NU-ALITY
SATURDAY 26TH APRIL
FANCY A BIT OF A PARTY BUT STRUGGLE TO STAY UP LATE IN YOUR ‘OLD’ AGE? WE’VE GOT YOU… PLAYING THE BEST OF 90’s AND 00’s NU-METAL, EMO AND POP PUNK AND KICKING OFF AT 2:30PM SO YOU CAN BE HOME ALL SNUGGLED UP BEFORE 8PM! THERE’S ALSO LIMITED FREE ENTRY TICKETS AVAILABLE SO ACT FAST AND CLICK THE LINK!
KERRANG'D!
SATURDAY 26TH APRIL
BE PREPARED TO LET YOURSELF LOOSE, SING YOUR HEART OUT, DANCE AND MOSH AS KERRANG’D! TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF REBELLION AND ANGST AS YOU RE-EXPERIENCE THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR YOUTH. FOR FANS OF BLINK-182, THE OFFSPRING AND THE LIKE!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
LIMEHOUSE LIZZY
FRIDAY 2ND MAY
NOW IN THEIR THIRD DECADE, LIMEHOUSE LIZZY CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SPIRIT OF CELTIC ROCK ICON PHILIP LYNOTT AND HIS BAND THIN LIZZY ALIVE, STILL RELEVANT AND DOMINATING STAGES WORLDWIDE. FROM THEIR OFFICIAL PRS/BILLBOARD AWARD, PERFORMING FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC IN BARBADOS, TV APPEARANCES (BBC2’s ARENA, AMONGST OTHERS) AND TO BEING RECRUITED TO RECORD AND TOUR BY NONE OTHER THAN ORIGINAL THIN LIZZY MEMBER, BRIAN ROBERTSON! LIMEHOUSE LIZZY EMERGED FROM THE COVID LOCKDOWN YEAR WITH THEIR MOST EXPLOSIVE SHOW AND ACCOMPLISHED LINE-UP AND WITH MORE SELL OUT SHOWS THROUGHOUT 2024, 2025 AND BEYOND SHOW NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP ON THE PREVIOUS INCREDIBLE PACE!
ECHOES OF THE BUNNYMEN
SATURDAY 3RD MAY
PERFORMING THEIR AURAL ADVENTURE AT THE HAIRY DOG!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: BLONDIE UK
PARASITE EVE CLUB NIGHT
SATURDAY 3RD MAY
PLAYING THE LIKES OF BAD OMENS, BRING ME THE HORIZON, ELECTRIC CALLBOY + MORE FROM 11PM
MILLIE MANDERS AND THE SHUTUP
SUNDAY 4TH MAY
CLEAR YOUR CALENDARS, BECAUSE MILLIE MANDERS AND THE SHUTUP ARE STORMING THE HAIRY DOG THIS YEAR FOR A NIGHT OF PURE, UNFILTERED MAYHEM! IF YOU’VE BEEN CRAVING HIGH ENERGY MUSIC, CLEVER LYRICS AND A PERFORMANCE THAT GRABS YOU BY THE EARS AND REFUSES TO LET YOU GO, THIS IS THE SHOW FOR YOU. BRACE YOURSELF FOR A NIGHT PACKED WITH CATCHY TUNES, ADRENALINE PUMPING BEATS AND ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER DERBY FOR A WEEK. DANCING SHOES ARE A MUST, EXCUSES ARE NOT!
