Since we opened in 2014, The Big Comfy Bookshop has held over 200 gigs and our music evenings, Comfy & Acoustic, have grown so much that I now receive many emails daily from prospective performers, and I love it! Discovering a new act then seeing them live is really a special thing. Unfortunately a lot of musicians aren't clued up on contacting a venue for a gig. Well I'm here to tell you how to contact us in the right way to get you noticed. Please see that I said US as othe

You may know that as well as lots of books, we also have a lot of music going on at the bookshop. We've managed to build up a great regular crowd and the name of the shop seems to attract a great calibre of artists too. I wanted to write just a short piece on what that means and what's in store next. I'm from a music background having played in bands since I was 13, all with the same chap (Best bud in the world Jonathan Coates and we're currently demoing our 3rd album under t