Hosted by Gaz Mayall – Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues began life in Soho and is London’s longest running club one-nighter club founded on the 3rd of July 1980. Gaz plays a mix of ska, rock, pop and punk,Also a great fan of boogie woogie, rock’n’roll, traditional Irish music, funk and world music, using strictly vinyl.

Gaz’s Rockin Blues club

Gaz will be djing throughout the weekend along with performing with his ska band The Trojans If you love jumping a round to some righteous sounds you wont want to miss this!

Specialising in ska and reggae with a dash of soul, funk, R&B and world roots, The Trojans were formed in late 1986 from the ashes of the premature demise of Gaz Mayall’s first band Gaz’s Rebel Blues Rockers where brief emergence on the London pub/club scene lasted from early 1982 to mid 83.

Their debut gig was at the Astoria on Charing Cross road by London’s center point on the 23rd December 1986, supporting premier ska band Potato 5 and ska legend Laurel Aitken. Within two and a half years they headlined the same venue with the above acts supporting.

Several albums were licensed to Japan from 1988, with ‘Spirit of Adventure’ on Sony records opening up an avenue of succesive tours with mainstream coverage to a large audience where they are still very popular today.

Some original band members are still regular performers with the band including saxophonist Rudy Jones and Rick Baxendale who began as bass player in the early 1990’s. The line-up often features bagpipes, violin, guest female vocalists, two guitars, drum and bass percussion, with Gaz at the centre stage singing and playing melodica. Occasionally guest horn player and the Trojan’s long time founder saxman Colin Humphries appear.

They tour often mainly in Europe and do lots of one-off special shows at festivals, clubs, bars and private parties, being popular with the young and old and people of all cultures to suit our multicultural day and age we are delighted that they will spinning their music at this years Smoke and Fire Ascot Festival

Hot Boppin, Groovin’ 4 piece group playing Rockin, Roots Music with a Guitar, Double Bass & Stand Up Drums.

Black Kat Boppers hail from down on the South Coast Water Way in Southampton and are 4 fellas who love to play hard boppin’, jump up, rockin’ blues, dance music.

“With The Black Kat Boppers you get to immerse yourselves in that rockin’ feelin’.  Think of us as ‘rockin the blues’ if you must, cos that’s the way we roll!”.

Influences include Rhythm & Blues, Jump & Jive, Ska, Doo-Wop with a lucky energy.  Collectively, when all brought together, Black Kat Boppers sound is raw, authentic, sincere & unique.

Black Kat Boppers formed after some chance meetings, speculative phone calls and a little bit of fate.  A shared love for rockin’ roots music was clear and they haven’t looked back since.  There’s been triumphant performances at Glastonbury many times, Port Eliot, Bestival & Hyde Park (with Blur & The Specials).  They’ve rocked Notting Hill Carnival, Rockabilly Rave Latitude & Viva Las Vegas, not to mention performing a memorable set with Florence and The Machine at Bob Geldof’s 60th birthday party.  They’ve been joined on stage by Damon Albarn as well as working with him in the studio and have regularly had Clash legend Paul Simonon playing with the band.  Paul Simonon, who has been a great support to them, also appears on their debut album “Boppin Atcha” and has done the sleeve artwork.

The much awaited new album, simply “Black Kat Boppers” was released in 2018.

Right across the board people seem to be lovin’ it – young, old, stupid, clever, hippies, punks, students, drop outs, mums, dads, drunks, weirdos, ravers, strippers, rockers, mods…  “Everybody loves that raw sound!!!“

Gaz Mayall declared…
“I’ve seen hundreds of rock n roll bands and The Black Kat Boppers are right at the very top!!“.

“When I first saw The Black Kat Boppers I was sat on a hill at a festival and could hear this music in a tent that literally grabbed me by the lapels and dragged me in” – Paul Simonon (The Clash/Gorillaz)

“Wow those boys can really play” – Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz)

“Really rebel rousing music” – Bono

Us is a five-piece r’n’b punk band originally from Finland, currently based in London. In June 2022 Us played six shows in Glastonbury festival. The band was also featured in Mojo Magazine’s festival review where their “blistering 3am show” was described as “Dr.Feelgood-style punk-blues with the vigour of peak Ramones”.

