APRIL 2026
Friday 3rd April
FITZ OF LAUGHTER presents
ANGELA BARNES
ANGELA BARNES off the telly headlines our latest Fitz of Laughter Comedy Club in Stourbridge!
Angela Barnes swapped a career in health and social care for stand up in 2010 and hasn’t looked back.
Within just a couple of years she had won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2011 and has since toured the UK and starred in BBC Two’s iconic 21 series Mock the Week as a regular, as well as Live at the Apollo, and Hypothetical on Dave.
She is a firm favourite on BBC Radio 4, having featured on The Now Show and The News Quiz – including a recent stint as the host, she also hosted BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack.
Angela co-hosted the less-than-serious popular podcast We Are History, which has just teamed up with Podmasters, with John O’Farrell. Six series strong and with over a million downloads, the two history nerds discuss, explain, and laugh at interesting and quirky episodes from the olden days.
+ TWO SUPPORT ACTS TBC
HOSTED BY RESIDENT MC WAYNE BEESE
Saturday 4th April
SOAAR presents
Samantics
Samantics is back with ‘The Tour of One Guy With Two Sides’ which is almost as much a mouthful as his lyrics. Having hand-picked a selection of some of his favourite venues, each night will showcase the two contrasting sides of Samantics across two very different sets. Opening as his own support act, he will begin with an acoustic set each night, covering many songs from his ever-extending back catalogue, playing favourites in ways not heard before and stripping back the songs to what has always been at their core - the words, swapping beats, bass and keys for the instrument people love to hate - a ukulele. This will be Ukuliphop in it’s rawest form. After this and short break, he will return to stage (potentially in a different t-shirt for effect) for the full-beans, energy riddled, live-looped set that he has become known for. With two sets to fill, this ‘evening with Samantics’ will allow for more rarities and older songs that often get overlooked or kicked off the set list to make space for the inevitably requested Pop Song. With stories to tell and a lot more words to remember than usual, it will likely be a night filled with thought, laughter, honesty, emotion and some undoubtedly awkward moments where he forgets the lyrics and asks for help.
These shows have 3 tiers of pricing. The full/suggested price is £12 but there is an option to pay a little less if it helps, or a little more if wish, and you feel you are in a position to do so.
Sunday 5th April
SOAAR presents
UnderCover Hippy
SoAaR are absolutely delighted to welcome the phenomenon that is The Undercover Hippy back to Katie Fitzgerald's on Sunday 5th April, 2026.
This April, The Undercover Hippy will embark upon their UK “Real Life Tour”, slogging their actual physical bodies and instruments around the country in a van and pouring their hearts and souls out to other actual physical human beings around the country. So sack off your digital identity, if just for one night, and come and get sweaty with one of the most delicious crowds you will ever encounter.
If you’ve not been to an Undercover Hippy gig before, you are in for a treat. By the encore you will be exalted and exhausted; entertained and educated; energised and inspired. The music combines meaningful lyrics with upbeat, bass soaked, reggae and hip-hop infused rhythms, bringing like minded people together to both acknowledge the darkness and celebrate life.
But don’t take our word for it:
Friday 10th April
SoAAr presents
Interrobang
Songs of Anger and Redmption proudly presents
INTERROBANG‽ live at Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge on April 10th 2026.
Kicking up a righteous racket since 2014, Interrobang are still creating their very own pulsating, intense punk-funkstorm. But this time though they’re calling it agit-synth. Interrobang (feat Dunstan Bruce and Stephen Griffin) are sometimes a two-piece: a sort of Punk Shop Boys Interrobang?! if you will and sometimes a three piece with the foreboding presence of drummer Stephen Gilchrist looming large. This time they are creating something that is current and relevant; something that speaks to their generation who grew up in the shadow of punk, with hopes and dreams, still full of rebellion.
But now the music is embracing new technology; synths, beats and samples pepper the soundscape whilst Griff’s guitar embraces the angularity and anti-rock aesthetic of Wire and Gang of Four as well as giving a nod to some 70/80s Bowie. Let’s chuck in some LCD Soundsystem, some Chalk and some Amen Corner too. Their sophomore album “Rethink Everything” is expected to be released March 2026 on FOAD Musick. It’s going to be a banger with a single or two beforehand too. Lyrically they still address such questions like what happened to that spark inside? How do you express your anger now? And how do we make ourselves heard and where do we fit in? Yeah, they’re still full of righteous anger about the state of the world. But now they’re looking for the hope, the inspiration, the desire, the way forward out of this hellscape.
