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The Horns, Watford[Pub]
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The Horns is situated just the other side of the road from the cafe quarter, at the Town Hall end of Watford High Street. VOTED BEST BAR NONE pub/venue in Watford 2008! The only "real" live music venue in Watford with 6 live acts every week. Full stage, in house pa and resident sound engineer, lighting, aircon, plasmas, music memorabilia, large covered area with heaters and lights for our smokers!, all weather garden. The musicians' pub!
June 2006 massive upgrade to pa with new Soundcraft 24 ch LX7ii mixer desk and Tannoy bass system.
Appearances from : Georgie Fame, Zoot Money, Geno Washington, Chas & Dave, Albert Lee, Wilko Johnson, Eddie & The Hotrods, Glenn Tilbrook, The Hamsters, Dr Feelgood.....
Forthcoming acts (4 of 36 total): Sun 18th May: The Northside Jazz Band... Sun 18th May: Johnny "snakehips" Johnson & Dave "wildleg" Williams... Sun 18th May: Nik Parsons... Mon 19th May: monday night showcase bands... Newest gig: Sun 15th Jun: Texas Flood |
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| Sun 18 May | Acoustic Bar-room
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|  | Johnny "snakehips" Johnson & Dave "wildleg" Williams John & Dave with their great "Rockney" set of songs - from Jerry Lee Lewis to "My old man said follow the Van" - great stuff! 3.30pm - 6.30pm |
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| Sun 18 May | Covers - various
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|  | Nik Parsons Nik sings Rat Pack to Robbie, and invites guest singers to the microphone to sing their favourite song! - words and backing tracks provided! 8pm - 10.30pm |
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| Sun 18 May | Traditional Jazz
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|  | The Northside Jazz Band the northside jazz band have had a regular sunday lunch gig in watford for over 30 years! and have played the horns for over 6 years - with many guest musicians and singers this is a very popular session at the horns!
great sunday lunch too! 12.30pm - 2.30pm (regular: every Sunday) |
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| Mon 19 May | (complementary to main artist)
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| | monday night showcase bands 8pm - 11.30pm (regular: every Monday) |
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| Wed 21 May | Original Acoustic + Covers
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|  | Open Mic Night with Shane Lamont Popular on the local music scene for yonks, Shane Lamont hosts The Horns Open Mic Night! - great pa, stage, atmosphere for you to try out your stuff! - no egos here! - get in before 9pm, talk to Shane and get your name on the board! - go on do it!! 8.30pm - 11.30pm (regular: every Wednesday) |
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| Thu 22 May | The Who Tribute Band
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|  | Who's Who The drummer IS Keith Moon!
Great maximum tRiBute to The Who! 8pm - midnight £8 in advance £10 on the door |
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| Fri 23 May | 70's Soul, Funk and Disco
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|  | Denis on the Decks Tamla, Reggae, Soul, Funk, Philly, Stax, Blue Beat, Ska, 70's - real party night! - Denis has been DJing since 1969 and was resident in 70's venues The Bird's Nest (Harrow) and The Spider's Web - taught his nephew Norman Cook everything he knows!!!! :)
A very popular night, suggest you get in by 9:00pm to avoid queuing. 9pm - 1am (regular: every Friday) |
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| Sat 24 May | Rock Covers
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| Sun 25 May | Blues/Folk Rock
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|  | Steve Simpson Duo Ex Ronnie Lane's SLIM CHANCE this is one of the finest guitarists you'll see! - joined by Bassist Nigel Portman Smith (and a few guests) Steve covers all music genres - swapping to Mandolin & Fiddle - no better way to spend a Sunday Afternoon & FREE entry! 3.30pm - 6.30pm |
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| Sun 25 May | Rock & Roll
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| | Tony Dobb Rock'n'Roll DJ Tony "spins" Classic Rock'nRoll Tracks! 8pm - 10.30pm |
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| Sun 25 May | Traditional Jazz
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| | The Northside Jazz Band the northside jazz band have had a regular sunday lunch gig in watford for over 30 years! and have played the horns for over 6 years - with many guest musicians and singers this is a very popular session at the horns!
great sunday lunch too! 12.30pm - 2.30pm (regular: every Sunday) |
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| Mon 26 May | (complementary to main artist)
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| | monday night showcase bands 8pm - 11.30pm (regular: every Monday) |
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| 1. The Untouchables & Hot Rods 2. Another Wednesday Night 3. Who's Who 4. The Stage 5. The Overtures |
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 What a gig! Scandal on Sat 29th Mar 08 | |
  I was in the Horns on Sat 29th and my God what a night!!! I go to see bands all the time in the Horns and also in St Albans Horns I cant get enough but I have to be honest I just thought that this band are totally brilliant! 6 piece grup with shared lead vocals. The guy that sings with them has a corking voice and the whole band are so so good musicians, as for the female vocalist.. She has such charisma and what a voice! The harmonies are spot on and you all look like you are having such a good time!!! What with all the funny masks and stuff!! Its refreshing to see such talent and smiles!! Not a Diva look in sight! Some bands I have seen that have a laugh on stage have missed the important bit of giving a great performance but these guys have so much talent that it was a pleasure to watch! Such a great sound!
To see a band of that standard and only pay a levey on the beers is great for us.. The Horns are lucky to have them! Im sure they will agree as the place was packed with ques outside!! My fave songs were Joss Stone, Madness, oh and that KT Tunstall you started with really woke me up! Oh and Valarie!! Great, oh there is so many, each person in that band deserves a pat on the back! Hats off to you guys! You should be playing huge gigs if you arnt already! Shall def be going to other gigs and bringing friends as that was my best night out so far this year!! Thanks! ; ) | |
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| Great night! Colharbour on Sat 1st Mar 08 | |
 We had a fantastic night on Saturday. The atmosphere in the place was electric and Colharbour were excellent! I cannot believe that this band isn't more famous!
The lead guitarist was amazing, setting the place on fire with his guitar playing. I can't believe he hasn't been snapped up to play with the big bands, I can't believe he isn't famous. Too bad he had last his voice as I would have loved to hear him sing!
I loved Foxy Lady
Thank you Horns - you've found a treasure of a band there!
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| Colharbour Colharbour on Sat 1st Mar 08 | |
Excellent night, band were brilliant and pub full and rocking!
Loved all the stones tracks! Honky Tonk Woman & Jumpin' Jack Flash. The lead singer was a great front man and the lead guitarist was the best I've seen in a long time. If I could take what that band have and bottle it, I'd be a rich man! | |
| A music fan, Tue 4th Mar 08 | |
 Great venue, top class music CoolBeans on Sat 19th Jan 08 | |
 Arrived just in time to catch the end of the first set. Then after a short break they launched into a fast moving set with music from multiple genres/decades.
They certainly know how to get a crowd moving and keep them singing and dancing along.
A solid vocal lead from Rick plus good supporting lyrics from the female singer (who also confidently took the lead part when required) & backing male vocal.
Punchy driving guitar licks from the electric guitar with dependable bass line anchoring the band. Finally, great drumming with intelligent use of the drum kit - we particularly liked the use of cymbals to give that extra edge at the top end of the mix.
These folks really know how to entertain, and the audience (slightly more mature than we had expected!) appreciated their fast moving medleys. Even better - the band seemed to be really enjoying themselves too!
First time for us at the Horns - a great venue with top class music from the CoolBeans! | |
| A music fan, Mon 21st Jan 08 | |
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| Venue details last updated 6 May 08, gig/event details last updated 16 May 08. |
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