Later in the year Us played sold out shows in Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hereford, London and Paris.

This spring Us is continuing their non-stop touring around Britain while also recording material for their debut album.

• MAR 2 Albion Rooms, MARGATE
• MAR 3 The Lantern Inn, MARTIN MILL
• MAR 4 The Margate School, MARGATE (Benefit for the Margate School)
• MAR 5 The Margate School, MARGATE (Benefit for the Margate School)
• MAR 21 Kalliosali, HELSINKI
• JUN 1 Red Rooster Festival, THETFORD
• JUN 30 Shed, JÄRVENPÄÄ
• AUG 5 SMOKE and FIRE FESTIVAL – ASCOT RACECOURSE ASCOT
• AUG 26 SMOKE and FIRE FESTIVAL – PROMENADE PARK, MALDON, ESSEX

THE FOSSILS, well known local Madlon band playing a mix of Blues Rock Soul and featuring Richard Butcher drums, Mark Robins lead guitar, John Bissel vocals and harp ,John Tuck bass

BANDS BIO
John Tuck Bass ,session player DJM records and Carlin music bands include surf rats,night riders,Zoot money band

Richard Butcher drums,played drums in many styles jazz ,blues ect bands include Butchers block,steamhouse.

Mark Robins played in many bands including gypsies jazz,pop,rock,blues,guitarist in popular local band The Accidents 78,til 1980 released single blood spattered guitars 1979 album 1980 other bands gene tryp,cold shot,dub karavan etc

John Bissel vocals harp well know blues vocalist on the local gig circuit bands include The Trouser trout’s ,howling biscuit,

We are THE DOWNSETTERS An originals UK Ska and Reggae band. Combining the feel and rhythm of Jamaican music with the energy and attitude of Punk, our heavyweight set of razor sharp tracks has seen us become a festival and live show favourite throughout the UK and Europe.

Our 12 year history has seen us produce three consecutive performances at the world famous Glastonbury Festival, Boomtown Fair, multiple European tours, all major UK Ska and Reggae festivals, as well as various supports slots for Ska legends such as The Beat, Bad Manners, Neville Staple band (The Specials), Lee Thompson (Madness) and more!

#areyoureggae?

Oscar was born and raised in amongst the West London hustle and bustle of Ladbroke Grove and Portobello, where his mother would blast the Pointer Sisters as she danced in the kitchen.

Jumping forward to 2022, and after spending 4 years in the band Khartoum, Oscar is now forging his solo career, immersing himself in the London music scene and steadily crafting his sound and live set.

We want to introduce you to a brand new band started in February 2019, three young fellas, Ricky Delaney, Joe Newbon and Scott McParland, from the Forest of Dean in the south of the UK. They grew up listening to rockabilly and now they play it with an infectious touch !!!

They started playing to small venues and pubs, putting all their passion for the music on the stage Their music, is a fresh  Neo Rockabilly with a mix of covers and originals

If you want to see one of the new , young and revelations of rockabilly music in the UK ,  then don´t miss them at Smoke and Fire Ascot Sunday 6th Aug

“Big Joe Bone” (A.K.A. Danny Wilson) plays what he calls “Blues-Grass” music…..a mix of Delta Blues, Bluegrass, Oldtime, Gospel and Hillbilly music utilizing his raspy vocals, hard driving harmonica rhythms, sublime bottleneck slide guitar playing (on steel bodied resonator guitars) and lightning finger-picking skills on 5 string banjos…..all held together by a very heavy stomping boot!

Originally from London and now living on the Mid-Wales coast, Danny started playing guitar as a schoolboy and has now been travelling all around the UK playing his fast, furious Roots music to eager audiences since 2012.

