NEWS
New
website to be launched sometime this century!
Please
note the @convulsions.com email has been so thoroughly
spammed that email correspondence is through our
management company now: ben@cmeas.com
Aug.
2017 GIGS
Aug.
Sat. 5th - Junction, Otley (9pm)
July
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Listed
on Facebook
June
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
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on Facebook
May
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
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on Facebook
April
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
April
22nd - Storey Auditorium, Lancaster (8pm)
April
29th - Hope & Anchor, Ulverston
Mar.
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Mar.
11th - Hope & Anchor, Ulverston
Feb.
2017 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Feb.
4th - the Maze (headliner), 257 Mansfield Rd, City
Centre, Nottingham NG1 3FT (7.30pm to 1am)
Feb.
18th, The Fletcher Christian, 55 Main St, Cockermouth
CA13 9JS
Feb.
25th, George & Dragon, 55 Main St, Cockermouth
CA13 9JS
Dec.
2016 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Dec.
3rd, Ruskins Bar, Kendal (UK)
Dec.
26th, Boxing Day Bash, John O'Gaunt, Lancaster (UK)
Nov.
2016 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
18th
Iron Horse, Lodz
19th
Krancoofka, Lodz
20th
Blues Rock U Matczaka, Sokolka
23rd Club Metro, Vilnius
24th Punto Jazz Palepe, Kaunas,
25th
Fenix, Alytus
26th
Blues Rock U Matczaka, Sokolka
Oct.
2016 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Convulsions
are performing as part of the music festival at
the Borough, Fri. Oct. 14th 9-11pm, John O'Gaunt
Sun. Oct. 16th 5-7pm and again Mon. 1-3pm. Get Carter
are at the Merchants Sat. Oct. 15th 9.30-11.30pm..
PS
after the album is ready this website will be completey
revamped!
August
2016 GIGS (all
shows 9pm-11pm unless otherwise stated)
Sat.
Aug. 6th: Launch of John O'Gaunt, Lancaster
- Rocking Saturday Afternoons. (2-4pm)
Thur.
Aug. 11th: Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon,
WILTS
Fri.
Aug. 12th: Queens Head, Box, WILTS
Sat.
Aug. 13th Moonrakers, Pewsey, WILTS
Mon.
Aug. 15th Bell Inn, Bath
Mon.
Aug. 29th John O'Gaunt, Lancaster (6-8pm)
May
2016 GIGS
Fri.
May 27th: Lion Hotel, Tudweiilieog, N.
Wales
Sat.
May 28th: Tafern ty Newydd, Darn, N. Wales
(3pm)
Sat.
May 28th: Black Lion, Pwlheli, N. Wales
(7pm)
Sun.
May 29th: Ty Coch, Porthdinllaen (2pm)
Dec.
2015 GIGS
Fri.
Dec. 26th: Boxing Day Bash! John O'Gaunt,
Lancaster
Nov.
2015 GIGS
Fri.
Nov. 13th: Kaunas, Lithuania
Sat.
Nov. 14th: Alytus,
Lithuania
Tues.
Nov. 17th: Vilnius, Lithuania
Wed.
Nov. 18th: Lodz, Poland
Thurs.
Nov. 19th: Lodz, Poland
Fri.
Nov. 20th: Solkola, Poland
Sat.
Nov. 21st: Solkola, Poland
October
2015 GIGS
Fri.
Oct. 9th: 5pm Lancaster Music Festival,
Lancaser Castle (with Get Carter)
Fri.
Oct. 9th: 5pm-7pm, Lancaster Music Festival,
Penny Street Bridge Hotel
Also,
the Lancaser Funk Club led by Convulsions' founder
Ben Ruth is performing Lancaster Music Fesival Thurs.
8th 9-11pm at the Stonewell, Fri. 9th 8-11pm at
The Hall and Sat. 10th 2am onwards at the Apothecary
August
- September 2015 GIGS
Various
members of The Convulsions were on holiday August
through September but the Lancaster Funk Club played
every week at the Stonewell, Lancaster and opened
and closed the Lancaster Castle Summer Concert Series:
Aug. 7th (4-8pm) and Aug. 23rd (6pm)
July
2015 GIGS
Thur.
July 2nd: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
July 3rd: 00.30am, Convulsions Costa Rica
Set: Apothecary, Lancaster
Sat.
July 4th: 8.30pm,Convulsions Funk Set:
Dalton Rooms, Lancaster
Fri.
July 10th: 9pm, The Moonraker, Pewsey
Sat.
July 11th: 5.50pm - Napton Festival (see
opposite)
Thur.
July 16th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
July 17th: 00.30am, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
July 23rd: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
July 24th: 00.30am, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
COSTA
RICA TOUR!!
The
full schedule!
June
19th Jaulares, with Gandhi
June 20th Patrons Dominical
June 23th Jazz Café Escazú
with Gandhi
June 24th Hoxton with Santos &
Zurdo
June 25th Jazz Café San
Pedro, Bird & Fish
June
26th Hard Rock Café, San Jose,
Rest
of June 2015 GIGS
Thur.
June 4th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
June 5th: 9pm, George
& Dragon, Belper
Sat.
