Hair Do at Flatpack Festival on April 14th in association with Moving Memories Cafe

Join us as we collaborate with Flatpack Film Festival 2018 for a screening of Milos Forman's 1979 film Hair ‘the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical’ about a 'diverse sect of New York hippies resisting the draft'. The film will be on in The Mockingbird Cinema & Kitchen throughout the night, while out in the bar we will provide a soundtrack of suitably 1960s wig-out music! Optikinetic visuals courtesy of Kevin Thomas. 

We are running this event in collaboration with LEAF creative arts Moving Memories Cafe project. Leaf are currently campaigning within the People's Projects Big Lottery Fund competition to run art and music sessions for isolated older people and people who have dementia.

You can vote for Moving Memories Cafe as of Monday 16th April via this link here: 

https://www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk/projects/view/moving-memories-caf%C3%A9

The event will run from 9 pm until 2 am. Tickets are £5 and can be purchased via Flatpack Festival's website here:

https://2018.flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/hair-do?perf_no=153

Murder on the Orient Express Gala Night at the Electric Cinema, Birmingham. Friday 3rd November.

For all those Agatha Christie enthusiasts out there, we have a treat to take your mind off the onset of winter. We will will be spinning some 1930s and 1940s vinyl at this lavish event laid on by The Electric Cinema in Birmingham to coincide with the release of Kenneth Branagh's reinvention of Murder on the Orient Express.

On Friday 3rd November, your favourite stompers will be setting the atmosphere from 8 pm before the screening at 9 pm after which we will continue to please your ears during a lavish after party. As if that wasn't appetising enough, your ticket covers a free glass of fizz upon entry and casino games for those feeling extra risky!

You can find more information on the film and how to book through The Electric Cinema's website here: https://www.theelectric.co.uk/programme.php?film=1923

Sugarfoot Stomp at Symphony Hall, Birmingham August 27th.

Firstly, let me apologise for not posting in a lonnnnnnnnng time. This is in no part due to inactivity within the Sugarfoot camp but rather my relying on Twitter to get the news out there and forgoing this blog.

This news, however, is something I had to say in more than 240 characters, which is that we will be providing music at the Ever-After Vintage Dance Spectacular at the Symphony Hall on the bank holiday Sunday, August 27th. We are joining forces with the Jim Wynn Swing Orchestra: www.jimwynnswing.co.uk while The Swing Era will be leading the dancing: www.theswingera.co.uk. This is all incredibly exciting and we are all looking forward to it very much.

More info on how to book can be found here: https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/ever-after-vintage-dance-spectacular#tab0=details

Love as always,

Doris xxx

Sugarfoot Stomp at Lunar Festival this weekend!

This weekend we will be easing revellers back into (sur)reality on Sunday evening to close down the Lunar Festival. The festival takes place in Tanworth in Arden which happens to be Nick Drake's birthplace. For those who don't have work the next day or are just super hardcore, we'll be playing 9 pm til 3 am in the Bimble Inn.

The line-up looks pretty special this year. If you haven't yet booked your ticket then look here: http://lunarfestival.co.uk/tickets/

See you there?

Sugarfoot Stomp at Bust Summer Craftacular, York Hall, London this Sunday!

DJ Dolly (a.k.a Chicks Dig Jerks) will be spinning some records this Sunday at York Hall in London's Bethnal Green. This is going to be a feast for the ears and the eyes- over 70 crafty stallholders will be there including one of my personal favourites, Rob Ryan. There will also be DIY workshops and a pop up cafe.

If that wasn't reason enough to hotfoot it down there, for the small £3 entrance fee, the first 100 shoppers will get goodie bags and will be in with the chance of winning a Tatty Devine prize.

Dolly will be djing from 12-2 pm then Piney Gir will take over the wheels of steel (2-4 pm) followed by Spinning Yarns (4-6 pm).

What a perfect way to spend a Sunday! Read more about it here:  http://bust.com/london/bust-summer-craftacular.html

Lotsa love,

DJ Doris xx

Sugarfoot Stomp presents Gruff Rhys after party Saturday 14th February at Hare and Hounds, Birmingham.

We are very excited that Gruff Rhys is coming to play at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath as part of his American Interior tour and so will be throwing a jolly knees-up after the show. Expect some psychedelic visuals and the usual mix of weird and wonderful songs from the days of yore.

The show itself is sold out but if you are attending then we will be offering discounts into the after party. Otherwise, it's a bargain entry fee of £3.

The event will start at 9 pm and go on until 2 am. Oh and it'll be Valentine's day too so come along and spread your lovin' vibes!

http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/event-listings/event/?eventID=10034902

Hare & Hounds Kings Heath

106, High st, Kings Heath, B14 7JZ Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sugarfoot Stomp Tenth Anniversary Party. 19th September. The Spotted Dog Birmingham.

Sugarfoot Stomp will be celebrating its tenth year of bringing you music, mischief and more from the 1920s to the 1960s.

