The Vintage Blues Music Association

Many of you are aware of St Monica’s plans to develop a new Parish Centre next to the church and to sell the current centre which has been our home for the last 9 years. This has been the quirkiest of venues, reminiscent of the Blues Clubs of old, which has enabled us to establish a real community centred blues club and it is a real shame to be leaving, but the uncertainty of the availability of the centre after Christmas has made us look elsewhere. So from 11th January a new chapter begins for St Harmonica’s as we move to the Southgate Club, just 50m from Southgate Tube station with the entrance in Crown Lane. We’ll be there every Friday (except for the 1st Friday of every month which is comedy night) from 8.30pm and once a month on the Sunday following the first Friday of every month, we’ll be holding our Blues Jam, now monthly. The same community centred feel with free admission (with your St Harmonica’s membership card) and donations into the hat to pay for the musicians and acts that we book. It is a terrific space with great bar, a stage and comfortable seating as well as some space to get down and boogie. The Southgate Club has a proud tradition of serving the community going back over 150 years and we are very excited about this new partnership, it keeps us local, and we intend to make St Harmonica’s the blues venue in London.