June 6th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club
- Mouse Outfit after hours: Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
June 11th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
June 12th: 9pm,Convulsions, John O'Gaunt,
Lancaster
Fri.
June 12th: 00.30am, Convulsions Costa Rica
Set: Apothecary, Lancaster
Sat.
June 13th: 8.30pm,Convulsions Funk Set:
Dalton Rooms, Lancaster
May
2015 GIGS
Montrose
Festival
Thurs
and Sat funk club sets
April
2015 GIGS
Thur.
April 2nd: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
April 3rd: 9pm, Get Carter & Convulsions: Gregson Centre, Lancaster from 8pm. Suggested donations towards album £5/4 conc.
Sat. April 4th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
April 9th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Fri.
April 10th: 8pm, Olive Groove at the Gregson - Lancaster Funk Club from 8pm. Suggested donations £4/3 conc..
Sat. April 11th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Sun. April 12th: 2.30pm,Convulsions with LFC Horns, Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon, WILTS
Mon. April 13th: 9pm,Convulsions with LFC Horns, Bell, Bath, Somerset
Tues. April 14th: 9pm,Convulsions with LFC Horns, Queens Head, Box, WILTS
Wed. April 15th: 9pm,Convulsions with LFC Horns, Old Duke, Bristol
Thur.
April 16th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
April 23rd: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat. April 25th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
March
2015 GIGS
Thur.
March 5th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat. March 7th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
March 12th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat. March 14th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
March 19th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
March 26th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat. March 28th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Feb.
2015 GIGS
Thur.
Feb. 5th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
Feb. 12th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Feb. 14th: 11.30pm, "FUNK VALENTINES
DAY" - Lancaster Funk Club: Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
Feb. 19th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
Feb. 26th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Feb. 28th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Jan.
2015 GIGS
Thur.
Jan. 8th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Jan. 10th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
Jan. 15th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Thur.
Jan. 22nd: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Jan. 24th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
Jan. 29th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Dec.
2014 GIGS
Thur.
Dec. 4th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Dec. 6th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
Dec. 11th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Dec. 13th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Thur.
Dec. 18th: 9pm, Lancaster Funk Club: Stonewell
Tavern, Lancaster
Sat.
Dec. 20th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Fri.
Dec. 26th: 9pm, John O'Gaunt, Lancaster
Sat.
Dec. 27th: 11.30pm, Lancaster Funk Club:
Apothecary, Lancaster
Oct.
2014 GIGS
Fri.
Oct. 3rd: 9pm, George & Dragon, Belper
Thur.
Oct. 9th: 10pm-mindnite, Lancaster
Music Festival - Stonewell Tavern Funk Club
session 10pm
Sun.
Oct. 12th: 5-7pm, Lancaster
Music Festival - Penny Street Bridge Hotel
Mon.
Oct. 20th: 9-11pm, The Bell, Bath
Wed.
Oct. 22nd: 9-11pm, The Old Duke, Bristol
Sept
2014 GIGS
Fri.
Sept. 5th: 9pm Grasmere
Guzzler, Tweedies Grasmere
Sat.
Sept. 13th: 8.30pm, The Ostrich Inn
Long Lane, Nr Longford
Sat.
Sept. 20th: 11.30pm, Dock
of the Bay Festival, Glasson Dock
August
2014 GIGS
Sun.
Aug. 24th: 9pm Sounds
of Summer at Lancaster Market Square with Get
Carter on stage same time
Fri.
Aug. 29th: Off
the Tracks, Donnington Park 10pm with James
Mackie on Hammond organ
Sat.
Aug. 30th: Stroud
Fringe, Stroud Banks Park 5pm
July
2014 GIGS
Sat.
July 19th: Eden Valley Beer Festival (Kings
Meaburn)
June
2014 GIGS
Fri.
June 6th: Lancaster First Friday with Get
Carter ON STAGE AT THE SAME TIME - AGAIN
Gregson
Centre: 9pm (£5/4) See: https://www.facebook.com/events/494722923962898/
Sat.
June 21st: Ravonstonedale
Festivali
And
don't forget Lancaster Funk Club
at the Stonewell Tavern every Tuesday
from 9pm. Live funk and vinyl. Guest musicians welcome
May
2014 GIGS
Fri.
May 9th: George & Dragon, Belper 9pm
MONTROSE
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sat.
May 24th
12.30pm-
2.30pm B@R
5.30pm– 7.30pm Black Abbot
Sun.
May 25th
2pm–
4pm Hillside Hotel
Feb.
2014 GIGS
07
Feb-14 Fri. Gregson Centre, Lancaster (9pm) with
Get Carter - two bands on stage at the same time!
No
Strings Attached!
11
Feb-14 Tues. Funk Jam, Lord Ashton, Lancaster (9pm)
14
Feb-14 Fri. Gregson Centre, Lancaster (8.30pm).
Funk
Valentines Night! A special night of deep funk
and jamming hosted by the Convulsions
21
Feb-14 Tues. Funk Jam, Lord Ashton, Lancaster (9pm)
28
Feb-14 Tues. Funk Jam, Lord Ashton, Lancaster (9pm)
Dec.
