FEBRUARY 2025
Saturday 1st February
SOAAR presents
SCOTT DOONICAN
Doors 7pm
Scott Doonican brings his 2025 ONE MAN SHOW Tour back to Katie Fitzgerald's.
Expect silliness, shenanigans, singalongs and stories a-plenty.
As the charismatic frontman of the UK's hardest-working comedy band, 'The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican', Scott Doonican is a debonair and theatrical performer with superb hair and more style than you could shake a Milan catwalk at. As a solo performer, Scott's 'One Man Show' shows are every bit as funny, dynamic and engaging as those with his band, and he is equally at ease in front of large festival crowds, as he would be in a theatre or down the pub. This is where Scott Doonican the story-teller, entertainer and consummate showman, gets the opportunity to take his band's extensive back-catalogue of comic-songs and perform them, stripped-back, on just his battered 'Workhorse' acoustic guitar or his little ukulele in his hand. Following, in the footsteps of his comedy-folk heroes (Mike Harding, Jasper Carrott, Billy Connolly, Richard Digance, Jake Thackeray et al), here, the Doonicans' side-splitting song-smithery, comes to the fore, often accompanied by with an abundance of cracking yarns, giving a charming insight to the inspiration behind them. He's on a mission to bring comedy-folk back to the masses for the 21st Century.
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Friday 7th February
Blue Banana presents
Phil ( Swill) Odgers
Blue Banana Tuesdays proudly present…
An evening with Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers
PHIL ‘SWILL’ ODGERS
Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers is well known as singer and acoustic guitarist with award-winning folk rebel rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. He is also a formidable, well-loved and prolific solo artist in his own right. Born in Scotland to an Irish Mother and a Yorkshire Father and rerouted to the south of England as a kid, his writing style tells life stories with a conscience and a heart.
Audiences around the world from Cairo to Reykjavik, Brisbane to Tokyo, Toronto to Turin, have submitted to his effervescent and heartfelt vocal style in stadium, theatre, hall and after-hours lock in.
Saturday 8th February
SOAAR presents
JOHN OTWAY
Songs of Anger and Redemption are delighted to welcome OTWAY back to Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge, West Midlands on Saturday 9th March 2024.
Just months after performing his 5,000th gig to an adoring Shepherd’s Bush Empire crowd, unique singer songwriter John Otway has been awarded an Honorary PhD in Music by Oxford Brookes University.
Otway, best known to many for his first hit ‘Cor Baby That’s Really Free’ said ‘I’m really thrilled to be awarded this totally unexpected honour, especially as I failed all my A levels as I decided to concentrate on preparing for my burgeoning career as a rock star. To get this from Oxford Brookes 50 years later shows I did the right thing. And I did have some further education in Oxford in the 1970s - my learning was at a pub in St Clements, The Oranges and Lemons performing my embryonic act there over 50 times in 12 months. In that short time I went from playing to 20 people in the pub to having a hit record. I haven’t done a sensible days work since! Now this doctorate puts me on the same level as other celebrity Doctors such as Brian Cox, Angela Merkel, Brian May, Kermit the Frog and Geri Halliwell.’ see more......
Monday 10th February
The Free Thinking Society
Mark Devlin
Thursday 13th February
Jess Silks Birthday Quiz 2025
Friday 14th February
Jess Silks Birthday Open Mic
Saturday 15th February
Gren Bartley
+ Eddy Morton
Join us for a special night as Gren releases his new album, UNFOLD, and offers a preview of music from the Common Truths Radio Project. The event will take place at the legendary Katie Fitzgerald’s, featuring Gren's world class band. Don’t miss out... grab your tickets and join us for a unique evening of new music!
Thursday 20th February
Peoples Platform Open mic
Greetings, everyone!
We are excited to announce that all of our performance slots for this open mic night are now filled! If you're interested in taking the stage at one of our future events, we'd love to hear from you—please don’t hesitate to reach out!
This time, we're thrilled to welcome back some incredible returning talent alongside fresh new faces. Performing original work takes courage and passion, so your support would mean the world. Come cheer them on and enjoy a fantastic evening with us!
Saturday 22nd February
Funny Beeseness presents
Fitz of laughter
Rosie Jones headlines a two-show Saturday in Stourbridge!
ROSIE JONES
Most recently on our screens in the latest series of Taskmaster, Rosie Jones is a familiar face in households across the country.
Having fronted two travel series of her own for Channel 4 - Mission: Accessible and Trip Hazard - both of which were recommissioned for a second series, Rosie has also been seen on countless hit television shows.
They include Live at the Apollo, The Jonathan Ross Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Mock the Week, Hypothetical and loads more!
JUSTIN PANKS
Justin returns to us after doing a superb spot supporting Terry Alderton in Stourbridge last year.
With over a decade of experience on stage all over the world, he prides himself on being able to adapt to any room.
“Supreme confidence and unfailing hilarity” Bath Echo
VINCE ATTA
A firm Funny Beeseness favourite we are always delighted to welcome back onto our stages.
Using a multi-track looper, Vince creates live on-the-spot hip-hop/reggae/techno/anything; hilariously fusing it with natural stand-up, storytelling and audience interaction – creating the most infectious songs you’re ever likely to hear.
Vince recently supported Jason Manford on numerous dates across his epic arena tour, playing for up to 21,000 people each night.
HOSTED BY RESIDENT MC WAYNE BEESE
Sunday 23rd February
Funny Beeseness presents
Mick Ferry
A supremely versatile performer, Mick is now widely recognised as one of the most talented and original stand-ups to have emerged from the North. He has performed alongside Johnny Vegas, Sean Lock, Peter Kay, Al Murray and Steve Coogan.
TV credits include performances on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Sky1’s John Bishop’s Only Joking.
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Friday 28th February
Doors 7pm
AP promotions present
EDLARS +
The peoples Temple
Edlars are a lively four-piece indie band from Stourbridge, formed of close friends, with a family link. Created in 2017 under the name Two Minutes Late, while living together, childhood friends Haden Tye (lead vocals and rhythym guitar) and Luke Pitts (bass) got to work on creating a band. After a few formations, the addition of Luke’s now brother-in-law Jon Pickett (lead guitar) and Tom Minton (drummer and backing vocals) completed the line-up. The band have a catologue of original tunes and have so far released two songs, with their debut single, Corduroy Shirt, a reflection of the fast-paced, high-energy sound the band have crafted over a number of years.
