Live Music & Events

Nellys Retro Vintage blends retro charm with grassroots music in an intimate setting. Our venue’s vintage pieces and eclectic style create a unique backdrop for every performance.

Featured Artists at Nellys Retro Vintage

 Explore the genres of live music and events you'll find at Nellys Retro Vintage throughout the year, from indie bands and blues nights to rock, heavy metal and live DJ events.

WHATS ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT NELLY'S

 unforgettable nights at Nellys Retro Vintage

JULY

Sax PISTOLS

18th JULY FROM 7:30PM

Stratford's Answer to the New Orleans marching band tradition, The Sax Pistols.

Fun funky soulful rock with a UK punky twist.

Wyrdfox

25th JULY FROM 6:30PM

Wyrd fox are a brighton based 5 piece band.

Crafting original songs. Crossing genres, slipping through worlds, with twists of folk, punk, rock, indie (and a pinch of psychedelic odyssey).

Translating human emotion into sound frequencies, with ocean-deep lyrics that travel straight from heART to heART.

Alternative metal night Chewed Out/Flesh Mechanics/neo crypted

31st july FROM 8PM

A week before bloodstock

The bloodstock warmup party 🥳

Chewed Out, Thrash/Hardcore/Metal band from Manchester, England.

Flesh Mechanics



It's a kind of epic, electronic, grunge rock soup... with an egg in. Incorporating elements of Drum & Bass, Heavy Metal, Breakcore, Punk, Crossbreed and everything in between, the end result is a sonic assault.

AUGUST

SHALLOW SOULS WAYFARER JOURNEY

8TH AUGUST FROM 6:30PM

Welcome to the Wayfareres Journey.

3 BANDS:

TheShallowSouls are a long time AVANT-PSY-DOOM-ISH-PROG-Melodic Metal from the UK South wales.

Mould a four piece stoner sludge band from Swansea, South Wales. So come and bare witness as we preach the swamp gospel at the end of times.

Stickler are an alt rock, post punk band forged in the bowels of The Forest of Dean. We write songs about love, pain and the human condition.

Alternative Metal Night -  Æl-Fierlen/Bright Black/ hemloch

28TH AUGUST FROM 6:30PM

Æl-Fierlen are a four-piece band from the south of England with elements of black metal, shoegaze and folk twisted together like the branches of the oldest tree in the forest.

Bright Black. Formed in 2022, Bright Black blend the intensity of modern hard rock with the emotional depth of metal. Hailing from Northamptonshire and the Midlands.

Hemloch are a symphonic metal band with members from Yorkshire and Hertfordshire. With a shared passion for dark influenced melodic alternative metal and all round sonic induced chaos, this fired up four piece has just released their impressive debut EP “Finality”.

KASPERIA WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MASK

29TH AUGUST FROM 6:30PM

Join Kasperia for a night full of electric Rock, both original and covers, alongside special guests Mask.

Kasperia is a rising hard rock band from Birmingham, UK, fusing the raw power of classic rock with a modern flair.

Mask are a Rock N Roll band based in the West Midlands, reinventing the 60s/70s rock sound. Mask perform originals as well as classic hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and many more.

SEPTEMBER

The Rebekah Ryan Ibiza Experience

19TH SEPTEMBER FROM 7PM

X Factor Star Rebekah Ryan signed a two million pound record deal with MCA Records in 1996. Her debut single, “You Lift Me Up“ reached No 26 in the UK singles chart.

She is now the singer in highly regarded upbeat Ibiza party experience combo The Rebekah Ryan Ibiza Experience which also features Nick Hemming on bass guitar and top DJ Gussy Campbell on decks.

If you love Dance Music you will love this one.

JESS SILK WITH SUPPORT FROM KERRY WORTON

25TH SEPTEMBER FROM 6:30PM

Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country.

Her passionate and melodic brand of folk/punk music gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar, lyrics right from the heart and a distinctive, powerful voice that many don't expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK and has shared

stages with many well known names among the folk/punk scene.

"...Her songs are gripping, emotional and so very relatable..."

OCTOBER

MancUnion Live WITH SUPPORT FROM KIERAN DOYLE & BALABAN AND THE BALD ILLEAGLES

3RD OCTOBER FROM 6:30PM

MancUnion, Balaban and the Bald Illegals and Kieran Doyle live at Nelly's Retro and Vintage.