This event will be extra special as we will be partaking in the Scalarama Film Festival so our visuals man; Film Ficciones will get to stretch out and have his own room showing a selection of rare 16 mm films while we get everyone fuzzy in the outdoors beer garden. We are also happy to welcome Charters and Caldicott who will be playing rare 78 records on the pub's very own gramophones.

The pub is situated at 104 Warwick Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0NH and the event will go on from 8 until late.

Not to be missed!

http://vimeo.com/filmficciones
http://scalarama.com
http://www.spotteddog.co.uk/

Sugarfoot Stomp at Flatpack Film Festival, Saturday March 29th.

Greetings!

We will be getting Digbeth's Spotted Dog (one of our favourite juice joints) a-jumpin after Random Acts Party for this year's Flatpack Film Festival. This is truly exciting because we all adore this festival.

Here's the link to the event and if you haven't checked it out (you really ought to!) the festival website:

http://www.flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/random-acts-party/

You can see more about the Spotted Dog here too:

http://www.spotteddog.co.uk/

Come and get merry with us from 8 pm on Saturday 29th.

Madame Moonshine's 1920s Speakeasy

Hello all!

So last month we had the honour of doing our thing at the hottest new night in town; Madame Moonshine's Speakeasy.

We were truly spoilt by the dancing girls who made our set go off with a bang, not to mention the many splendid things that kept us entertained such as fantastic live music and Colonel Swing spinning delectable tracks. Sassy singers The Glamophones lead us by the hands into the gin-fuelled night ahead and we had a grand time larking about in a photobooth courtesy of Polka Dot Fox:

http://www.weddings.polkadotfox.co.uk/photo-booth-madame-moonshines-speakeasy/

All who attended made a massive effort to look the part. You can see the results via their Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/madamemoonshine

We'll be playing at this event again in the future so watch this space!

Amazing promo video for our 9th birthday this month!

Film Ficciones; our collaborator extraordinaire and the man behind Outer Sight, has created a most excellent video to give you an idea of what to expect on September 20th.

It really will be this far-out, enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/73868506

Sugarfoot Stomp 9th birthday and film screening of Hellzapoppin' (1941) in association with Outer Sight. Friday 20th September at the Hare and Hounds.

We are very excited to be celebrating our 9th year of Sugarfooting by teaming up with the mysterious pop-up speakeasy film parlour that is Outer Sight. Together we will be bringing you a pre-Sugarfoot film screening of Hellzapoppin' from 1941; a film which contains one of the best lindy hopping dance sequences in cinema history!

Here is a synopsis: 

Absolutely mad frame-busting comedy starring the infamous duo, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Ole and Chic are a couple of stagehands who try to help a young playwright woo the girl of his dreams, but manage to wreck his big stage production in the process. One of the wildest, most imaginative comedies ever made, it's a film of a play within a film. The projectionist is assaulted by the usherette. The stars talk to the audience. The projector goes wrong - and the stars notice. It has one of the greatest pieces of Lindyhopping ever filmed. This film does things nobody else did for thirty or forty years, and has stuff which would be wackily avant-garde today.

The screening (courtesy of Film Ficciones- the brains and beating heart behind Outer Sight and king of Sugarfoot Stomp's moving images) will be preceded by some short films and will be followed by our club night. You can come to one or the other but we would recommend coming to both because they will each be a life alteringly joyous experience!

It costs £6 to come to the screening and the night and just £3 for the night which should start at around 9.30 pm.

Doors are at 7 pm and we will be keeping you up way past your bedtime until 2 am.

Here is a Youtube clip of the Lindy-hopping scene so you can see just what we mean:

I just want to reiterate how excited we are!

The Sugarfoot ladies.

Down at the Sugarfoot Stomp: 

Music and More from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Outer Sight:

An irregular madcap through the outer spaceways of lost and psychedelic psynema. A place that's all questions and few answers, and where the windows look in - even from the inside!

All at the Hare and Hounds:

106 High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7JZ

Sugarfoot at Sunrise With Live Score this Friday. Mac Arena, Birmingham.

We're happy to be collaborating with our Flatpack Festival pals again this Friday as we will be providing some pre-film music for their screening of Sunrise, in the outdoor arena at the mac Birmingham.

Murnau's 1927 film, 'the tale of a farmer who gets seduced by a vamp from the big city' will be accompanied by a live score courtesy of former Conservatoire student and acclaimed pianist Alcyona Mick.

We will be playing from 8.30 pm for an hour and the film will follow soon after that.

For more booking information please see the mac's website:

http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/sunrise--u--with-live-score

Not one to be missed, we are very excited! 

Shop launch at Agnes & Norman, Birmingham.

A couple of weeks ago we were asked to spin some 1920s and 1930s records for the launch of a new boutique shoe shop in Birmingham's snazzy Great Western Arcade.

Agnes & Norman specialises in beautiful vintage footwear. We would recommend perusing their website which includes a gorgeous seaside-themed fashion photo shoot to drool over.

http://www.agnesandnorman.co.uk/

We also got to take away a pair of shoes of our choice for the honour. Not bad for an evening's work eh?