As well as playing songs from great Roots musicians like Son House, Dock Boggs, Bukka White, Flatt and Scruggs, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Charlie Parr, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Robert Johnson …..the list goes on and on!, Danny also plays his own songs, which fit right in to his eclectic set…..which shows that when it comes to roots music, he really “gets it”.

Although “Big Joe Bone” is a relatively young act compared to some, Danny has a lifetime of music behind him and has thrown himself into what has become a very busy schedule of gigs since he hit the road in 2012.

“Big Joe Bone” is an act not to be missed!

The Velvet Fuzz are a London-based trio who combine their individual influences with a common love for blues, rockabilly and rock n roll; they are the Frankenstein’s Monster of musical genres! The band features Keaton Smout on vocals & guitar, Henry Thompson on bass and Ollie Richardson on drums.

Sister Suzie, with her undiluted boisterous North East charm is going to take you on a musical journey you’ll never forget. With Suzie’s powerful vocals and magnetic presence, she and and her band will lift you up, shake you all around and drop you back down again leaving a gigantic smile on your face and leave you tapping your toes for days after the show.

With her love of roots music evident in her song writing, passion and set she serves up a fine mix of wild raucous rockin rhythms, high power rhythm and blues with a smooth injection of soul. Together they grab the attention of every audience placed before them having been tried and tested across the UK, Europe and the US and some spectaular festivals like Red Rooster, Glastonbury and Switzerland’s Davos, sounds

Kitty Liv has fired up music lovers around the globe from a very early age, co-fronting family band ‘Kitty, Daisy & Lewis’ selling over a quarter of a million records. The band toured the world numerous times, gaining fans by the likes of Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and Coldplay.

The video below was recorded live and direct to tape, Kitty performs ‘The River That Flows’ – a personal song about life’s twists and turns. The moment was captured on film by the brilliant Stuart Graham:

The McGuilty Brothers musical heritage spans 40 years, beginning life as East Anglian jangle-pop combo The Farmer’s Boys. Since then, various band members have had a hand in a long list of Norwich bands: The Avons, The Nivens, 4D Jones, Dr Fondle, and The Great Outdoors. 

In 2016, this latest incarnation returned to their love of country roots music with the album “Songs to Leave Home Too”. Since then, they have made rare and selected performances and recorded their latest album, “Redemption & Rust” (2021) – a collection of original compositions about love, loss, highways and drugs and a Bee Gees cover. 

Chcik them out here http://themcguiltybrothers.com/

4D Jones are a Rhythm and Blues band based in Norwich, they’ve been in existence since the late 1990, Most of the members have at some time or another been in other bands together, notably Morty Macvicar and Dig Those Heels plus others from the collection of bands from the early 1980s Norwich Scene.

Dave Guttridge – bass

John ‘Boy’ Watcham – harmonica

Chris Evans – Guitar

Kevin Revell – vocals

Robert Masters – drums, percussion

Oh! Gunquit is a London-based ‘rumble-bop trash blitz freak-a-billy’ five-piece that formed in 2011 after neighbours Tina Swasey and Simon Wild met each other while frequenting a North London vinyl-only sweaty cellar club DJ night. These Neo-surf garage rockers bring back the sex of the B-52’s, The Cramps, with some Link Wray & ESG thrown in for good measure. Their namesake Oh! Gunquit comes from an artists colony and is the punchline of a gloriously bad joke…

From London via Lagos, charismatic chanteuse SISTER COOKIE and her band will take you on an eclectic excursion into the roots & fruits of black music. Old sounds, new tricks. Sensuous, seductive and moody.

As well as possessing a distinctive voice that’s tender and sweet when it needs to be, she is a composer and self-taught pianist who writes honest and raw songs about pain, heartbreak, suffering – all that bad (meaning-good) stuff.