2013 GIGS
06
Dec-13 Fri. Lancaster University Ale Festival, Furness
Bar 8pm. Open to the public. Free Entry!
09
Dec-13 Mon - 13 Dec-13 Fri. Recording session at
Schutum in Box CANCELLED
(session goes ahead but without
our band's input alas)
17
Dec-13 Tues. Funk Jam Christmas Special, Lord Ashton,
Lancaster 8-11pm
26
Dec-13 Thur. Boxing Day Blow Out - John O'Gaunt,
Lancaster 9-12
Nov.
2013 GIGS
08
Nov-13 Fri. Nabakla, Riga, Latvia
09
Nov-13 Sat. Pramogu Bankas, Vilnius, Lithuania
12
Nov-13 Tues. Pianoman Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania
13
Nov-13 Wed. Pogo Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania
14
Nov-13 Thur. Laisvalaikio klubas Sukurys, Druskininkai,
Lithuania
15
Nov-13 Fri. U Matczaka Blues Rock Bar, Sokolka,
Poland
17
Nov-13 Muzikine Asociacija Largo, Kaunas, Lithuania
Oct.
2013 GIGS
10
Oct-13 Thurs. Lancaster
Music Festival Launch Party! From 7pm
at Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Lancaster
12
Oct-13 Sat. Lancaster Music Festival - Funk Jam
at Lord Ashton (2-5pm)
13
Oct-13 Sat. Lancaster Music Festival - Penny Street
Bridge Hotel (5-7pm)
13
Oct-13 Sat. Lancaster Music Festival - Bobbin (10.40-11.30pm)
Sept.
2013 GIGS
07
Sept-13 Sat.. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
07
Sept-13 Sat. Arnside Sailing Club, Arnside (9pm+)
14
Sept-13 Sat.. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
21
Sept-13 Sat.. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
28
Sept-13 Sat.. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
Aug.
2013 GIGS
06
Aug-13 Tues. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (8-11pm)
12
Aug-13 Tues. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (8-11pm)
19
Aug-13 Tues. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (8-11pm)
21
Aug-13 Wed. The
Bell, Bath (9-11pm)
22
Aug-13 Thur.
Old Duke, Bristol (9-11pm)
24
Aug-13 Sat. Three
Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon
25
Aug-13 Sun. The
Moonrakers, Pewsey (9-11pm)
July
2013 GIGS
13
July-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
20
July-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
27
July-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
June
2013 GIGS
01June-13
Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
07
June- 13 First Friday at Stonewell Tavern, Lancaster
(9.30pm)
08
June-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
15
June-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
22June-13
Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
29
June-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
29th
June- 13 Sat. Penny Street Bridge Hotel Summer Opening
Celebration, Lancaster (9pm)
May
2013 GIGS
11-May-13
Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
18-May-13
Sat. Glastonbrewery!
and Wolfwoodstock (See opposite - both in Lancaster).
3pm and 9pm respectively
25-May-13 Sat. Off
The Tracks 9pm
26-May-13
Sun. The
Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon (8.30pm)
27-May-13
Mon. The
Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon (3pm)
April
2013 GIGS
13-April-13
Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam), Lancaster (2-5pm)
20-April-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam) ), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
27-April-13 Sat. Lord Ashton (funk jam) ), Lancaster
(2-5pm)
28-April-28 Sun. Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Lancaster
(3-6pm)
March
2013 GIGS
02-Mar.
Sat. Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
High energy deep funk, Hammond organ, Latin funk,
African freestyle. All players welcome.
09-Mar.
Sat. Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
13-Mar.
Wed. Penny Bank, Lancaster (9pm)
16-Mar.
Sat. Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
23-Mar.
Sat. Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
28-Mar.
Thur. Old Duke, Bristol (9pm)
29-Mar.
Fri. Royal Oak Inn, Wotton-under-Edge, Nr. Stroud
(9pm)
30-Mar.
Sat. Prince Albert, Stroud (9pm)
31-Mar.
Sun. Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon (9pm)
01-Apri
Mon. Two Pig, Corsham (9pm)
Feb.
2013 GIGS
02-Feb.
Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+). High
energy deep funk, Hammond organ, Latin funk, African
freestyle. All players welcome.
09-Feb.
Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
16-Feb.
Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (2pm-4pm+).
22-Feb.
John O'Gaunt, Lancaster (9pm-11.30pm)
Jan.
2013 GIGS
19-Jan.
Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (1pm-4pm). High
energy deep funk, Hammond organ, Latin funk, African
freestyle. All players welcome.
26-Jan.
Lord Ashton, Lancaster - Funk Jam (1-4pm)
27-Jan.
Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Lancaster - Funk Jam
(3-7pm)
Dec.
2012 GIGS
01-Dec.
Gregson (private party)
15-Dec.
The Lord Ashton Funk Jam, Lancaster (1-3pm)
22-Dec.
The Lord Ashton Funk Jam, Lancaster (1-3pm)
22-Dec.
The Sands, Grange-Over-Sands (9pm)
26-Dec.
The John O'Gaunt, Lancaster (9pm)
Oct.
2012 GIGS
12-Oct.
