The Coleford Hub

THURS 24TH FEB 8PM

SHE’KOYOKH

UK’s best Klezmer & Balkan music band

Evergreen Hall Broadwell GL16 7BN

tkts £10 adv Ticketsource.co.uk/last-thursday

or on door from 7-30pm £12 cash only

coming soon Thurs 24th March Evergreen Hall

magical filmic original

Spindle Ensemble

special concert Friday 1st April 8pm

Coleford Baptist Church GL16 8AJ TKTS £15

Activist, feminist, singer songwriter

PEGGY SEEGER

& CALUM MacCOLL

Onika Venus born in Resource, South Manchester, Jamaica but now an international singer/songwriter, has three brothers and three sisters, three of whom still reside in Jamaica. Always bubbly, when growing up, she was described as “a nosey little chatterbox”. 

Music ran through Onika’s blood from a tender age. Her early introduction to live performance was in her home village Resource, in a talent show called Star Night where she performed one of her songs with her friend Chabe. Since then, her soulful voice and reggae related style have been capturing the hearts of audiences on two continents.

Great grandmother Shera Wint was described by Onika’s family as having “the most beautiful voice you ever heard”. If you believe that talent can re-appear in later generations, then after hearing Onika, you might suspect that Shera Wint’s voice has re-appeared in Onika, no surprise then, that her mother nicknamed her “Shera”.

Moving to Kingston Onika first experienced a proper recording studio but just as she started getting excited about studio life, her ticket to the UK had arrived. She was heading for London! In London Onika worked on the Remix by Seanie B from BBC 1EXTRA featuring her, Tubby T and Miss Dynamite and a song with Nathan & Lady Posh – The Way You Wine.

​Early 2006 Onika fronted the band Slyde and a new era began. With her unique voice mixing with their Break beat, Techno and House music styles, they recorded ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ and ‘Vibrate to This”, released on the Finger Licking Label. They were nominated for best new act at the Break Beat Awards that year. 

​However, London didn’t fulfil all her hopes, so Onika moved to the musically vibrant city of Bristol for a new adventure. 

Onika was introduced to Mark Venus, a musician working around Bristol and the South West UK, 11 years on with two beautiful kids, the music still beats in their hearts.

These days, Onika performs in the UK with her band ‘Onika Venus’, band members including Mark Venus, Allen Hutkin, Kayla Kelly, Tom Selway and Dan Boulter.

Her original material, range of styles, including old school reggae and soulful compositions, conjure up many surprises.

Onika learned early on that music reaches people in a way that nothing else does. Her objective is to always leave a positive footprint, to perform in a way that leaves audiences with smiles on their faces and always, always, always wanting more.

“Music has a way of reaching people in a way that nothing else can.

My hope is to always leave a positive footprint and a smile on people’s faces”.

Evergreen Hall Broadwell GL16 7BN

£10 adv ticketsource.co.uk / £12 on door from 7-30pm cash only

Music from 8pm

singer songwriter performed at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 , played on David Bowie’s Space Oddity appeared on stages with Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Who

still writing, still recording, still performing

Evergreen Hall Broadwell GL16 7BN

adv Tkts £10 (ticketsource.co.uk) £12 on door from 7-30pm

A familiar image for Oh Crumbs regulars- Rhys Trimble in full flow

a memorable night/ one of our special guest events

 

Ziggy’s Challenge by Charlie Markwick

 

My childhood garden, the soil in which I grew.

So much richness in my life.

And as I flail around,

The weft of grief crossing my life’s thread.

I’m thankful for the warmth of garden past.

 

My mother’s form is kneeling,

Squeezing secateurs to snip.

Her gift, rosebuds in the stonewalled living room.

 

I see my father clench his shiny spade.

His pride, the tool he hefts to sculpt the kitchen patch.

His gift, fruit and veg for each and every day.

 

But most of all the thrill of winter’s night

The snow imbuing dark with eerie light.

The waking and clouds of morning breath.

The strange and alien crystal pattern on the glass

Not outside this but in the room itself.

The crunch of scraping ice to view the garden snow

Beckoning my play.

Then frost cold hands that hurt as warmth returns

With stinging slaps to make my blood run bold and warm.

 

So much to nurture me in times of need

Each memory a lovely precious seed.

 

Walton House 24/04/19

 

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