“The most original sound. Like Little Richard, Mark Ronson, Nina Simone and Nick Cave all got locked in a New Orleans speakeasy” – Record Store Day Unsigned Panel 2020

“Loving this. Really cool voice..love the voice!” – Craig Charles, BBC 6Music

“Wow, I mean what’s not to like about that? That is sensational! How groovy is that?! Mark Radcliffe, BBC 6Music

“Her voice is stunning, powerful and unique, and her stage presence hits the back of the room at any venue she plays” – DJ Anne Frankenstein, Jazz FM

Robin is a Southern Gothic Rock ‘n’ Roll singer-songwriter currently based in Norwich, UK. 
Taking influence from folk horror, country blues, punk rock, and traditional storytelling, he’s carving a name for himself in the UK Americana scene. 
Often compared to the likes of Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Bob Log III, Robin is a maverick, a game changer, and more than a bit strange.  

His sound is driven by crunchy slide guitar and stomping foot drums, combining elements of delta blues, fast country, and psychobilly.

We cant wait!!!

https://www.robinevansesq.com/

Inspired by the notion of Bowie in the style of Booker T & The MG’s, The Meters  and Ramsey Lewis , a london based quartet of Bowie loving Thomas Jerome Newton imposters play the hits and more from the Dame’s songbook.  

This is London’s greatest and most sensational Rhythm’n’Blues-Punk band. And this is a band that truly represents

London, being a mongrel mix of Caribbean, France, Japan and Spain. With a repertoire influenced by many of the great songs of the ’50s and ’60s made to sound fresh and new to modern ears, you won’t be able to help but move your feet when the Cumberland Three are blastingout of your speakers. The King howls like Screaming Jay Hawkins with Bo Diddley chasing his coat-tail whilst Andre Williams tries to offer up some of his bacon fat, and the Trashmen do the Surfin’ Bird behind him. This is a man that never stops shakin’ and twistin’ and groovin’.

Entranced from childhood by her mother’s Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan records, Rachel discovered she possessed a voice; a rich, expressive instrument, capable of smokey barroom emotion or roaring soul that she was able to control deploying her theatrical experience. When a friend at a film studio gave her a ukulele she had something to build with, turning her thoughts and poems into highly personal songs glazed in dark humour and surrealism.

Following the release of her EP ‘Dance For You’ which included music composed for ITV ‘Inspector Morse’ prequel ‘Endeavour’ in which she also played nightclub chanteuse ‘Lila Pilgrim’, Rachel developed her sound by collaborating with a wide range of artists including The Cinematic Orchestra, live DnB producer Septabeat and performing extensively throughout Europe. Her latest release ‘Love is Life’ was composed for short film ‘SPARK’ with award winning producer Alexander Wells after they met via South London’s eclectic open mic scene.

Jimmy Regal and The Royals are an eclectic, no nonsense blues-based outfit from South London. They combine influences from New Orleans, Chicago, North Mississippi, West Africa and mix in a large of Sarf Landan attitude. Featuring two of the country’s best blues musicians in Joff Watkins (harmonica and vox) and CJ Williams on guitar, the duo make a huge and original sound that has been delighting audiences around the country. The full band released their eagerly awaited third album, The First And Last Stop, in July. Jimmy Regal and The Royals will playing 13:15- 14:00 on Monday – Dont miss them!!

jimmyregalandtheroyals.com

Kaspar plays Resonator slide guitar like a man possessed. The ghosts of the Mississippi blues men live on in his performances, but his exciting, danceable and compelling music is distinctly 21st century too. Kaspar’s releasing solo tracks on London’s hip Spiritual Records this autumn.

Kaspar ‘Berry’ Rapkin & The Swamp Dogs are from the heart of Herts. They bring a new life to the electric blues with their blend of Chicago, Mississippi and Southern boogie blues.

Their style is groovy, raw, gritty and goes to places the blues has never gone before. Check out their self-titled debut album – an enthralling mixture of idiosyncratic originals and blistering covers.

See them in action at 19:30 -20:30 on Saturday. 

inspired by greats like Louis Jordon, Big Joe Turner and T Bone Walker, Rosco Shakes deliver their music with extraordinary prowess and showmanship. The band have a unique set up, led on all fronts by a boogie-woogie piano dynamo, an exciting guitar showman, an unwavering bassist, and a raucous singer-drummer