Fri. Yorkshire House, Lancaster (11pm)
13-Oct.
Sat. Funk Jam at Lord Ashton, Lancaster (2-4pm)
14-Oct.
Sun. Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Lancaster (5-7pm)
27-Oct.
Sat. Bobbin, Lancaster (9.30pm - yep, it's a Halloween
gig so we'll be in normal attire and mode of dress)
Sept.
2012 GIGS
14-Sept.
Fri. Piel Castle Pub, Ulverston 9.30pm
Note:
few gigs in Sept. due to Lancaster
Music Festival planning and
CME Autumn Tour
August
2012 GIGS
22-Aug.
Wed. Old
Duke, Bristol
23-Aug. Thu. Prince
Albert, Stroud
24-Aug. Fri. Wokingham
Festival 8pm
25-Aug. Sat.
Queens Head, Box
26-Aug-12 Sun. Bell,
Bath 1PM
26-Aug-12 Sun. Century, Corsham 5-7pm
26-Aug-12
Sun. Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon 9-11pm
27-Aug. Mon. Box
Rocks, Box
27-Aug. Mon. Two
Pigs, Corsham
July
2012 GIGS
07-July-12
Arnside Sailing Club, Arnside 9pm+
Friday
13th, Barrelhouse 211, 8:30-11:30, Davenport, IA
Saturday 14th, Private Home Party, Cedar Rapids,
IA
Monday
16th, Racer's Edge, 8pm, Davenport, IA
Tuesday 17th, Clubhouse, 8-11pm, 2501 53rd Ave.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Wednesday
Clubhouse, 8-11pm, 2501 53rd Ave. Bettendorf, IA
52722
Thursday 19th, Barrelhouse 211, 8:30-11:30, Davenport,
IA
Friday
20th, Martyrs, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago 11.30pm
(headlining)
Sunday
29th, Kendal
Calling The Calling Out Stage (12.40-3.10pm)
June
2012 GIGS
02-June-12
Hartshead Inn, Jubille Festival, Ashton-under-Lyme
6-9pm
03-June-12
Stork Festival, Conder Green 7-10pm
07-June-12
Stonewell Tavern, Lancaster 9.30pm
15-June-12
Queen Vic, Gloucester Road, Bristol
16-June-12
Lapstock
Festival , Lapford Mill, N. Devon 9.15pm
17-June-12
The Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon 5-7pm
22-June-12
Dentdale
Music and Beer Festival 8.15pm
27-June-12
Penny Bank Pub, Lancaster 9.30pm
May
2012 GIGS
06-May-12
Yorkshire House, Lancaster 10pm
11-May-12
The Ship Inn, Arnside
26-May-12
3-5pm The
Picture House, Montrose
26-May-12
10-12.30am Sharky's, Montrose
27-May-12
3-5pm B&R, Montrose
April
2012 GIGS
19-April-12
Bobbin, Lancaster
27-April-12
John O'Gaunt, Lancaster
March
2012 GIGS
Ben
is playing in Brazil most of this month so we have
just the two gigs at the end of month:
30-Mar-12
The Piel Castle Pub, Ulverston
31-Mar-12
The Robert Gillow, Lancaster
February
2012 GIGS
17-Jan-12
White Swan, Trowbridge
18-Jan-12
The Three Horseshoes, Bradford on Avon
December
2011 GIGS
17-Dec-11
(8-Midnight) Funktion at the
Gregson, Moorlane Lancaster:
Rov
Vicar plays the deep funk breaks with members of
the Convulsions, Groovecutters and Lancaster University
Jazz Ensemble playing the live. A Lancaster Music
Festival Fund Raiser. Suggested donation £4/3
26-Dec-11
Convulsions Boxing Day Extrav! The John
O'Gaunt Pub, Market St., Lancaster 9-12
31-Dec-11
Greaves Park New Years Eve Party FREE!
9pm+ Bowerham Road, Lancaster, LA1 3AH
November
2011 GIGS
05-Nov-11
(6-8pm) The Klozet, 73-75 Seagate, Town
Centre, Dundee, DD1 2EH
05-Nov-11 (11.15pm-1.15am) Legends,
16 Dock Street, Town Centre, Dundee, DD1 3DP
06-Nov-11
(7.30-9pm) John Barlycorn, 45 Strathmartine
Rd., Dundee, DD3 7RW
11-Nov-11
The Queen Vic, Gloucester Road, Horfield,
Bristol BS7 8TX (9pm)
12-Nov-11
The Three Horseshoes, Bradford-on-Avon,
Wilts, BA15 1LA (9pm)
October
2011 GIGS
Three
gigs at the Lancaster
Music Festival: Fri. Oct. 14th, The
Merchants 9-11pm, Sat. Oct. 15th hosting the
funk jam (12-3pm) and starting off the funk festival
at FUNKTION
at the Gregson and Sun. Oct. 16th at the
Penny Street Bridge 3-5pm
September
2011 GIGS
Just the Bobbin at moment (Cable Street, Lancaster,
LA1 1HH) as I (Ben) have to conentrate 100% on Lancaster
Music Festival (see opposite).
