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 1966:
January 1
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers
Starlight Room, Gliderdrome, Boston: Nashville Teens w/ The Game, and Jeff Curtis and the Flames.
January 9
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: The Sidewinders w/ The Emeralds
January 14
400 Club, Torquay: The Emeralds
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Alex Harvey Soul Band w/ The Carnaby
January 15
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Lee Dorsey w/ Johnny B. Great and The Quotations
January 16
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: The Who
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The (Five) Proud Walkers
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival w/ Four After One
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: The T-Bones
January 17
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Artwoods
January 18
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Derry Wilkie and The Press Men
January 19
Town Hall, Farnborough: Zoot Money
January 20
Wooden Bridge, Guildford: London City Stompers!
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Herbie Goins and The Nightimers
January 22
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Group Survival w/ The Links
Agincourt, Camberley: The (Five) Proud Walkers w/ The Webb, The Y.V.L’s, and The Partisans
January 23
Agincourt, Camberley: Pinkertons Assorted Colours w/ The Shevells
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: The Action
January 26
Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Bobby Breen
Town Hall, Farnborough: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
January 28
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Gary Farr and the T-Bones with Micky Finn
January 29
Carousel, Farnborough: Soul Mates, Jet Set and Sons of Adam
Flamingo Club, London: Lee Dorsey w/ Stormsville Shakers
Allnighter Club, London: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band w/ Stormsville Shakers
January 30
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Lee Dorsey and The Crew w/ Ronnie Jones and the Blue Jays
Carousel, Farnborough: Alan Price Set
January 31
Carousel, Farnborough: Jimmy Royale and the Hawks
February 1
Carousel, Farnborough: Hamilton Movement
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival
February 2
Highwayman, Camberley: Lennie Best Quartet
February 3
Carousel, Farnborough: Just 5
February 6
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Victor Brox and the Blues Train
February 7
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Riot Squad
February 11
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Mark Leeman Five
February 12
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Train
Agincourt, Camberley: Steam Packet w/ The Soul Agents
February 13
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Alan Bown Set
Agincourt, Camberley: The Merseybeats w/ The Jimmy Brown Sound
February 14
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Small Faces w/ Rockhouse Band
February 16
Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Jimmy Skidmore
Town Hall, Farnborough: Dave Berry and The Cruisers w/ The Emeralds
February 19
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival w/ Four After One
400 Ballroom, Torquay: Mike Raynor & The Condors
February 20
Hive Club, The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford: Mark Leeman Five w/ Fives a Crowd, and The Clayton Squares
February 25
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Elkie Brooks, w/ Keith Powell, Marionetts, and Mike Finney & Excels
February 26
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Goldie w/ Dave Antony’s Moods, and The Tremors
February 27
Carousel Club, Farnborough: System Soul Band w/ Flat Top
February 28
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Crowd
March 3
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: T-Bones w/ Mark Barry Group
March 6
Hive Club, The Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford: Mark Leeman Five
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: The Pretty Things w/ Mike Raynor & The Condors
March 9
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Who
March 10
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Shevelles
March 11
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Poets
March 12
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Jimmy Brown Sound w/ The (Five) Proud walkers
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: The Hygrades with Combo Agogo
March 13
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Four After One (afternoon) and The Whiskey Ring (evening)
March 14
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Tony Rivers and the Castaways
March 15
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Hounds
The Stoke Hotel, Guildford: The Graham Bond Organisation w/ The Bizarre
March 16
The Highwayman, Camberley: New Jazz Orchestra
March 17
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: John Mayall with Eric Clapton
March 18
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: The Rivals w/ The Tekneeks
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Gass w/ Mark Barry
March 19
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Crying Shames
Methodist Youth Club, Godalming: Mark Leeman Five w/ Primevals
March 20
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Wilson Pickett w/ The Trekkas
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cresters
March 21
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Gary Farr and the T-Bones
Farnham Folk Club, ?, Farnham: Ian McCann
March 22
Highwayman, Camberley: Humphrey Lyttleton w/ Tony Coe
March 23
Cellar Club, Kingston: Nashville Teens
March 24
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Zoot Money
ABC Cinema, Great Yarmouth: Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Koobas, Billie Davis, The End, and Rob Storme & The Whispers.
