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: 2010

1st Jan.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

5th Jan.

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 29th of September.

8th Jan.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

12th Jan.

No Calling this week

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after
Returns 26th January

14th Jan.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

15th Jan.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

19th Jan.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

21st Jan.

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at University Social Club

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.) This week it's the Cambridge Winter Ale Festival, so we will be meeting up there.

22nd Jan.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

26th Jan.

Gig

at The Man on the Moon


DIMINISHED FIFTH (Doom)
ROSEWOOD (Female Fronted Hard Rock)
RUINOR (Sabbath meets Lamb of God)
PYRATE BRIDE (Piratey)

A return to their home town for a headlining show, Diminished Fifth once again will provide the onslaught of Dark and Powerful, yet melodic Death Metal. With local support in the form of female fronted metal act Rosewood and two other local heavy metal acts Ruinor and Pyrate Bride.

26th Jan.

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

28th Jan.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

29th Jan.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

2nd Feb.

Gig

at The Portland Arms


HROATS (Hardcore/Grind)
LONEWOLVES (Hardcore)
BETTY PARISO (Hardcore/Grind)

2nd Feb.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

4th Feb.

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at The Granta

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

5th Feb.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

9th Feb.

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

11th Feb.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

11th Feb.

Subculture -03- THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND + CINDERS FALL

at ARU Students' Union

Subculture is the live band and club night held by the Anglia Ruskin's Alternative Music Society
Tickets (ON SALE NOW) : £5 AMS & Students, £6 Public, on door & at see tickets online. Last admission 11pm

12th Feb.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

13th Feb.

Chainstoke, Rosewood & Smoking Aces, LIVE @ ARU

at ARU Students' Union

Join our REVOLUTION! Ladies and Gentlemen, this is going to be an evening to remember! Rock/Metal/Ska and more SLEAZE than you can shake a piece of leather at! Featuring THE 3 hottest acts in Cambridge! CHAINSTOKE ROSEWOOD SMOKING ACES PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS: ARU's very own Alternative Music Society's SUBCULTURE DJ's; Alice Johnson Andy Mizen and more... PLUS the return of EX-SUBCULTURE DJ, and one of the orginal founders...Sami Asad! You will witness the debut of "Lick, Drink, Suck...Repeat" CHAINSTOKE's 4 track E.P.....FOR FREE You will also be able to buy "Opportunities" the debut album of ROSEWOOD! SO, SPREAD THE WORD, LOCK UP YOUR MOTHERS, and prepare for a night of pure FILTH! Doors: 8pm Entry: £5 public, £4 Students, £3 AMS Members Live, Love, Rock!

13th Feb.

Bump 'N Grindhouse

at The Man on the Moon

We have burlesque performances in 2 showcases from Marnie Scarlet, Miss Pink & Fluffy and Mr Mistress, with the distinct possibility of performances from members of RUBSoc TBA... and compered very ably by Jules from Heresy and Heelz... ... DJ sets from DJs Alixandrea (goth / EBM) and DJ Darkchill (metal / industrial) plus 1940's music to open the night and the all-request 'Guilty Pleasures' set at the end of the night from myself (AKA DJ Pagan Flame) So come along - and bring a friend - to see what you've been missing - we're still rolling, 16 months after starting, so we must be something right. Full details, location, advance ticket purchase, photos of previous nights and links to performers websites are all on the website at http://www.bump-n-grindhouse.co.uk

16th Feb.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

18th Feb.

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at Panton arms

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)?

19th Feb.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

20th Feb.

Rock! Rock! Till you drop!

at The Man on the Moon









AWAKE (headliner)
Having played to critical acclaim before, Awake once again return to Cambridge to do the same again. Having a distinct prog-metal flavour in the style of Evegrey and Pagans Mind, it will not be long before they play much larger venues so you would be mad to miss this!!

SMOKESCREEN
Speak to anyone who has seen these guys before and you'll hear nothing but positivity spewing forth like no tomorrow. As such they are a favourite amongst many of us as they always bring a great show along with them whilst serving us a good dose of straight-up Metal.

TRIFIXION
Trifixion will make their debut Cambridge appearance under their new name, as they used to be known as Ditchcreeper and is definitely a band for those that are of the more brutal persuasion.

Details:
Non-Members - £5 on the door, or £4 in advance (adv ticket link coming soon)
Members - £4 on the door, £3 in advance by emailing events@rocksoc.org.uk stating how many you want and (most importantly) the names of the people that want a ticket.

23rd Feb.

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

25th Feb.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

26th Feb.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

27th Feb.

Church of Noise

at The Haymakers, Chesterton Road

Cambridge rock and metal night.

2nd March

Charity gig for the Sophie Lancaster Foundation

at The Portland Arms








Rocksoc are putting on a gig in aid of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation where 100% of the door takings will go to the charity.

Sachanovak
Sachanovak have played for us a couple of times before and have been amazing. Currently doing the local gig circuit in abundance, they play a healthy dose of solid hard rock in the vein of QOTSA, Foo Fighters and Muse.

The Scene Is Dead
Oh no it isn't! As the band put it, they're like "Big ballsy rock with killer riffs that will make your ears bleed with excitement." Think of such bands like the Wildhearts and you wouldn't be far off.

