Events listings

Below are listings of all alternative events we know about in Cambridge. If you know of an event not on this list, or are organising one, then contact the webmaster to have it added.

Highlighted events are official Rocksoc events.

You may add these events to your calendar automatically using the iCalendar feed.

Past events: 2003

9th Jan.

CAMRA Winter Ale Festival

at ARU Students' Union

Lots of lovely strong real ale. Lasts until 10:30 Saturday. See the website for more details.

22nd Jan.

Raging Speedhorn

at The Junction

none

23rd Jan.

AR & Sift

at The Portland Arms

Melodic Hard Rock & Indie (respectively)

28th Jan.

pre-WUS LaserQuest

at LaserQuest

Just what you always wanted. To shoot at eachother.

28th Jan.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

29th Jan.

Last Child

at The Boat Race

An AC/DC / Motorhead sound apparently. update: CANCELLED

31st Jan.

My Awesom Compilation, AR & End It On This

at The Portland Arms

?, Melodic Hard Rock & Pop Punk (respectively)

11th Feb.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Our Rock / Metal / Alternative night. Zwan giveaway this week - get free posters/stickes/cds/videos!

16th Feb.

RockSoc Presents...

at The Boat Race

The St Valentine's Day Massacre. Mulch, plus support.

18th Feb.

Feeder

at The Corn Exchange

Tickets are £12.50, available from the Corn Exchange. Buy soon to avoid disapointment.

19th Feb.

Bowling For Soup

at The Corn Exchange

none

22nd Feb.

Impact, Volunteers, Knee High

at The Portland Arms

none

22nd Feb.

Vanilla Pod, Battleska, Mafia vs Ninja, All But None

at The Man on the Moon

none

24th Feb.

Skelliga

at The Portland Arms

Alix's band. Also "The End Of It All" & "Sunday Driver"

25th Feb.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

27th Feb.

CRS, Eviscerate, Humanity, Asylum, Fell Thru

at The Junction

Humanity Rock Mightily

27th Feb.

Lepitus, Pigfish

at The Portland Arms

none

7th March

RockSoc AGM 2003

at The Graduate

The Annual General Meeting (nominations/motions)

7th March

Nourish

at Kings Cellars

A RockSoc clubnight, with guest DJ spot from Andy Cairns

8th March

RockSoc Presents...

at The Boat Race

Criminal, Jack's Family & special guests.

11th March

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

13th March

Pitchshifter

at The Junction

none

14th March

John Otway

at The Boat Race

none

15th March

Pink Fraud

at The Boat Race

A Pink Floyd tribute band

21st March

Farse, Schism & Fellthru

at The Boat Race

Ska/Punk

21st March

Pretty Vacant

at The Red Lion, Cherry Hinton

A night of thrills and trills from Pretty Vacant. Classic rock and guitar duels are go!

22nd March

Captain Everthing, Foamers, Battleska

at The Man on the Moon

Ska/Punk

25th March

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

27th March

Limehouse Lizzy

at The Boat Race

A Thin Lizzy tribute band.

29th March

Audio Warfare, Fire and Forget, Action Directe, The Leftovers

at The Man on the Moon

industrial/punk/trad metal

30th March

Reef

at The Junction

An evening of Placing Your Hands...

8th April

ginormous gig in london (note early start)

at The Astoria, London

Testament/Nuclear Assault/Death Angel/Marduk/Pro-Pain/Malevolent Creation/Darkane/Die Apokal... R...

8th April

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

22nd April

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

6th May

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

19th May

Beer Festival

at Jesus Green

Over 100 real ales. Also ciders and perries. On all week (finishes saturday).

19th May

RockSoc Swimming Trip

at Kelsey Kerridge

Come and exercise yourselves before the beer festival.

20th May

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

3rd June

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

7th June

Strawberry Fair

at Midsummer Common

A local festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts.

8th June

RockSoc Punt Party

at The Mill Pond

Punt to Grantchester for a swift half...

