Thursday 3 November 2016

Festival MOO-AH is go. HURRAH!

Great News MOO-AH 3 is going ahead. Jusy hoping they might be able to squeeze in an extra band and that Acton Zappa can make a triumphant return to Corby. With our new numbers and line-up I think we'll knock their socks off.

Monday 17 October 2016

Had a great time in Southampton

It was a real thrill sharing a stage with some of the guys Frank Zappa had chosen to be in his band when we opened for Basnned From Utopia on Saturday. Fortunately we played our best gig to date and to an enthusiastic audience. I've uploaded a recording of our set to SoundCloud and shared it to FaceBook.

I'm not sure what benefit there is in maintaining this blog. If you find this useful please comment. Otherwise I think I'll abandon this blog and use FaceBook to keep up-to-date with Acton Zappa news.

Thursday 6 October 2016

Band From Utopia support gig Confirmed

Yes we are playing a gig supporting Frank Zappa's actual band! How good is that? It's at The 1865 in Southampton on Saturday 15th October.

Monday 3 October 2016

Playing support for Band From Utopia next week!

Had a great rehearsal yesterday and all very exited that we are almost certainly going to be playing a support gig for Band From Utopia in Southampton. Once it's absolutely confirmed I'll post it on Facebook.

Saturday 13 August 2016

Uploaded this short video the other day. It's from the Hampton Square Music Festival.

Monday 11 July 2016

Zappadan Zappajam 2

Had a great gig at Hampton Festival yesterday. Time to start preparing for Zappadan Zappajam 2. Put it on FB as an event. It will be on the first Saturday in December.

Monday 23 May 2016

We'll be playing Hampton Festival in July

It's just been confirmed that we'll be playing at Hampton Festival again on Sunday 10th July. Further details will follow. Last year our set clashed with the Wimbledon final which resulted in a somewhat diminished audience - for us not the tennis. Hoping the same doesn't happen this year.

Friday 25 March 2016

In London for the last gig of our mini-tour

Tomorrow, Easter Saturday 26th March, Acton Zappa will be playing at Under The Bridge, London SW6. This will be our last gig supporting Ike Willis and Zappatika. It should be a blast.

Tuesday 22 March 2016

One down two to go

Here we are playing Peaches En Regalia in Stamford last Saturday.


We'll be at Talking Heads in Southampton on Wednesday and Under The Bridge in London next Saturday.

Wednesday 2 March 2016

Three Gigs in a Week

Acton Zappa will be supporting Zappatika at their London gig on Easter Saturday 26th March at Under The Bridge. Added to the Stamford, and Southampton gigs on 19th and 23rd March that makes three gigs in a week (well 8 days actually).

Wednesday 3 February 2016

Another Month another Mother

At Sunday's rehearsal we were joined by Jen Parkinson on keys. Jen is John the drummer's wife and mother of their children. As a music teacher, who for her degree dissertation put together a band to play Zappa music, she had no problem fitting into Acton Zappa and it was a real pleasure rehearsing with her and noticing all the extra little bits she added to our arrangements. I'm pleased to say that she will be playing with us at our two March gigs.

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Playing at Zappadan Zappajam

As promised I've uploaded a shorter version of the highlights recording to youtube. It comes in at under 4 mins. Playing at Zappadan Zappajam

Wednesday 13 January 2016

What's new for Acton Zappa

I've put together a sampler recording of Acton Zappa at Zappadan Zappajam you can hear it on Soundcloud. I had planned to put it on Youtube with pictures but at around 10 minutes I think it is too long and I don't have enough pictures so I now plan to make a shorter version, a sort of highlights of the highlights, and upload that to Youtube.

After the great success of Zappadan Zappajam the hall has been re-booked for Saturday 3rd December 2016 for Zappadan Zappajam 2. Not too early to put the date in your diaries.

Our Facebook page has just passed 200 likes. Thank you people.

Our next gigs will be supporting Ike Willis and Zappatika
Saturday March 19th Corn Exchange, Stamford
Wednesday March 23 Talking Heads, Southampton
We restart rehearsals this Sunday.