SPEAR OF DESTINY
THURSDAY 8TH MAY
FOR SPEAR OF DESTINY, 2025 IS THE YEAR OF ‘JANUS’. JANUS THE RECORDINGS ARE THE CHOICE CUTS FROM THE BAND’S TWO BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS, OUTLAND AND THE PRICE YOU PAY. 24 TRACKS RE-RECORDED AND RE-IMAGINED, BEAUTIFULLY PACKAGED AND PRESENTED ON DOUBLE VINYL, EXTENDED DOUBLE CD AND DOWNLOAD. JANUS THE TOUR WILL PULL A SETLIST FROM THESE FANTASTIC NEW RECORDINGS!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: SHANGHAI TREASON
CAPTAIN ACCIDENT AND THE DISASTERS
SATURDAY 10TH MAY
A MATINEE PERFORMANCE OF A UNIQUE BLEND OF ROCK-DRIVEN, SOULFUL ROOTS REGGAE, SKA AND DUB. THIS SHOW IS GUARANTEED TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD FOR THE SUMMER AHEAD – BRING ON THE GOOD VIBES! *NO AGE RESTRICTION*
WITH SUPPORT FROM: ANDY B AND THE WORLD
NIRVANHER
SATURDAY 10TH MAY
NIRVANHER IS AN ALL-FEMALE TRIBUTE BAND BASED IN AND AROUND LONDON THAT INJECTS FRESH AND POWERFUL ENERGY INTO NIRVANA’S LEGENDARY MUSIC. EACH MEMBER’S UNIQUE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE CREATES A DYNAMIC AND COMPELLING HOMAGE TO ONE OF GRUNGE’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS. TOGETHER, NIRVANHER NOT ONLY PAYS HOMAGE TO NIRVANA’S ICONIC SOUND BUT ALSO REINVENTS IT WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL FLAIR AND POWERHOUSE LINE-UP!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: HYSTAMINE
ALAIN JOHANNES AND EARL OF HELL
SUNDAY 11TH MAY
THE SUCCESS OF THE UK TOUR IN 2024 MADE IT A NO-BRAINER FOR A RETURN IN 2025 AND THIS TIME PERFORMING TWICE THE AMOUNT OF DATES AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WE’RE STOKED TO BE A PART OF THE JOURNEY! ALAIN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE JOINED BY EDINBURGH BASED FUZZ ROCKERS AND ADOPTED NEPHEWS EARL OF HELL AS HIS BACKING BAND AND TOUR SUPPORT. THEY’LL ALSO BE HOT OFF THE HEELS OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, CO-PRODUCED BY NONE OTHER THAN UNCLE ALAIN.
WITH SUPPORT FROM: TBC
MOVING PICTURES: A TRIBUTE TO RUSH
FRIDAY 16TH MAY
WHEN YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE RUSH LIVE, YOU NEED TO FIND A BAND THAT’S SAID TO BE THE NEXT BEST THING AND IT’S GOTTA BE THESE GUYS! COMPRISING OF STEVE BROWN ON GUITARS, PEDAL KEYBOARD AND VOCALS, EOIN DE PAOR ON LEAD VOCALS, BASS AND KEYBOARDS AND JAMIE DUNLEAVEY ON DRUMS AND PERCUSSION. THEIR SETLIST SPANS FROM 1974 ALL THE WAY TO 2015!
THE DERBY MONSTER MASH
SATURDAY 17TH MAY
THE DERBY MONSTER MASH CELEBRATES THE CENTENARY OF DRACULA’S LINKS WITH DERBY WITH AN EVENING OF MONSTER-THEMED LIVE TRASH PUNK SLEAZE ROCK, IN TRUE GO-GO GARAGE STYLE! BANDS, MUSICS AND PRIZES FOR THE BEST FANCY DRESS! DRACULA WAS FIRST STAGED IN DERBY IN 1924 SO THE DERBY MONSTER MASH IS A PARTY AS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT CELEBRATING THE CITY’S ASSOCIATION WITH THE COUNT.
WITH: THE RAZERBILLS, SNAKERATTLERS, THE CRYPTKICKER FIVE + DJ JOE ATOM
TRANSMISSION: THE SOUND OF JOY DIVISION
SATURDAY 24TH MAY
BREAKOUT PROMOTIONS PRESENTS TRANSMISSION: THE SOUND OF JOY DIVISION. DEVOTED TO RECREATING THE ATMOSPHERE OF A LIVE JOY DIVISION GIG, TRANSMISSION EMULATE THE SOUND OF ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE, EVOCATIVE AND INFLUENTIAL GROUPS OF THEIR ERA. RELIVE THE DARK SOUND OF JOY DIVISION THROUGH TRANSMISSION, THE UK’S NUMBER ONE JOY DIVISION TRIBUTE ACT.
