Gaynorfest 2025

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Gaynorfest 2025

Saturday 30th August from 2pm until 11.30pm

Sunday 31st August from 3pm until 10pm

The Coach and Horses Pub,

Cambridge Road, Newport, Essex. CB11 3TR

A 2 day festival of live music in Newport!

Saturday is full band day, with music to get you dancing!

Sunday is a more chilled out day, with semi acoustic performances.

There will be a large covered outdoor stage with a variety of bands playing throughout the day.
You are welcome to bring a picnic blanket or chairs.
You can buy and enjoy freshly cooked food from the pub (both indoors and outdoors) and a selection of fine wines, beers, ciders, spirits and soft drinks from the pub.
Bring your dancing shoes and your singing voices, because it generally gets more lively as the day goes on!

Our charity for 2025 is Accuro

A BIT ABOUT EACH BAND

SATURDAY

Firebrand - 9.30pm

A popular and busy gigging covers band with rockin' female vocals, playing classic rock from Janis, Alanis and Stevie, to Aerosmith, AC/DC and GNR. Come and get fired up!

Special Groove - 8pm

Special Groove was formed around 15 years ago and has seen some line-up changes since then, though founder members Phili and Paul Foulsham have been there throughout. At one point the band grew to a 9 piece, with brass section, keyboards and back vocalists, eventually reverting back to a core four-piece line-up, which produces tight, focussed and punchy performances. They play carefully selected cover songs with heart, soul and passion - and every one of them has to have that special something that you can instinctively feel, that groove that keeps your feet tapping, your fingers clicking, your body shaking - you just got to dance!

Sorry Not Sorry - 6.30pm

Sorry Not Sorry – high energy rock and pop punk covers band based in Herts and Essex

Formed in early 2017, Sorry Not Sorry has gained a good following by developing a set list that's a bit different to most other cover bands.

Drawing on the different influences of the band members,

the set list includes rock, punk, pop punk, metal, and Indie covers.

Bands covered include Motorhead, Green Day, The Sex Pistols,  Blink 182, Halestorm, Beastie Boys, Ugly Kid Joe, Nirvana, The Ramones, The Hives, Wheatus, Feeder, Metallica, Joan Jett, and many more.

 Sarni fronts the band on vocals, with Gaynor on Drums, Terry on Bass and Steve on guitar

Dead Reynolds - 5 pm

An originals band playing Alt Rock/Modern rock. Driven with catchy melodies to get people moving!

This band has a massive following, and plays venues from London to Peterborough, to up North in Sheffield, so we are delighted to have them play Newport!

Echo Hoax - 4pm

A 4–man rock band with influences of pop, metal, and even Afro-Cuban. They write original music but also add new twists onto their covers of pop songs both new and old.

Echo Hoax formed in late 2023, after guitarist Dale wanted to start a new project, and reunited with his old friends and former band members from school, Ryan and Dan. The three began writing new material but eventually realised they were missing vocals. After some scouting around Harlow, they eventually discovered Cam through his covers on YouTube and TikTok, and once he joined he fit right in! The band has performed at many events in their hometown, Harlow, including the annual Rock The Park!

I Thought I Told You - 3pm

An originals band bringing Alternative Art punk and unpop music to the stage!

They describe themselves as Unorthodox musicians with a great positive energy, creating original challenging music, which is surprisingly well received!

You might recognise the lead singer from Ickleton Social Club!

Remedy - 2pm

It's great to get a youth band to open up the festival!

These guys are making sure the future of music is safe!

REMEDY are a 4-piece band from Essex. Using their passion for music they explore different sounds

and create new dents in the music scene.

They play a mix of original indie/rock and covers

(including music by Royal Blood, Paramore and Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Facebook – Remedy Band

TikTok - @remedybandofficial

Instagram - @remedybandofficial1

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SUNDAY

Jimmy James & Rae - 9pm

Headlining the Sunday evening acoustic stage we have Jimmy James and Rae!

Anyone who has seen them perform before will know the passion that floods the stage

when Rae and Jimmy sing their blues, country and folk with soulful vocals and guitar.

You can almost feel the electric charge between them.

Rob's Acoustic Emporium - 7.30pm

Started by Rob as solo artist in 2010 playing own compositions.

Expanded to 3 piece with Kate (Saxaphone) and Steve (Bass) and sometimes brother John.

The songwriting leans on musical influences across the years from folk, blues, electric folk rock.

Albums, Colouring outside the lines 2019, Sea and Sand ( live) 2014, Storyteller 2015, Captured moments 2013, Eps.... Burning Sky 2012, Of Admirals 2011, Hat full of songs 2016, Storyteller Blues 2015.

Norma Acoustic - 6pm

An upbeat soulful pop acoustic duo from East Anglia.

Playing pop covers performed in their own acoustic style.  Artists covered include Dua Lipa, Amy Winehouse, Katie Perry, Olivia Rodrigo.

A perfect Sunday playlist to get you singing and dancing along in (hopefully) the late summer sun!

Sofia Gillani -5pm

Sofia Gillani began her musical career at just 9 years old; starring as a lead in the musical “Evita” where she sang "Don't Cry for Me Argentina. Since then, Sofia has devoted herself to her music through writing, producing, self-promotion and directing music videos, all independently! Crafting a sound of her own. With an impressive collection of singles to her name, including the acclaimed 'Water Run Dry,' and ‘Levels’ both featured on BBC Introducing. Sofia Gillani has performed at numerous events from the main stage at Haslemere Fringe Festival to various HMV stores across the UK, and Southbank Centre Futuretense event, and that's without mentioning the stacked up amount of events she has already got planned for 2025 off the back of her latest single “Read Your Mind”.

So Luna Duo - 4pm

An upbeat lively full bodied accoustic duo that will have you singing and bopping along

from the very start! They play multi genre pop/rock/indie like Weezer, Guns n Roses, Joan Jett, Girls Aloud, Tiffany, Walk the Moon, Soft Cell, and Madonna to name but a few!

Vic Lennard - 3pm

Brought up in the east of London, Vic Lennard spent his teenage years around the local folk scene. Watching the likes of John Martyn, Bert Jansch and Davey Graham, his guitar playing embraced their skills along with the more traditional finger-picking styles of James Taylor and Paul Simon.

His songwriting ranges from serious songs to comedy tunes, each with its own back story.

Hear him at www.lennard.co.ukwhich also has a listing of future gigs.