WHAT'S ON AT THE PORTLAND ARMS, CAMBRIDGE
What's On at The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Most Popular Shows and Events at The Portland Arms, Cambridge
What's On at The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Emily Barker
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Garnered widespread acclaim, with Uncut calling her "a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey", Emily Barker is an award-winning Country and folk singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely su...
The 900: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Cover Band
Friday 7 February 2025
The 900 are the UK's first and only "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" cover band. Formed by their mutual understanding that no other soundtrack could ever top THPS, The 900 gives you a reason for your back to hurt in the morning. With the approval o...
Kingmaker - Singles & B-Sides Tour
Saturday 15 February 2025
So you know 10 Years Asleep, Really Scrape the Sky, Lucy's Down and Eat Yourself Whole right? Maybe Armchair Anarchist and Two Headed Yellow Bellied Hole Digger?But how about Celebrated Working Man? And what about those B-sides?Over five ye...
Alberta Cross
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Alberta Cross were formed by Swedish-born lead singer and guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee, and his London pal Terry Wolfers in the mid-00s. in the mid-00s. Their anthemic Americana-tinged songs possess a vulnerability and earthiness, and it...
Luke Sital-Singh
Thursday 20 February 2025
"Fool's Spring is a short period of time at the end of winter when the temperature warms temporarily making one believe spring is here only for the winter weather to return again. The poetry of thinking a dark time is over only for it to re...
Adwaith
Saturday 22 February 2025
Hailing from the Welsh town of Carmarthen, Adwaith grew up surrounded by a rich tradition of Welsh-language indie-rock, and a tight-knit scene of experimental, artistically-minded bands that frequented their beloved local venue The Parrot. ...
W. H. Lung
Monday 24 February 2025
Named after a Chinese cash & carry in their native Manchester, the electronic pop group serve up a vivacious concoction of krautrock, synth pop and infectious grooves, which has topped end of year lists with the likes of Piccadilly Records ...
WH Lung
Monday 24 February 2025
While WH Lung's name might suggest a nod to the likes of WH Auden and similarly austere literary figures, it actually comes from a Chinese supermarket in their native Manchester. This deliberate blurring of high and low culture is part of t...
Honeyglaze
Tuesday 25 February 2025
South London's Honeyglaze occupy the same sort of space as indie rock explorers such as Black Country, New Road and English Teacher, but stretch and shape their own particular furrow....
Chuck Prophet
Thursday 27 February 2025
For twelve long days, Chuck Prophet waited. A stage four lymphoma diagnosis had knocked the wind out of him, dragged him off the road and into surgery, and now here he was, a perpetual motion machine forced to sit still, confronting his mor...
Polly Paulusma
Thursday 6 March 2025
Polly Paulusma plays a stunning show of songs accompanied by Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston Thorne Khan) on upright bass to celebrate the release of her latest album "Wildfires". Together Paulusma and Thorne will bring you songs from across Pau...
Sunday Driver
Friday 7 March 2025
Sunday Driver returns with Silk & Filth, the next chapter in their captivating Spaghetti Eastern series. Following 2021?s critically acclaimed Sun God, this album continues their exploration of rich storytelling, cultural fusion, and genre-...
The Ocelots
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Twins from Wexford, Ireland, Brandon and Ashley have crafted their songwriting and musical experience together to produce a forceful blend of rich harmonies and bare, raw acoustic folk. The Ocelots started originally through busking around ...
The Runaway Killers + Simulation Muse
Friday 14 March 2025
Simulation Muse are a 4-piece Muse tribute, who also double up as the Runaway Killers. They began life as Protostereo in 2014 but their uncanny likeness to a certain two bands was soon apparent and in 2016 they began a double tribute to M...
Getdown Services
Tuesday 18 March 2025
With their eclectic, danceable grooves and astute, hilarious put-downs of modern Britain, Getdown Services are steadily carving out a name for themselves. The new EP ?Crumbs? sees the duo weave slacker-rock, funk, indie and dance into an en...
Motley Crude - LIVE at The Portland Arms Cambridge
Friday 28 March 2025
Established in 2015, M?tley Cr?de is Europe's longest running Motley Cr?e tribute band, and crowned winners of the world's most authentic tribute to M?tley Cr?e, as voted by the official M?tley Cr?e global fanclub. In 2023, the band became ...
Gengahr - 10th Anniversary Tour For 'A Dream Outside'
Thursday 3 April 2025
Gengahr's critically acclaimed debut album turns 10 next year and to celebrate the band are hitting the road to play their breakthrough album in full. They will be visiting a few of the very same venues that first welcomed the band back in ...