MancUnion currently have 32 dates booked this year with 6 of them being in Europe, they have also supported the likes of Tom Hingley (ex Inspiral carpets) , Nigel Clark of the band Dodgy, Ella Henderson, Top Loader.

Come and join us for a great night of music with supporting Kieran Doyle & Balaban And The Bald Illeagles

MAN MADE MOON WITH SUPPORT FROM The Rushmore and Daniel Barrie

 10TH OCTOBER FROM 6:30PM

Catch the awesome vibes of Man Made Moon alongside some great support acts.

It’s the perfect chance to enjoy live tunes in a cozy, retro setting.

Don’t miss this fun night filled with music and good times!

ALTERNATIVE HALLOWEEN WEEKENDER 🎃 

30TH & 31ST OCTOBER FROM 6:30PM

HALLOWEEN WEEKENDER 🎃 👻

Save £3 if you buy adv weekend ticket. 

LINEUP FRIDAY: 

Echos of Obsidian | Play/Dead | N0trixx 

LINEUP SATURDAY:

Vampyra | Smile more | Elkapath

Fancy dress is a must for Halloween prizes to be won for best costumes.

Get tickets early before they sell out!

Single tickets available on the door at £10 for each night! Save your self the money and get it cheaper online for both nights.

NOVEMBER

HOLLY CARTER LIVE (DUO SHOW)

7TH NOVEMBER FROM 7PM

'Holly Carter is an award-winning songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Bristol, UK.

Two-time recipient of ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the Americana UK awards (2023 & 2024) she is widely recognised as an exceptional fingerstyle guitarist and one of the UK’s only professional female pedal steel players.

This show will be part of a run to mark five years since the release of Holly's debut EP 'All of You...and Me', which will be re-recorded and re-released to mark the occasion.

Holly will be joined by Joe Wilkins on guitar for this intimate show.

BRAVE RIVAL - CANDLELIGHTS & ECHOES - THE ACOUSTIC TOUR 2026

13TH NOVEMBER FROM 6:30PM

Following the success of their critically acclaimed albums and a relentless touring schedule, Brave Rival are set to reveal a different side of their music this November with the release of their brand-new acoustic EP, Candlelights & Echoes, alongside an intimate acoustic tour.

Known for their electrifying live performances and hailed as one of the UK’s leading original rock bands, Brave Rival have earned widespread acclaim from fans, critics and fellow musicians alike. Now, with Candlelights & Echoes, they invite audiences to step closer than ever before and experience the songs in their purest form.

Expect an evening of music, storytelling and unforgettable moments as Brave Rival bring their acoustic journey to venues across the country this November.

VOODOO SIOUX - CIRQUE DE MACABRE

21ST NOVEMBER FROM 6:30PM

Come and join us for a real treat from the fabulous Voodoo Sioux and its FREE ENTRY, so pop it in your diary 

The human cannonball, the trapeze… the
clowns…

The crowds may be gone… But the performers remain… To perform in the gloom..

...to perform in The Cirque De Macabre

Join us once more to Chase the Voodoo within the greatest show on earth.

We present to you four creations, each one like a dancing clown, beautifully painted to tempt and please… But beneath the fake visage lies something
alittle darker, more twisted… and macabre

FREE ENTRY

AN EVENING WITH VIKKI CLAYTON

21ST NOVEMBER FROM 7PM

An Evening with internationally acclaimed folk Diva Vikki Clayton

Vikki Clayton is one of the best, famous and most successful female folk singers this country has produced in the past 40 years. She is well known for her work with Fairport Convention. Support will be top midlands folk duo The Raconteurs.

ALTERNATIVE METAL NIGHT WITH KENSEI, Aonach & Thrash mob

27TH NOVEMBER FROM 7PM

Kensei is a five-piece melodic death metal/metalcore band from the West Midlands, UK, forged in the Black Country in 2021. Known for high-energy live performances, heavy riffs, and melodic choruses.

Aonach is a four-piece enigmatic metal outfit based in Worcestershire, UK, known for a hard-hitting sound that combines elements of doom, sludge, and stoner metal.

Thrash Mob are a Midlands-based UK thrash metal band gaining momentum in the underground scene for their high-energy live shows, frequent touring, and classic '80s-influenced sound.

DECEMBER

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