Rosewood
Hard rock/Metal is what it's about here. Becoming a staple of live venues in Cambridge, I'm sure many of you will have seen Rosewood before. If you haven't, why not? Come down and see what all the fuss is about for yourselves.

Admission is £4 on the door for everyone. I know the usual Rocksoc member discount does not apply, but as it's a charity gig so we want the largest amount of money we can get. However we will be handing out special fliers that give you £1 off entry to Wake Up Screaming after the gig, which means members will only pay £2 to get in!

2nd March

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

4th March

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at The anchor

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

5th March

Masters of Rock

at The Corn Exchange

Featuring DRESSED TO KILL and LIMEHOUSE LIZZY

DRESSED TO KILL are one of the world's most acclaimed KISS tribute band around with a live show that captures all the spectacle that you would expect from the band themselves. With the costumes, the blood, the fire-breathing, the pyrotechnics and, or course, the make-up the band play all the band's greatest hits in a huge over-the-top show.

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY are also a band at the top of the their game offer the definitive Thin Lizzy experience with both the look and sound of the band and a lead singer who is the closest thing to Phil Lynott around, expect all the bands classic track including The Boys Are Back In Town, Jailbreak, Don't Believe A Word, Do Anything You Wanna Do, and more.

Opening the show (onstage just after the doors open at 7pm) are local rock band FEDERAL BLACK 40. Recently featured on Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show on 6 Music, the band have also had a track featured on the cover mount CD of Classic Rock magazine and offer a blast of energy fuelled rock in the spirit of bands such as The Wildhearts.

5th March

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

6th March

Tea shop crawl

at Auntie's tea shop

It's that time of year again, where we all goth up and wander round Cambridge's tea shops being polite. Details of the route will follow.

9th March

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

11th March

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

12th March

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

16th March

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

18th March

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at Devonshire Arms

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

19th March

Subculture

at ARU Students' Union

Subculture is the live band and club night held by the Anglia Ruskin's Alternative Music Society

19th March

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

23rd March

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

25th March

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

25th March

Gig: Sachanovak, Unit 9, Clement Wave and 1000 Sins

at The Portland Arms

Your favourite band Sachanovak (who headlined the charity gig we did) is nearing the final heat of the Strawberry Fair band competition. I know the SF has been cancelled, but I've been told that the gig will be moved to the Junction. Entry £5!! It should be a good 'un!

26th March

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

27th March

Rock Lobster

at The Zebra

DJ night with everything you had thought you had forgotten and possibly wished you did! Playing anything from early 80s punk and new wave to the new romantics and electronica, plus all influences. Lets not forget those special big hair rockers in spandex and make up!Just NO POP!!!

30th March

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

1st April

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at Champion of the Thames

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

2nd April

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

2nd April

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

Interstellar Overdrive is pleased and proud to once more descend into the Q Club to bring you monthly classic-only rock nights.

To run 1st Friday of each month, I-O will be playing Classic Prog Rock (1st Set), Power Metal (2nd Set) and then classic rock / metal ONLY from 11.00 - 2am, no nu-metal and nothing later than 1990 permitted!Opening Night - Good Friday 2nd April, 9pm - 2am

Entry £3 NUS / RockSoc / AMS --- £4 otherwise / after midnight.
For this launch night facebook group members get £1 entry, just join the group and send a facebook message saying you want to be on the quid list

9-10pm - Classic Prog
10 - 11pm - Power Hour - Power Metal
11pm - 2am - Classic Rock / Metal / NWOBHM 1970 - 1990 from DJ Pagan Flame and guest DJs TBC

6th April

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week we meet in King St Run, which is a great rock pub (on the weeks in between we move around, see "Rocksoc on tour"). This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

6th April

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

9th April

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

9th April

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

Yes, Goth returns to The Q Club at last! This is a monthly night starting Friday 9th April.
Cost is £4 or £3 with an NUS or RockSoc card.
We can't wait to welcome you home. :-)

13th April

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

16th April

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

19th April

Rocksoc AGM

at The Castle Inn, Castle Hill

It's that time of year again, time for the old committee to leave and be replaced by an eager younger generation... or older, or anyone really. If you want to get involved in Cambridge's rock scene, or have something for your CV, then don't be shy, we will be happy to discuss any of the positions with you. The positions that are available are displayed on the front page of the rocksoc website. Otherwise just turn up on the day and have your say in who runs rocksoc, while enjoying the free food.

20th April

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

22nd April

Subculture

at ARU Students' Union

Subculture returns to Anglia Ruskin University's Academy, after a long absence from its home turf. The AMS lot have spent the last few months trawling around the Cambridge alternative music underground, and have featured on nights with local Cambridge promotions groups, as well as Cambridge bands.

After much research.. (Ok, Partying), we found one of the things people like most is 'The Cheap' or 'The Free'.

That's right, not only are we giving all you early arrivers a free drink this Thursday, we're also making it free entry for the first hour. But if you are planning to arrive after 10 - we'll still have the usual great SU drinks offers on all night (10% off for AMS cardholders) and will be charging just £1.50 on the door for students, £2 for the public. We're not about making a profit this Thursday, we just want everyone to have fun! We've even got a few freebies for you..

