April 2019
Black Honey / Chappaqua Wrestling
The Roar Club & The Pad Presents www.thepadpresents.com BLACK HONEY + Chappaqua Wrestling - Monday 29th April - Bedford Esquires We are thrilled to announce that Black Honey are returning to Esquires at the end of April as part of a small run of intimate shows around the UK. Coming off the back of their critically acclaimed debut album, Black Honey are eager to get back out and invite people into their weird and wonderful world. Lead by Izzy B…
Find out more »May 2019
Alabama 3 (Acoustic) + Black Cat Bone
The Pad Presents www.thepadpresents.com The Alabama 3 (Acoustic) - Friday 3rd May - Bedford Esquires We can't wait to welcome Alabama 3 back to Esquires, their show back in 2017 was one of the highlights of the entire year! Heeding Woodie Guthrie's maxim, Alabama 3 have never feared the reduction of their technology. Consequently, Alabama 3 acoustic is brave enough to go out on the road armed only with a battered acoustic guitar and harmonica, preaching Guthrie's word that 'this…
Find out more »The Orb – 30th Anniversary Tour
One of the most pioneering acts in dance music history The Orb are bringing part 2 of their 30th Anniversary out on the road. To celebrate, the legendary outfit are heading out on the second part of a special tour that will see The Orb deliver a career spanning 30th Anniversary Greatest Hits set which stretches back as far as 1991’s ‘The Orb’s Adventured Beyond The Ultraworld’ all the way to the newest release, 2018’s ‘No Sounds Are Out Of…
Find out more »June 2019
SOLD OUT – Gaz Coombes
The Pad Presents www.thepadpresents.com Gaz Coombes + Guests - Wednesday 12th June - Bedford Esquires We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing one of our absolute faves, es Supergrass main man Gaz Coombes to to Esquires in June! Seventeen years in the same band, and you can start to forget things. Gaz Coombes is recovering a feeling - the moment you first realise that music can give you goose-bumps, make your hair stand on end. He got it aged fourteen,…
Find out more »August 2019
Bodega / Working Men’s Club
The Pad Presents www.thepadpresents.com BODEGA + Working Men’s Club - Thursday 29th August - Bedford Esquires “BODEGA’s attack on digital life comes wrapped in winning post-punk noise” – Sunday Times “Streamlined and minimal but bursting with intelligence, humour and ideas, BODEGA are the real deal” – DIY – 5/5 New York art-punks BODEGA released their debut album Endless Scroll earlier this year to rave reviews from the likes of Observer, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, The Times, DIY, Uncut and more.…
Find out more »November 2019
Chris Difford (Squeeze)
One of the UK's finest songwriters will be coming to Bedford Esquires on Thursday the 30th May 2019 for a special intimate performance. Chris Difford, along with his Squeeze co-founder Glen Tilbrook, has written some of most enduring and best loved songs of our time. Songs like 'Up the Junction', 'Cool for Cats', 'Tempted', 'Labelled with Love' and many, many others. A Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist, Chris will be bringing his 'Up the Junction' tour…
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