Out of the Bedroom 703 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 17th October from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Kirsty Heggie. Kirsty (formerly known as Roelle Blue) has drawn inspiration from strong ’60s folk singers and Celtic roots. Her experience with both spoken word and an almost operatic singing voice is both soothing and striking. Influences of classical guitar and rock riffs meld together what has been called by judges at Celtic Connections as “great storytelling”.

OOTB 702 took place on 3rd October. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Small Feet Little Toes, Chris Glen, Roy McIntosh, You Are Lost Be Careful, Mally Smith, Gerry, Will B, feature act: Mike McKenzie.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday…
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Out of the Bedroom 702 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 3rd October from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Mike McKenzie. On Thursday 26th September, Mike became the first winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Singer/Songwriter Award. Mike will close out the evening with a 45-minute set including songs from his upcoming debut album “Love Like This” planned for release next year. Come early to guarantee a seat!

OOTB #701 took place on 11th July. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Ross Robertson, Roy McIntosh, Neil Matthew Fox, Will B, Matthew Sier, Jim Bryce, feature act: Gareth Herron.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 701 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 19th September from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Gareth Herron. Originally from Northern Ireland, Gareth Herron is a singer songwriter who has been playing his happysad songs around Edinburgh since April of last year. Inspired by Frightened Rabbit, The National and Sufjan Stevens; Gareth’s lyrically driven music offers an insight into the life of someone still trying to figure it all out.

OOTB #700 – the “Mega Mic” – took place on 5th September. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was (hold your breath): Jim Bryce, Startled Bee, Roy McIntosh, Tim Wylie, Lisa Rigby, Queer Faith and TheMany, Tina Louise Avery, Neil Matthew Fox, Will B, Patrick Steel, Mike McKenzie, Tommy Danbury, Freeloadin’ Frank, Mally Smith, John Porro, Owen Clark, Burnam J Wood (Arran), James Igoe. There was no feature, just one song each with some doublers at the end of the evening.

Also, we’d like to mention #698 and #699 which ran during the Edinburgh Fringe. Artists who played 698: Jim Bryce, Patrick Steel, Ian Sclater, Roy McIntosh, John Porro, Tommy Danbury, Nyk Stoddart, feature act: Cameron Phair. Line up for 699: Queer Faith and TheMany, Catherine Duguid, Neil Matthew Fox, SMUT., Angus Gibson, Nyk Stoddart, Tommy Danbury, Peter Michael Rowan, Freeloadin’ Frank, Jim Bryce, feature act: Calum Carlyle.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday… 🙂
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It’s Out of the Bedroom 700 on Thursday, 5th September and this is a…

Mega Mic!

This means that every act gets one song only – original music as usual. We’re planning to fit around 30 people in over the course of the evening.

This will take place in Woodland Creatures from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and the whole bar will be open to the music, not just the back room as usual.

Sign up using the following ways:
– Send us a message via the Out of the Bedroom Facebook page. Click ‘Send Message’.
– Send us an email at 700@outofthebedroom.co.uk.
– Take your chance and sign up on the night. We will make a few slots available.

Remember to say what time you would like to play.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 698 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 8th August from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Cameron Phair. Cameron is a well known, experienced and confident performer out there in musicland, and hosts open mic events, such as Live at The Loft and Whistlebinkies, regularly around Edinburgh. His songs are catchy and soulful with an indie folk/pop/rock flavour carrying influences such as Ron Sexsmith, Spiritualized, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Oasis and Jeff Buckley. Get yourselves down to Woodland Creatures this Thursday to witness an amazing set of songs from Cameron.

OOTB #697 took place on 25th July. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Tau Boo, Tina Avery, Tina Avery, Jane Knightingale, Kirsty Heggie, Neil Matthew Fox, Nyk Stoddart, James Igoe, Beth Myers, Ross Neilson, Finley (Slate House) feature act: Queer Faith and TheMany.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 697 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 25th July from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Queer Faith and TheMany. This show invites you to come and sit or stand together with others, co-creating a safe and including space for us all to relax in, react or stay quiet, cry or laugh, meet again with our inner faerie(s) through experiencing a sacred and ritualistic aspect of a capella story-singing. A genderqueer blue collection of creatures in one body, will bring past stories back through songs …

Surreal, immersive and intimate story-singing show celebrating emotions related to love, multiplicity and emotional nakednesss… ♥

OOTB #696 took place on 11th July. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Startled Bee, Francisco Cano, Jim Bryce, Conor Riordan, Patrick Steel, Neil Matthew Fox, Nyk Stoddart, Majk Stokes, Michael Steele, Gareth Herron, Ross Nielson, Chris Glen, feature act: SMUT.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 696 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 11th July from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is SMUT.. SMUT. is a young singer, writer, producer and musician with a grunge background taking an increasingly electronic direction with her music. Formerly performing solely with a guitar, she now also sings to hip hop and r’n’b-inspired instrumentals created by either herself or collaborative artists. Although varied with her musical creations, a vulnerable and raw approach to creative expression defines much of SMUT.’s work.

OOTB #696 took place on 27th June. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Roy McIntosh, Joseph Martyn, Majk Stokes, Jonas Cimermanas, James Bissett, Ian Macdonald, Nelson Wright, SMUT., feature act: Jim Bryce.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 695 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 27th June from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar will be available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Jim Bryce. If you want a “typical singer-songwriter” – whatever that is – you’re not going to get it. A musical magpie, veering from rock to MOR, from folk to jazz to music-hall. Pastdoings include music for children’s radio, theatre and squeaky stuff. Tasters from his new album “A Grope of Foolish Poke Songs” may possibly feature. He may well try to lumber you with copies of it, and his previous two. Be warned!

“Wildly eccentric.. with some great tunes” (James Igoe)
“Intelligent, thought-provoking……If we’d known him for the last 20 or 30 years …..he’d probably sell bushels of CD’s, (MGCK)
“Strums a guitar, plonks a keyboard, and has no idea why he’s here.” (Jim Bryce)

OOTB #694 took place on 13th June. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Neil Fox, Queer Faith and TheMany, Roddy Fraser, Nyk Stoddart, Michael Wollaston, Caro Bridges, Jim Bryce, Cameron Phair, feature act: Sir Tom Watton.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 693 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 30th May from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome. A house guitar and keyboard are available for musicians.

Our feature act this week is Siria. When they first met in 2015, Siria and her partner Ash played music all night long, it was an instant fit. They got married a year later and haven’t stopped playing music since. Siria writes original music and sometimes plays around Edinburgh. In the next few months she hopes to get started on recording an EP. Please follow along and see where the journey leads!

OOTB #692 took place on 16th May. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Drew William, Tau Boo, Queer Faith and TheMany, Matthew Keyes, Michael, Enradgey, Roy McIntosh, SMUT., John Porro, Siria and Ash, feature act: Rosie Smith.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday 30th May… 🙂 
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