This subculture will be going back to it's roots. If you attended the first night of the year in Freshers, then you will remember the antics and mayhem that created one of the most memorable nights of the year. We are currently in the process of putting together some fantastic attractions for the night, and there will definitely be some surprises in store! If you have any song/artist requests, please post them here

If you love rock/alternative music, and if you are sick of university work, then on the 22nd of April, there is only one place to be...SUBCULTURE.

23rd April

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

24th April

Rock Lobster

at The Zebra

DJ night with everything you had thought you had forgotten and possibly wished you did! Playing anything from early 80s punk and new wave to the new romantics and electronica, plus all influences. Lets not forget those special big hair rockers in spandex and make up!Just NO POP!!!

27th April

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

29th April

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at TBC

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

30th April

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

1st May

MAS - Metal, Punk, Alternative

at The Zebra

Cambridge's monthly saturday night Metal, Alternative, Punk night. Playing a huge range of music from any decade.

4th May

No Calling this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after
Returns 1st July

6th May

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

7th May

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

7th May

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

Interstellar Overdrive is pleased and proud to once more descend into the Q Club to bring you monthly classic-only rock nights on the first Friday of every month.

The classic prog set ('In the Moog' - 9pm - 10pm) this time features more Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, King Crimson, ELP, Yes... plus ELO, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Curved Air and Van Der Graaf Generator... and Marillion's 'Grendel' in all its 17 minute splendour...

... The 'Power Hour' will now, as well as Power Metal, also have a light shower of shrapnel from early 90's thrash that we can't put in the classic set (e.g. Pantera / Machine Head / Metallica)

.. and once again 11pm - 2am shutdown is classic rock only, 1969 - 1990.

Entry £3 NUS / RockSoc / AMS --- £4 otherwise / after midnight.
Or sign up to the facebook group and send a request for £1 entry

11th May

RIGHT SAID FRED - acoustic set

at The Man on the Moon

Apparently for one night only, Right Said Fred will be doing an acoustic set. In the words of the events officer "Should be a right laugh"
Tickets £10adv

11th May

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 8th of July.

13th May

Wishbone Ash

at The Junction

from The Junction's website: "As we enter a new decade, legendary rockers Wishbone Ash will be celebrating their iconic status as pioneers and purveyors of the finest twin-guitar rock over the last six of them!

Having influenced groups from Thin Lizzy to Iron Maiden. they'll be stopping off in the UK as part of their 2010 World Tour. Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, Muddy Manninen & Joe Crabtree will be performing such classics from the band's multi-million selling albums as The King Will Come, Throw Down the Sword & Blowin Free, as well as tracks from their most recent albums. As one of the busiest bands in rock, we suggest you book early to avoid disappointment!

Doors / Bar open 7pm
Under 14's must be accompanied by an adult."

13th May

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at The Prince Regent

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

14th May

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

15th May

Gig: Sworn Amongst/Abadden/To The Lions/A Thousand Sins

at The Portland Arms

Enough Metal to melt your face off!!

Entrance: £6!

Sworn Amongst:
Since forming in 2003 Sworn Amongst has steadily built a fan base with their studio releases and their brutal live performances. After 2005's independently released debut Derision of Conformity, Sworn Amongst caught the eye of metal label Rising Records who signed them in 2007. The band headed into the studio to record And So it Begins which was well received by fans and critics, with Metal Hammer calling the album "A massively promising & accomplished debut."

Abadden:
What can I say about these guys that you don't already know? Having stepped in at the last minute to successfully replace Godsized, you lucky, lovely people get a chance to see them again. Having their debut album 'Sentenced to Death' released via Rising Records that oozes both old and new school styles of thrash, expect an intense and amazing live show.

To The Lions:
Recently coming out of a (I believe) 2-year hiatus, local metalheads To The Lions are eager to get back into the mix and blow the lid off of the Cambridge scene. Plans to release some new material this year will no doubt only strengthen their resolve.

A Thousand Sins:
These guys may be young, but that does not take away any of their talent and skill whatsoever. With having numerous live shows under their belts already and having reached the semi-finals of the Strawberry Fair '10 band competition, it is highly recommended you see these guys, as they will also be supporting Criminal at the upcoming Rocksoc gig.

18th May

No Calling this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after
Returns 1st July

20th May

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

21st May

Rocksoc presents: CRIMINAL

at The Man on the Moon


CRIMINAL
Having 6 albums under their belts and a strong following in their home country and internationally (whilst supporting the mighty Metallica), Criminal are on tour in the UK in May. It's a real coup for us to be able to put these guys on again, and with as much history and talent as they have, it'll once again be an absolutely astounding gig!

Support by As Gods, and A Thousand Sins
Details as follows:
  • Where: Man on the Moon (2 Norfolk Street)
  • When: Friday 21st May at 7.30pm
  • Members: £4 door, £3 adv (email me at events@rocksoc.org.uk). BRING YOUR ID!
  • Non-Members: £5 door, £4 adv (same email).

21st May

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

21st May

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

Sacrilege will return to the Q Club once more on Friday 21st May, (which is World Goth Day Eve) from 9pm until 2am and will cost just 4 of your UK pounds, with the usual concession of £3 for students and the unemployed.

