James Brown is Annie - M&P's Halloween Weekender

Friday 27th October 2023
Doors: 6pm
Happy Hour: 6-7:30pm
Gig: 9:30pm-12:30am
£7 Entry

Table bookings:
- Latest arrival time: 8:45pm

To book a table, call:
- 0161 273 5495, 10am-5pm Monday-Friday
- 0161 831 7002, after 5pm Monday-Saturday
- Or leave a message outside of these times and we’ll get back to you.

Halloween at Matt & Phred’s begins, who’s ready to take A Trip Down Spooky Avenue?! 👻

Get your costumes at the ready, or wear whatever you’re comfy dancing in, as we welcome this mighty line up all the way from Scotland for a night of Funk and Soul… Expect some classic Halloween tunes in there too!

Purveyors of full-fat, calorie-laden, whipped up funk 'n' soul, James Brown Is Annie met in a piano bar, rehearse next to a sex shop, and take their name from an Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live sketch. 

The Scottish sextet's two albums (JBiA I and JBiA II) were produced by original Average White Band members Molly Duncan (2015) and Hamish Stuart (2018), the group gaining a BBC Radio Scotland 'Single Of The Week' award for the song, Get Up To Get Down.

Regulars on STV and BBC Radio Scotland, JBiA are the only band to have headlined two different stages at the famous Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party. The Scottish outfit have also shared stages with some of funk and soul's top recording artists, including Average White Band, The Family Stone, Brand New Heavies, The Headhunters, Little Feat,  and Robert Cray Band, to name but a few. 

As regular visitors to Matt & Phreds, audiences can expect the funk, the whole funk and nothing but the funk from the Scottish sextet. Playing material from their two albums (produced by Average White Band legends, Molly Duncan and Hamish Stuart), plus some songs from the AWB/ Hamish Stuart back catalogue, and some classic bangers given the band’s unique spin!

Let’s dance!