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What a Badgertastic night we had!

The Badgers played their first gig at The St Patrick’s Irish Club in Leamington last night and what a night it was! The band had great fun performing to a sell out crowd and were absolutely buzzing by the end of it.

We would like to thank everyone who came to see us, it was so great to see some old friends and meet some new ones. The feedback you gave us was fantastic and very encouraging, you seemed to enjoy yourselves and at the end of the day that is what it was all about.

Well done to Justin, who won the “Badgers Ale” in our interactive competition on Facebook.

Our next gig at St Patrick’s is Sunday 26th October. Tickets are £7.50 and are already in demand, so if you don’t want to miss out, then head over to the Badger Shop

Looking forward to seeing you in October!

Well it has finally come around! Today is the day of our launch gig. Still so much to organise but will all be in place by 6:30 when the doors open. We are looking forward to seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones. All the Badgers are very excited about tonight.

It’s The Badgers Big Band 1st Birthday. Mr and Mrs Badger would like to thank all their Badgers and their dep Badgers for all their hard work and dedication over the past year. We are looking forward to the Launch Gig next Sunday.

We are pleased to announce that tickets for our launch gig on 17th August are now SOLD OUT !

The good news is that if you missed out on one of this summer’s most anticipated gigs, our next public gig on Sunday 26th October.

Again, we anticipate high demand for tickets, so our best advice is to go to our Badger Shop and get your tickets while you still can.

It’s the middle of summer but we are already planning for our gig for 28th December.

Originally entitled “The Totally Non-Festive Gig“, we have bitten the bullet and added some great Big Band versions of a few Christmas songs – and changed the name of the gig to “The 80% Non-Festive Gig“.

And now, back to the final few tweaks and shines to our launch gig on 17th August – and selling those last few remaining tickets.

We are having a very busy Badger day today. Loads of technology stuff going on :-).

Mr Badger has updated the Badger Sounds page with some great sound clips from some of our rehearsals – Enjoy

Preparations are going well not only for our Launch Gig on 17th August, but also our future regular gigs at the band’s base at St. Patricks Club in Leamington.

Our Pat Metheny catalogue is growing by the week, as well as some great funk and swing charts from the libraries of Les Hooper, Doc Severinsen and Maynard Ferguson.

Our regular gigs will be – wait for it – on the last Sunday in every even numbered month in the year.  We do like a formula!! This translates into the following dates for your diary:

Sunday 17th August – 7.00pm till 9:30pm – The Big Launch Gig celebrating Pat Metheny’s 60th birthday

Sunday 26th October – 7.00pm till 9:30pm – The Tricky Second Gig

Sunday 28th December – 7.00pm till 9:30pm – The 80% Non-Festive Gig

Tickets for all gigs are £7.50 and are available from the Badger Shop. Tickets for the December gig will be available mid September.

St Patrick’s Irish Club, Riverside Walk, Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa CV32 5AH

Sunday August 17th – 7.00pm till 9.30pm

“The Badgers Launch Gig” celebrating Pat Metheny’s 60th birthday.

This is the launch gig for The Badgers and there will be plenty of Pat Metheny compositions included to celebrate his 60th birthday. There will also be music from the libraries of the likes of Les Hooper, Gordon Goodwin and The Tonight Show Band

St Patrick’s Irish Club, Riverside Walk, Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa CV32 5AH

Looking forward to seeing you there

No, not the brilliant Saturday morning kids show, but the launch of The Badgers Big Band website – and officially announcing our launch gig on 17th August at St. Patrick’s club in Leamington Spa – more here

Writing up about each Badger on the “Meet The Badgers” page has been very interesting – they are a talented bunch with amazing experience !