August
2011 GIGS
20-Aug-11
Great Harwood Haiti Charity Bash. Noon to 10pm at
Queen Vic.
25-Aug-11
Bobbin, Lancaster. Battle of Bands. Start time 9pm.
26-Aug-11
The Queen Vic, Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol.
9pm.
27-Aug-11
Sunwest
Festival, Ilfracombe (Landmark Theatre- see
opposite)
28-Aug-11
Coopers Arms, Pewsey, Wilts. 4pm+
July
2011 GIGS
02-July-11
Dundee Blues Bonanza: Old Bank Bar, 34 Reform St.,
Dundee (3-5pm)
02-July-11
Dundee Blues Bonanza: Mangos, 5 Seagate, Dundee
(10pm-12)
30-July-11
Forfar Music Festival: The Old Masons Arms 135 East
High Street (3-5pm)M
30-July-11
Forfar Music Festival: Bar Central 116 Castle street.
(10pm-12)angos, 5 Seagate, Dundee
June
2011 GIGS
10-June-11
The Dalton Rooms, 8pm 14 Dalton Square, Lancaster,
Lancashire LA1 1PL: Hammond
Eggs Funk and Soul Night!
25-June-11 6.45pm: The
Dentdale Music and Beer Festival
26-June-11 8pm: Funk Jazz and Soul
evening at Mint, 34 Church Street, Lancaster LA1
1LH
01524 844 664. Funk jammers welcome. We'll be sharing
the show with Huevos and hopefully borrowing their
quite delicious horn section.
May
2011 GIGS
03-May-11
The Junction, 44 Bondgate, Otley, W. Yorks, LS21
1AD
11-May-11 The Dalton Rooms, 8pm
14 Dalton Square, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 1PL
14-May-11 The Mill, Mill Street,
Ulverston LA12 7EB
15-May-11 The Dalton Rooms, 14
Dalton Square, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 1PL
28-May-11 Montrose Music Festival
8-10pm The Market Arms
28-May-11 Montrose Music Festival
12-2am The Picture House
29-May-11 Montrose Music Festival
2-4pm Rock Star Bar
29-May-11 Montrose Music Festival
6-8.30p The Yard
April
2011 GIGS
10-April-11
Dalton Room, Lancaster (funk club). Downstairs in
the club room (8pm+)
20-April-11
The Bell, Bath
21-April-11
The Old Duke, Bristol
22-April-11
The Palladium Club, Bideford
23-April-11
Queens Head, Box
24-April-11
Coopers Arms, Pewsey
March
2011 GIGS
04-Mar-11
1725, Lancaster 10pm to midnight (unplugged)
13-Mar-11
Dalton
Rooms, Lancaster (hosting the funk jam - players
welcome, especially horn players). 8.30pm to 11pm.
Vinyl spins of deep funk the breaks
Feb.
2011 GIGS
02-04
Feb-11 Stockholm University
05-Feb-11
Wirstroms Pub, Stockholm
13-Feb-11
Hosting Funk jam at Dalton Rooms, Lancaster
25-Feb-11
Dalton Rooms, Lancaster
Jan.
2011 GIGS
16-Jan-11.
We host the funk jam at Dalton Rooms.
Finished
recording the demo!
Dec.
2010 GIGS
12-Dec-10
8-midnight. We host the funk session at the Dalton
Rooms, 14 Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 1PL Tel:
01524 845 785
20-Dec-10
9pm+ Private Party Blackpool
26-Dec-10
9-11pm John
O'Gaunt Boxing Day Special, Lancaster
27-Dec-10
9-11pm Two Pigs, 38 Pickwick
Corsham SN13 0HY Tel: 01249 712 515
28-Dec-10
9-? A farm near Melksham (15 Green Road SN13 9TW
). All welcome!
29-Dec-10
9-11pm The Queen Vic, 426 Gloucester Road Horfield
Bristol BS7 8TX Tel: 0117 987 3725
30-Dec-10
9-11pm The
Old Duke, 45 King St
Bristol, Avon BS1 4ER Tel: 0117 927 7137
31-Dec-10
Greaves
Park, Bowerham Road
Lancaster LA1 3AH Tel:: 01524 389 335
Nov.
2010 GIGS
06-Nov-10
9.30-11.30pm The Piel Castle Pub, Ulverston
09-Nov-10
9-11pm The
Junction, Otley
14-Nov-10
8-11pm The Dalton
Rooms, Lancaster. We're hosting the Lancaster
Funk Club at the Dalton Rooms new Sunday
jazz series
Nov.
17th - 20th. Sweden (see above)
Oct
2010 GIGS
Lancaster
Music Festival as above - rest of the month we're
concentrating on the new recordings. Normal service
resumed Nov.!
