Birmingham’s blues club Henry’s Blueshouse is organising a music extravaganza on Westside to raise money for those in need in Ukraine at the beginning of next month.
The ‘Blues for Ukraine’ fundraiser will run from 6 to 10pm on Sunday 3 April at the Velvet Music Rooms on Broad Street.
The charity show will feature three bands: The Nitecrawlers, The Martin Burch Band from Leicester and The Shakedown Brothers from Derby.
There will also be a variety of special guests playing, including King Pleasure, Ricky Cool, Melvin Hancox, Chickenbone John, Micky Barker (formerly of Magnum), Bullmoose K. Shirley, Roy Forbes, John Caswell, Sprike Hopkins and more.
Mr Simpson, of Big Bear Music, said: “Our fundraiser on 3 April will be an almighty Blues Jam, and nobody will receive any payment, not the musicians nor Big Bear, as all monies raised will go to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help those in need in Ukraine.”
Mike Olley, general manager of Westside BID, said: “It’s wonderful to see those who run Westside’s regular music scene organising such a great event.
“This will be a very special night of blues, and every bit of jamming will hopefully raise much needed funds from the audience.”
Velvet Music Rooms is at 200 Broad Street. For further information, please contact Jim Simpson via email at jim@bigbearmusic.com or by calling 0121 454 7020.
Main picture: The Shakedown Brothers
Inset picture: The Martin Burch Band.
