For the Thursday-to-Sunday stretch of September 24–27, Bull's Head Barnes supplies a particularly useful local route: three bills, each with a different centre of gravity, spread across Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The common thread is scale. These are programmes built around individual songwriting, working musicians and attentive listening, with a low-cost discovery night at the front, a roots-focused Friday set in the middle and a daytime vocal double bill to close. The venue’s live calendar places all three among a dense September run of jazz, song-led and community-facing events, making this a sensible weekend for choosing one room and following its changing character.[1][2][3][5]

Thursday, September 24: New Moon’s three-way introduction

Thursday begins at 7:30pm with New Moon: A Night of New Music, led in the event listing by Adrien Latgé alongside Kiah Lindsay and FIN. New Moon began at The Half Moon Putney in 2017 and is presented at Bull's Head Barnes as a platform for singer-songwriters, bands, poets and performance artists. That framework gives the bill its point: a compact introduction to three artists whose approaches sit around contemporary folk, country-inflected songwriting and guitar-led alternative music. The official listing describes Latgé as a French, London-based indie-folk artist, Kiah Lindsay as drawing on indie folk, country and soul, and FIN as a Surrey-based artist working with indie-rock arrangements and narrative-led lyrics.[1]

The three names make this an evening to approach as a shared bill, with the differences between them doing much of the work. Latgé’s acoustic-led material and vocal harmonies point one way; Lindsay’s Welsh-rooted songwriting provides another texture; FIN brings a more amplified, guitar-centred strand. The £5 advance price listed by the venue also makes the date the clearest entry point in this run. For listeners who keep an eye on early-stage projects, Thursday is the useful choice: each artist gets context in the listing, while New Moon’s stated remit puts discovery at the centre of the night.[1][2]

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Friday, September 25: Auckland roots music with Gurney

Friday’s 8pm booking, Gurney, Adams & Stansfield, shifts the room toward Americana, folk, jazz and country blues. Paul Gurney is an Auckland-based singer-songwriter whose own biography places him in the Americana-roots scene and traces a path through Wellington country-rock band Wells Fargo, The DeSotos and solo albums Shadow of Love and Blue Horizon. His ongoing acoustic-roots collaboration with violinist Richard Adams gives Friday’s trio an established musical relationship, while the Bull's Head Barnes calendar bills this particular show with Adams and Stansfield.[2][4]

Sunday, September 27: an afternoon built around two singers

Sunday takes an earlier turn. The Melbury Music Double Bill begins at 3pm and features vocalists Jasmine Lee Spicer and Jennifer Yard. The venue frames Spicer as a jazz vocalist and storyteller, while Yard’s repertoire crosses musical theatre, jazz, pop, funk, soul and American Songbook material. Saxophonist Stuart Ashton, bassist Andy Richardson, pianist Martin Bazley and drummer Steve Butcher complete the accompanying group. It is a thoughtful final stop for the run: a Sunday afternoon programme with two distinct vocal presences, supported by a named rhythm section and saxophone.[3]

Practical route for the weekend

Start with New Moon at Bull's Head Barnes on Thursday, September 24 at 7:30pm; return on Friday, September 25 at 8pm for Gurney, Adams & Stansfield; then finish with Melbury Music’s Sunday, September 27 double bill at 3pm. The spacing leaves Saturday open while still giving the weekend a beginning, a late-evening centre and an afternoon close. Recheck Bull's Head Barnes’ official event pages before travelling, since door times, ticket availability, prices and line-up details can change.[1][2][3][5]

These concerts happened on 24–27 September 2026

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Sources

  1. New Moon: A Night of New Music — The Bulls Head - Barnes
  2. Live Music - All — The Bulls Head - Barnes
  3. Melbury Music Double Bill with special guests Jasmine Lee Spicer & Jennifer Yard — The Bulls Head - Barnes
  4. About — Paul Gurney
  5. Bull's Head Barnes — The Bull's Head Barnes