‘TIS very much the season to be jolly, with peace, love and good will to all mankind.

And they’ll be plenty of jollity, frivolity and every chance of shenanigans over the next few days as Santa’s sack is bulging with live music goodies for you all during the festive break

Well, it’s break for somebecause, as you can see from the extensive listings on this page, it’s a busy time for many musicians and drummers as well as all those fabulous hard-working pub and club employees.

Let’s raise a glass of good cheer to them, okay?

It’s been a tough year on the gig front with some venues either cutting back or packing it in altogether.

But there are always venues with new enlightened management who recognise that good quality live entertainment is a sure-fire way of getting  punters’ bottoms off their sofas and shaking them in the pubs.

And the spirit of live music, in Weymouth in particular, is as strong as ever with scores of great bands and artists out every weekend.

And we are a generous sort too, always willing to help a worthy cause.

Take a look at the series of Gimme Shelter festivals at the Wyke Smugglers this year which raised tens of thousands for the Lantern Trust to help the vulnerable and homeless in the area.

And what about the run of reunion gigs at Weymouth’s Centenary Club, featuring popular bands from back in the day.

The proceeds of the most recent event at the end of November were handed over this week with £1,000 each going to A Stars, an organisation which helps children and their families affected by Asperger’s, and the Weymouth and Dorchester branch of Parkinsons UK.

A great job all round, I think you’ll agree.

There’ll be no gig guide next week as I’m taking some time out to spend with my impressive  collection of socks and Lynx Africa.

Thanks to all the bands and venues who have sent their gigs into echogigguide@outlook.co.uk throughout the year. Keep ‘em coming..

Have a rocking Christmas and prosperous New Year and keep it live in 2020.

TONIGHT 20

Fissure of Riddles, Hummune, Atonement (Finn’s, Weymouth)

Strange Brew reunion (Wyke Smugglers, Weymouth)

Karen (Golden Lion Weymouth) 3-6pm.

Tripod (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

Tequila Mockingbird (John Gregory, Weymouth)

Martin Freed (King’s Arms, Weymouth)

The Undecided (Wyke Regis Working Mens Club, Weymouth)

Total Madness (Gloucester, Weymouth)

Darren H (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

The Bad Cowboys (Ropemakers, Bridport)

The Katz (Lugger, Weymouth)

Ricky Solo (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth)

Leanne Jackson (Black Dog, Weymouth)

Sheryl Lee (Park, Weymouth)

Mad Hatters (Ayya, Weymouth)

McGuinness (Waterloo, Weymouth)

Antigua Joe (Duke of Cornwall, Weymouth)

Speedway Snails (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Kelly Lorraine (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

 

SATURDAY 21

Show of Hands (Electric Palace, Bridport)

Big Gunz (Finn’s, Weymouth)

Glass Spiders (Sailors Return, Weymouth)

The Dolmen (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

George Michael tribute (Little Ship, Portland)

Jordan (Wyke Smugglers, Weymouth)

The Ferals, Georgie Broad (Hardy’s, Dorchester)

Revolution (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

The Sneakers (Wyke Regis Working Mens Club, Weymouth)

The Stereoironics (Gloucester, Weymouth)

The Katz (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

Pronghorn (Ropemakers, Bridport)

Richard Cooper (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth) 2pm.

Ricky Solo (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth) 9pm.

Mad Hatters (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Kelly Lorraine (Black Dog, Weymouth)

The Shakespearos (Park, Weymouth)

Sheryl Lee (Ilchester Arms, Abbotsbury)

Matt Lock (Market House, Weymouth)

Martin Freed (Duke of Cornwall, Weymouth)

Danny Adams (Bambooza, Weymouth)

Strings and Reeds (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

Chief Lazarus (Spice Ship, Weymouth)

 

SUNDAY 22

Danny Adams, Freezer, Leanne Jackson (Three Compasses, Charminster) From 2pm.

Replay (Wyke Smugglers, Weymouth) 2pm.

Sheryl Lee’s Sunday Club (King’s Arms, Weymouth)  4pm.

Roger’s Singalong (Gloucester, Weymouth)

Chris Webb (Ropemakers, Bridport)

Ricky Solo (Sailor’s Return, Weymouth)  From 3pm.