DJs this time will be:

  • Ozzy - our official photographer and DJ extraordinaire easing us into the night with an hour of Goth Ambient, Neo-Folk and Mittelalter.
  • Major Tom - a brand new DJ who has No Fear!! I've no ideal what he'll be playing but I can guarantee it'll feature Bauhaus.
  • Dvae with a Goth covers set!
  • Me playing a 'Now That's What I call Goth' set. Really, I just had far too many 'Q Club Classics' left over after my last set, so you're getting a whole bunch more. :-)
  • DJ Raggedyman spinning all the leftover requests that none of the rest of us have been able to fit in, plus apparently some 'Goth Pop' to keep us amused until we get kicked out. I promise there will be no more trouble for moshing from the bouncers!

Please fire away with your requests either before the night or during. If we don't have it on us to play then, we'll guarantee to play it at the next one (assuming we can read your handwriting of course)...

25th May

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 8th of July.

27th May

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at Jesus Green

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.) This week we will be at the Cambridge Beer Festival on Jesus Green.

28th May

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

29th May

Rock Lobster

at The Zebra

DJ night with everything you had thought you had forgotten and possibly wished you did! Playing anything from early 80s punk and new wave to the new romantics and electronica, plus all influences. Lets not forget those special big hair rockers in spandex and make up!Just NO POP!!!

1st June

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

3rd June

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

4th June

MAS - pre-download

at The Zebra

Cambridge's monthly saturday night Metal, Alternative, Punk night. Playing a huge range of music from any decade.

Description on facebook
"BECAUSE OF ALL THE STRAWBERRY FAIR SHENANNIGANS WE HAD BOOKED AN ALL DAY PUNK ACOUSTIC GIG FOR 5TH JUNE AND HAVE MOVED MAS TO THE FRIDAY INSTEAD, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE NOVEMBER LAST YEAR BECAUSE I LIKE TO PLAN AHEAD :-D

......AND THEN I HEARD UNIT 9...............

WHAT BETTER WAY TO PREPARE FOR DOWNLOAD THEN GOING TO SEE AN AMAZING DIRTY METAL BAND WHERE SOME MEMBERS OF THE BAND WILL ALSO BE GUEST DJing FOR MAS AFTERWARDS.

........AND......

BECAUSE EVERYON WILL BE TRYING TO SAVE WE WILL BE DOING SELECTED PINTS OF LAGER CIDER AND ALE FOR £2.50 AND SELECTED SHOTS £1 EACH!

COME AND ENJOY XXXXXX

4th June

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

4th June

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

Interstellar Overdrive rolls on through the summer, returning after the Download / Sonisphere special to its usual format - Classic Prog (in The Moog) from 9pm, Power Hour (Power Metal / 90's Thrash) from 10pm, 'New Classic' (recent releases from classic rock bands) from 11pm, and then Classic Rock Only, 1969 - 1990, from 11.30pm- 2am closedown.

Prices also remaining the same on the door and on the bar, usual £2 discount entry deal applies facebook Group Members.

We are gradually working our way through the problems with the sound system with the venue - who incidentally are 100% behind continuing with rock and alternative nights at The Q Club - by September the venue should have something rock / alternative running every weekend of the month!

We'll keep on putting the nights on as long as you keep coming to them - thanks for supporting I-Od, and enjoy Sonisphere if you're going.

5th June

Sacrilege presents... Blackberry Fair

at The Man on the Moon

The Screaming Banshee Aircrew / Rhombus / All Living Fear / Luxury Stranger / Last July / Plus Sacrilege DJs until late.

Entry £8 adv./conc. £10 on the door. Tickets can be bought from the Blackberry Fair section of our website

8th June

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

10th June

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at Panton arms

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

11th June

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

12th June

Rocksoc picnic

at Jesus Green



What better way to spend the day waiting for the may brawl than with a bunch of goths/metalheads/etc lazing in the sun with BBQ and booze? It's bring-your-own-booze, but if you are a member of CURAS then you can probably source your booze there, as we have tended to semi-amalgamate in the past. It's also bring-your-own-food: we will have a BBQ or two but you may want to bring your own.

12th June

May Brawl 2010

at The Man on the Moon


SKULL BRANDED PIRATES
I can safely say these guys were amazing when they last played for us. In fact, you could say they shivered our timbers, and this time will be no exception. Their style can be likened to a mix of Maiden, Children of Bodom, a dash of Blind Guardian and an obviously massive pirate influence. If you missed them last time, this is your 2nd chance! Besides, who else will play a song about a lobster that has grown to be man-sized, and whose fury of his pincers was enough to shake the heavens from the skies? Oh yeah, and they have pyro (sort of).

SORCERER'S SPELL
Yes, The Spells bring their own brand of power metal for another stint in Cambridge. An obvious highlight for those that have seen them before here and elsewhere, you find someone that says they aren't great and I'll show you a wimp and poser!
Jagermeister Metal anyone?

ANNWN
Think Ensiferum, Tyr and Moonsorrow. Get yourself to their site and give them a listen as I have no doubt they will satisfy all your folky needs.

TORMENTED VISION
This is heavy Thrash all the way with a generous helping of Death Metal and featuring some of our very own RockSoc colleagues. Think of a heavier Slayer, Sepultura and Kreator. This is what Demolition Hammer should have sounded like on their last album!

Price for members: £3 advanced (email events@rocksoc.org.uk) £4 door! Remember your ID!
Price for non-members: £4 adv (same email) £5 door!

Dressing as a pirate is optional, but encouraged.

