What follows is a list of gigs, with images of tickets, adverts and flyers where possible, either at GU postcode venues or featuring bands, listed in bold if we have an image, we like to claim are part of the Woking/GU Soundscene in 1961:

January 9
Youth Club, Village Hall, Merrow: The Stormsville Shakers

January 31
Wood Street British Legion Club, Guildford: The Stormsville Shakers

February 16
Odeon, Romford: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 17
Regal, Colchester: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 19
Cecil, Hull: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 21
Capital, Aberdeen: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 22
Gaumont, Dundee: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 23
Odeon, Glasgow: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 25
Odeon, Guildford: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

February 26
Theatre, Coventry: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 3
Colston Hall, Bristol: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 4
Gaumont, Taunton: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 5
De Montfort Hall, Leicester: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers
Empire Pool, Wembley: Adam Faith w/ Alma Cogan, Bert Weedon, Billy Fury, Bob Miller & The Millermen, Cliff Richard, Connie Francis, Emile Ford & The Checkmates, Jerry Lordan, The John Barry Seven, The King Brothers, Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group, Mark Wynter, The Mudlarks, Russ Conway, The Shadows, and Ted Heath & His Music

5 March 1961: Ad for The NME 1960-61 Annual Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk

March 9
Gaumont, Southampton: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 10
Gaumont, Cardiff: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 11
Gaumont, Cheltenham: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 12
Gaumont, Ipswich: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 20
Hippodrome, Birmingham: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 22
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Dick Morrissey and his Quartet w/ Hank Shaw

Atalanta Ballroom advert from Jazz News on 29 March ’61

March 27
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Mike Daniels Delta Jazzband
Hippodrome, Manchester: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

March 29
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Eddie Thompson Trio w/ Vic Ash

Atalanta Ballroom advert from Jazz News on 29 March ’61

April 3
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Alex Welsh Band
Theatre Royal, Hanley: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

April 5
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Tubby Hayes Quartet

JAZZ NEWS — Tubby Hayes Quartet played the Atalanta Ballroom, Woking on Wednesday, April 5, 1961 (lifted from National Jazz Archive)

April 10
Empire, Newcastle: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

April 17
New Theatre, Cardiff: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

April 22
Odeon, Guildford: The Shadows w/Frank Ifield, Patti Brooks, Alan Randall, The Swinging Wiseguys, and The Nevitt Brothers

22 April 1961: Handbill for The Shadows with Frank Ifield, Patti Brooks, Alan Randall, The Swinging Wiseguys, and The Nevitt Brothers. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

May 1
Hippodrome, Bristol: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, The Four Kestrels, Georgie Fame, Vince Eager, Dickie Loader, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

1 May 1961. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk

May 7
Plaza Ballroom, Guildford: Gene Vincent w/ Sounds Incorporated

May 8
Hippodrome, Brighton: Billy Fury w/ Mark Wynter, Tommy Bruce, Joe Brown, Nelson Keene, Duffy Power, The Four Kestrels, Johnny Gentle, Georgie Fame, The Valentine Girls, and New Orleans Rockers

July 5
Haselmere Hall, Haselmere: Mike Cotton Jazzmen

July 9
Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth: Billy Fury w/ Joe Brown, Terry Dene, Tommy Bruce, Nelson Keene, Georgie Fame, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Terry Hale, and Dickie Loader

July 17
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Mike Cotton Jazzmen

July 23
Haselmere Hall, Haselmere: Kenny Ball Jazzmen

July 27
The Wooden Bridge, Guildford: Mike Cotton Jazzmen

August 21
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Ken Colyer Jazzmen

August 27
Winter Gardens, Bournemouth: Mark Wynter w/ John Leyton, Eden Kane, Mike Preston, and Red Price

27 August 1961. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk

September 2
Town Hall, Eastleigh: Phil Tone & the Midnighters

September 4
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Kenny Ball Jazzmen

October 13
Youth Club, Farncombe: The Stormsville Shakers

October 23
Youth Club, Merrow: The Stormsville Shakers

October 28
Village Hall, Effingham: The Stormsville Shakers

November 1
Youth Club: Farncombe: The Stormsville Shakers

November 12
Essoldo, Banbury: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 13
Essoldo, West Hartlepool: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 14
Essoldo, Huddersfield: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 15
Essoldo, Rotherham: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 16
Essoldo, Cannock: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 17
Essoldo, Bury: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

November 18
Essoldo, Barrow: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)
Youth Club, Farncombe: The Stormsville Shakers

November 19
Essoldo, Stockton: John Leyton w/ Gary Mills, Charles Blackwell & The Beat Boys, The Duettes, Jimmy Crowe, Mike Berry, Billy Davis, and The Tornadoes (replaced The Outlaws)

December 2
Odeon, Guildford: The Stormsville Shakers

December 3
Odeon, Romford: Jess Conrad w/ The Flee-Rekkers, Vince Eager, Nelson Keene, Johnny Gentle, Michael Cox, and Semitones

3 December 1961: Advert. Source: bradfordtimeline.co.uk

December 9
The Palais, Aldershot: The Beatles w/ Ivor Jay & The Jaywalkers


December 16
The Palais, Aldershot: Rory Storm and the Hurricanes

December 18
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Mr. Acker Bilk’s Paramount Jazz Band

December 23
Friary Brewery, Guildford: The Stormsville Shakers

December 30
Friary Brewery, Guildford: The Stormsville Shakers