It’s all about the future; they reject wholeheartedly the idea of nostalgia, they refuse to live in the past, there’s no misty-eyed looking back; this is all forward, forward motion.
And this is their cri de couer - IF I CAN'T DANCE TO IT; IT'S NOT MY REVOLUTION.
Thursday 16th April
SoAAr presents
John Bramwell
As the singer in I Am Kloot from 1999 to 2014, John Bramwell achieved a Mercury Prize nomination for 2010’s The Sky At Night, a Top 10 chart position for 2013’s Let It All In, numerous UK and European tours and a triumphant farewell at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with an orchestra in 2014. Now, as a solo artist, Bramwell travels a very different path, a path that criss-crosses the length and breadth of the UK with a humble agenda of taking his heartwarming songs to the stage and enjoying another moment in time with his devoted fans.
The stunning 2023 sophomore solo album, The Light Fantastic was an almost complete u-turn from the I Am Kloot outlook they were known for. Darker clouds banished and in replacement strings, four-part harmonies
[a warming development, since Kloot never had any backing vocals] and a dozen gloriously exhilarating, beautifully crafted and observed songs about life, humanity, the universe and everything. As John put it, “It’s been great to find the joy of making music once again. These are the most uplifting songs of my career.”
As Bramwell looks on to another year the 2026 road extends further and wider than before – a much
anticipated tour of Ireland awaits as too many of the UK’s finest venues where John’s cultivated audiences
will be treated to an unforgettable evening and experience.
Saturday 18th April
Katie Fitzgeralds presents
Big Jim's Boogie Band
Big Jims Boogie band make a welcome return to Katie Fitzgeralds
Sunday 19th April
Funny Beeseness presents
Fitz Of Laughter
with Darren Harriott
19/04/26 - 19:00
Doors
open on 19/04/26 18:00To: 19/04/26 18:45
It's A Funny Beeseness...brand new show format!
Wayne Beese hosts a new guest for each show, who does a 30 minute stand-up set before returning after the interval to take questions for an hour from the audience and from Wayno about their life and loves!
Watch the first episode with Paul Sinha here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24wtjXwHXzM&t=1914s
Our latest guest is....
DARREN HARRIOTT
Double Edinburgh Award nominee Darren Harriott’s TV includes, Dancing on Ice, co-host of Love Island: Aftersun, Britain’s Best Takeaway with Sara Cox, British as Folk, host of Live at the Apollo and Dog Ate My Homework, team captain on four series of Guessable and series regular on Don’t Hate the Playaz.
He regularly co-hosts the comedy night, You Dress Funny, with Rachel Fairburn, a show where comedians have to perform in outrageous costumes.
On radio, Darren currently presents a show every Sunday morning on BBC Radio WM. He has also had two BBC Radio 4 series Black Label, which covered his time as a teenager in gangs.
Friday 24th April
SOAAR presents
Tommy Scott Duo
(Space)
Tommy and Phil From Space [the band] will be touring through February to June 2026, the duo perform all the Space hits plus a selection of Tommy’s songs taken from his solo project, songs never heard performed with the band but only on the select duo shows.
Thursday 30th April
Katies Secret Garden presents
DEAN FRIEDMAN
Hailed by critics and fans alike as a one of the finest songwriters of his generation, Dean Friedman has achieved legendary, pop-icon status for chart-topping hits, Ariel, Lucky Stars, Lydia, McDonald’s Girl and more.
Friedman returns to the stage armed with a stunning collection of his insightful and compelling, true-to-life ‘story songs’ - songs of pathos and humor that deal with family, friends, neighbors, work and the seemingly trivial, yet ultimately essential stuff of everyday life.
"Soundtrack of our lives!" – NYTimes; "Songsmith extraordinaire!” – MusicWeek; “Dean Friedman is entirely unique and utterly brilliant” – ThreeWeeks; “Stunning Musicianship!” - Hot Press; "One of the true greats of American music!" - Liverpool Sound and Vision
A consummate entertainer, Friedman will be performing solo, on guitar and keyboard, featuring songs from throughout his four-decade career, including familiar, radio hits and fan favorites, drawn from his eight studio albums. Invite family and friends and join Friedman for an evening of powerful, poignant and hilarious songs about the ordinary and extraordinary lives we share.
w/special guest BOOTHBY GRAFFOE
'Boothby Graffoe is a multi-talented, darkly hilarious, grade A British eccentric, who can twist your funny bone one minute, and break your heart the next. A musical comedy act who is more musical than most musicians, and funnier than most comedians.' - Stewart Lee 'If I had to compare him to anyone, it would be Spike Milligan.' - Omid Djalili