Sept
2010 GIGS
10-Sept-10
9pm John O'Gaunt Pub, Market Street, Lancaster
17-Sept-10
7pm Main Stage Smokie
Blues Festival, Arbroath
August
2010 GIGS
15-Aug-10
Sun Fletcher Christians (4-7pm) 55 Main Street,
Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9JS
20-Aug-10 Fri Patriots MC Main Street, Crumlin,
S. Wales NP11 4PQ
21-Aug-10 Sat Palladium Lower Gunstone, Bideford,
Devon, EX39 2DE
22-Aug-10 Sun Coopers 39 Ball Rd., Pewsey, Wiltshire,
SN9 5BL
23-Aug-10 Mon Bell Walcot St., Bath, BA1 5BW
24-Aug-10 Tue White Hart Atworth, nr. Melksham,
Wilts, SN12 8JR
25-Aug-10 Wed Old Duke 38 Pickwick, Corsham, Wilts,
SN13 0HY
27-Aug-10 Fri Royal Hotel, Silverdale, LA5 0RA
28-Aug-10 Sat Great
British RnB Festival 4.30pm Rugby Club, Colne
28-Aug-10 Sat Great
British RnB Festival 10pm Colne Legion
July
2010 GIGS
Sat.
July 3rd: Grad Bar Extrav, Lancaster University
8pm
Sun.
July 4th: The John O'Gaunt, Market St.,
Lancaster 9pm
Tues.
July 20th: The
Junction, Otley 9pm
Sat.
July 24th: Dukes
Corner, Dundee 3-5pm (Dundee Blues Bonanza)
Sat.
July 24th: Guager,
Dundee 10-12pm (Dundee Blues Bonanza)
Wed.
July 28th - Mon. Aug. 2nd: Wirstroms Pub,
Stockholm, Sweden
Sat.
July 31st:
Gula Villan, Svante Arrhenius Väg 33, Stockholm,
Sweded (University campus)
May
2010 Ukraine Tour slide show is <here>
June
2010 GIGS
Sat.
June 19th: Charity Bash at Royal Hotel,
Silverdale (5-6pm)
Sat.
June 19th: The Piel Castle Pub, Ulverston
(9pm - late)
The
Meadowlands Festival was wet but what a gig! Released
some of the new material and it went down a storm.
Maybe a bigger stage next year???
May
2010 GIGS
Ben
is running the CME
Spring UK Tour with Red
Gap from Isle of Man and Miss
Quincy from British Columbia May 6th - 15th
but we will be joining both acts Friday May 14th
at Crows
in Lancaster
Fri.
14th, Crows, King St, Lancaster 9.30pm - 1am (with
Red Gap and Miss Quincy)
Sun.
16th, John O'Gaunt, Market St. Lancaster - Honka
Monka Club deep funk jam & vinyl
spin 3pm - 6.30pm
Sun.
23rd, John O'Gaunt, Market St. Lancaster - Honka
Monka Club deep funk jam & vinyl
spin 3pm - 6.30pm
Fri.
28th, A barn party in North Wales (seriously). Contact
us for invite
Sat.
29th, The Meadowlands Festival - see flyer opposite.
2pm
Sun.
30th, The Bassetts Arms (part of the 'Blindhouse
Reject Tour 2010'). Contact us for invite!
April
2010 GIGS
Wed.
April 7th: The
Porter Club, 3-A Mishugi str., Kiev, Ukraine
Thur.
April 8th: Agata
Club, 11 Pevolution str. Kharkov, Ukraine
Fri.
April 9th: The
Liverpool, 131-A Artema str., Donezk, Ukraine
Sat.
April 10th: Dikiy
Club, 66 Preobrazhenskaya str., Odessa, Ukraine
Tues.
April 20th: The Junction, Bond Street, Otley (9pm)
Sun.
April 25th: The John O'Gaunt, Market St., Lancaster
Fri.
April 30th: George & Dragon, The Quay, Lancaster
Sun.
11th, 18th, 25th: John O'Gaunt, Market St. the Honka
Monka Club deep funk jam & vinyl
spin 3pm - 6.30pm
March
2010 GIGS
Sat.
6th: Grad Bar, Lancaster University
Wed.
17th: Penny Bank, Lancaster
Sun.
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th: John O'Gaunt, Market Sq,
Lancaster - the Honka
Monka Club deep funk jam & vinyl
spin 3pm - 6.30pm
January
2010 GIGS
Sun.
Jan. 17th: Hosting Honka
Monka Club Funky Sunday at John
O'Gaunt Pub, 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG
(3.30pm - 6.30pm)
Thurs.
Jan. 21st: The Grad Bar, Lancaster University, LA2
0PF (9pm - 11ish+)
Sat.
Jan. 23rd: The Piel Castle, 37 Market Street, Ulverston
LA12 7LG (9pm - late)
Sun.
Jan. 24th: Hosting Honka
Monka Club Funky Sunday at John
O'Gaunt Pub, 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG
(3.30pm - 6.30pm)
Thurs.
Jan. 28th: John O'Gaunt Pub, 53 Market Street, Lancaster
LA1 1JG (9pm - 11pm)
Sun.
Jan. 31st: Hosting Honka
Monka Club Funky Sunday at John
O'Gaunt Pub, 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG
(3.30pm - 6.30pm)
December
2009 GIGS
7-Dec.
Wed. Grizedale
College Christmas Party
22-Dec.
Tues. The
Junction, Otley 9pm
26-Dec.
