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The Free Candy Sessions @ The Liquid Ship

The Free Candy Sessions are currently at The Liquid Ship, Great Western Road every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings

Different acts every week, Almost 3yrs, more than 150 gigs, almost 200 acts of a consistently high standard marks The Free Candy Sessions as Glasgow's best free music night bar none!

The gigs will be from 8pm onwards and as usual, its free entry.

Glasgow best acoustic music evening. Free Music Free Entry http://www.freecandysessions.co.uk

Open Mic Session @ The Ship

The Liquid Ship is running its very own weekly open mic acoustic session called Acousdeck every Wednesday from 8pm

Beer for the performers! Heres the myspace for more details http://www.myspace.com/acousdeck

about the free candy collective

The History

The free candy collective began in July 2003 in the Liquid Lounge, Glasgow as a monthly gig by four Glasgow musicians looking for somewhere to play their own music, free.

By October 2003 the collective was playing fortnightly on Saturdays. After Christmas the collective went weekly due to the volume of artists wanting to perform.

After a successful run until July 2004, the free candy collective had a well earned rest for the summer.

Proceedings resumed from 16th Oct 2004 until 18th Dec 2004.

We resumed the Free Candy Sessions on the 17th Feb 2005 at The Liquid Ship,Great Western Road. Glasgow. February 2008 will see The Free Candy Sessions celebrating 3yrs at The Liquid Ship.

In January 2006 we started a new Tuesday night in The Liquid Ship to run along with our regular Thursday session.

On 4^th May 2007 the Free Candy Sessions staged its first Friday night session at The Liquid Ship.

Over the years The FCS has played host to over 200 acts at more than 300 free gigs, featuring brand new acts to the scene and well established acts promoting new CD's or just dying to play at Glasgow's best acoustic night.

Notably, established acts who have played at the FCS over the years are Mike Scott (The Waterboys), Dave Sharp (The Alarm), Geoff Martyn (ex Travis), endor, No1 son, The Fortunate Sons, Lou Hickey, The State Broadcasters, Eoghan Coghlan, Larry Guild, Vivien Scotston and many more.

Along with many performers from all over the UK, there have also been a number of overseas acts who have graced to cellar at The Liquid Ship, including acts from Iceland, France, Poland, USA, Canada and Australia.

Essentially though, the FCS is about new and up coming acts, a place to see new talent as it develops and grows.

The fact that we have been running for 4 years is a testament to the people involved in organising the shows and proof that there is an appetite for free live music, staged professionally, in an industry dominated by huge festivals and stadium gigs.

The vision of Colin and Carol Clydesdale (Liquid Ship owners), the determination of Dochan MacMillan and Patrick Monaghan to stick to their own idea on how the FCS should be run, the performers who have played and of course the punters who come along and support the sessions make the FCS unique amongst many other live sessions that have come and gone over the last 4 years.

The Free Candy Sessions at The Liquid Ship will be releasing a live CD called Vol. 1 in December 2007. It will feature live recordings of sessions recorded at The Liquid Ship between Oct 2006 and April 2007.

The Free Candy Sessions @ The Liquid Ship are every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Its free entry every time and the shows start at 8.30pm.