What’s On
The advent of the Wee Bear Bar has provided us with a flexible space to showcase a variety of our interests and passions. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the bar is an excellent place to enjoy an evening drink. We frequently host live music from nationally and internationally renowned musicians, plus evening food collaborations and a variety of exciting artistic events. All upcoming music, events and tickets are advertised here, directly from the café and via our social media pages.
Robert Vincent Trio
Thursday October 17th 2024
7.45pm | £20.00 (excluding online booking fee)
Seriously fine singer songwriter returns to the Wee Bear with phenomenal right hand men, Danny Williams & Iain Sloan.
The Wee Bear team are buzzing at the return of Rob to the cafe, after 3 years of playing and recording some seriously great songs. Rob’s voice and the quality of his songs are only enhanced by the sympathetic support of stellar players Danny Williams (Double Bass) and Wee Bear fans favourite, Iain Sloan (pedal steel).
Touring songs from his new album, Barriers (released Friday 21st June 2024), the highly acclaimed “In This Town You’re Owned” (Americana Music Association UK’s ‘Album Of The Year 2021) and I’ll Make The Most Of My Sins (2017), this is a gig not to be missed!
Tickets available from the link below or directly from the cafe.
Rob Luft & Elina Duni
Sunday November 3rd 2024
3.00pm (matineé) | £20.00 (excluding online booking fee)
It’s sometimes said that jazz vocals are supposed to sound like the singer, not the song. Departed legends from Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald to Mark Murphy and Betty Carter have epitomised that, but few contemporary jazz-influenced singers manage to sound so intensely like themselves while drawing on such a variety of genres, languages, and cultural backstories as the Albania-born vocalist ELINA DUNI.
Multi Award winning singer Elina Duni was born into a highly artistic family in Tirana in 1981 and first sang on stage at the age of five. In 1992 after the fall of the communist regime, she and her mother settled in Geneva. Soon after, she started classical piano lessons and discovered jazz, before going on to study singing and composition in the jazz department at the Hochschule der Künste Bern.
A Time To Remember is Duni’s ninth album and second with the UK’s Rob Luft (guitar). In its mix of Duni/Luft originals with European, American, Kosovan and Albanian traditional songs, it complements the same band’s cinematic 2020 ECM album Lost Ships. But Duni’s and Luft’s travels have since taken them on expeditions to the Sinai Desert and the Red Sea, and a sense of appreciative awe touches much of this music, particularly the pair’s daydreaming, note-gliding title track and the wordlessly rapturous, cymbal-shimmering Dawn.
Renowned for his impressive rise over the past few years, award winning British guitarist, composer and band leader ROB LUFT has been propelled by his selection as a BBC New Generation Artist and his collaborations with Elina Duni. These experiences have further solidified his reputation and expanded his reach throughout Europe. Now, with his new album Dahab Days, Luft demonstrates his continuous artistic growth and musical exploration, cementing his position as one of the most exciting and accomplished jazz guitarists on the scene today.
Tickets available from the link below or directly from the cafe.
