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Wille And The Bandits at Yardbirds Rock

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Willie and the Bandits live roots rock and blues performance featuring a unique sound

Wille and the Bandits have built a reputation as one of the most exciting and authentic live bands to emerge from the UK. Rooted in Cornwall, their music carries the spirit of a place that feels almost like the Deep South of the UK — miles from cities, shaped by wild coastlines, Atlantic weather, and a culture where individuality is survival. It’s a landscape that breeds grit, independence, and soul — and you can hear that in every note they play. The group features some of the finest musicians in the South West, each bringing world-class skill and fearless creativity to the stage.

The band now enters a new era with their forthcoming album Salt Roots (2026) — a record that reaches deep into questions of identity, environmental responsibility, and belonging to the land. Recorded live in the room, the album captures the energy of musicians playing together, not programming — the sweat, the risk, the electricity of real performance. Wille and the Bandits remain a hard-touring band at their core — hundreds of shows across Europe, the USA, and Australia, winning crowds the old way: by showing up and leaving everything on stage.

 

Yardbirds Rock Club, Grimsby

Sunday 8 November 2026

3.30pm

 

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November 8, 2026 |

An Afternoon of Sea Shanties and Folk Music

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Join us at Docks Academy on Sunday, 8th November for an afternoon of sea shanties, folk music and fundraising in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice.

Sunday 8 November 2026
Doors 3:30 pm | Curfew 7 pm
Tickets | £7.50 per person – all proceeds go to St Andrew’s Hospice
The audience for this show will be seated in Docks Academy

 

Ancient Mariners Shanty Group are a local not-for-profit group from the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area, performing traditional sea shanties and folk songs while raising money for local charities.

They’ll be bringing their maritime soundtrack to Docks Academy with two 45-minute sets featuring traditional favourites including Blow the Man Down, Pay Me My Money Down and All For Me Grog, as well as the appropriately local Grimsby Lads.

Opening the afternoon at 4 pm will be St Andrew’s Hospice band, Saint, before Ancient Mariners take over from 5 pm.

There’ll also be fundraising activities from St Andrew’s Hospice throughout the afternoon as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, including the Hospice CEO getting behind the bar as one of her 25 challenges for 25 years.

The music finishes around 6:45 pm, but you’re welcome to head downstairs to the Docks Beers taproom afterwards and carry on with a drink.

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November 8, 2026 |

Eric and Ern

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The Production Garden in association with Cube Room Productions presents an evening of ERIC & ERN with Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens. From the Olivier nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated critically acclaimed West End hit ERIC & LITTLE ERN.

This is a show for all the family from 8 to 80!

A brilliant homage crammed full of renditions of those famous comedy sketches, that hits all the right notes! Coming to Grimsby Auditorium, celebrating the Centenary year of the nations favourite comedy legends Morecambe & Wise!

From Greig’s Piano concerto to Mr Memory, “Arsenal!” It’s a show full of Morecambe and Wise’s most loved routines, songs and sketches.

This wonderful show evokes memories of times when whole families would huddle around the telly to watch those fantastic Christmas specials.

You’ll feel you’ve experienced the real thing and been taken back to a world of sunshine and laughter.

As seen on The One show BBC1 and The Alan Titchmarsh Show ITV.

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November 8, 2026 |