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Saturday 26th July

Mindvox Presents....

Elm Back – Rock with way it should be….loud and in your face, think Iron Maiden with a modern twist!
The Second Wave – Nottingham based Rock ‘n’ Roll
The 13th Hour – Midlands based rock band
Doors : 8pm
£4 adv

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Sunday 27th July

Happy Being Miserable Presents....An Acoustic Festival

An Acoustic Festival with.... Rodney Brannigan, POM, Armit Sond, Dale Campbell, Matt Marriott, Elliott Morris, Will Mcnicol and John Dignam
Doors : 6pm
£12

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28th July - 7th of August

CLOSED

FROM THE 28TH OF JULY TO THE 7TH OF AUGUST WE WILL BE CLOSING THE MAZE FOR A BIT OF A SPRUCING UP AND A RE-JIGGLING!
Doors : ALL THE TIME
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Friday 8th August

GRAND RE-OPENING!

A special line up of some of Nottingham's top bands plus DJs too!

Amusement Parks On Fire
Emmet Brown
Alright The Captain
The Natalie Duncan Band
MORE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Saturday 9th August

Jimmy The Squirrel + Dirty Revolution + Bigtopp + TBA

Moonbuggy - Nottingham's best Reggae band, playing songs from their awesome new album!
Jimmy The Squirrel - Nottinghams own ska heroes pop in on their way around the country for their first UK tour

Dirty Revolution - In-your-face ska / punk with funny and politically sound lyrics

Bigtopp - An 8 piece ska band with big horns hailing from the Guildford
Plus Ska-BQ and acoustic jam in the courtyard!
Doors : 9pm
£4 adv/£5 on door

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Sunday 10th August

Gordon Giltrap

Guitarist Feb 2007.....
"Gordon's lyrical touch is as forthright and stunning as ever .... every offering here demonstrates the touch of a master"

Guitar and Bass magazine Jan 2007.....
"Giltrap's virtuoso status is unassailable"

Brian May.....
“Gordon Giltrap is one of an elite few who truly have become legendary in their field in their own lifetime. I am proud to call him my friend.”
Doors : 8pm
£12

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Monday 11th August

MONDAY MAYHEM featuring...

Supermojo - myspace.com/supermojouk
Paper Planes - myspace.com/papertheplanes
Goodbye Wires - myspace.com/goodbyewires
The Moonwhiskey Soul Jam - myspace.com/moonwhiskey
Doors : 8pm
£2 / £1 with student card

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Tuesday 12th August

You Say Party! We Throw Gigs! presents...

ULTERIOR www.myspace.com/electricityisblood
LE COUTEAU JAUNE www.myspace.com/lecouteaujaune
NEPHU HUZZBAND www.myspace.com/nephuhuzzband
CATCH COLLECTIVE www.myspace.com/catchcollectivearego
STOP EJECT www.myspace.com/stopejectmusic
DEATH BY TV www.myspace.com/deathbytv
WE'VE TAPED OVER YOUR CASSETTES www.myspace.com/wtoyc
STIFF KITTENS (DJ) www.myspace.com/stiffkittens1
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Doors : TBA
£TBA

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Wednesday 13th August

Mindvox presents...

line-up TBA
Doors : 7pm
£TBA

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Thursday 14th August

The Breakdowns + The Charm Offensive + Gallery 47 + TBC

http://www.myspace.com/thebreakdownsband
http://www.thecharmoffensive.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/gallery47
Doors : 8pm
£3

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Friday 15th August

The Maze presents...

The Swiines - One of the best new indie rock'n'Roll bands in Nottngham!
The Wickets - Nottingham based Indie rockers
Hiatus - Hailing from Manchester, Hiatus mix indie, rock and post punk to energetic effect!
MORE TBA
Doors : 9pm
£5

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Saturday 16th August

SJ Promotions Presents...A Charity Gig

25 PAST THE SKANK plus more TBA
Doors : TBA
£TBA

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Sunday 17th August

JAZZ JUNCTION

The second visit to The Maze for this 5 piece Jazz band from Nottingham playing smooth jazz and funky beats, band includes Sax, Trumpets, Piano, Guitars and more!
Doors : 8pm
£3

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Monday 18th August

MONDAY MAYHEM featuring...

