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Welcome to the latest edition of Playing Out Loud, POL for short, a monthly guide to live music in the South of England, with gig listings, articles, interviews, news, CD and gig reviews and much more. We now get nearly 250,000 hits per month, reflecting the success of our mission to stimulate interest in live music in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire and parts of adjoining counties.
Jazz, pop, blues, folk, country, rock, soul and classical music are all covered - if it’s live it’s here. Just click on the headings above to go where you want to go, or use our search engine to keep track of your favourite artists.

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POL Editorial.
Welcome to the July edition of Playing Out Loud. We’re now into our 8th year of promoting music in the South of England, and as usual we’ve got pages and pages of live music Listings which includes more information about the artists and styles than most websites, and in our Previews section we focus on a few gigs to give you a bit more information. Featured this month are blues, folk, jazz, country and rock in the shape of Mud Morganfield, Robert Cray, The Hoax, Diana Jones, Polly & The Billets Doux and Brant Bjorg.

Our Coming Soon section looks ahead to gigs right up until the end of August to help you plan ahead with your live music outings. Album, gig and book Reviews will be added during the month so keep coming back to us to keep up to date. And our Festival Focus feature keeps you in touch with the lineups for all the festivals in the South.

This month we also bring you the latest “My Music” features in which local musicians are quizzed about their musical preferences.

Finally, if you like this site and want it to continue, or you are a promoter, artist or venue who appreciate our efforts, you can make a donation by clicking on to our Donations logo. All contributions gratefully received, as we have been operating at a loss for the last seven years!

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Don’t forget to check the COMING SOON! PREVIEW section which enables you to plan ahead. It gives advanced listings for most of the bigger venues, with further dates added throughout the month.

LATEST UPDATES:
2nd July - Coming Soon Update, Railway Inn Winchester Listings
1st July - New Edition of Playing Out Loud.co.uk

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

PLAYING OUT LOUD talk to.....
HEAVEN'S BASEMENT


MUD MORGANFIELD
CELLARS AT
EASTNEY,
SOUTHSEA
SUNDAY JULY 18


THE HOAX
THE BROOK, SOUTHAMPTON WEDNESDAY JULY 21

 
DIANA JONES
CENTRE STAGE, BOURNEMOUTH
THURSDAY JULY 29


BRANT BJORK
THE JOINERS, SOUTHAMPTON
SUNDAY JULY 18


POLLY & THE
BILLETS DOUX
RAILWAY INN,
WINCHESTER –
SUNDAY JULY 18


ROBERT CRAY
LARMER TREE
FESTIVAL
TOLLARD ROYAL
THURSDAY JULY 15