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:
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
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
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 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
July 5 Haselmere Hall, Haselmere: Mike Cotton Jazzmen
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
September 4 Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Kenny Ball Jazzmen
December 9 The Palais, Aldershot: The Beatles w/ Ivor Jay & The Jaywalkers
9 Dec 1961: Handbill for The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot
9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia9 Dec 1961: Poster for The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot. Source: Donna Woodings via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot. Source: Donna Woodings via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia9 Dec 1961: Pete Best of The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot9 Dec 1961: Paul McCartney with Ivor Jay & The Jaywalkers9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot. Source: Steve McKeown via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot9 Dec 1961: The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot9 Dec 1961: The 18 person ‘crowd’ getting down to The Beatles at The Palais, Aldershot. Source: Donna Woodings via Farnborough (Hants) Nostalgia
December 16 The Palais, Aldershot: Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
December 18 Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Mr. Acker Bilk’s Paramount Jazz Band
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