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Here's who we discovered performing, singing, dancing and generally hanging out and chilling at the
Village Green Festival
​this year at Chalkwell Park
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM, NEW SINGLE AND MAMMOTH HEADLINE TOUR
CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND
22nd November 2019 
​
SINGLE ‘GROWN UP’ OUT NOW
ALBUM ‘THE TROUBLE WITH BOYS’ SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 20
 
MAJOR HEADLINE TOUR WINTER 2019
​Tickets on sale 19th July

The Overtones proudly announce new band member - Jay James – and promise ‘best tour yet’
THE OVERTONES
Thursday
5th December 2019
Southend Cliffs Pavilion
TICKETS ON SALE 5TH JULY AT 10AM
Southend Shakespeare Company Open Air Summer Production 2019
Aphra Behn's 
The Rover 
FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET TICKETS!
RBM Comedy Presents
MATT REES & JOSH BERRY
Edinburgh Double Bill Preview
Friday 19th July | SOUTHEND Dixon Studio 
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Ray McVay, and with guest stars the Polka Dot Dolls,
will be appearing at
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea on Sunday 21st July, curtain up at 3.30 p.m
HERE'S OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE MAN HIMSELF - CLICK THE PIC TO HEAR WHAT RAY HAS TO SAY!
The first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical GREASE will tour the UK and Ireland in 2019, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips and starring Peter Andre as Teen Angel at 2 dates when it comes to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion 23-27 July - find out more!
ONE NIGHT IN DUBLIN
JOIN THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING IRISH BAND THE WILD MURPHYS
FOR ONE GLORIOUS NIGHT OF MUSIC FROM THE EMERALD ISLE
FEATURING SONGS FROM THE DUBLINERS, THE FUREYS, THE POGUES,                   
VAN MORRISON, THE DROPKICK MURPHYS, DANIEL O’DONNELL & MANY MORE…
AT THE PALACE THEATRE, SOUTHEND
​ON FRIDAY 26 JULY
HERE COME THE BOYS
STRICTLY COME DANCING STARS ALJAŽ ŠKORJANEC, GIOVANNI PERNICE AND GORKA MARQUEZ IN A BRAND NEW SHOW 
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
​28th July 2019
INTERVIEW WITH GIOVANNI, ALJAZ AND GORKA
Interview
with James Darch, who plays Brad in
Richard O'Brien's
Rocky Horror Show
coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion
from 29th July to 3rd August 2019
We find out what the creators behind this award winning kids show have to say about the tour!
​The BAFTA Award-Winning CBeebies Children’s TV Show 
Returns to the Stage with a New Show and its First Major UK Theatre Tour
In the Night Garden Live
At
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​10th and 11th August 2019
​SWEENEY ENTERTAINMENTS PRESENT
The Best of Queen, performed by The Bohemians and presented by Sweeney
Entertainments, pay homage to the world’s most theatrical and dramatic Rock band, Queen
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea – Friday 16th August 8pm
Sweeney Entertainments presents the very best hits of
Ariana Grande and JoJo Siwa
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea
​Saturday 17th August at 11am ​
INTERVIEW
Nigel Slater 
with Giles Cooper and Henry Filloux-Bennett
talking about
Nigel Slater's TOAST
Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
3rd to 6th September 2019
TV Chef and author, Nigel Slater, is looking forward to bringing his autobiographical play, TOAST (Nigel Slaters TOAST), to Southend Theatres Palace Theatre audiences this September. He left us this little message just after we saw the play at The Other Palace in London this week!
Tickets are already selling well - don't miss it - we LOVED it!
INTERVIEW
Aled Jones and Russell Watson will be at the
Cliffs Pavilion on the 23rd September
​Check out our fab interview with Aled Jones, who talks about how him and Russell got together for their very first duets album and how excited they are to be touring next year!
Two both hugely respected artistes in the world of classical music, but this is the first time they’ve created a record together, Aled Jones and Russell Watson announced their new album, In Harmony, which also coincides with the announcement of a UK Tour, coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 23rd September 2019
GARY NUMAN
(R)EVOLUTION TOUR
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
4th October 2019
JAMES ARTHUR
PRESENTS
