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Your essential guide to the scene – What, Where & When!

April

7 AONSC Pre-Show Do, Standard Triumph Club, 1130-1140 Herald Avenue, Coventry, CV5 6UB DJ’s Sam Evans, Andrew Basket, Glyn Preece and Tony Reynolds spinning the tunes. Tickets £8, doors 7.30pm. Wimpson Old Boys, Annual Charity Do. Saints Pub, Millbrook, Southampton In aid of Doing It For The Kids. £3.00 on the door, with Paul 8ball spinning the tunes. The Quik Beats. The Feathers Inn, Lichfield www.thequikbeats.com Playing 60’s Mod and Soul classics.

8 VMSC Extravaganza, Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, nr Coventry, CV8 3FL Annual Vintage and Custom show. Chelmsford SC Annual Ride Out to Clacton on Sea. Raising monies for Bobby Moore Cancer Trust. 13-14 Undercover Festival V. Dreamland, Margate www.undercoverfest.com Two packed days of bands and DJs playing the very best alternative music, including Punk, Ska, Sham 69 (Pursey), The Blockheads, Roddy Radiation & The Ska Billy Rebels, Sex Pistols Experience and so much more.

15 Red Kites SC Ride Out, Meet at Swan Hotel, Oxen OX9 3ER Leaving at 11am to Blue Cross centre. Leaving Blue Cross centre at 12.15pm for futher ride to The Old Fisherman, HP18 9HJ. Please bring pet food/ treats. Contact michael198clark@ gmail.com or see the Red Kites FB page. 19-23 Skamouth. Vauxhall Holiday Park, Acle New Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1TB Tel 01493 857231 20-22 Bangers & Mash. MFN, Shipley Gate, Nottingham, NG16 3JE

21 Skamite playing live, Haverhill Arts Centre, CB9 8AR Plus DJs. £10 booking from Nu on 01440 710171 or Paul 07983 359704, Haverhill Circles SC.

21 The Quik Beats, The Night Owl, Birmingham www.thequikbeats.com Playing 60’s Mod and Soul classics.

21 Jimmy & the Dragon 4, supported by A1SC Doncaster. Silver Wood Miners Welfare, Doncaster Road, Dalton, Rotherham, S65 3ET Charity event, 7.30pm till late. £2 otd.

22 York Inset SC, and Bikes and Bits Annual Mods & Rockers Charity Ride. Depart Cliffords Tower, York, YO1 9RY Departs at 10.30am for Rose & Crown, Beadlam. Suggested £5 donation (Prostate Cancer Research).

27 The Quik Beats, Warmley Social Club, Sutton Coldfield www. thequikbeats.com Playing 60’s Mod and Soul classics. 28 Maximum R&B, The Rocksteady, 574 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AR www.newuntouchables.com DJ’s Rob Bailey & Rhys Webb spin original Freakbeat, Garage and Rhythm & Blues 45’s. Adm £6 before 10/£8 after, 9pm-3am.

MAY

4-7 BSRA National 2, Tenby Skegness Scooter Rally. Skegness, Lincs 6 Buckingham Palace Scooter Run, Meet 2pm Carnaby Street www. newuntouchables.com Scooter comp/ Soul food/Live bands +DJ’s. Free entry. More info, see website.

6 Phoenix Got Soul. The Phoenix, 37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP www.newuntouchables.com DJ’s Yann Vatiste, Rob Bailey & special guests play Northern & Rare Sould on original 45’s. From 10pm-3am, adm £8. 11-13 Almost Grown Weekender, Southend 13 Scoot De Yorkshire, Start: Sands Complex, North Bay, Scarborough from 8.30am until 10am. www.facebook. com/events/146154812831272 100 mile ride from Scarborough to Bridlington. Start Scarborough

8.30am, ride around Yorkshire moors and coast, finishing at Bridlington. £5 donation for our chosen charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

13 Kent Bike Show, The Dover Transport Museum, Whitfield, Dover, Kent www.dovertransportmuseum.org. uk 10am-4.30pm, free entry to show, open to all. 18-20 Two Stroke in Stoke 5, by S-o-T SC. Florence Sports & Social Club, Stoke on Trent, ST3 4JS Friday band 5:15’s, Saturday night - Basketcase plus guest DJs, Twisted Sisters. £10. Craig 07850 64777 or Kev 07983 802721. 18-20 Run from the Scum, Tencreek Holiday Park, Looe, Cornwall 20 Scooter-Fest by North Staffs Jesters

SC, Silk Street carpark (centre of town), Leek, Staffs, ST13 6HX Starting from 11am, free entry (donations please). Large parts fair, ridden custom show (last entry 1.30pm), live music, hog roast, etc. For details Steph 07817 429616, Chris 07795 232537 or FB - Jesters Scooter Club.

25 Beat, Selecter, SLF & Buzzcocks. Leeds Millenium Square www. seetickets.com/event/thebeatbuzzcocks-theselecter-stifflittlefingers/ millennium-square-leeds/1167330

25-27 Stagfest. Mansfield, Margate Mod/60’s Weekender. Olby’s, 3-5 King Street, Margate, CT9 1DD www. gbmusicculture.co.uk 25-28 BSRA National 3, Kelso 26 Beat, Selecter, SLF & Buzzcocks. The Forum, Hatfield www.seetickets. com/event/thebeat-buzzcockstheselecter-stifflittlefingers/hatfieldforum-hatfield/1167335

27 Beat, Selecter, SLF & Buzzcocks. Lakeside, NEC, Birmingham www. seetickets.com/event/thebeatbuzzcocks-theselecter-stifflittlefingers/ nec-lakeside-birmingham/1167341

JUNE

1-3 Shed Weekender, Leiston FC, Leiston, Suffolk 1-3 SWSC. Hayling Island 1-3 Wessex Roadrunners SC Weekender, The Red House, Yeovil, BA22 9BA VCB sign on event, FB page for contact details and to book. 2 Mousetrap Pyschedelic Allnighter, Orleans, 259 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2DD www. newuntouchables.com Primest Garage/ Freakbeat and Psych on the planet. Resident DJ Dr Robert + guests. 10pm-6am.

2-10 Vespa Alp Days, Zell am See, Austria www.vespa-alp-days.at 7-10 EuroLambretta, Spain

8-10 BSRA National 4, Big 7. Kent Summer Nights 2. Sheldon Bosely Hub, Shipston on Stour Presented by Warwickshire Scooter Alliance, now over two nights. Tickets available - £15 for the weekend or £10 Satvc via Paypal at paulmarshall445@gmail.com 8-10 Dutch Lions Run #13, Hellevoetsluis, 20km from Europort Ferry, 40km from Hook of Holland www.dutchlions.com Customshow, rideout. Two nights with DJ’s spinning soul/ska/Britpop. Fun, games, restaurant, pub and snack bar onsite. Whole weekend 25 euros. 8-10 Stone Valley South. Colesdale Farm, Herts www.sfvsouth.co.uk Established festival with its first southern version. Includes Secret Affair, Dualers, Undertones, Neville Staple, FTJ and Sham 69. Visit website for full line up and info. 14-17 Vespa World Days. Belfast 15-17 Moorland Mayhem 3, Buckfastleigh RFC, Devon, TQ11 0BL 16 Animal Antics 8 (The Alternative Rally), Hayfield Lakes, Hayfield Lane, Doncaster, DN9 3NP Contact Alex 07931 501678