Cesar’s Club in Bedford was a significant rock venue in the 1960s that hosted a number of notable bands, including early Pink Floyd, Family and Ten Years After.

This is the start of an entry on listed artists, advertised in the Ampthill News & Flintwick Record and/or Bedfordshire Times. There are lots of gaps and we would welcome any additions.

9 June 1967 (Friday) – Freddie Mac & The Mac Sound

10 June 1967 (Saturday) – The Merseys

16 June 1967 (Friday) – Marmalade and The Alex Read Sound

17 June 1967 (Saturday) – The Family and The Clew

23 June 1967 (Friday) – Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas with The Minor Portions Roll Band

24 June 1967 (Saturday) – Pink Floyd (they either replaced The Skatterlights and The Contax or were replaced by them)

30 June 1967 (Friday) – The Chevells and The Peapots

1 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Dellroy Good Good Band and The Jamboree Band

7 July 1967 (Friday) – Elkie Brooks & The Scotch & Soda

8 July 1967 (Saturday) – Amen Corner

14 July 1967 (Friday) – Bag-o-Nails (ex-The Blue Flames)

15 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Move

21 July 1967 (Friday) – Wynder K Frog

22 July 1967 (Saturday) – Sonny Childe & The TNT

28 July 1967 (Friday) – Gass with The Niteshades or Nite Train

29 July 1967 (Saturday) – The Original Dyaks with Reaction

4 August 1967 (Friday) – TD Bachus & The Powerhouse and The Teapots

5 August 1967 (Saturday) – John Evans Smash and Minor Portion Roll Band

6 August 1967 (Sunday) – Minor Portion Roll Band

There is a gap in gigs advertised

25 August 1967 (Friday) – Freddie Mac & The Mac Sound

26 August 1967 (Saturday) – Tiles Big Band

27 August 1967 (Sunday) – The Kontax

There is a gap in gigs advertised

8 September 1967 (Friday) – Family and Flower Children

9 September 1967 (Saturday) – Floribunda Rose and Nite Train

10 September 1967 (Sunday) – Stuart James Inspiration

15 September 1967 (Friday) – The Kool and The 100w Carnation

16 September 1967 (Saturday) – The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band and The Courtelles

17 September 1967 (Sunday) – The Jambourie Band

22 September 1967 (Friday) – Amorous Prawns and The Paper Blitz Tissue

23 September 1967 (Saturday) – Hamilton & The Movement and Scotch of St James

24 September 1967 (Sunday) – The Maze

29 September 1967 (Friday) – The Soul Caravan and The Power

30 September 1967 (Saturday) – Geranium Pond and Roscoe Brown Combo

1 October 1967 (Sunday) – Craig King & The Night Train

6 October 1967 (Friday) – The Warren Davis Monday Band and The Locomotion

7 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Trax and The Jamboree Band

8 October 1967 (Sunday) – Tony Rivers & The Castaways and Plastic Dream Boat

13 October 1967 (Friday) – James Royal and The New Breed

14 October 1967 (Saturday) – Pink Floyd and The Tecknique

15 October 1967 (Sunday) – The Human Instinct and Modes Mode

20 October 1967 (Friday) – Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Triads

21 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Lemon Line and The Garden

22 October 1967 (Sunday) – Ten Years After and The Mead

27 October 1967 (Friday) – The Orlons and The Paper Blitz Tissue

28 October 1967 (Saturday) – The Gods and The New Jump Band

29 October 1967 (Sunday) – The Derek Savage Foundation and The Pink Champagne

3 November 1967 (Friday) – The Alan Price Set and The Taylor Upton Big Band

4 November 1967 (Saturday) – The Survivors (or The Healers with Spectre Powerhouse)

5 November 1967 (Sunday) – Pesky Gee

Friday (and most Sunday) gigs appear to be missing from now on

10 November 1967 (Saturday) – The New Breed (According to Graham Sclater’s diary, The Manchester Playboys played on this date)

11 November 1967 (Sunday) – Cats Pyjamas and Geranium Pond

17 November 1967 (Saturday) – The Skatelites with The Minor Portion Roll Band

25 November 1967 (Saturday) – Marmalade and The Vivas

2 December 1967 (Saturday) – Milton James and the Harlem Knock Out

9 December 1967 (Saturday) – Catch 22 (aka Katch 22)

16 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Skatelites

23 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Human Instinct

30 December 1967 (Saturday) – The Lloyd Alexander Blues Band

13 January 1968 (Saturday) – Copper Pot

20 January 1968 (Saturday) – Workshop

27 January 1968 (Saturday) – Simon K & The Meantimers

The Bedfordshire Times stopped advertising gigs in 1968 after the above date

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