15th June

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

17th June

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. This week will also be a committee meeting, so come along to meet us, ask questions, tell us your ideas, or to just chat with other rocksoc'ers.

18th June

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

18th June

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

Yes, Goth returns to The Q Club at last!
Cost is £4 or £3 with an NUS or RockSoc card.
We can't wait to welcome you home. :-)

19th June

gig: TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED + support

at The Man on the Moon

TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED

Support from:
  • Argent Dawn
  • The Dead Lay Waiting
  • Slay That Dog
Tickets £8 adv. (This is not a RockSoc gig so no discount applies).

22nd June

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

24th June

Rocksoc on Tour (Pub meet)

at St Radegund

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. Every other week the pub meet is held in a different pub, which is a great way to sample what Cambridge has to offer. (in the weeks in between the pub meet it is held at The King Street Run on King Street.)

25th June

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

1st July

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

2nd July

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

3rd July

MAS

at The Zebra

6th July

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

16th July

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

16th July

'TBA' launch night - modern metal / industrial DJ club

at The Q-Club

Blurb taken from the facebook event:

"So, after conversations at both Interstellar Overdrive and Sacrilege, with both DJs and attendees AND the Q Club management... we are going ahead with the launch / tryout night of a Heavy Alt. night, playing modern metal / industrial, provisionally entitled 'TBA' and - if successful - to run on the 4th Friday of each month from September 2010.

Music - TBA will carry on where I-Od leaves off, playing modern metal and industrial from 1990 up to the 2nd decade of the 21st Century, and features Sacrilege / Octaine DJs - DJ Raggedyman and DJ Ozzy for the first night.

Should this be successful, a separate website / FB group etc etc will be created to run subsequent events - in the meantine, give us your input / feedback / requests on what you would like / not like at the night in question... and invite a friend or two if possible!

Usual admission price / bar prices - FB group members can get in for £2 - and, as per Interstellar Overdrive on Fri 4th June, you can get FREE entry with a Download 2010 wristband / Sonisphere ticket / Booking Confirmation."

DJ sets for the launch night:
9pm - DJ Pagan Flame, 21st Century Metal
10pm - DJ Raggedyman, Heavy Alt.
11pm - The Naked DJ, Bouncy Metal
12MN - DJ Raggedyman, Industrial
1am - Ozzy, The Sack of Spanners (Noise)

18th July

Zebfest

at The Zebra

c&p from facebook:
"OVERLOAD LIVE!! plus support tba. FREE ENTRY, food available allday. bands on from 6 till 8. punk, reggae, oi!, ska, psychobilly played all day."

20th July

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

23rd July

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

30th July

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

31st July

The LAST Rock Lobster

at The Zebra

DJ night with everything you had thought you had forgotten and possibly wished you did! Playing anything from early 80s punk and new wave to the new romantics and electronica, plus all influences. Lets not forget those special big hair rockers in spandex and make up!Just NO POP!!!

3rd Aug.

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 31st of August.

6th Aug.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

6th Aug.

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

Interstellar Overdrive rolls on through the summer, returning after the Download / Sonisphere special to its usual format - Classic Prog (in The Moog) from 9pm, Power Hour (Power Metal / 90's Thrash) from 10pm, 'New Classic' (recent releases from classic rock bands) from 11pm, and then Classic Rock Only, 1969 - 1990, from 11.30pm- 2am closedown.

Prices also remaining the same on the door and on the bar, usual £2 discount entry deal applies facebook Group Members.

We are gradually working our way through the problems with the sound system with the venue - who incidentally are 100% behind continuing with rock and alternative nights at The Q Club - by September the venue should have something rock / alternative running every weekend of the month!

We'll keep on putting the nights on as long as you keep coming to them - thanks for supporting I-Od, and enjoy Sonisphere if you're going.

7th Aug.

Gig: The Argent Dawn, Ruinor, Clinical Sacrifice & Depraved Plague

at The Man on the Moon

The Argent Dawn -
- Five-piece death metal band from the southwest of England. Formed in late 2006, they already have 7 full UK tours under their belt and are certainly no strangers to the live metal scene, sharing the stage with the likes of Dying Fetus, Napalm Death, Whitechapel, Despised Icon and Ted Maul. Drawing influences from bands such as Decapitated, Bloodbath and Aborted – as well as the ‘new breed’ of metal titans, such as Whitechapel and The Acacia Strain.

Ruinor -
An extreme metal band from the Cambridge area who have been together for a while now writing original material and doing a few select covers. Currently gigging around the Cambridgeshire area.

Clinical Sacrifice -
These local metal heads are coming to thrash the hell out of the crowd yet again! Pulling out the stops and giving the best they get at every event they play! If you want to mosh your heads off this is the band to do it to! Why miss the chance to participate in walls of death and mosh pits? Come and see them!!

Depraved Plague -
Featuring ex-members of death-metal band Perish In The Flames - this Cambridge based death-metal band are here playing to you guys! They will blow your heads off with banging drums and heavy guitars!!

£6

13th Aug.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

14th Aug.

MAS - Depraved Plague

at The Zebra

Before CONFESSION come along to MAS!

Featuring a live show from local metal band Depraved Plague.

HALF PRICE ENTRY TO CONFESSION FOR THOSE WHO COME TO MAS FIRST!

