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 1965:

January 1
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Alexis Korner w/ Henry Goins and the Muleskinners (New Years Party)

January 3
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: The Second Thoughts w/ Leeways, and Belinda

January 5
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Moody Blues

January 8
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Sonny Boy Williamson w/ Zoot Money

January 13
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Merseybeats

January 15
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Ronnie Jones and the Nightimers

January 17
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: The Zombies

January 22
Ricky Tick, Guildford: John Mayall

January 27
Flamingo Club, London: The Stormsville Shakers

January 28
Blue Opera Club, Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton: Nashville Teens

January 29
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Georgie Fame

January 31
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: Daniel & The Emeralds w/ The Paramounts

February 3
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Jo Harriot

February 10
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Yardbirds w/ The Soul-Tones
The Highwayman, Camberley: Don Rendell

February 11
Locarno, Swinden: The Nashville Teens w/ Four Plus One

February 12
Technical College, Farnborough: Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages w/ The Stormsville Shakers

February 13
Rhodes Centre, Bishop Stortford: Tony Rivers & The Castaways w/ The Emeralds

February 16
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Tom Jones

February 19
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins w/ The Plebs, and Junco Partners

February 20
Civic Hall, Guildford: The Moody Blues w/ Druids, and Terry Ward & The Bumblies

February 21
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

February 22
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Buddy Guy w/ Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents.

February 24
Town Hall, Farnborough: Moody Blues
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Lennie Best, and Coleridge Goode

February 26
Haslemere Hall, Haslemere: The Tridents
British Legion Hall, Virginia Water: The Legends
Ricky Tick, Guildford: The Downliners Sect

1965 Ricky Tick Flyer. Source: Sue Badman via Guildford Town Past & Present

February 27
Ricky Tick, Windsor: Erroll Dixon w/ Hogsnort Rupert

1965 Ricky Tick Flyer. Source: Sue Badman via Guildford Town Past & Present

March 5
Ricky Tick, Guildford: The Chessmen
Flamingo Club, London: T-Bone Walker w/ John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and Stormsville Shakers

5 March 1965: Stormville Shakers played the Flamingo, London

March 6
Civic Hall, Guildford: Daniel & The Emeralds w/ The Plebs

March 10
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Booby Breen

March 12
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Zoot Money

March 14
Crazy E, Birmingham: Zoot Money and his Big Roll Band w/ Stormville Shakers, and Jugs O’Henry

March 15
Odeon, Guildford: The Rolling Stones w/ The Hollies, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Dave Berry and the Cruisers, The Checkmates, and The Konrads.

15 March 1965: Odeon, Guildford hosted an Eric Easton Package Tour featuring Rolling Stones with The Hollies, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Dave Berry and the Cruisers, The Checkmates, and The Konrads. Source: Robert Jones via Guildford Town Past & Present

March 16
ABC Cinema, Aldershot: Del Shannon w/ Zephyrs, Herman’s Hermits, Just Four Men, Jerry Stevens, Dodie West, The Soul Savages featuring Paul Dean, and The Dollies.

16 March ’65. The acts that performed were not all as advertised! Picture courtesy of Peter Winning

March 19
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Georgie Fame
Marquee, London: Gary Farr & the T-Bones w/ Hogsnort Rupert and his Good Good Band

19 March 1965: Hogsnort Rupert and the Good Good Band supported Gary Farr and the T-Bones at the Marquee, Wardour Street. That same night Radio Luxembourg recorded ‘Ready, Steady, Radio’ at the venue. Clipping from Melody Maker 20 March 1965.

March 20
Farnborough Tech, Farnborough: The Yardbirds
Village Hall, Merrow: Bumblies

Handbill for the Bumblies appearance at Merrow Village Hall, in 1965. From the collection of Susan Veitch courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

March 24
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Jo Harriott

March 26
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Goldie and the Gingerbreads

March 28
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

April 2
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Larry Williams with Johnny Guitar Watson & Band

This Ricky Tick Poster from 1965 sold for USD150 in 2014! Source: ConcertPosterAuction.com

April 9
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds with Daniel Boone
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Long John Baldry

April 1965 flyer. Source Sue Bradman via Guildford Town Past & Present

April 10
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds with Daniel Boone

April 14
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Mark Leeman Five

April 16
Ricky Tick, Guildford: John Mayall

April 19
Rendezvous, Portsmouth: Downliners Sect w/ The Stormsville Shakers

April 23
Ricky Tick, Guildford: The Yardbirds

April 24
Rendezvous Club, Portsmouth: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers w/ Hogsnort Rupert’s Good Good Band
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

April 28
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Goldie and the Gingerbreads
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

April 30
400 Ballroom, Torquay: Mike Raynor & The Condors

May 2
Ilkley D.J. Club, Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley: Hogsnort Rupert & His Good Good Band

Gig List Advert. Source: www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk

May 5
Agincourt, Camberley: Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents w/ The Emeralds
ABC Cinema, Aldershot: The Kinks, The Rockin’ Berries, Goldie and The Gingerbreads, Jeff and Jon, The Mickey Finn, The Riot Squad, and Val McKenna  

May 7
The Scotch of St.James, Mayfair: The Stormsville Shakers

May 9
Winter Gardens, Margate: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders w/ John Hammond, Nashville Teens, Them, and The Fourmost

9th May 1965 – Nashville Teens support Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, along with Them and The Fourmost at the Winter Gardens, Margate

May 14
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: John Lee Hooker backed by Cops ‘n’ Robbers w/ John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
The Scotch of St.James, Mayfair: The Stormsville Shakers

May 15
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: John Lee Hooker backed by Cops ‘n’ Robbers
The Scotch of St.James, Mayfair: The Stormsville Shakers