Gasper Nali & Band
Sunday 6 April 2025
"His music is simple but joyous, and totally infectious" - Songlines Magazine"His songs are moving to hear and a spectacle to watch" - Evening StandardGasper Nali is a not-so-traditional babatoni player from the small town of Nkhata Bay on ...
The Karma Effect
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Dirty vintage rock n roll; London's The Karma Effect could be the bastard lovechild of Black Crowes vs Aerosmith, with a step-sibling called Greta Van Fleet, bringing irresistible melody, raw soul and huge rock'n'roll choruses screaming int...
October Drift
Wednesday 16 April 2025
With influences as varied as The National, Radiohead, Interpol and Nick Drake, Somerset indie rockers October Drift's heavy, pop-inflected rock is delivering a rejuvenating injection of fresh blood to the genre. An immersive wall of distort...
Not Radiohead - A Tribute to Radiohead
Saturday 19 April 2025
Prepare to be transported into the sonic realm of one of the world's most iconic bands with Not Radiohead, the United Kingdom's ultimate Radiohead tribute act. Comprising a quintet of seasoned and highly-skilled musicians, they merge thei...
Beats & Rhymes: Vitamin G + Mr Slipz
Saturday 19 April 2025
'You can't scoff at a Prophet Of Doom'Versatile barsman Vitamin G and prolific producer Mr Slipz unite on future classic 'Prophet Of Doom'; an ambitious and expertly crafted collaborative LP across 18-tracks. Meticulously engineered by Slip...
BIGBRAVE
Tuesday 22 April 2025
BIG|BRAVE?s music has been described as massive minimalism. Their fusillades of textural distortion and feedback emphasize their music?s frayed edges as much as its all-encompassing weight. The potency of the trio?s work is their singular a...
Vraell
Tuesday 6 May 2025
Vraell (real name Alessio Scozzaro) is a classically trained London-based musician who has been releasing music under the Vraell moniker since early 2019, rapidly building up an online audience for his ethereal sounds. His songs such as ?Be...
Beats & Rhymes: Fliptrix
Wednesday 14 May 2025
As one of the most influential players in the UK scene as a solo artist, one-quarter of The Four Owls and founder & CEO of High Focus Records, Fliptrix continues to ascend. From a basement studio in Camberwell to living off-grid in the Port...
The Frank and Walters
Saturday 17 May 2025
Their recent single, "Stages", featured Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy doing a voiceover on the track; with The Franks & Walters you never know what to expect next, but you know it will be a bit quirky and great fun. Formed in Cork, Ireland...
Miki Berenyi Trio
Thursday 22 May 2025
Miki Berenyi Trio are Miki Berenyi on vocals/guitar (Lush), Kevin 'Moose' McKillop on guitar (Moose) and Oliver Cherer (Gilroy Mere, Aircooled). The three musicians first worked together during Piroshka's 2021 tour ? Miki and Kevin being fo...
Prima Queen
Monday 26 May 2025
'Prima Queen's ethereal sound, which shimmers with delicate vocal interplay and glacial instrumentation, takes them to regal heights' NMETransatlantic indie experts Prima Queen announce debut LP 'The Prize', packed with effusive, empathic m...
Spear of Destiny
Tuesday 27 May 2025
Spear of Destiny were formed in 1983 after the demise of Kirk Brandon's post punk iconic rockers Theatre of Hate. (Brandon had also, before TOH, been the main man in every punk rockers favourite band of that era The Pack) The current line-u...
Shonen Knife
Friday 30 May 2025
Shonen Knife's front girl Naoko was inspired to form the band by Beatles, Ramones, Buzzcocks etc. in Osaka on December 30, 1981. The origin of the band name is an old brand name of a pencil sharpener knife. Their first album "Burning Farm",...
Andrew O'Neill's History of Punk
Thursday 5 June 2025
Following on from their award-winning GEBURAH show, occultist comedian Andrew O'Neill returns with their brand new HISTORY OF PUNK. In 2017, Andrew toured their HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL show to critical acclaim alongside the book of the same ...
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Friday 15 August 2025
The God of Hellfire says: "Come celebrate with us in the new immersive multimedia tour by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 'A Human Perspective'. The show that Kingdom Come always wanted to do in the 70s. Now possible with the latest develo...
Jilted Generation - A tribute to the music of The Prodigy
Saturday 18 October 2025
Coming hot on the heels of the 30th anniversary of The Prodigy's seminal album Music For The Jilted Generation, the band's genre bending album that gave two fingers to the government of the time, we are thrilled to bring the finest Prodigy ...
Baskery
Friday 7 November 2025
The queens of banjopunk, three Swedish sisters by the name of Baskery, who've played music since they were old enough to hold an instrument. Baskery play a combination of classic 'roots music and Americana' with a twist of rule breaking pun...
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