This Day Remains - myspace.com/thisdayremains
Kazooee - myspace.com/kazooee
Stuck In 2nd - myspace.com/stuckin2nd
Apparatus of Sleep - myspace.com/apparatusofsleep
Doors : 8pm
£2 / £1 with student card

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Friday 22nd August

Revolution Sounds Presents.....

Satnams Tash - Rock with a trippy twist, think Tom Waits playing The White Strips after talking to David Icke and you might have an idea of the Tash's sound!
Ordo Ab Chao - Chaos Folk from another realm
The Pepperbox
BB Blackdog
Plus more TBA
Doors : 9pm
£4

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Sunday 24th August

The Maze Acoustic Festival Day 1

Some of Nottingham’s top male singer songwriters will be playing this day, all 3 rooms of the building will be used with artists playing unplugged in the courtyard, live in The Maze and chilled out tunes in the Forest Tavern!!! Plus BBQ and all for FREE!
Doors : 3pm
FREE

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Monday 25th August

The Maze Acoustic Festival Day 2

Some of Nottingham’s top female singer songwriters will be playing this day, all 3 rooms of the building will be used with artists playing unplugged in the courtyard, live in The Maze and chilled out tunes in the Forest Tavern!!! Plus BBQ and all for FREE!
Doors : 3pm
FREE

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Tuesday 26th August

Cosmic American Presents...

John Wesley Hardy - John Wesley Harding has released 15 albums, ranging from traditional folk to full on pop music.
John Wesley Harding has been joined onstage by Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, John Prine, Bruce Springsteen (with whom he recorded a duet on his album Awake), Joan Baez, Peter Buck, Evan Dando, David Baddiel, Rick Moody, Scott MacCaughey and Robyn Hitchcock amongst others.
He has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In recent years he has become a very successful author, his first novel, ‘Misfortune’, under his real name Wesley Stace, was published to great acclaim in 2004 and nominated for The Guardian First Book Award as well as being one of Amazon's Top Ten Novels of the Year.
Doors : 7.30pm
£10

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Thursday 28th August

Notts Youth Presents...

Kerbface- Operation Ivy, The Clash and Leftover Crack having a punch up. Blood, broken teeth and sound is the result.

Dead in the Queue- Take the late 70's CBGBs scene, turn up the distortion and add bits of Ska

The Disconnections-Punk....Ska....Rap......take Tim Armstrong's past bands and imagine them as a Nottingham teenage 3-piece!!

No Skipping Fat Women-Recently formed Derby bubblegum punks!!!
Doors : 8pm
£3

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Friday 29th August

Skaville Presents ......

Dub Cats - Top Dub/Punk band with former members of The Ruts
Cracked Actors - Thumping bass, ranting vocals and regga tasty vocals, horns, punk guitars, and more surprises and energy than you can skank too, make Cracked Actors one of the best punk/ska bands in the country!
3 Minute Warning - Welsh Punks who rocked it here when supporting The Specials!
The Stop Outs

Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Wednesday 3rd September

Doledrum Promotions Presents...

O Lovely Lie - O lovely Lie bring an immense noise to a room of any size and their alternative and in depth sound ignites the atmosphere. Their powerful and dark songs modestly show off the great talent that’s in Nottingham. www. myspace. com/olovely

Tabloid Love are a young post punk/indie 3 piece who are new to the gigging world. They may be new but offer a tight and energetic sound influenced by the likes of the maccabees and are definitley worth seeing. www. myspace. com/tabloidlove1

We show up on radar delve their hands into a bag that’s filled with magical imagery including animals at sports day and wanting to be a car. Their sound is folk pop with a comical hint. They even got their song on a carphone warehouse advert!

RedmonT - The mouth of Notsopretty returns with his catalougue of songs that excite and impress both musically and lyrically. Influenced by the post punk movement and great literary writers he creates a unique sound with a satisfying set list.
Doors : 8pm
£3.50 / £3.00 NUS / UCAS

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Thursday 4th September

Damn You! Presents....

ENABLERS - Fitting to its name, the San Francisco quartet Enablers writes songs that are equally manipulative and encouraging to our darkest desires. The band made up of journeyman veterans of Swans, Tarnation, Nice Strong Arm and Toiling Midgets merges dramatic and flowing melodic soundscapes – of which SF Gate calls "possibly the world's best power trio" – with the visceral spoken narratives of underground literary veteran Pete Simonelli.
Doors : 8.30pm
£5 adv/£6 on door

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Friday 5th September

Nottingham PUNK Club presents...

