Happy New Year to all the music lovers!

Out of the Bedroom 708 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 9th January 2020 from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. This is our first show of the new decade and we hope you can join us. For one night only there will be no feature act, with the night entirely devoted to open mic acts.

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.

Just for fun, take a look at the event image left. Can you identify the 15 local artists, all former OOTB feature acts, pictured? Have a go and see how many you can name. There will be a prize for the person who can name the most acts on our Facebook event page. 🙂

OOTB 707, the Christmas show, took place on 12th December. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Nyk Stoddart, Danny and Ruaridh, Majk Stokes, Michael, Neil Matthew Fox, Will B, Roy McIntosh, Gareth Herron, Mike McKenzie, Edy and Forey, feature act: Mally Smith.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday…
OOTB 🙂

Out of the Bedroom is closed for Christmas and New Year. We hope you all have a peaceful and restful festive season and we’ll see you back at Woodland Creatures on Thursday 9th January 2020. 🙂

Out of the Bedroom 706 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 28th November 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 Jonas Cimermanas. Jonas has been part of the open mic music scene in Edinburgh for the past four years. His early encounter with blues and classical rock prompted Jonas to pick up the guitar. With literary influences like Leonard Cohen, Charles Bukowski and Townes van Zandt, Jonas began writing his own material. Later influences were classical and more experimental/ambient music, where documented experiences find an ethereal setting. Jonas released his first album ‘Songs of love and longing’ in 2018 under the alias of Skip the Android. Now Jonas performs under his own name, playing sets with guitarist Paulius, and exploring ways to put the music across.

OOTB 705 took place on 14th November. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Roy McIntosh, Calum Carlyle, Susanna Macdonald-Mulvihill, Startled Bee, Will B, Majk Stokes, Los Cabinos/Stephanos, Jim Bryce, Danny Mullins, feature act: Beth Clarke.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday…
OOTB🙂

Out of the Bedroom 705 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 14th November 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 Beth Clarke. After a stormy relationship with a guitar in her 20s which led to a parting of the ways, as one of her songs explains, Beth Clarke eventually met and fell in love with a deep-voiced mandola who is now her constant companion. (She also flirts with a fiddle on the side, but don’t tell anyone!). Beth’s songs, which are rooted in her adoptive home of Edinburgh and its environs, explore the emotional landscapes of relationships – with others and with herself – with warmth, empathy, passion and humour.

OOTB 704 took place on 31st October. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Tina Louise Avery, Beth Clarke, Startled Bee, Majk Stokes, Roy McIntosh, Neil Matthew Fox, Nyk Stoddart, feature act: James Igoe.

See you at Woodland Creatures on Thursday…
OOTB🙂