Music

Soft Machine – “Thirteen” Tour

Sunday 29 November 2026

Soft Machine is one of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, all the way to being one of Europe's best known 'fusion' groups, has influenced several generations of bands, and continues to be name checked by today's hip experimentalists.

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Bar opens 7:00 P.M.
Starts 8:00 P.M.
Advance £23.00
On the door £27.00

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Soft Machine is one of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time. Their work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band who were contemporaries of, and shared stages with, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, all the way to being one of Europe's best known 'fusion' groups, has influenced several generations of bands, and continues to be name checked by today's hip experimentalists.

Whilst the line-up of Soft Machine may have changed many times since the heady days of the late 1960’s, the band’s spirit of musical adventure, and the ease with which it freely avoids being pigeon holed and can move from powerful progressive jazz fusion, to atmospheric psychedelia, to free improvised jazz-rock, to ambient loop music, continues to make it both unique and totally contemporary.

The current line-up is John Etheridge – guitar, Theo Travis – saxophones, flute, keyboards, Fred Thelonious Baker – bass, and Asaf Sirkis – drums.

This tour comes after the release of their latest album, “Thirteen”, on 13 March 2026.

14+ unless agreed otherwise: under 18s to be accompanied by a responsible adult