Drongos for Europe
Riot Squad
The Nags
The Arguments

Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Saturday 6th September

The Rubber Room

Raw Vintage, Rockabilly, Trash, Surf, 60's Garage Punk and Greasy R'n'B DJ's include Martin Lawrie, Nick Smith and Juke Joint Bryan.
Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Sunday 7th September

I'm Not From London Presents....

MONSTERS BUILD MEAN ROBOTS ALRIGHT THE CAPTAIN APPARATUS OF SLEEP
Doors : TBA
TBA

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Monday 15th September

Spiers and Boden

Spiers and Boden – Two of the faces behind top UK Folk band Bellowhead, John Spiers and Jon Boden have won BBC Folk awards on several occasions. Spiers and Boden’s set is traditional folk at its best and mixes Irish, English and European influences. Last time they played The Maze they stunned the crowd so get your tickets quick!
Doors : 8pm
£9

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Friday 19th September

Muzika

A Party without Borders!
Doors : 9pm
£5

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Saturday 20th September

Smokescreen

After a summer break, Nottingham's top Dub, House DJ Collective return with residents Frandanski and Rob plus special guest DJ, who will make you move your dancing feet!
Doors : 9.30pm
£5

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Sunday 21st Septmeber

Nottingham Punk Club Presents.....

A.I.M – Australian Punks
Girlfixer – Nottingham’s top young punk band, have supported everyone from Discharge to UK Subs and will make your ears bleed yet your feet move!
Plus more TBA
Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Friday 26th Septmeber

Skaville Presents.......

Back To The Planet
Kilnaboy
Whackin' Shillalaghs

Doors : 9pm
TBA

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Saturday 4th October

Basement Boogaloo

The Boogaloo Boys return with residents Ed Cottam and Nick Shaw plus guests to spin some disco tunage!
Doors : 10pm
TBA

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Sunday October 5th

Happy Being Miserable Presents...

Preston Reed - An amazing finger tapping, acoustic guitarist, look him up online and see why he is known as a master of the guitar!
Doors : 8pm
£10

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Friday October 17th

Bison

Bison return to the Maze to play us some skatastic dance music! Sheffield's finest played Glastonbury this year and will ocne more come to Nottingham to make your feet move! Plus support and DJs
Doors : 9pm
£6

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Saturday 18th October

Smokescreen

Legendary House Sound System night with Frandanski and Rob plus guest DJ!
Doors : 9.30pm
£5

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Wednesday 22nd October

Happy Being Miserable Presents...

Don Ross and Andy Mckee - Two of the world's best finger guitarists....just search on Utube, drop your jaw and book a ticket!
Doors : 8pm
£12

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Tuesday October 28th

EASY STAR ALL STARS

Easy Star All Stars - New York Dub band who have been hailed world wide for their re-working of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon (Or Dub Side of The Moon as ESAS call it) and Radiohead's OK Computer (the Radiodread album). This should be special so get your tickets quick!
Plus support from Ed Rome - Frontman of London's top ska band The Big!
Doors : 9pm
£15 adv

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Monday 10th November

Happy Being Miserable Presents...

ERIK MONGRAIN - One of the world's best guitarists and a awesome Canadian export, last time Eric played it was mind blowing, if you were there I am sure we will see you again, if you weren't....you should be here this time!
Doors : 8pm
£10

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Friday 21st November

Muzika

A party without borders!
Doors : 9pm
£5

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Saturday November 22nd

Smokescreen

Legendary House DJ Collective presents another top night of deep dubby house music!
Doors : 9.30pm
£5

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Friday 28th November

Skaville Presents.....Pama International

Pama International - One of the finest Ska, 2 Tone, Reggae, Dub bands around. Pama include former and current members of The Specials, Madness, The Selector and many more and last time had the whole Maze bouncing!
Royal Gala - Nottingham's breakbeat, Ska, Dub, Dance mish mash!
Ed Rome - Frontman from London Ska band 'The Big' returns to the Maze to showcase his new solo album!
Jimmy The Squirrel - Nottingham Ska/Reggae
Plus Skaville DJs and VERY SPECIAL GUEST DJ - Wrongtom of Hard-Fi!
Doors : 9pm
£10 adv/£12 on door

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