Sat. John O'Gaunt, Market Street,
Lancaster 9pm to 12
27-Dec. Sun. Palladium Club, Lower
Gunstone Lane, Bideford. 9.30pm
28-Dec. Mon. Two Pigs, Corsham,
Nr. Bath. 9-11pm
29-Dec. Tue. Queens Head, Box,
Nr. Bath. 9-11.30pm
30-Dec. Wed. Old Duke, Bristol.
9-11pm
31-Dec. Thu. Gregson
Centre New Year's Eve Party with Real Music,
Moorlane, Lancaster. Tickets £10
November
2009 GIGS
14-Nov.
Sat. The
Stonewell Tavern, Lancaster, 9.30pm (free)
21-Nov.
Sat. The
George & Dragon, Lancaster, 9pm (free)
October
2009 GIGS*
03-Oct.
Sat. One
Planet Festival Concert, The
Park Hotel, Bowerham Road, Lancaster, 9.30pm (FREE)
09-Oct.
Fri. Lancaster
Music Festival, The
Park Hotel, Bowerham Road, Lancaster, 9.30pm (FREE)
11-Oct.
Sun. Lancaster Music Festival, The
Gregson Blues Festival, Main Hall, 8-9pm (£5)
11-Oct.
Sun. Fletcher
Christian, Cockermouth, Cumbria, 5pm - 7pm (FREE)
September
2009 GIGS:
02-Sept.
Wed. Penny Bank, 51
Penny Bank, Lancaster. 9.30pm
13-Sept.
Sun. Birmingham
Artsfest 2009, Victoria Stage, 12
noon. Also playing at Rhubarb Radio After Festival
Party Sat. 12th, late night time and venue tba
20-Sept.
Sun. Afternoon Funk Jam with Honka Monka Funk DJs
and band . Penny
Bank, 51
Penny Bank, Lancaster. 4-7pm
August
2009 GIGS:
Sun
- Tues, August 1st - 3rd: Stockholm, Sweden
Fri.
Aug. 7th: Dickie Doodles, Strickland Gate, Kendal
9.30pm - late
Sat.
Aug. 8th: The Central, Egremont
9pm - 11.30pm
Tues.
Aug. 11th: The Junction, Otley
9.15pm - 11.20pm
SW
UK Tour:
17-AuMon.
Aug. 17th: Two Pigs, Corsham, nr. Bath
Tue. Aug. 18th: TBA
Wed. Aug. 19th: The Bell, Wolcott St., Bath
Thurs. Aug. 20th: Old Duke, King St. Bristol
Fri. Aug. 21st: Queens Head, Box, nr. Bath
Sat. Aug. 22nd: Miners Arms, North Molton, Devon
Sun. Aug. 23rd: Coopers Arms, Pewsey, nr. Marlborough
Fri.
Aug. 28th: Peterborough
Beer Festival (see opposite)
Sun.
Aug. 30th: Great British RnB Festival - The Dresser's,
Colne. 9pm - 12
July
2009 GIGS:
Tues.
July 7th, Park Hotel Function Room
- Jam, Rehearsal, Ales -
8pm - Midnight
Tues.
July 14th, Park Hotel Function Room
- Jam, Rehearsal, Ales -
8pm - Midnight
Sat.
July 18th, Piel Castle, Ulverston
9.30 pm - Midnight
Tues.
July 29th - Tues. Aug. 4th Stockholm, Sweden. Thanks
to Big
Walker and the Blues Souls!
June
2009 GIGS:
Fri. June 5th: Keswick Beer Festival
Tuesdays
in June: Rehearsal at the Park Hotel, Lancaster
with gig option after (7-11pm)
Fri.
June 19th: Grad Bar Beer Festival, Lancaster University
(SW Campus)
Wed.
June 24th: Penny Bank Pub, Penny Lane, Lancaster
(9.30pm)
Sat.
June 27th: Dundee
Blues Bonanza - 2-4pm The
Doghouse, 10pm+ Nether Inn
Tues.
June 30th: Junction, Otley, 9pm
Older
News:
The
2013 Lancaster
Music Festival was incredible! The
ale launch was such a success that it will be an
integral part of next year's festival. The Castle
is to be the headline venue. The festival won best
Tourism Event in Lancashire. There were delays on
the M6 motorway on the Sat. "Due to the Lancaster
Music Festival". The city posted the busiest
weekend ever. And crime was reduced in the weekend
by 25% compared to previous and subsequent weekends
and by 53% overall on the year. Whoopee!!
June
6 2012 Confirmed Australian tour for next Sept.
in partnership with excellent funk and reggae band
Kindread
Dentdale
Music and Beer Festival was excellent but MUDDY.
They do want us back though for next year so that's
a plus- next up Dundee
Blues Bonanza Sat. July 2nd
March
2011:
HUGE
thanks to Neil Gowland of Absolute
Recordings, Mo
Whittam, and Barry and Chris of Firehouse
Studios.
THE
VIDEO IS DONE! Thanks to Chris of Arun
Productions
Click
here or link above right
May
2010: We have some demos from the Park Sessions!
Get
Your Groove On! Joker
Man, Hole
In The Head. The full studio session starts
Jan. 2nd
Sweden
was EXCELLENT. So good in fact we're probably going
back in February (yes, geographically seasonally
confused as we are - should be about -20C by then).
