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RNLI all-dayer - report
[posted on 21/07/2008]
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Well, the charity all-dayer on Saturday 19th July was a resounding success, with over £600 raised on the day for the the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
By all accounts the evening turned into one of the busiest nights ever at the Barge, with large crowds coming to see headliners the Lovedays and the Singing Loins.
Many thanks to everybody who turned up and did their bit, whether it was as a spectator, performer, or organiser.
Special thanks must go to the bar staff who did a sterling job under difficult circumstances (ie. running out of glasses) trying to keep everybody watered.
All performers turned up on time and s schedules were once again adhered to... we're getting too good at this ;-)
Watch this space for photos/live recordings.
Line up of performers on the day as follows:
1pm - Gastove
2pm - Les Elvin
3pm - Skinner's Rats
4pm - Gemma
5pm - Mick Tyrell
6pm - Mike Burke & Fran McGillivray
7pm - No Worries
8pm - Robin Spellman
9pm - The Lovedays
10pm - The Singing Loins
11pm - Raffle draw / Gastove & Mick |
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RNLI charity all-dayer / Tim's retirement party (Sat 19th July)
[posted on 15/07/2008]
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On Saturday 19th July the Barge will be hosting an all-day fund-raising event in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
Live music all day from 1pm, real ale, raffle, RNLI stall, barbeque during the day, buffet in the evening.
We will also be marking the retirement of landlord Tim and celebrating his 17 years at the helm.
Entrance is free and all friends old and new are welcome.
Timetable:
12 noon - Open
1pm - Gastove
2pm - Les Elvin
3pm - Skinner's Rats
4pm - Gemma
5pm - Mick Tyrell
6pm - Mike Burke & Fran McGillivray
7pm - No Worries
8pm - Robin Spellman
9pm - The Lovedays
10pm - The Singing Loins
11pm - Raffle draw / Gastove & Mick |
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Antfest promo video shoot, Wed. 18th June
[posted on 13/06/2008]
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Antfest promotional video shoot to be held at The Barge on
Wednesday June 18th.
Playing live will be Aliquot Flow, Timothy Edwards,
Strangeday, Justin Fun, The Startover and The Sh*g Monroes.
For more info regarding Antfest go to:
www.antfest.co.uk |
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Quiz Night - Every Sunday
[posted on 20/05/2008]
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Tim and the crew are pleased to announce that the Barge is now hosting a Quiz Night every Sunday evening.
Entrance is £1 per person, teams up to a maximum of 6 people. Cash prizes.
The quiz starts at 8.30pm prompt, so come along and join in the fun. |
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UPDATE - Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain - CANCELLED
[posted on 22/04/2008]
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Unfortunately the Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain gig on the 30th April has been cancelled. We understand that the band have withdrawn from all their forthcoming UK tour dates, but hope to be rescheduling for later in the year.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused. |
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Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain, 30th April
[posted on 11/04/2008]
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The Barge is proud to present Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain from the USA, playing live on Wednesday 30th April.
Carrie Hassler is a native of Pikeville Tennessee and signed with Rural Rhythm Records based in California. CHHR have recently released their debut album produced by Jim VanCleve and have recieved great reviews! The self-titled album came in at no. 11 on Billboard in it's first week of sales and has since gone on to earn a spot on both the album and single chart in the Bluegrass Unlimited.
Hard Rain is made up of five of the most incredible pickers around... Josh Miller on banjo, Travis Anderson on bass, Jamie Harper on fiddle, Keith McKinnon on guitar and Kevin McKinnon on mandolin.
Find more details about CHHR at:
http://www.myspace.com/carriehasslerandhardrain
This promises to be a very popular evening - we hope to see you here! |
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RSS feed of gig dates now available
[posted on 26/03/2008]
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For those of you who know about such things, we now have an RSS feed of forthcoming gigs at the Barge.
The feed is updated daily and lists all gigs for the next month.
To access the feed point your RSS reader thingy at:
http://www.thebargepub.co.uk/bargegigs.rss |
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Live at the Barge - SoundBYTES
[posted on 31/01/2008]
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In case you haven't yet noticed, please take a look at our SoundBytes page where you can hear recordings of live music at the Barge. We're constantly adding more tracks so check back often to see what's new.
Click here to hear! |
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--- SEASON'S GREETINGS ---
[posted on 25/12/2007]
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Tim and all the staff at the Barge would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year.
Live music at the Barge starts again on Wednesday the 2nd of January with the 'Bards at the Barge' open-mic night - hope to see you there! |
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Trafalgar Day Report - over £500 raised for RNLI
[posted on 07/11/2007]
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The Barge's Trafalgar Day event was a huge success, with over £500 being raised for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI).
Live music started at 3pm with an 'open-mic' slot until 5pm when the featured performers took over until 11pm. The music was excellent throughout with a wide variety of styles on offer (see below for list of performers).
Amazingly everyone turned up on time, shedules were adhered to and things ran very smoothly indeed - all credit to Gastove for making it all happen.
A big 'thank you' to Gastove (organiser), Jay (sound engineer), all the performers, Tim, Ellie, Mark and Mike (bar persons), and everyone who turned up on the day and did their bit for this very worthwhile cause.
Photos from the day can be seen here.
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Halloween Report
[posted on 02/11/2007]
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Well, Halloween at the Barge was a great success with many people getting into the spirit of the occasion by dressing up in ghoulish costumes. Live music by Robert 'The Reaper' Brown was excellent.