Here you can see Doris modelling hers...

Sugarfoot Stomp at Cheltenham Jazz Festival May 3rd.

We may have been a wee bit quiet of late but believe us we have been brewing up a storm...

Next Friday on May 3rd we will be spinning our vinyl at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival event: Jazz at the Manor which runs from 10 pm until the respectable hour of 2 am. This shindig will be held in the Fitzgerald-esque grounds of Cowley Manor within the glorious realm of the Cotswolds.

If coming to see us wasn't enough to whet your appetite, there will be live bands and celebrity djs keeping you going into the early hours.

It is set to be a delectably grand affair!

For more information, cast your lovely eyes over this link:

http://www.cowleymanor.com/jazz-at-the-manor/friday-3-may/

We are very much looking forward to this!

Sugarfoot Stomp Love-In, Friday 22nd February at the Hare & Hounds.

After a long hiatus we are back with fully-loaded pistols ready to fire out all your favourite audio delights from the 1920s to the 1960s.

In honour of St. Valentine and because our hearts beat for you we will be having a love-in at the Hare and Hounds, expect suitably pupil-dilating visuals and a whirlwind night to tell your grandchildren about!

Doors are 8.30 pm and we'll take you through the night until 2.00 am.

£3 on the door.

See you there!

Doris and the darlings.


Down at the Sugarfoot Stomp

Music and More from the 1920s to the 1960s

Hare and Hounds
106 High Street,
Kings Heath
B14 7JZ

Sugarfoot Stomp 8th Birthday Soiree next Friday 28th September.

Well it has been a fair few months but we are back to celebrate our 8th year of Stomping with a film noir twist next Friday at the Hare and Hounds in Birmingham's leafy Kings Heath and what a treat we have in store for you!

There will be a prize for the best-dressed femme fatale and heroic homme plus a competition 
to see who can convincingly deliver a line from a film of our choice.

Expect a slick twist in visuals courtesy of Film Ficciones and a murderous selection of music from the 1920s to the 1960s.

It's £3 entry on the door and runs from 8.30 pm until 2.00 am.


Down at the Sugarfoot Stomp:
Music and more from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ.
0121 444 2081.

The Digbeth Shuffle.

Last Saturday was a fun-filled affair at the Spotted Dog in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The Flatpack Festival folk very kindly asked us to play the music for the evening between an array of hot performances by 1960s dance act The Actionettes and some wonderfully quirky films including archive clips of Brummies cutting a rug throughout the ages.

Here is a link to their website with a write-up and photos.

http://www.flatpackfestival.org/blog/2012/05/15/digbeth-shuffle/

There was lots of fancy footwork by the revellers including a very large conga line! Here is a video I made of an impromptu shuffle although you would have thought it was planned!

Hott Date Easter Eggstravaganza on the 8th April, Hare and Hounds.

Two days after our next event, Doris will be jump-starting proceedings at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath (our usual haunt) for the Hott Date Easter Eggstravaganza.

These events are always a lot of fun and for the first time ever, every room in the pub will be occupied by wall to wall record spinners and live musicians!

If you want to catch Doris she will be playing in the front bar at 3 pm until 5 pm, but make sure you stick around because the Hott Daters have a multitude of delights to take you well into the evening and beyond until the wee small hours.

They have given us a very nice write-up on their tumblr, check it out here:

http://hottdate.tumblr.com/

Hope to see you at either this, our event on the 6th or even both!

xx

Sugarfoot Stomp welcomes Play More.

Good old-fashioned fun 'n' games are in store for you if you hop, skip and jump-jive along to the next Stomp.

We will be collaborating with Play More; a Birmingham-based arts collective, promoting play for adults.

Expect such jovial activities as: 

-Making your own Play More accessories at the arts and crafts table.

-Dressing up and having a memorable 'family' photo taken at the make-shift photo booth.

-Taking part in a variety of Easter themed games.

...and a whole lot more!

While all of this is going on you can enjoy the usual blend of 1920s to 1960s ear-pleasers plus an array of eye entertainment in the form of top notch visuals courtesy of Film Ficciones.

What more could you ask for this Easter?


The event will be on Friday 6th April at the Hare and Hounds Kings Heath between the hours of 8.30 pm and 2.00 am.


Down at the Sugarfoot Stomp:
Music and more from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ.
0121 444 2081.

Sugarfoot Stomp Valentines Special on February 3rd at the Hare and Hounds.

Come and get frisky with the ladies and usher in the final winter month. We will be spinning a delectable selection of 1920s-60s era songs to get you hot under the collar and giddy at the knees.

There will be sizzling visuals to set the temperatures soaring courtesy of Film Ficciones:

http://www.youtube.com/user/filmficciones70/featured

Expect results similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6HpsIW-u0Q

S.W.A.L.K from the Sugarfoot ladies. xxx

Down at the Sugarfoot Stomp: Music and more from the 1920s to the 1960s. Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ. 0121 444 2081.