Thanks Erik the Beard and Derrick and all you snowballing
cats at Stockholm Uni! The eyeball will apparantly
recover from the blurring corneal scratches of exuberant
snow!
We
played at the Lancaster
Music Festival (opposite) both under our own
name (Penny Street Bridge, Sat. Oct. 9th 9-11pm)
and as host of the Lancaster Funk Club jam session
(Crows, Sun. Oct. 10th 2-6pm). Thank you to the
nearly 200 folks who turned up at Penny Street Bridge!
Ukraine
Tour slide show is <here>
And
we're going back 2011
Isle
of Man Blues Festival feedback pending - by
heck what a groove!!! Thank you Val and Barry (Red
Gap and Jeceris)
for an unforgettable weekend and superb music! XX
We've
been invited to play the New Year's Eve gig at the
Gregson
Centre, Lancaster which would be our first choice
in this town!
Honka
Monka Club - every Sunday afternoon at the Penny
Bank (4.30-7pm) we get together with other musicians
to play deep funk and 60's garage. Yours truly spins
old funk and soul records in the breaks
We
have a Bluesbunny Review for Lancaster Music Festival!
Click on the the bunnies!!!

Hmm,
we appear to be on Last FM - not sure how that happened!
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Convulsions
One
Planet Festival a blast too! Though knackering as
most of it was powered by bike (by you know who
- with some guest legs the loveliest of which were
Dawn's from One Planet Festival's committee who
managed to power an entire song before we reverted
to mains electricity)
Birmingham
Art Fest a succes. The trio went over there too.
Work
starts on the re-recording of Hole in the Head for
the video. Recording starts in Oct. and hope to
have the video mastered by December.
We
have a spotter looking for a possible deal for us.
Peterborough
Beer Festival - what a superb organisation. Thanks
so much to Mike Lane for being a superb host. We
came, we played, we drank an awful lot of excellent
ale. Hard life, someone has to do it!
SW
Tour. This band keeps getting weirder and weirder.
Wondering why my right arm was a bit stiff today
I remembered it was probably due to swinging from
a lamp post with it while playing gobiron with the
left Sun. 23rd. Then there was the traffic cone
on the head during 'Don't Need No Doctor' (no, just
a psychiatrist) a constant stream of inane babble.
A third of a bottle of port preceeding, two pints
of Twiddly Dike right before then double brandy
redbull and pickled egg during. When in the SW of
this country it's hard not to go native and join
in the exuberant strangeness and good humour that
survived the Celts, the Romans, the Anglo Saxons,
the Danes, Normans and grockles of the twenty first
century in craven caravans.
The
Swedish tour was a revelation. Thanks very much
to Derrick Walker of Big
Walker and the Blues Souls for putting us up
and up with us and the same to the marvelous Wirstroms
Pub in Gamla Stan (Old Town) of Stockholm -
Ian you were a life saver, Royce you're a chef par
excellence (fish and chips in an Irish pub in Sweden
and the fish comes from New Zealand!) and Sigfrid
you are the most sparkle barmaid in northern Europe!
We
also learnt to play a new style. The first night
we had no guitarist (Mo couldn't do the tour so
Derrick was to provide us Diamond Dogs, ex Johnny
Thunder rocker Stevie but was his birthday). It
worked so well, we developed so many on the fly
technique we chose to play the entire week without
a guitarist.
And
it WORKED! Boy, did it work - we even wrote two
new songs on the spot and created a 12 minute funk
medley narrative involving a bit of Memphis Soul
Stew, Money, Shake Your Money Maker and Land of
1000 Dances!!
Lips
are still scarred though!!!
he
last installment of the Bristol video shoot. Very
"sweet and sour experience" (bad pun -
see "China
Gets It" by way of explanation in appalling
taste)
What
next? Re-record the song with the new lineup that's
what (and a few new ones to boot - great that Mo's
actually an engineer)
They
liked us in Dundee (Dundee
Blues Bonanza - June 27th 2009!
"Sat
Late at The Nether Inn
Was recommended by a colleague to drop in to catch
a band called The Convulsions. Am soooooooooo glad
I did. I have never seen anyone playing a harmonica
at that speed or anyone play a Hammond organ at
that speed. But Ben the lead singer did both AT
THE SAME TIME!!!!!.
This
is a band that puts so much effort into their performance,
it simply defies belief. They delivered an astonishing
blues and funk mix in a style that I would describe
as having a large helping of Dr Feelgood and another
of The Ramones. My mate and I both stood there like
the rest of the audience, grinning from ear to ear
at a jaw dropping performance that kept us there
right to the end. The audience were absolutely spellbound
by a band that we sincerely hope will be back next
year.
One
of the biggest highlights for me, simply awesome!!!"
We've been picked out of over 100 acts to perform
at the Peterborough
Beer Festival on August Bank Holiday Friday
(see opposite). And having found the camping bug
at Off the Tracks last month we're bringing the
band tent!
Actually,
beer festivals seem to be a new niche for us. Keswick
Ale Festival June 5th went down really well (as
did the superb ales)!