The prize for best fancy dress went jointly to Ray the 'hellish hillbilly' and Chris the 'creepy clown'... congratulations!
All in all an excellent night was had by all - many thanks to the staff for making it all happen, and to everyone for getting into the spirit.
Photos of the evening can be seen here.
Finally, a poem by Simone:
Halloween at the Barge
It was the night of Halloween
The pub was quite a scene
They dressed for the night
Giving everyone a fright
Black witches with pointed hats
And from the ceiling a bat
Long noses and brooms
Part of their costumes
A man wore long black hair
He sat in the back on a chair
Dressed up and drinking his beer
In the corner in .. fear
Many were there to have fun
The night had just begun
A prize for the bestdressed
I think very much impressed
The spider hung from the beam
Dave didn't even scream
Because it was Halloween
Robert Brown played the guitar
Ray and I sat at the bar
Mark the barman was white as a sheet
With Ellie beside him looking neat
They looked a scary sight
Both in white
It was quite a night
The pub filled with candle light
The atmosphere was good
Everyone did what they could
People chatting and drinking a beer
On a night with no fear
Photos taken through the night
Of all the different Halloween sights
A great night at the Barge
Tim the landlord was in charge
You missed a very good night
On Halloween night
It will be on again next year
We hope you will be there.
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SINGING LOINS Rescheduled !!!
[posted on 18/10/2007]
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Aaaargh!! Singing Loins gig previously slated for Saturday 20th October 2007 has now been rescheduled for Saturday 3rd November 2007!!!!!
Please accept our apologies for the short notice of this change. |
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OXJAM 5-a-side tournament
[posted on 08/10/2007]
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On Sunday 7th of October 2007 a team cobbled together from the Barge's bar staff, pool team and regular drinkers went to The Oxjam All-Star 5-a-side tournament to take on the might of Medway's music industry in this annual event. We are pleased to report that our team were very successful, winning the tournament overall, scoring 31 goals and conceding just 4 along the way. Each member of the team contributed to the goals, though special mention must go to Luke Dickinson who finished the teams top scorer with 10 goals on the day. Also to Christian who looked after the team on the day, but also played a vital role in the final coming on to replace players when their legs and injuries finally caught up with them. The boys are very tired and a bit battered and bruised, so if you see any of them hobbling around the pub in the next few days please feel free to by them a drink - it would be most appreciated.
The conquering Barge 5-a-side team consisted of (in alphabetical order); Luke Coker, Luke Dickinson, Darren Johnson (Digit), Mikey Lewis, Steve Lewis and Shaun Wraight. Manager and superstar sub Christian.
The webmaster would like to extend his webbiest congratulations to all concerned, and suggest that maybe Christian could teach Paul Scally a thing or two ;-)
Photos of our glorious champions can be found here:
www.thebargepub.co.uk/gallery.php?s=oxjam+5-a-side
Many thanks to Moira Mehaffey of OXJAM Medway for permission to use the photos, more of which can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/missmehaffey/sets/72157600962439399 |
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'Bards' and 'Jazz' - Reshuffle
[posted on 07/09/2007]
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As of September 2007 the 'Bards at the Barge' open-mic night will revert to once a month, on the first Wednesday of the month.
Also, the 'Jazz at the Barge' night will move from the second Thursday to the second Wednesday of every month. |
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Pub Review in 'Medway Beer Belly'
[posted on 01/08/2007]
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The Barge has had a very nice review published in the Medway Beer Belly magazine. You can read it here: www.thebargepub.co.uk/about.php#mbb50. |
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Pete and J at The Barge
[posted on 26/07/2007]
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New York based duo Pete and J will be appearing live at The Barge next Thursday 2nd August as part of their UK tour to promote their new album 'Dressed For Conversation'. We've been playing this at the bar for the last few weeks and it seems to have gone down well with many of our customers. This is the only Medway gig Pete and J are doing so don't miss your chance to catch them live. If you haven't heard the album yet you can hear Pete and J at www.myspace.com/peteandj.
Hope to see you all there. |
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Printable Gig Lists
[posted on 15/07/2007]
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We've now added a feature to produce a simplified, 'printable' version of the Barge gig lists.
On the listings page above the calendar you'll find a link called [printable version] - clicking on this link will take you to the new page. |
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Barge Mailing List
[posted on 05/07/2007]
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Wow! Fab! Groovy!
Subscribe to our sparkling new mailing list and receive monthly updates listing all the gigs for the forthcoming month.
Point your world-wise-web-browser-thingy to www.thebargepub.co.uk/update.php and fill in the form... do it, tell your friends to do it, you know it makes sense ;-) |
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The Barge on MySpace
[posted on 23/06/2007]
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The Barge's MySpace page is currently undergoing re-development.
We hope to bring you audio recordings of gigs at the barge, more photos, and other wonderful things!
If you are already a member of the MySpace community but do not have the Barge as your 'friend', please add us now. If you're not on MySpace, why not join now and add us as your friend? |
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No smoking from 1st July 2007
[posted on 01/06/2007]
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From the 1st July 2007 it becomes illegal to smoke in any 'enclosed' public space. This means that the Barge, along with every other pub in the UK, will have to become a non-smoking environment by law.
A decision has been made to bring in the ban a month early at the Barge in order to iron out any teething troubles.
Tim has put a lot of time and effort into turning the patio area in the back garden into a smoker-friendly environment - it is covered, and sheltered from the elements. There is also heating.
The patio is accessed directly from the back door of the bar area, so there is no need to get your fags wet when going for a puff. |
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