Ryan's Gig Guide - June 2018

www.ryansgigguide.com 4 rgg June 2018 Text and advertising are copyright of Ryan’s Gig Guide Reproduction in part or whole without written permission is strictly prohibited Whilst we try to get all gig listings and dates correct it is adviseable to check with the venue before travelling The views and comments expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. Head of reviews Nick J Townsend RYAN’SGIGGUIDE Birmingham&TheBlackCountry JUNE2018 Inassociationwith inside... i i ...  win tickets quinn the long goodbye faye bagley ritchie kotzen the birmingham music awards giant and The georges Zhivago ed strong + 100s of gig listings i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i Contributors... Fat BLoke With No Tattoos, Nick J Townsend Layout & Graphics... Peter Williams THE TEAM Cover Story 6 Tequila Mockingbyrd Features 8 TheVerdict 12 NJT 13 Ritchie Kotzen 16 Birmingham Music Awards 20 Banstock 21 Did anyone invite fido to the Facebook event? 22 WolvesFest 2018 24 Local with surgemusic.com 25 Faye Bagley 29 Quinn 36 The Long Goodbye Gig Listings 10 Monday & Tuesday 11 Wednesday 14 Thursday 18 Friday 30 Saturday 34 Sunday 39 July Preview Editor Ryan’s Dave Advertise in RGG  Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/advertise or call us on: 0121 374 2890  Submit your gigs to RGG Go to: www.ryansgigguide.com/gigs or email: media@rggmag.com to reach us by the 18th of the month prior to publication All in it together? Without the continued passion and collaboration between the people who love it, the live music scene wouldn't exist. It was great to see local businesses including promoters, venues, bands & media come together to create the first ever Birmingham Music Awards in May (check out our feature on page 16) and long may it continue. The experience we've had produc- ing & distributing RGG since taking over in February has given us a much greater appreciation of the state of the live scene in theWest Midlands and in terms of the vol- ume & variety of events it's very healthy to say the least. That said, most of us are aware of the fine margins that pretty much all busi- nesses are running on these days and it doesn't take much of a downturn to tip a venue over the edge so we must all pull together to keep up the good work. Somewhat surprisingly, we recently came across an establishment in Birmingham, who would not display our magazine, giving the reason that they only promote their own gigs on their premises. One single venue, against hundreds of others, who are glad to put RGG out for their customers. We appreciate that as a business, stocking a publication listing other venues' events might be seen as helping the competition but com- ing from a business whose primary function is a cafe, not a live venue, it was unexpected and is certainly a situation that we are very glad is a one-off! To everyone else who’s doing a marvellous job promoting the local live music scene: ...keep it up! Fat BlokeWith No Tattoos