WITH SUPPORT FROM: BUZZKOCKS – BUZZCOCKS TRIBUTE BAND
THE SCRIBES
SATURDAY 31ST MAY
THE TRIO FROM BRISTOL’S UNIQUE TALENTS HAVE COMBINED TO MAKE A TRADEMARK OF SOUND QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER, FEATURING A SEAMLESS BLEND OF LIVE INSTRUMENTATION AND SAMPLING SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF HEAD-NODDING BOOM BAP BREAKS. THE GROUP ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PERFORAMNCES FULL OF ENERGY, BEAT-BOXING, CROWD PARTICIPATION AND OFF THE CUFF FREESTYLING!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: TBC
REVISITED: JOHN KELLY + ANDY CARROLL -- QUADRANT PARK
SATURDAY 7TH JUNE
WHETHER YOU EXPERIENCED THE QUAD FIRSTHAND OR KNOW OF ITS LEGACY AND THE LEGENDARY DJs WHO OPENED THE CLUB BACK IN 1990, THIS IS AS CLOSE AS IT GETS! JOHN KELLY AND ANDY CARROLL TAKE YOU BACK TO THOSE UNBELIEVABLE NIGHTS, BOTH PLAYING 2 HOURS SETS OF THE MUSIC THAT DROVE THE CROWDS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS.
SHAMBOLICS
FRIDAY 30TH MAY
THE DERBY INDIE COLLECTIVE ARE AT IT AGAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH LA LA LAND PRODUCTIONS AND PK MANAGEMENT! WE’RE STOKED THAT THEY’RE BRINGING DREAMY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BAND SHAMBOLICS TO OUR INFAMOUS KENNEL VENUE. RIOTOUS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WITH AN INSTANTLY ADDICTIVE POP EDGE, DREAMY SYNTH TEXTURES AND PUNK LIKE INTENSITY – WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE?
BON JOVI UK: A TRIBUTE TO THE GLORY DAYS OF BON JOVI
FRIDAY 20TH JUNE
AN OUTSTANDING TRIBUTE TO THE LIVE SHOWS OF BON JOVI’S GOLDEN ERA!
ELECTRIC SIX: SUMMER 2025 TOUR + GUESTS
WEDNESDAY 2ND JULY
DETROIT LEGENDS, ELECTRIC SIX ARE HEADING BACK TO THE UK FOR SOME INTIMATE SUMMER SHOWS! MIXING GARAGE ROCK, DISCO, PUNK, NEW WAVE AND METAL INTO CLEVERLY DUMB, IN-YOUR-FACE SONGS CELEBRATING HEDONISM IN MULTIPLE FORMS. THEY FOUND INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS THROUGH A RELENTLESS TOURING AND RECORDING SCHEDULE AND AN UNERRING COMMITMENT TO THEIR OVER-THE-TOP STYLE, DELIVERING ENERGY AND ABSURDITY IN EQUAL MEASURE. KNOWN FOR THEIR HUGE HITS ‘GAY BAR’, ‘DANCE COMMANDER’, AND ‘DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE’ PLUS A SLEW OF FANTASTIC ALBUMS, INCLUDING THEIR EXCEPTIONAL RECENT RELEASE, TURQUOISE; THEIR LIVE SHOW IS THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH YOUR CLOTHES ON… ADVANCE PURCHASE IS HIGHLY ADVISED!
SPECIAL KINDA MADNESS
SATURDAY 5TH JULY
2 BANDS, 2-TONE… 1 FANTASTIC NIGHT. A SPECIALS TRIBUTE BAND AND A MADNESS TRIBUTE BAND ALL ON ONE STAGE. THAT’S A SPECIAL KINDA MADNESS!
COLDPLAY IT AGAIN
FRIDAY 18TH JULY
TRIPLE THREAT BILL – COLDPLAY IT AGAIN, OASIS HERE NOW + STEREOCONICS
BEATLES COMPLETE
SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST
DIRECT FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL. BEATLES COMPLETE PRESENT A NIGHT OF BEATLEMANIA PACKED WITH MASSIVE HITS FROM THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS OF ALL TIME! HAVING NOW PERFORMED OVER 250 SHOWS AT THE WORLD FAMOUS CAVERN CLUB IN LIVERPOOL, THIS LIVERPOOL BASED ‘BEAT COMBO’ ARE THE YOUNGEST EVER BEATLES BAND TO GAIN A RESIDENCY AT THE CAVERN CLUB WHERE THEY STILL PERFORM EVERY THURSDAY AND SOME SATURDAYS, PACKING THE CLUB OUT AND CREATING SOME UNIQUE BEATLES VIBES.