14th Aug.

Confession

at The Zebra

In conjunction with MAS & The Zebra

ONCE A MONTH METAL/ATERNATIVE CLUB

trying to bring back the MAS club vibe :-D

17th Aug.

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 31st of August.

19th Aug.

Awake + Wrong Planet

at The Haymakers, Chesterton Road

FREE ENTRY!

Awake have played some amazing gigs for Rocksoc before. If you've never managed to catch them then make sure you come along to this one. If you have heard them before then you will be pleased to know that they have new material to play.
http://www.myspace.com/awakeuk

Support is from Wrong Planet.
http://www.myspace.com/wrongplanetworld

20th Aug.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

20th Aug.

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

Yes, Goth returns to The Q Club at last!
Cost is £4 or £3 with an NUS or RockSoc card.
We can't wait to welcome you home. :-)

27th Aug.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

28th Aug.

Supermassive Black Hole

at The Q-Club

Description copied from facebook event:

"Due to a rare turn of events - myself [Taff], The Q Club are both free this coming Saturday, and AFAIK no rock events going on in CB for those who will be her over the weekend...

... so we are putting on an Interstellar Overdrive one-off special, along the lines of the Download / Sonisphere special that we did in July; For identification purposes this can be known as 'Supermassive Black Hole', and I-Od will still be going ahead the following Friday (3rd Sept) as will the modern metal night 'Black Hole Sun' on Sat 25th Sept.

Confused? I am...

So - usual stuff, myself and a guest DJ or two if they can be found in time... all eras and genres from 9pm - 2am, usual bar prices and ONE POUND ENTRY for everyone."

31st Aug.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

3rd Sept.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

3rd Sept.

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

From facebook: "Interstellar Overdrive still seems to be a winner, and as promised will run on 1st Friday of each month UFN in usual format - Classic Prog (in The Moog) from 9pm, Power Hour (Power Metal / 90's Thrash) from 10pm, 'New Classic' (recent releases from classic rock bands) from 11pm, and then Classic Rock Only, 1969 - 1990, from 11.30pm- 2am closedown."

10th Sept.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

11th Sept.

Confession

at The Q-Club

In conjunction with MAS & The Zebra

ONCE A MONTH METAL/ATERNATIVE CLUB

trying to bring back the MAS club vibe :-D

14th Sept.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

17th Sept.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

17th Sept.

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

SACRILEGE : The Finest Dark Alternative

Sacrilege returns to the Q Club on Friday 17th September 9pm-2am

...with guest DJ deValmont

Entry: £4 / £3 Conc.

Send us your requests in advance & we'll do our best to play them: requests@sacrilege.org.uk

24th Sept.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

25th Sept.

Black Hole Sun

at The Q-Club

Copied from facebook:

"So, after the TBA launch night, a path forwards has emerged... so the next TBA night has been rebranded and restructured accordingly.

...TBA now shall be known as 'Black Hole Sun'

Next night, due to prior commitments, now will be last Saturday (25th) Sept, and then running bi-monthly on last Friday of the month, to go monthly if sufficient interest.

Music - modern / commercial release metal from 1990 onwards... I-Od is the place for classic and shall remain as such and continue to run on 1st Friday in its present format.

... basically, if Interstellar Overdrive is Classic Rock Magazine, then this one equates to Metal Hammer...

Guest DJs are already being booked from Cambridge and beyond --- once again PLEASE give us your input / feedback / requests on what you would like / not like at the night in question... and invite a friend or two if possible!"

28th Sept.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

1st Oct.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

2nd Oct.

THE METAL MAYHEM TOUR!!

at The Man on the Moon

Terrathorn

Circle of Rage

Arcite

Humanity Depraved

A Thousand Sins

£6 door

5th Oct.

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

7th Oct.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink. This week there will be a committee meeting from 8pm, so turn up early if you want to meet the committee or give us your views and ideas.

8th Oct.

Gig: Anger Management

at The Man on the Moon

Anger Management- 9.50pm - 10.45pm -
They are on their tour around the UK delivering some brutal metal sounds to venues! These guys have played Download, Bloodstock and are set to play Motorockfest in Slovakia! If you like your metal then these guys are definately worth seeing!

A Deeper Dreed- 9:10pm - 9.40pm -
These guys will also be doing a hell of a lot of gigs throughout the UK around this time and with their record for sale around this time aslo these guys are definately worth seeing! By the day of this event they will have played the Bikerfest in Mildenhall and be geared up to blast the audience away with some amazing music!

Clinical Sacrafice- 8:30pm - 9:00pm -
These local metal heads are coming to thrash the hell out of the crowd yet again! Pulling out the stops and giving the best they get at every event they play! If you want to mosh your heads off this is the band to do it to! Why miss the chance to participate in walls of death and mosh pits? Come and see them!!

Depraved Plague-7.50pm - 8:20pm -
Featuring ex-members of death-metal band Perish In The Flames - this Cambridge based death-metal band are here playing to you guys! They will blow your heads off with banging drums and heavy guitars!

£6 door

8th Oct.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

9th Oct.

Massacre (formally confession)

at The Q-Club

MASSACRE formally Confession your monthly injection of epic amounts of metal and metal like goodness. 3 pounds on the door and 2 pounds for students. As always a well stocked bar and dj's will be taking requests through out the night, if we got it we'll play it.