13th June

RockSoc May Brawl

at The Boat Race

Krimson (London) & KickBack (Nottingham) will rock your socks off. £2.50/£3.50 (m) & £5/£6 (n/m).

14th June

RockSoc Picnic

at Jesus Green

Relax in the sun after exams. Look for the folk in black with beer and loud music.

14th June

Skelliga

at The Boat Race

Alix's band supported by The Rude Mechanicals and Rome Burns.

18th June

Swimming & Curry

at Parkside Pool, Mill Road

It's hot. Relax with a nice cool swim, then tuck into a curry. Non swimmers should turn up at 20:30.

26th June

Humanity

at The Boat Race

Cambridge's own classic metal/hard rock legends

26th June

Distopia+Paranoid Simon+Krimson

at The Man on the Moon

metallica inspired headliners, supported by punk/metal and hard rock

28th June

Avarice Arcane+Katharsis+Forfeit

at The Man on the Moon

A night of death metal, headlined by the band formaerly known as Structured Chaos

28th June

Dungeonfest

at Royal Park Hotel, Leeds

A small underground (literally) metal festival. Now in its 3rd year.

1st July

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

4th July

Graspop 2003

at Dessel, Belgium

The Graspop Metal Meeting.

15th July

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

20th July

Humanity+Structured Chaos+TBC

at The Man on the Moon

Melodic metal with thrash/death support.

29th July

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

30th July

Wacken 2003

at Wacken, Germany (meeting: Drummer St. coach stop)

The most metal of all the festivals. Part 14.

12th Aug.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

26th Aug.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

30th Aug.

Pretty Vacant

at The Haymakers, Chesterton Road

Dual guitar-tastic classic rock and pop from the likes of Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, Deep Purple, etc.

30th Aug.

Bloodstock '03

at Assembly Rooms, Derby

The only UK metal festival. Featuring Nightwish, Saxon, Paradise Lost, Hammerfall, Blaze, ...

3rd Sept.

Amara

at The Man on the Moon

A wide variety of sounds from heavy metal to soft jazz and 60s/70s psychedelia. Supported by Delphi.

5th Sept.

Pretty Vacant

at The Rock

Dual guitar-tastic classic rock and pop from the likes of Thin Lizzy, Led Zep, Deep Purple, etc.

8th Sept.

The Quireboys

at The Boat Race

Enjoy some good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll.

18th Sept.

Amara

at The Junction

A wide variety of sounds from heavy metal to soft jazz and 60s/70s psychedelia.

23rd Sept.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

7th Oct.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

17th Oct.

RockSoc Presents: Freshfest

at The Boat Race

The Earthshock Tour, featuring Audio Einstein, Street Regal & Deadeye.

18th Oct.

Schoolgirls' Pub Crawl

at Various Cambridge pubs

The Annual Pub Crawl (this year with a schoolgirl theme).

21st Oct.

Squash

at 17 Northampton Street

Free Beer Before WUS. 7-9pm.

21st Oct.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Cambridge's best Rock / Metal / Alternative night. Kharnival Special.

26th Oct.

Kharnival

at The Junction

Raging Speedhorn plus 8 other bands including Skindred & Kill II This. £14 door / £11.50 adv.

27th Oct.

Funeral For A Friend

at The Junction

Welsh Rockers come to Cambridge...

30th Oct.

The Church Of Noise

at The Kambar

A rock club night. Now at the Kambar on the last thursday of every month. Entry £3 b4 11, £4 after.

4th Nov.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Cambridge's best Rock / Metal / Alternative night. With Guest DJ.

18th Nov.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

21st Nov.

RockSoc Presents...

at The Boat Race

Humanity, KickBack and Geared4

27th Nov.

The Church Of Noise

at The Kambar

A rock club night. Now at the Kambar on the last thursday of every month. Entry £3 b4 11, £4 after.

29th Nov.

Teashop Crawl III

at The teashops of Cambridge

Afternoon tea. Repeatedly.

2nd Dec.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

4th Dec.

RockSoc Christmas Quiz

at The Alma

Questions and Prizes

16th Dec.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night

30th Dec.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's fortnightly club night