THE COURETTES
TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST
MAKING THEIR DEBUT PERFORMANCE AT THE HAIRY DOG THANKS TO BREAKOUT PROMOTIONS. THE BAND, KNOWN FOR THEIR BLISTERING RAMALAMA SOUND THAT STRADDLES GARAGE ROCK, GIRL GROUPS, DOO-WOP HARMONIES, HEARTACHE AND MORE. PERFORMING THEIR FOURTH AND BEST ALBUM TO DATE ‘THE SOUL OF… THE FABULOUS COURETTES’!
GUNS 2 ROSES
SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST
THIS GUN N’ ROSES TRIBUTE BAND ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN AND WE’RE STOKED TO HAVE THEM RETURN. THESE GUYS HAVE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED LIVE WITH FOUR DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF GUN N’ ROSES OVER THE YEARS, AS WELL AS EMBARKING ON MULTIPLE WORLD TOURS AND MAKING APPEARANCES ON TV AND RADIO! GUNS 2 ROSES HAVE EXISTED SINCE LATE 2002 AND HAVE BECOME THE BIGGEST TRIBUTE TO GNR WITH THE HISTORY TO PROVE IT. SOME TRIBUTES TRY BUT NOT ALL SUCCEED THE WAY GUNS 2 ROSES HAVE!
WITH SUPPORT FROM: SURREAL PANTHER
FLINT FIRE + PRETENDULUM
FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
DOUBLE HEADLINER SPECIAL! ONE NIGHT WITH TWO BANDS PAYING TRIBUTE TO TWO OF THE MOST WILDLY FUN BANDS IN, WELL… THE HISTORY OF EVER?! FLINT FIRE, THE KEITH FLINT PRODIGY TRIBUTE BAND, ARE THE EXCITING HOMAGE TO THE LEGACY OF THE LATE KEITH FLINT. THEY’LL BE BRINGING YOU ALL THE CLASSICS FROM ALL ERAS OF THE BAND ALONGSIDE THE BRAND NEW TO THE SCENE PRETENDULUM, WHO’LL BE SMASHING OUT ALL THE PENDULUM HITS!
LANDSLIDE: A TRIBUTE TO FLEETWOOD MAC
SATURDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
GOING BACK TO THE EARLY BLUES OF PETER GREEN AND JEREMY SPENCER AND TRAVELLING ALL THE WAY TO RUMOURS AND BEYOND, SPEND THE EVENING WITH LANDSLIDE AS THEY PLAY THE INCREDIBLE MUSIC OF FLEETWOOD MAC! LANDSLIDE COMPRISE OF FIVE EXPERIENCED MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS WITH DECADES OF COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE. THE BAND CONSISTS OF THREE TREMENDOUS VOCALISTS PERFORMING BLISTERING THREE-PART HARMONIES, AND TWO GUITARISTS COVERING BOTH GREEN AND BUCKINGHAM’S STYLES. KEYBOARDS, SYNTHS, BASS AND DRUMS ALSO FEATURE IN THE BANDS LINE-UP. LANDSLIDE PROVIDE OVER 2 HOURS OF INCREDIBLE MUSIC TO SING AND DANCE TO ALL NIGHT!
ONE NIGHT IN NASHVILLE
FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
CELEBRATING THE BIGGEST MODERN AND CLASSIC COUNTRY ICONS IN AN AUTHENTIC DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE HONKYTONK EXPERIENCE!
THE DROWNS
THURSDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
GET READY, FOLKS! THE DROWNS, THE HIGH-ENERGY PUNK ROCKERS HAILING FROM SEATTLE ARE STORMING INTO THE HAIRY DOG! KNOWN FOR THEIR INFECTIOUS MELODIES, GRITTY LYRICS AND A LIVE SHOW THAT COULD MAKE EVEN YOUR GRANNY HEADBANG, THESE GUYS ARE BRINGING THEIR A-GAME TO DERBY.
HOMETOWN FESTIVAL 2025
SATURDAY 27TH + SUNDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER
WITH: THE SKINTS, RISKEE AND THE RIDICULE + LOADS MORE!