Georgie Broad (Black Dog, Weymouth) 4-7pm.

Lo Numbers (Park, Weymouth)  4pm-7pm.

Sunday Jam Session (Belvedere, Weymouth) 4-7pm

Jon Story Band (Belvedere, Weymouth) 8pm.

Dorset Wrecks (George, Portland)

Di’s Open Mic (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

 

MONDAY 23

Tim Andrews (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth)

Acoustic session (Belvedere, Weymouth)

 

CHRISTMAS EVE 24

Georgie Broad (Little Ship, Portland)

Alexis (Hardy’s, Dorchester) 6pm.

Mojo Stone Cold Players (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

Rob Davis (King’s Arms, Weymouth) 8pm.

Ashley Day (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

The Crack (New Vic, Weymouth) 3pm

The Shakespearos (Club Bambooza, Weymouth)

Ricky Solo (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth)

Sheryl Lee (Black Dog, Weymouth)

Stacey Lou and Lucy’s Singalong (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Diana (Duke of Albany, Weymouth) 830pm.

 

CHRISTMAS DAY 25

Duke and the Broad’s Rat Pack (Park, Weymouth) 3pm.

 

BOXING DAY 26

Finnian (Hardy’s, Dorchester)

Dead Man’s Clique, Kaz Magoo and the Cadillacs, Danny Adams (Spice Ship, Weymouth)

Leggomen, Chief Lazarus (Old Spa, Weymouth) From 5pm.

Steve and Diana (Duke of Albany, Weymouth) 7.30pm.

Jon Story Band (Three Compasses, Charminster) 6pm.

 

FRIDAY 27

The Shakespearos (Finn’s, Weymouth)

Compass (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

Stacey Lou (John Gregory, Weymouth)

Suited and Booted (Gloucester, Weymouth)

John Ramon (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

Fat Marrow Blues Band (Ropemakers, Bridport)

Ricky Solo (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth)

Matt Lock (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Arron and Karina (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

 

SATURDAY 28

Tripod (Finn’s, Weymouth)

Vinyl Monkeys (Sailors Return, Weymouth)

Georgie Broad (Little Ship, Portland)

Dave Griff (Hardy’s, Dorchester)

The Shakespearos (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

Bad Edukation (Wyke Regis Working Mens Club, Weymouth)

Johnny King as Elvis (Gloucester, Weymouth)

Alto Duo (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

Psychadelephant (Ropemakers, Bridport)

The Katz (Hope and Anchor, Weymouth)

Richard Cooper (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth) 2pm.

Tim Sommerfield (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Sheryl Lee (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

Rodwell Kings (Lazy Lizard, Weymouth)

 

SUNDAY 29

Roger’s Singalong (Gloucester, Weymouth)

Tim Andrews (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth) 2.30pm.

Richard Cooper (Edinburgh House of Sounds, Weymouth) 8.30pm.

Di’s Open Mic (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

Mark Davis (Crown, Bridport) 4pm.

Dougie Cooper Jazzy Christmas (Star, Weymouth) 4pm.

 

MONDAY 30

Acoustic session (Belvedere, Weymouth)

 

NEW YEAR’S EVE 31

Mistajam, Lovely Laura, Ben Santiago and more (The Front, Esplanade, Weymouth)

Undecided, Leggomen, Chief Lazarus (Quayside Music Festival, Town Bridge, Weymouth)

The Dolmen’s Retro Party (Centenary Club, Weymouth)

The Shakespearos (Wyke Smugglers, Weymouth)

Generation79, The Decatonics (Hardy’s, Dorchester) From 8pm.

Speedway Snails (Sailors Return, Weymouth)

V8 Hearts (Golden Lion, Weymouth)

Ricky Solo (Wyke Regis Working Mens Club, Weymouth)

Dale Fender Band (Weymouth Working Mens Club)

Rapport (Drax Arms, Bere Regis)

The Katz (Centenary Club, Weymouth)

Lithium (RBL Club, Wool)

Tony Lowe (Balti House, Weymouth)

Modern Disciples (Belvedere, Weymouth)

Karen (Duke of Albany, Weymouth)

Mark Davis (Giant, Cerne Abbas)