thu 15th May 2003
Acoustic Revolution
The Grove Tavern, South Wimbledon.

Tue 13th May 2003
Phils at the Merryhills
95 Bramley Rd, Southgate, N14

Tue 6th May 2003
Acoustic Trip, Fusilier & Firkin, Camden, London
Starts 8:30pm. £3.