March 25
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Cherrokies w/ Amboy Dukes
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: The Watersong
March 26
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Koobas w/ The Loose Ends
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Deakin Lewis Band w/ The Classics
March 27
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Pinky And The Phellows
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Combo Agogo
March 28
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Kinks w/ The Shevells (the Kinks cancelled)
March 29
The Highwayman, Camberley: Johnny Fourie
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: The Subjects
April 1
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Tony Rose
Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Group Survival w/ The Overriders
Technical College, Farnborough: Nashville Teens w/ The Cops and Robbers, and The Clayton Squares
April 4
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Don Covey w/ The League of Gentlemen
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich w/ John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
April 7
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band w/ Mark Barry Five
April 11
400 Club, Torquay: The Emeralds
April 13
?, Camberley: Lou Christie
April 15
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman, and Enoch Kent
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Quiet 5 w/ Symbols
April 16
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Screaming Jay Hawkins w/ Herbie Goins
April 17
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Amboy Dukes
April 18
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Malcolm Price & Roger Churchyard
April 22
Ricky Tick, Harvest Moon, Guildford: The Gass
Cambridge Hotel, Camberley: High Curley Stompers
April 27
Town Hall, Farnborough: Georgie Fame
April 29
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Sandra Kerr
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Peter B’s Looners w/ Rod Stewart, and Beryl Marsden
April 30
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Micky Finn w/ Blues Syndicate
May 1
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Rock House Band
May 2
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Neil Christian and The Crusaders
May 5
The Marquee, London: The Mark Leeman Five w/ The Emeralds
May 6
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Lois Killen
The Marquee, London: The Sands w/ The Emeralds
May 7
RAE Assembly Hall, Farnborough: Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds w/ The (Five) Proud Walkers
May 13
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: Trevor Lucas
May 14
Club Continental, Eastbourne: The Emeralds
May 20
Guildford Folk Music Club, Vintners Arms, Guildford: The Rakes, Gordon McCulloch, Barry Campbell, Malcolm Price & Roger Churchyard
May 21
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: The Hamilton Movement w/ The Nuetrons
May 23
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
May 26
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: Barry and the Strollers w/ The Commancheros
June 8
Town Hall, Farnborough: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
June 10
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Herbie Goins And The Nightimers
June 11
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers
June 12
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Zoot Money And His Big Roll Band
?, Farnborough: Stevie Wonder
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: The Loving Kind w/ Mike Raynor & The Condors
June 13
?, Woking: Stevie Wonder
Atlanta Ballroom, Woking: The Gass
June 24
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Shevelles
June 25
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Felders Orioles
Starlite Ballroom, Greenford: The Emeralds w/ The James Royal Set
June 26
Carousel Club, Farnborough: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
King Mojo Club, Sheffield: The Stormsville Shakers
July 1
The Marquee, London: Summer Set w/ Wishful Thinking
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Mike Cotton Sound featuring Lucas
July 2
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Gass
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: Keith Powell & Billie Davis
July 7
Civic Hall, Guildford: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
July 8
Imperial Hall, Farnborough: The Peppermint Men w./ The I.O.K.
July 12
The Highwayman, Camberley: Michael Garrick Trio w/ Tommy Whittle
July 14
Ricky-Tick Club, The Stoke Hotel, Guildford: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
July 17
Princess Theatre, Torquay: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich w/ The Emeralds, Kim Davis and The Del Five, Paul & Barry Ryan, and Robb Storme Group.
July 21
Ricky-Tick Club, The Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
July 24
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band w/ The Late
July 30
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: Keith Powell & Billie Davis
August ?
