Awkward strawberry Club 08 Featuring WARREN IRELAND, B-SYDES and THOMAS B WILD ESQ
Schedule
Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Hobbit Pub | Southampton, EN
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Episode 07 The Last StrawberryTickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/awkwardstrawberry
Doors at 7pm
First Act 7:30pm
End of the night 10pm... ish
Awkward strawberry wants to bring underground music, comedy, poetry....jazz hands and other overlooked art to SouthamptonWe have three aims:
01. Help The people of Southampton find great music they may have missed.
02. Give underground musicians someplace to play in the South that pays on a Thursday
03. Support small venues that support art.
The Acts!
Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq is a satirical, singer-songwriter from Bedford, UK, who has been delivering his own brand of singalong, musical humour since 2016. The video for his sweary anthem ‘I’ve No More F***s To Give’; filmed in the Vintage Suit Hire section of the Boyds Of Bedford shop, has now been viewed over 18 million times on YouTube alone (and counting) and helped send his debut album ‘Awkward Encounters While Walking My Dog’ to number 3 in the Billboard International Comedy Album Chart in 2019.
Warren Ireland
Nottinghamshire based singer-songwriter Warren Ireland is a multi-styled music proficient.
Starting out busking on his home town streets, Warren can often be found around the UK in various forms, be it solo looping or full 5 piece band.
A voice hard to pinpoint, and a commanding playing style, Warren is often revered as one to be watching over the years.
B-Sydes
B-SYDES was once in a band you know. Then he wasn’t in a band. Then he was. Then surprisingly, he wasn’t. We could go on.
This is neither a new or unfamiliar story for anyone who has ever dipped a toe into the music industry. So after both enjoying and enduring the unpredictability of playing alongside other artists, B-SYDES - the stage name of the Cambridgeshire dwelling BENJAMIN SYDES decided to strike out on his own in 2009 and is yet to look back.
The songwriter’s first EP 'Handshakes Turn to Headlocks' was self released at the end of 2010 and has proven to be a sampler of what he was capable of. It was said to have ‘Perfectly showcased his ultra stripped down folk ditties’ by the organisers of 2000 Trees Festival, an ever growing Cheltenham festival which won the ‘Grassroots Festival Award 2010’. Further to this, B-SYDES had the pleasure of performing at this year’s festival, proving to be the biggest stage of his brief solo career to date.
B-SYDES is now set to follow his previous effort with yet to be released 2nd EP ‘Wrecked Vessels’. A release that shows all the progression you would expect from an artist growing both in confidence and stature. With tracks like ‘Wrecked Vessels’ racing through the constant up-tempo feel using percussion as a subtle addition, to the more gentle and slow paced side of the singer/songwriter in ‘The Jealous South’. All of it shows his display of complimentary guitar work at it’s best. B-SYDES has so far shared the stage with the likes of Walter Schreifels, Frank Turner, Jim Lockey And The Solemn Sun, Sam Duckworth, Chris TT, Dave McPherson, Ben Marwood, Oxygen Thief and Elliott Morris. It’s safe to say that the list of credentials will increase by performing as much as possible around the UK in support of his latest endeavour
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Where is it happening?
The Hobbit Pub, Cbx666, 132 Bevois Valley Road, Southampton, SO14 0JZ, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
