01/10/2019
Hi all,
A bit of bad news, I’m afraid. I had a chat with Fiona the other day about the future of The Session. I’ve observed a steady decline in attendance over the past few months (except for the Fringe session). Fiona too has noticed this in the bar takings, and has stopped manning the downstairs bar as she can’t justify it. This, of course, has meant no audience comes down so it has been a bit of a vicious circle, which I’m afraid has been unbroken (just couldn’t resist that!). On top of this there has been less footfall in the Cellar Bar in general, students now seem to be preferring the “authentic local" atmosphere upstairs, which is impacting the other midweek music cellar events too.
So the net result is we are suspending the monthly sessions. We may see if we can have occasional sessions if there is something to warrant it - could be visiting musicians, or could be we just get a wee group of people who are committed to attend, or whatever. But for the moment, no more regular 3rd Tuesday sessions. If is isn’t working for us and isn’t working for The Argyle, there is no point in keeping dragging it out.
The venue is available, of course, if anyone wants to use it, subject lto to availability, for rehearsals and events, contact Fiona if you are interested.
Fire in the Grate, who emerged from what is now the smouldering ashes of “The Session”, will be having occasional concerts in The Argyle, which we will publicise well in advance. The next one is scheduled for Friday 22nd November, get it in the diary now! It would be good to try to keep music alive there, but it feels a bit of a struggle, especially outside the weekends.
I'll keep this page and post occasional items of interest, and of course any sessions that we plan.
