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SEPTEMBER LISTINGS

Wed 1st: (Bar) Weekly Pub Quiz. Join our quizmaster Danny ‘Eyeballs’ for four rounds of quizzical quandary, including General Knowledge, Film & TV, Wild Card and Music. Pit your wits against other teams to win the cash prize, or aim for last place to take home the coveted loser’s biscuit! £1 entry per player. Teams of up to 6. Doors 6pm. Quiz starts 8.30pm

Thu 2nd: (Bar) Kicking off our program of scheduled events this month we welcome DJ DuVall to our bar stage to spin some easy listening, smooth jazz and ultra lounge to ease us back into the swing of things with the aptly named Easy Tiger. This event will repeat every first Thursday monthly. Sets from 8pm. FREE

Fri 3rd: (Venue) It’s back once again AND in the main venue! The return of one of our most popular evenings: The Blind Pig Blues Club! Michael Littlefield brings us his monthly showcase of LIVE blues, this month, in a change to the previously advertised performance by Struggle Buggy, it’s our pleasure to announce 2017 Blues Hall of Fame inductee Dave Speight! Dave is one of the finest acoustic blues performers around and we are so pleased to have secured a performance at short notice! Tickets £5 on the door. First come / first served. Doors open 8pm.

Fri 3rd: (Bar) Live Rock ‘N’ Roll and Boogie Woogie music from local pianist Alex Douglas. Be sure to get along early to nab a seat for the best start to your weekend you’ll find on Pink Lane! Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sat 4th: (Venue) Live music from inspirational electronic folk pioneers Blackheart Orchestra. Taking music to a new, unexplored dimension, described as “A mesmerizing powerhouse” “An avant-garde musical utopia” and “One of the most extraordinary voices singing anywhere today” vocalist Chrissy Mostyn along with multi-instrumentalist Rick Pilkington combine their classical influences with vintage synths and ultra contemporary electronica to create music that takes over the senses. The Blackheart Orchestra are two voices and thirteen instruments that create a unique musical experience that is truly ground-breaking. Tickets £13 available HERE Doors open 7.30pm, sets from 8pm.

Sat 4th: (Bar) LIVE jazz from local ensemble The Niffi Osiyemi Trio. After a long (21 months!) hiatus Paul Grainger , Alan Law and the spectacular Nifemi Osymi are so excited to be teaming up once again to bring you a night of swing, ballads, blues and gospel music. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sun 5th: (Bar) 2pm – 6pm. Oh eck, here they come! It’s that time of the month… The Hound Club is a monthly afternoon social for dogs of all ages, shapes and sizes and for their human pals to meet like-minded owners. Doors open at 2pm giving our four legged pals longer to stay and play. Water bowls, toys and treats provided. No dog required, bar still open to the public, though liking dogs would be helpful! FREE

Wed 8th: Weekly Pub Quiz. Join our quizmaster Danny ‘Eyeballs’ for four rounds of quizzical quandary, including General Knowledge, Film & TV, Wild Card and Music. Pit your wits against other teams to win the cash prize, or aim for last place to take home the coveted loser’s biscuit! £1 entry per player. Teams of up to 6. Doors 6pm. Quiz starts 8.30pm

Thu 9th: DuVall Events Presents Cafe Electrique – a collection of gorgeous mid-low tempo dance, synth and electronica that deserve a spin on the decks. This event repeats every second Thursday monthly. Doors 6pm. DJ set from 7pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Fri 10th: (Venue) They’re back! The Tenement Jazz Band – the band our barman ‘Bones’ went on tour with and never returned (well, to work anyway!) are hitting the road with a UK tour and they’re kicking it off at Prohibition! Brought together by their shared love of New Orleans music, and comprising musicians from various corners of Edinburgh’s vibrant jazz scene, they are on a journey of exploration back to the roots of the music that they play. Their aims are to capture the raw energy and excitement of the early jazz recordings, to find and revive lesser-heard songs and cultivate their own interpretations of these, all in order to captivate experienced jazzers, dancing persons, and uninitiated ears alike. Doors from 6pm. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Fri 10th: (Bar) We’re delighted to welcome, as part of a UK tour, all the way from across the pond the very special talents of Californian singer/songwriter Willy Tea Taylor. If you’re a fan of well-written lyrics, alluring melodies, and a voice that ties them together with emotion as deep as his own roots, you’ll savor everything Willy Tea Taylor has ever done. Doors 6pm. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sat 11th: (Bar) Join us for an evening of LIVE music from local upbeat acoustic duo Two For The Road. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sun 12th: (Venue) Welcome to the Cabaret! Join Jenni Winter at the piano for an evening of song, silliness and show tunes. Join the Calico Cats Cabaret team for an extra special Back to School Cabaret featuring legendary local cabaret artiste Hildy Harland! This month we have choreography, music, comedy and more in store for you! Tickets £12.50 HERE Doors 6.30pm. Showtime 7pm.

