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Jake Thackray Night - Sheffield 21/08/13 9 Jul 2013 | 05:54 am
With songs about burglars disguised as nuns, unspeakably awful in-laws, village scallywags and rampant cockerels, all human (and animal) life is on show in this gala evening. Featuring: THE JAKE THAC...
The Jake Thackray Syndrome @ Lymm Festival - 29th June 2013 25 May 2013 | 02:38 am
After two sell-out years the Jake Thackray Syndrome returns to showcase the brilliant comic songs of the late, great Jake Thackray. With songs about burglars disguised as nuns, unspeakably awful in-l...
Tribute to Jake Thackray - Thursday 11th April 2013 14 Mar 2013 | 03:50 am
There will be a tribute to Jake on the 11th April 2013 at 7.30pm in the vibrant friendly multi cultural community of St Nicholas of Tolentino Church, Easton, Bristol BS5 0RE. The evening is a fund ra...
Jake Thackray Tribute Night - Friday 1st March 27 Feb 2013 | 10:44 pm
A night of songs both written and inspired by Jake Thackray. Jake Thackray was one of the UK's finest lyricists. Best known to television audiences in the late 60's and early 70's for his topical son...
Jake Thackray: Live at The Unicorn DVD - SOLD OUT! 1 Nov 2012 | 02:16 am
The remaining copies have been shipped and we'd like to announce that we have now completely sold out of the 'Live at Unicorn' DVD. Thanks to everyone who bought one (or more). As with the 'Live in G...
“This Song is Offensive”: a gala tribute to Jake Thackray - 21st October 2012 5 Jul 2012 | 08:11 pm
Jake Thackray’s songs, like those of Brassens, were witty, scabrous, rude and poetic and are celebrated in this tribute night. The highly respected John Watterson, AKA Fake Thackray, performs authent...
"The Late Jake Thackray" at this year's Edinburgh Fringe 16 Mar 2012 | 12:54 pm
One of our members, Tony Cima, is performing a Jake Thackray show at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. The title of the show is "The Late Jake Thackray" and Tony will be performing for seven consecutive ...
Jake talk as part of "Leeds’s pop history re-played" 16 Mar 2012 | 12:43 pm
Dr Peter Mills is one of the speakers at "Popular Music in Leeds" day on Saturday March 24th at the old Broadcasting House on Woodhouse Lane in Leeds. The talk is open to everyone who'd like to come ...
A brief guide to the website 23 Feb 2007 | 03:33 pm
A bit more detail on what you can expect to find in each area of the website. Membership is free and registering will automatically add you to the infrequent newsletter mailout. Click CREATE AN ACCOUN...