12th Oct.

Gig: Orestea

at The Man on the Moon

Orestea

To The Lions

Inanimus Theory (previously known as the Astro Zombies)

12th Oct.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

14th Oct.

Subculture

at ARU Students' Union

The return of the student alternative music night at ARU, 'Subculture' is here, and it starts next Thursday. We have new DJ's, new surprises in store - expect everything from scandinavian metal to punk rock! As well as drum and bass, industrial, metal, and commercial rock, to name a few others. Please post your requests on the facebook event wall, we'll also be taking your requests on the night!

Members get 10% discount at the bar with an AMS card and cheaper entry! :o) If you've signed up already, your card will be ready for collection on the night, or contact a committee member to collect it in advance. If you haven't signed up yet, it's £1.50 for the year, which gets you those discounts at our nights all year long plus news and updates on local alternative music nights.

AMS members : £1.50 entry
Non AMS Members/Students: £2
Members of the public: £3

First 100 in free before 9.30!

See you there!!

15th Oct.

Gothsoc pub meet

at University Social Club

Weekly Friday pubmeets. This week we are migrating to the Octoberfest beer festival at the University Social club on Mill Lane

16th Oct.

Gig: UNIT 9 ALBUM LAUNCH

at The Portland Arms

Unit 9

A Deeper Dreed

Villa Savoye

Inanimus Theory

£5 door

19th Oct.

The Calling

at The Kambar

Fortnightly Gothic/Industrial/EBM club night, entry £3 before 11, £4 after

21st Oct.

Rocksoc freshers' pub crawl!

at The Regal (Wetherspoons)

Instead of our usual pub meet, this week we will be taking the freshers on a tour of good Cambridge pubs. Come along to meet the rest of rocksoc in a slightly less dim and noisy environment than Wake Up Screaming.

We'll be starting at whetherspoons (the regal) on Regent st at 8 to get some cheap drinks in, come along earlier if you want to get food there. We'll be heading to the next pub at 8.45, our route will take us around King St and ending up at the Elm Tree and then the Cricketers which is open until 2 if there are enough customers to make it worth their while. If you want to join the pub crawl once it's begun give one of the committee a ring to find out where we are. (Jen: 07999 298 382, Andy: 0751 550 5991)

22nd Oct.

Gig: Random Hand

at The Haymakers, Chesterton Road

HEY GUYS!! ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SOCIETY HERE!
we welcome you to a live music night which is being put on by the pub/venue "the Haymakers" with: RANDOM HAND - Ska/Metal
kick ass trombones and grinding vocals, this band tear the music scene a new hole everytime they hit the stange

£7 a ticket at ents24

a fair few of the AMS and Anglia Ruskin students are alredy attending, come along and support up and coming artisits like this ammazing band, but watever you do, don't ask them to PLAY SOME SKA, DONT ASK THEM TO PLAY SOME SKA!

SEE YOU SOON!!

22nd Oct.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

23rd Oct.

Supermassive Black Hole

at The Q-Club

As promised after the Bank Holiday night - and with a five-week month, The Q Club has nothing booked for the 4th Weekend - and have given me the go-ahead for another Supermassive Black Hole = all-eras, all genres, Greatest Hits Of Rock & Metal party night!

So - usual stuff, myself and a guest DJ or two if they can be found in time... all eras and genres from 9pm - 2am, usual bar prices and TWO Pounds entry for everyone.

26th Oct.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

28th Oct.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

29th Oct.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

29th Oct.

Black Hole Sun

at The Q-Club

Halloween Themed Rock Night
'Stuff People Know And Can Dance To'

So it looks like the new format is the one to stick with... after the success of September's BHS, the nights will run as scheduled on 4th Fridays bi-monthly from 2011; But to work around other local nights, the remaining two will be on 5th Friday in October (29th) and then 4th Friday in Dec (Xmas Eve!)

Music - ... Stuff People Know And Can Dance To ...br/> = modern / commercial release metal from 1990 onwards... I-Od is the place for... classic and shall remain as such and continue to run on 1st Friday in its present format.

It's unlikely that it will run monthly - from October, The Q Club will be running 4 rock / metal nights per month!

Guest DJs are once again booked - DJ Darkchill will be returning... and have a special surprise DJ in December!

Once again PLEASE give us your input / feedback / requests on what you would like / not like at the night in question... and invite a friend or two if possible!

PS - stay tuned, there should be a Q Club website up soon, which will be a central point to find out what's on and when @ The Q Club...

4th Nov.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

5th Nov.

Rocksoc do bonfire night

at Midsummer Common

So not really an 'alternative' event, but you should go because they are awesome, and free. Meeting place beforehand will be at 6.45 at the junction of Fair Street (where the Hopbine pub is) and Maid's Causeway (along with gothsoc)

The fireworks start around 7:30, but there will be a fire show at 7, although I'm not sure what your chances are of seeing anything unless you are at the front.

5th Nov.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

5th Nov.

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

From facebook:

"Very good to see new faces at October's I-Od and for all the positive feedback - and once again ensures that I can carry on putting the night on UFN.