Wed 15th: Weekly Pub Quiz. Join our quizmaster Danny ‘Eyeballs’ for four rounds of quizzical quandary, including General Knowledge, Film & TV, Wild Card and Music. Pit your wits against other teams to win the cash prize, or aim for last place to take home the coveted loser’s biscuit! £1 entry per player. Teams of up to 6. Doors 6pm. Quiz starts 8.30pm

Fri 17th: (Bar) * SOLD OUT! * The House of Trixie Blue & Prohibition Cabaret Bar proudly present Burlesque Revue starring very special guest, Manchester’s very own Cherie Bebe! Doors 7pm. Showtime 8pm. Tickets are now * SOLD OUT! 

Sat 18th: (Bar) LIVE music from the David Gray Trio. A formidable acoustic trio of David Gray on trombone, David Clappison on guitar and James Robson on double bass, drawing from jazz, pop, Latin and traditional stylings. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sat 18th: (Venue) Northumberland Theatre Company presents Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, rewritten and directed for the small stage by Louis Roberts: The Importance of being Earnest – the story of two young bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women, Cecily and Gwendolyn who, conveniently enough, claim to only love men called Ernest… Doors 7pm. Showtime 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50 available HERE

Mon 20th: Goth City Promotions present: Byronic Sex & Exile LIVE! The bastard love child of Joel Heyes (Quasimodo/Action Directe/Viet Bong) Byronic Sex & Exile are on a mission to bring revolutionary zeal and romantic passion back to goth. Performing songs from new album ‘Unrepentant Thunder’, as part of their UK tour, with special guest Alice Nicholls. Expect a mix of new and old BS&E tracks blending militant fatalism and the revolutionary sublime in the best traditions of the romantic gothic! 8pm. Tickets £5 (+BF) available HERE

Wed 22nd: Weekly Pub Quiz. Join our quizmaster Danny ‘Eyeballs’ for four rounds of quizzical quandary, including General Knowledge, Film & TV, Wild Card and Music. Pit your wits against other teams to win the cash prize, or aim for last place to take home the coveted loser’s biscuit! £1 entry per player. Teams of up to 6. Doors 6pm. Quiz starts 8.30pm

Fri 24th: (Bar) LIVE music from Meantime. An accoustic duo from Northumberland and Edinburgh, Meantime play folkfolk inspired tunes with a nod to Americana.  Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sat 25th: (Bar) LIVE jazz from breakout local youngsters Knats. Sets from 8pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar

Sat 25th: (Venue) Prohibition Cabaret Bar is proud to present The Danger Babes LIVE! Roll up! Roll up! Witness the enthralling talents of Glaswegian madman and knife-thrower Charlie Atlas and watch, with hearts in your mouths as he hurls horrific weaponry at his beautiful assistant (and other half in real life!) and keep those hearts racing and those bums on the edges of your seats with burlesque performances from our very own Trixie Blue, Utter Philth and Ruby L’Amour, plus dark magic from the freaky Zodiac all rounded up with a rock disco until 1am. Doors 8pm. Showtime 9pm. Tickets priced at £13 – available HERE!

Wed 29th: Weekly Pub Quiz. Join our quizmaster Danny ‘Eyeballs’ for four rounds of quizzical quandary, including General Knowledge, Film & TV, Wild Card and Music. Pit your wits against other teams to win the cash prize, or aim for last place to take home the coveted loser’s biscuit! £1 entry per player. Teams of up to 6. Doors 6pm. Quiz starts 8.30pm

Thu 30th: Ohhh Lord have mercy! The ‘Queen of Pink Lane’ is back ‘On The Game’! We are delighted to announce that our very own Bunty Del Mar (the ‘gal with the little bit extra’!) exclusively returns to her rightful home on our Prohibition stage bringing her NEW monthly show, ‘Bunty’s On The Game‘! celebrating the good old-fashioned British gameshow with the campest of twists! Expect fun, frolics, audience participation and naff prizes galore! This month she takes on ‘The Price is Right‘. Doors 6pm. Show starts 7pm. FREE / Jar on the Bar