May 21
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: The Who

1965 Ricky Tick flyer. Source: Peter Winning via ‎Guildford Town Past & Present

May 28
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Vagabonds

1965. Source: rickytick.com

June 4
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: John Mayall and his Blues Breakers
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Soul Sisters w/ Brian Auger Trinity, and The Rupert Rayles


4 June 1965: A second poster for Soul Sisters, Brian Auger Trinity, and The Rupert Rayles at The Harvest Moon Club. Source: www.tracks.co.uk
4 June 1965: Soul Sisters, supported by the Brian Auger Trinity, and The Rupert Rayles at The Harvert Moon Club. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

June 11
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Pretty Things w/ Blues Syndicate

June 19
400 Ballroom, Torquay: Mike Raynor & The Condors

June 21
400 Ballroom, Torquay: Mike Raynor & The Condors

June 22
400 Ballroom, Torquay: Mike Raynor & The Condors

June 25
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band

June 26
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

June 28
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

June 29
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

June 30
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Who
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

July 1
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

July 2
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

July 3
Cellar Club, Kingston: The Stormsville Shakers

July 4
Racks Close, Guildford: “Rhapsody at Racks” The Graham Bond Organisation w/ The Herd, The Stormsville Shakers, Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band.

July 9
Farnborough Tech, Farnborough: The Yardbirds
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Vagabonds

1965. Source: rickytick.com

July 11
Odeon, Southend: Tom Jones & The Squires w/ Nashville Teens, Jalacy Hawkins, The Clayton Squares, The Emeralds, and Ray Cameron.

July 13
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

July 16
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: John Mayall

July 21
The Highwaymen, Camberley: Johnnie Fourrie w/ Michael Garrick Trio

July 23
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Inez & Charlie Foxx w/ Ram Jam Band

July 30
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Graham Bond

August 8
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival
Agincourt, Camberley: Simon Scott and the All Night Workers w/ The Dynamos

Advert for Agincourt from August 1965

August 11
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Riot Squad

August 14
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds
Allnighter Club, London: The Stormsville Shakers
Town Hall, Clacton: Nashville Teens

1965 and The Nashville Teens played Clacton Town Hall on August 14.

August 15
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds
Allnighter Club, London: The Stormsville Shakers
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays w/ Mike Raynor & The Condors

August 16
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

August 17
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

August 18
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Art Ellefson

August 19
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

August 20
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

August 25
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Tommy Whittle

August 27
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival w/ The Primevals

August 29
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: Stormville Shakers

September 3
Ricky Tick Club, Plaza, Guildford: John Mayall

September 1965: The Ricky Tick, Guildford hosted John Mayall (3 Sept), Alan Price Set (10 Sept), Shevelles (17th Sept) and Georgie Fame (24 Sept). Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

September 8
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Who

September 10
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Alan Price Set

10 September 1965. Source: rickytick.com

September 11
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

September 12
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers w/ Mike Raynor & The Condors

September 13
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

September 14
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

September 15
The Highwayman, Camberley: Don Byas w/ Bruce Turner

September 16
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: The Amboy Dukes w/ The Moggies

September 17
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Shevelles

1965. Source: rickytick.com

September 18
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

September 20
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds 

September 21
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds 

September 22
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds 

September 23
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

September 24
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Georgie Fame
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

September 25
Jazz Dance, Assembly Hall, Technical College, Farnborough: The Temperance Seven w/ The High Curly Stompers

Events schedule for the combined Farnborough Techical College and RAE Rag Week in 1965

September 30
Rag Ball, Assembly Hall, R.A.E., Farnborough: Sounds Incorporated w/Chris Farlow and The Thunderbirds

October 2
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

October 17
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

October 23
Technical College, Farnborough: Michael Garrick Trio & Sextet

400 Club, Torquay: Mike Reynor & The Condors

23 October 1965: The Condors Return to Torquay’s 400. Source: Torquay Herald Express

October 24
Ricky Tick, The Plaza, Guildford: Chris Farlowe

October/November 1965: Ricky Tick, The Plaza, Guildford hosted Chris Farlowe (24 Oct), Ram Jam Band with Geno Washington (31 Oct), The V.I.P.s (7 Nov), and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (14 Nov). Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

October 30
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

October 31
Ricky Tick, The Plaza, Guildford: Ram Jam Band with Geno Washington

November 6
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers w/ The Moggies

November 7
Ricky Tick, The Plaza, Guildford: The V.I.P’s

November 8
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Hedgehoppers Anonymous

November 11
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

November 13
400 Ballroom, Torquay: The Emeralds

November 14
Ricky Tick, The Plaza, Guildford: John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

November 20
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

November 28
Odeon, Guildford: Walker Brothers w/ Small Faces, The Soulmates, Peter Quinton, Johnny B. Great and the Quotations, The Jet Set, and Beryl Marsden & The Crewcats

The Walker Brothers with Small Faces, The Soulmates, Peter Quinton, Johnny B. Great and the Quotations, The Jet Set and Beryl Marsden & The Crewcats handbill for 28 November 1965 gig at Odeon, Guildford.

Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford: The Night-Timers with Herbie Goins

28 November 1965: The Night-Timers with Herbie Goins played the Ricky Tick, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Bens Collectors Records

December 8
The Highwayman, Camberley: Dave Gelly w/ Art Themen Quintet

December 11
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: The Stormsville Shakers
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

December 12
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

December 13
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

December 14
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers

December 15
The Highwayman, Camberley: Bud Freeman w/ Alex Welsh Band

December 17
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival

December 19
Ricky Tick, Plaza Ballroom, Guildford: The Who

December 22
Ice Rink, Paisley: Nashville Teens w/ The Blues Council, The Sabres, and The Fortune Tellers

December 26
Ricky Tick, Guildford: Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band

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