So we're back in on bonfire night this time, (nicely timed so you can go see the fireworks on the common, get a quick pint across town and still get plenty of rock time!) and once again in usual format - Classic Prog (in The Moog) from 9pm, Power Hour (Power Metal / 90's Thrash) fro...m 10pm, 'New Classic' (recent releases from classic rock bands) from 11pm, and then Classic Rock Only, 1969 - 1990, from 11.30pm- 2am closedown.

Prices also remaining the same on the door and on the bar, usual £2 discount entry deal applies to you guys (FB Group Members) - BUT YOU HAVE TO SEND ME A MESSAGE OR WALL POST TO LET ME KNOW!

Door deals can be arranged if a group is arriving together,(e.g. coming in after a gig) --- ask and ye shall receive...

And while we're here - Black Hole Sun is confirmed for Friday 29th October (Hallowe'en) and Fri 24 December (Xmas Eve).
It has also got to the stage where a website is required to list everything that is happening at The Q Club - it was easy to keep track of when it was just I-Od and Scarilege! More news on that (and associated FB group) when I get it done, sometime next week I hope."

6th Nov.

Fresher's gig

at The Corner House

The annual RockSoc Freshers' gig brings you...

ABADDEN!
These guys were amazing the last time they played for us. With their debut album now out on Rising Records, make sure you are here to see what will no doubt be an amazing set. Thrash metal all the way!

ECHOES FALL!
Metal/Deathcore greatness with a tint of bands such as Parkway Drive and As I Lay Dying.
ECHOES FALL ARE PLAYING BLOODSTOCK on the NEW BLOOD STAGE on Sat. 11.45am!


SUBJECT 7!
An awesome mixture of old and new school Metal such as Dio, Testament and Killswitch Engage!

RockSoc Member tickets = £4 door/£3 adv from wegottickets.com/event/89807
Non-Member tickets = £5 door/£4 adv from wegottickets.com/event/89806
See you there!

9th Nov.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

11th Nov.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

12th Nov.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

13th Nov.

Gig: Awake + The Marianna Hollow

at The Haymakers, Chesterton Road

AWAKE (formally known as Humanity) are celebrating 10 years in the music biz with a very special night at The Haymakers, Cambridge.

Expect suprises, expect noise and expect a ruddy good night out!

Joining them are The Marianna Hollow, a fantastic female fronted 5-piece from London. £4 advance - get your tickets at http://awake.bigcartel.com/

18th Nov.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

19th Nov.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

19th Nov.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

19th Nov.

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

The Finest Dark Alternative

Sacrilege returns to the Q Club on Friday 19th November 9pm-2am
with special guest DJ Nephilimbabe of The Coven!

Entry: £4 / £3 Conc

Send us your requests in advance & we'll do our best to play them: requests@sacrilege.org.uk

23rd Nov.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

25th Nov.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

26th Nov.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

2nd Dec.

Rocksoc pub meet

at King Street Run

Pub meets are a great opportunity to meet up, relax and chat over a drink.

3rd Dec.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

3rd Dec.

Interstellar Overdrive

at The Q-Club

Interstellar Overdrive is pleased and proud to once more descend into the Q-club to bring you monthly classic-only rock nights on the first Friday of every month

4th Dec.

The Calling

at The Q-Club

The Calling is officially continuing under new management at a new venue. The aim is for it to take place on a monthly basis, on Saturdays, at the Q Club.

This is Cambridge's longest running Goth night. The night cannot continue without your help!

Everything from from 80s trad. goth to EBM and electro. This will be the second night at the new venue.

Theme: Rockt Horror

DJ's to include Wunderlust, Nowheregirl, Nosegirl and Neko

Entry: £4 or £3 concessions

7th Dec.

Wake Up Screaming

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night

10th Dec.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

17th Dec.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

17th Dec.

Sacrilege

at The Q-Club

The Finest Dark Alternative

Sacrilege returns to the Q Club on Friday 17th November, and to celebrate Christmas in style they're having a costume party! The theme is sci-fi

Entry: £4 / £3 Conc
Special £1 entry price for those in costume

Send us your requests in advance & we'll do our best to play them: requests@sacrilege.org.uk

20th Dec.

Gig: Panic Cell

at The Portland Arms

The renowned home-grown metal monster that is Panic Cell returns to Cambridge on the 20th Dec at the Portland Arms!!

Door £5.00 @ 7.30pm

Special guests:
Unit Nine
Inanimus Theory
Awake The Empire

Following summer shows supporting 'The Big Four' (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax) Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Papa Roach, Ill Nino, Life of Agony and 3 Inches of Blood - Panic Cell return to Cambridge to play an exclusive up close and personal show on Monday 20th December 2010.

21st Dec.

No Wake Up Screaming this week - venue holiday

at The Kambar

Rocksoc's Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative club night returns on the 18th of January.

24th Dec.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

27th Dec.

(TBC) Supermassive Black Hole - Xmas Party

at The Q-Club

All eras - all genras greatest hits of rock/metal. Half price entry (£2) for all

To make this event go ahead, show your interest on the facebook group.

31st Dec.

Gothsoc pub meet

at The Elm Tree

Weekly Friday pubmeets

31st Dec.

The Calling: NYE Masked Ball

at The Q-Club

The Calling are holding a NYE Masked Ball.

Everything from from 80s trad. goth to EBM and electro.

Tickets include 1 free drink: £9 Advance or £10 on the door
For advance tickets e-mail cambscalling@gmail.com