YOU
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL UK TOUR
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
8th October 2019
Tickets on sale 31st May 2019
DIVERSITY
Presents
BORN READY
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR
CREATED BY ASHLEY BANJO
EXTRA DATES ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
Sunday 13th October 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
RIP IT UP - THE SEVENTIES
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
20th October 2019
Supergroup of Dance Forms for Theatre Show ‘Rip It Up The 70s’
Smash Hit Jukebox Theatre Show Returns To Sing & Dance Through the 1970s
LISA STANSFIELD 
ANNOUNCES
‘AFFECTION’ 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
Monday 21st October 2019
ANDY PARSONS: Healing The Nation
UK Tour 2019
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Palace Theatre, Westcliff
​Squeeze 
announce 2019 UK Tour
plus special guests HEAVEN 17
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
Sunday 27th October 2019
Lulu Announces Extensive UK Tour For Autumn 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​30th October 2019
Tickets on sale 10am, Wednesday 17th April
Happy Mondays
Announce Greatest Hits Tour For 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
1st November 2019
Tickets on sale Friday 22nd February at 10am
Presale Wednesday 20th February at 10am
Marillion with Friends from the Orchestra
Live in 2019
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
​15th November 2019
From selling 5 million tickets worldwide to being in the midst of their 30th anniversary celebrations, The Australian Pink Floyd Show have announced a brand new tour for 2019 ‘All That You Love’, featuring classics from Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were here, Animals, The Wall and many more
coming to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion on 18th November 2019
2019 UK TOUR
​An Evening with Lenny Henry
Who Am I, Again?
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
20th November 2019
​Impatient Productions in association with CKP/InterTalent proudly presents:                                                
DALISO CHAPONDA
BLAH BLAH BLACKLIST TOUR 2019 
FINALIST BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT 2017
Friday 22nd November, Palace Theatre, Westcliff on Sea
Lionel – A Tribute To Lionel Richie
International soul singer brings new Lionel Richie show to Southend’s
Cliffs Pavilion
​on Tuesday 26th November 2019
Steve Hackett returns to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend next year with his Genesis Revisited Tour 2019
​27th November 2019
TIM MINCHIN, award-winning comedian, actor and composer, will return to the stage for his first UK tour dates since 2011 heading to Southend's Cliffs Pavilion for 3 nights!! 28th, 29th and 30th November 2019
​BJÖRN AGAIN
PERFORMING THE GREATEST HITS OF ABBA
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
1st December 2019
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! 
ASHLEY BANJO AND DIVERSITY WILL IGNITE THE CLIFFS PAVILION STAGE IN ROBIN HOOD AND THE MERRY MEN!
Following their record-breaking Cliffs Pavilion pantomime debut in Aladdin last year, Ashley Banjo and Diversity are back to star in this year’s festive production of Robin Hood and the Merry Men. ​
Adam Spiegel and Robert Bartner present
The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch production of

ONCE
the multi award-winning Broadway and West End musical
comes to Southend for the first time
playing at the
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea from 13th – 18th January 2020
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
ANNOUNCE FURTHER TOUR DATES
DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND
​1st March 2020 - Cliffs Pavilion
 
+ NEW ALBUM ‘BLUE SKY IN YOUR HEAD’ WILL NOW BE RELEASED JULY 5
CONTAINS THE BBC RADIO 2 PLAYLISTED LEAD SINGLE ‘MY SALVATION’
+ ‘ESSENTIALS’: ALL THEIR CLASSIC SONGS REMASTERED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
​Fisherman’s Friends announce extra dates including the
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
on 5th March 2020
Derren Brown announces brand new tour for 2020
returning to the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend next May!
Click the link below to watch or read all our fabulous interviews!
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Photo credit: Robert French