Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on.  I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.

I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com 

Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.

THE FENMEN:

Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals

Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals

Eric Wilmer – bass

Jon Povey – drums

1964

28 July 1964 – Woodman Tuesday Club, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)

15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 September 1964 – Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)

18 October 1964 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)

20 October 1964 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Dan Whitefield, The Initials Beat Combo (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

30 November 1964 – Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne with Jerry Lee Lewis and Angela Dean (Newcastle Evening Echo)

11 December 1964 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton, Northamptonshire (Northampton Chronicle and Echo)

12 December 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Storms (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

24 December 1964 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/) First time in Nottingham

1965

9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

23 January 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Twilights (Luton News)

4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)

14 February 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

12 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)

17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)

21 March 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Kinks, Dean Prince &The Dukes, D Starr’s Predictions, The Blue-Sound, Mel Taylor & The Trek-a-Beats, Mike Starr & The Citizens, The Exiles, Danny Clarke & The Jaguars, The Road Runners and AJ & The Others (Western Scene)

26 March 1965 – Docking Shake-O-Rama, Norfolk with The Torinos (Lynn News)

27 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)

4 April 1965 – Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Untamed, Formula 5, The Southbeats and Johnny Devlin & The Act 4 (Chichester & Southern Post)

15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

25 April 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)

26 April 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales with Five In Hand (South Wales Argus)

18 May 1965 – Civic Hall, Orpington, southeast London (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)

3 June 1965 – Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth, Dorset with Roger & The Rallies (website: https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/)

5 June 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Walker Brothers and The Peasants (Lincolnshire Standard)

19 June 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The In Crowd and The Notions (Warrington Guardian)

26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

6 July 1965 – Portpatrick Public Hall Management Committee, Portpatrick, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)

23 July 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Utopians (Lynn News)

30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)

12 August 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)

15 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)

20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)

9 September 1965 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Dolphins (Mid Sussex Times)

12 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)

12 September 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The Continentals and Mike Patto (North Norfolk News)

25 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Still Waters (Cambridge News)

15 October 1965 – Public Hall, Bedfont, Middlesex with The Penny Blacks (Middlesex Chronicle)

6 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Diane & The Sapphires, The Beat Six and The Beaucreas (Cambridge News)

12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)

20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)

12 December 1965 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

18 December 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Notes (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

24 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Star Support Showname (Evening Sentinel)

31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

1966

22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)

29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)

4 February 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Soundtracks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)

19 February 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Relics (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

26 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Lynn News)

27 February 1966 – Sunday Club, Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

4 March 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)

12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)

18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)

9 April 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)

23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)

7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

13 May 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Yes & No (East Kent Times)

21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)

28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

29 May 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Symbols (Melody Maker)

3 June 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)

4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (Cambridgeshire Times)

11 June 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

18 June 1966 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with The Triads (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)

2 July 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with support (Evening Sentinel)

3 July 1966 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)

8 July 1966 – Tech College, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)

9 July 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fortunes, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, The Gates of Eden, Freddie Fingers Lee, The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)

15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

16 July 1966 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)

22 July 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)

23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sounds Incorporated and Trendsetters Limited (Fabulous 208/Essex County Standard)

29 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)

30 July 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)

4 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

5 August 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)

6 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ketas (Lynn News)

7 August 1966 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

10 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)

12-13 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with Fan Antons, Jerry Shaw and The Checkmates (Warrington Guardian)

12 August 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

12 August 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

13 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Coletrane Union (Nottingham Evening Post)

14 August 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

19 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)

27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)

1 September 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

2 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)

3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)

5 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)

8 September 1966 – Regal Ballroom, Ripley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)

15 September 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Action (Fabulous 208)

16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

17 September 1966 – All Saints Hall, Whetstone, north London (Fabulous 208)

24 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Rochester, Kent (Fabulous 208)

1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

2 October 1966 – Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

15 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)

29 October 1966 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)

3 November 1966 – Enterprise Club, Eastcote, northwest London (Fabulous 208)

4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)

5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)

6 November 1966 – Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)

12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)

27 November 1966 – Drill Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Southern Valley Four (Surrey Advertiser)

1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)

3 December 1966 – Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)

4 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

9 December 1966 – Colona College, West Wickham, London (Fabulous 208)

10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)

16 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)

22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)

31 December 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The 13^th Hour (Lynn News)

1967

10 January 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)

14 January 1967 –Norwich University, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)

20 January 1967 – Birkbeck College, London (Fabulous 208)

21 January 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)

3 February 1967 – Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)

5 February 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough & Eton Express)

10 February 1967 – University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent (Fabulous 208)

12 February 1967 – Bluesette Club, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, Surrey (Caterham Weekly Press)

16 February 1967 – Locarno, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)

17 February 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, London (Melody Maker)

18 February 1967 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

22 February 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Claredon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)

24 February 1967 – Locarno Ballroom, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)

25 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)

4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)

18 March 1967 – College of Technology, Bulmershe, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)

25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with The Executives (Derby Evening Telegraph)

26 March 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)

Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France

Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers. 

Andy Clark from the Big Wheel joined on keyboards and vocals. 

The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights

8 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Revelations (Surrey Advertiser)

9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails

16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)

22 April 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208) Billed as Bag O’Nails

6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as New Fenmen

29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)

3 June 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Son Set (Torquay Times/Torbay Times and South Devon Echo)

9 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Ossie Layne (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Bag O’Nails

10 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)

17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)

26 June 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)

1 July 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Bag O’Nails

22 July 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Bag O’Nails

23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)

In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede took over on drums. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness

4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness

12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Kindness

18 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Kindness

19 August 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Shay (Essex County Standard) Billed as The New Fenmen

27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness

1 September 1967 – Ricky Tick Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Interns (Cityweek) Del Coverley confirmed this was Kindness from London not a US band from the west coast.

9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)

15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness

16 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) Billed as Bag O’ Nails

19 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Life ‘N’ Soul (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Kindness

24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness

9 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Billed as Kindness

16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols

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