THE DEVOUT: A TRIBUTE TO DEPECHE MODE
SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER
FAST BECOMING THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE DEPECHE MODE TRIBUTE ACT, THE DEVOUT HAVE BROUGHT THE DEPECHE MODE EXPERIENCE TO ANOTHER LEVEL VISUALLY, AURALLY AND MUSICALLY.
THE ROCK OF AGES EXPERIENCE
SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER
AN AMAZING TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF THE SMASH HIT HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL AND FILM. BE PREPARED TO BE TRANSPORTED THROUGH TIME AS THE BAND RECREATES THE FULL 80’s ROCK EXPERIENCE. FROM BON JOVI AND GUNS N’ ROSES TO JOURNEY AND WHITESNAKE. THIS 5-PIECE BAND WILL ROCK THE HOUSE TO ITS VERY FOUNDATIONS! GET READY FOR A NIGHT OF FULL-ON 80’s FLAMBOYANCE AS THE BAND PERFORMS NOT ONLY THE ROCK OF AGES HIT BUT SOME OF THE GREATEST TUNES OF THE DECADE!
THE DARKEST: A TRIBUTE TO THE DARKNESS
SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER
THE DARKEST ARE THE ONLY AUTHENTIC AND FAITHFUL TRIBUTE TO THE DARKNESS. THEY DELIVER THE HARD ROCKIN’ HITS FROM THE MULT-AWARD WINNING, MULTI-PLATINUM PERMISSION TO LAND ALBUM AND THROUGH THE 20 YEARS OF SOLID GOLD THE FANS ARE STILL ROCKING TO TODAY!
NEKROMANTIX
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
LEGENDARY PSYCHOBILLY TRIO, FOUNDED IN COPENHAGEN 1989.
WITH SUPPORT FROM: TBC
THE CUREHEADS + SIOUXSIE AND THE BUDGIEES
SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER
THE ORIGINAL TRIBUTE TO THE CURE ‘THE CUREHEADS’ MAKE A VERY WELCOME RETURN TO THE HAIRY DOG FOLLOWING THEIR SOLD OUT SHOW AT THE VENUE IN 2024.
SEX PISTOLS EXPOSE + ULTIMATE GREEN DAY: PUNK @ 50 TOUR
SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
COMMEMORATING 50 YEARS OF PUNK, FEATURING SEX PISTOLS EXPOSE AND ULTIMATE GREEN DAY, TWO OF THE BEST BANDS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TWO ORIGINALS WHO HAVE PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THE GROWTH OF PUNK IN THE 70’s AND ITS RESURGENCE IN THE 90’s, PAVING THE WAY FOR POP PUNK.
LUKE COMBS UK
FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER
DERBY, DUST OFF YOUR HATS AND BOOTS! LUKE COMBS UK, THE WORLD’S LEADING LUKE COMBS TRIBUTE IS COMING YOUR WAY FOR ONE NIGHT OF COUNTRY.
THE BLACK CHARADE + FELL OUT BOY
SATURDAY 20TH DECEMBER
BOY DO WE LOVE A GOOD TRIBUTE HERE AT THE HAIRY DOG AND MAN DO THESE GUYS CRUSH IT EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. WE’D BE SILLY NOT TO INVITE THEM BACK EACH YEAR! INTRODUCING THE RETURN OF TWO OF THE UK’s BEST AND BRILLIANT TRIBUTE ACTS TO A COUPLE OF ICONIC EMO ERA HEROES! THE BLACK CHARADE – MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE TRIBUTE AND FELL OUT BOY – UK FALL OUT BOY TRIBUTE ARE BACK AND THIS TIME THEY’RE BRINGING A PAL IN THE FORM OF METEORA – THE LINKIN PARK TRIBUTE SHOW!
FOREVER YOUNG FESTIVAL: THE BIG ONE
FRIDAY 13TH + SATURDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2026
MORE INFO COMING SOON…
PUNKS AGAINST CANCER 2026
FRIDAY 1ST, SATURDAY 2ND + SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2026
*ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT*
20 BANDS OVER 3 DAYS ALL IN THE NAME OF BEATING CANCER! GRAB YOUR EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW FOR ONLY £60!
WITH: THE SKIDS, THE REVERENDS + MORE…