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18-05-2013
Alasdair Roberts + You Are Wolf + Until The Bird at The Goose Is Out! 31/05/2013
17-05-2013
Summer Sizzler All Dayer at Cargo 08/06/2013
17-05-2013
Summer Sizzler All Dayer at Cargo 08/06/2013
17-05-2013
Cargo added to venues
17-05-2013
Discovery 2 Feat Partly Faithful + After The Ice + Me & Deboe at AAA (under Archangel) 30/05/2013
17-05-2013
Open Mic Night @ The Hurlingham at The Hurlingham 26/05/2013
17-05-2013
The Hurlingham added to venues
12-05-2013
Solo Guitarist special: Michael Berk + Bella Kardasis + Tom Janssen + Brian Smith at Freedom of Expression 26/03/2013
09-05-2013
The White Bear added to venues
07-05-2013
Acoustic Night with guests Perkelt at Halfway House Acoustic Night 16/05/2013
06-05-2013
Acoustic Night with guest Elliot Mason at Halfway House Acoustic Night 09/05/2013
06-05-2013
Triplex Club added to venues
30-04-2013
Lo! Behold and Bernard Goyder - Songs from Below @ Firebox at Firebox 15/05/2013
29-04-2013
Walthamstow Town Hall Social Club added to venues
24-04-2013
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24-04-2013
Jamie Lawson, Addison\'s Uncle, The Woodland Creatures at Grapevine @ Bedfords 29/05/2013
24-04-2013
Dan Whitehouse, Jefferson Thomas and Matthew Foster-Moore at Grapevine @ Bedfords 01/05/2013
23-04-2013
James Hickman & Dan Cassidy at The Goose Is Out! 10/05/2013
22-04-2013
Martyn Wyndham-Read at Loughton Folk Club 25/04/2013
18-04-2013
The Devout Sceptics at Kennedy\'s 11/05/2013
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About

The Virtually Acoustic Club, affectionately known as 'The VAC', has been promoting acoustic (ish) artists and singer songwriters in London since 1997 with weekly open mic nights and regular gigs and showcases. Through the venues pages this website has become the No 1 resource for artists seeking places to play across the UK.

The club has used a number of venues over the years. The Music Cafe in London Bridge, Moriarty's Bar in Islington, Tinderbox Café in Islington, Progress Bar in Tufnell Park, The Plough Inn in Walthamstow, The Perseverance in Marylebone, Kiss The Sky in Hampstead and currently The Library in Islington.

Open Mic (sometimes spelled Open Mike) is a great way for artists to try out their craft and meet other musicians. There were very few open mic nights around when The Virtually Acoustic Club began although folk clubs have been around for a very long time. The old folk clubs tended to be quite traditional and frowned upon those of us who didn't play 'real folk music'. Many of them also required some kind of membership. So when open mic clubs for singer songwriters began to appear the idea became popular very quickly and now there are hundreds of them.