New Spot, Thorngate Halls, Gosport: The Stormville Shakers
August 4
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Zoot Money
August 11
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Mark Barry
Gaumont, Bournemouth: The Walker Brothers w/ Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch, The Quotations, The Creation, Wishful Thinking, and Hamiliton and The Hamiliton Movement
August 12
Gaumont, Bournemouth: The Walker Brothers w/ Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch, The Quotations, The Creation, Wishful Thinking, and Hamiliton and The Hamiliton Movement
August 11
Gaumont, Bournemouth: The Walker Brothers w/ The Moody Blues, The Quotations, The Creation, Wishful Thinking, and Hamiliton and The Hamiliton Movement
August 18
Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford: Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band
August 24
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
August 25
Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: The Gass
September 1
Ricky Rick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: John Mayall
September 3
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Carnaby
September 4
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Alan Price Set
September 6
Winter Gardens, Malvern: Nashville Teens
September 7
Town Hall, Farnborough: Cream
September 8
Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Amboy Dukes
September 9
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Shevells
September 10
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Cymbaline
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Lavina & Lavelles
September 11
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Otis Redding
Agincourt, Camberley: Chris Farlow and The Thunderbirds
September 12
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: The Manchester Playboys
September 14
Town Hall, Farnborough: Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
September 15
Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Shotgun Express w/ Rod Stewart and Beryl Marsden
September 16
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Knack
September 17
Carousel Club, Farnborough: The Stormsville Shakers
September 18
Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley: New York Public Library
September 19
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cream
September 21
Town Hall, Farnborough: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
September 22
Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Gass
September 23
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Mark Barry Sound
September 24
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Felders Oriels
Dungeon Club, Nottingham: Keith Powell & Billie Davis
September 25
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
September 29
Tiles, London: Winston’s Fumbs w/ Wishful Thinking
Ricky Tick, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Zoot Money
September 30
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Uptown Band
October 1
The Club Continental, Eastbourne: Wishful Thinking
October 9
Agincourt, Camberley: The Manchester Playboys
October 10
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers
October 12
Town Hall, Farnborough: The Crestors
October 13
Ricky Tick Club, Stoke Hotel, Guildford: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
October 15
ABC, Aldershot: The Hollies, Paul & Barry Ryan, Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & the Whispers, and Paul Jones
Locarno, Swindon: The Emeralds w/ Kerry Rapid and the Soul Tones
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: Heart & Soul w/ The Total
October 17
Cranleigh Hall, Cranleigh: Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages w/ The Spectres
October 22
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: The Storkers w/ The Dark Ages
October 23
ABC Cinema, Hull: The Hollies w/ The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & The Whispers, and Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers
October 30
The Hive Club, Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford: The (Five) Proud Walkers
October 31
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cream
November 3
The Marquee. London: Alexis Korner’s Free at Last w/ Stromsville Shakers
Airmen’s Club, Lyneham: Wishful Thinking
Odeon, Manchester: The Hollies w/ The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & The Whispers, and Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers
November 4
Odeon, Leeds: The Hollies w/ The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & The Whispers, and Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers
November 5
Odeon, Sheffield: The Hollies w/ The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & The Whispers, and Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers
Theatre Royal, York: Freddie & The Dreamers, The Mindbenders, Julie Grant, The Lonely Ones, Wishful Thinking, Vivienne Chering, and The Flintlocks
November 6
City Hall, Newcastle: The Hollies w/ The Small Faces, Paul Jones, Paul & Barry Ryan, The Nashville Teens, Robb Storme & The Whispers, and Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers
November 10
New Central Ballroom, Aldershot: The Riot Squad
Airmen’s Club, Lyneham: Wishful Thinking
November 17
Tiles, London: The Manchester Playboys w/ Wishful Thinking
November 18
Starlite Ballroom, Greenford: Wishful Thinking
November 23
Carousel Club, Farnborough: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
November 25
The Harvest Moon Club, Guildford: The Creation
November 28
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cream (2 x 45min sets)
December 3
Old Barn Club, Penzance: Mike Raynor and The Condors
December 4
Old Barn Club, Penzance: Mike Raynor and The Condors
The Stoke Hotel, Guildford: The Motivation w/ Whisker Davies Blues Stormers
December 12
The Marquee, London: Sonny Childe and the TNTs w/ The Stormsville Shakers
December 14
?, Farnborough: Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
December 16
Chichester Hall, Witley: The Stormsville Shakers w/ Whisker Davies Blues Stormers
December 18
Wooden Bridge, Guildford: The Gass
December 19
Atalanta Ballroom, Woking: Cream
December 20
The Highwayman, Camberley: Don Rendell w/ The Garrick Trio, Jeremy Robson, and John Smith
December 31
Wooden Bridge, Guildford: The (Five) Proud Walkers w/ The Whisky Ring
Airmen’s Club, Lyneham: Wishful Thinking
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