THE ODDITORIUM

Our beloved talk night.   Thank you so much to all of you awesome humans who came along to the Port Mahon and joined us in getting catapulted into the wonderfully strange world that buzzes round David Bramwells head AND -  of course - is actually real!  

If you'd be keen to buy his brand new book The Mysterium to look simultaneously cool at the family do for having such original choices in prezzies, and help keep David in pants and cheese (probably not the best pairing to think of)  then don't hesitate to go to his site to buy his book from him directly. 

​YES do it, you know it'll make you ever bit as fascinating and enigmatic and the phenomena he talks about.  

Email him here with your order request: info@drbramwell.com

INTRODUCING OUR
​NEW TICKETING SYSTEM

It's no secret that many of you will know this club specialises in quite possibly the worst business model ever
1) Specialist gigs with high quality artists that fly in the face of bland commercial bums on seats fodder. We are all about finding exceptionally talented, unique artists that refresh and inspire regardless regardless of how many ticket sales they personally bring to the table.

2) We are committed to paying artists properly for their incredible work.

3) We don't cut production corners. It's key to give the artist the highest quality platform we an afford so both audience and artists have the best night ever. 

Actually sounds great doesn't it...well here's the clanger but it's one we care about so much...

4) Ticket prices need to be as low as possible we want people of all incomes to be able to afford to come and try out something new.

Many of you have very kindly said we charge too little. For that we love you, but we just can't bring ourselves to increase prices full stop.  So, inspired by the recommendation from the wonderful people at The Old Fire Station (Oxford) we now have a 3 tiered pricing policy.

- STANDARD
- PAY MORE 
- PAY LESS

We love that this doesn't require a proof of Income Support or anything like this.

Not everyone who's on low income can qualify for a formal concession. Maybe it's just a bad month but you still want to see that artist and have a bit of time out to feel better about everything, well now you can.   

Maybe you can afford to pay more and would like to add in a bit of extra support, now you can. Or just opt for the standard. Whatever works for you! 

No questions just lovely juicy freedom of choice. We just want to be one of those things that helps to take the stress out of life. 

WOO! 

Irregular folks' Summer Session news

Hello gig lovers, our yearly mini-fest "Irregular Folks Summer Sessions" will be taking a break.
What? Why? How come? Scroll down to read on...
Thanks to England's freak success in last years World Cup, we clashed with the Semi Finals. This meant that while attendance was still impressive considering, it just wasn't the numbers that were expected with the new city centre location. Sadly as a result Irregular Folks lost a lot of money. This is even with Arts Council funding for the festival - which has been fantastic - they understandably, don't fund 100% of the cost or make up for ticket sale losses.

Some of you know that Irregular Folks is essentially run by one person creatively, logistically and financially. It's of key importance that high quality artists and production form the core of Irregular Folks, but are as accessable as possible in the form of affordable ticket pricing. This does mean that even when it's sold out, the profits are minimal and actually any profit at all, is rare.

Rest assured Irregular Folks core values are not going to change. The time that has been freed up as a result of not doing the festival this year is being spent deep in research and development. However while it's likely the Summer Session may return in 2020, it's going to be a long road to bring the finances back in order to be able to ensure you and the awesome artists who play get the level of experience, production quality you all deserve. I love live music and the arts too much to stop doing gigs, so watch this space or sign up to the mailing list, for news of evening gigs and other Irregular Folks ventures. People have asked me how can they support Irregular Folks, and it really can be as simple as keeping an eye out for the next evening gigs and helping to spread the word and...well... just coming and enjoying the gigs!  I'll also be launching a super excited online shop soon. You'll be able to buy often difficult to find music from artists that have played our club, posters, tote bags, aprons and curiosities that catch the eye! Many of you have suggested the crowdfunding route. It's a great idea. It's just tricky when you are raising money for lost income, so this is taking a lot more thought.

 I'm actually really excited about Irregular Folks future, and really enjoying the opportunity this year off running the festival, has given me to explore other ways of generating income for this club that I love so very much - and from what I hear has given others ace times too. One of these new ventures are that Irregular Folks is now open to private gig/event commissions. Woooohooo!

Thank you for all your incredible support so far.

Watch this space and let the show go on!

Best best wishes to you all
Love Vez!