Leon McCawley - 15 Feb 2023 Review by Julia Meredith Until I heard Leon McCawley play, I’d never have considered so dry a virtue as ‘Respect’ to feature in my reasons for my being so utterly captured by a musician’s performance. But mulling it over with fellow audience members, it became clear that this was the overriding…

11/11/22 - review by Tom Girard Anyone who’s followed the musical career of Guernsey based singer songwriter Kiya Ashton closely will know that in recent months she seems to have redoubled her efforts to pursue her passion and part of that has been putting on a special show, Nocture, with a selection of other performers. The night…

Our New Diary  Welcome to our Winter St James Newsletter which supplements the January to March 2023 Diary, which has been delivered to every household. If you did not receive your diary or would like another one, further copies are available from St James and at many locations around the Island. The details are also on…

8 October 2022 Review by Tom Girard Earlier in the summer of 2022 the sad news was announced of the passing of musician Andy Coleman which, it was instantly apparent, had a profound effect on many in Guernsey’s music community which he had been a part of for several decades and so it wasn’t long before a…

12 October 2022 Review by Tom Girard As I’m sure is evident if you’ve followed my writing for any length of time classical music (in its broad sense) is not really something I have a lot of experience of – in fact I’m not sure I’ve ever attended a dedicated classical music event before, but that changed…

27 August 2022 Review by Tom Girard As is tradition, the night before the Vale Earth Fair, there was a warm up show and, while it has taken place in different venues in the past, this year it was away from its usual home at the De La Rue with a move up the hill to St…

12 August 2022 Review by Tom Girard Over the last 12 months The Pips (formerly Albert & The Pips) have grown into one of the highlights of Guernsey’s live music scene and are now setting their sights on a move to Manchester so, before they go, they put on a show at St James with Kiya Ashton…

The next St James Motorcycle Show is happening on 04 December. This will be the 4th installation of this popular event, featuring top bikes from the island. There will be various competition categories this time round, including Best Classic (non modified, judged on originality and resto quality etc), Best Custom, Best Paint, Best Engineering, Best…

The Fox Art Competition is back for 2022! This is the 40th year that the Directors of JJ Fox International have sponsored this competition. The competition is open to entrants aged 12 years or over, who are residents of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. The entries will be judged and if selected will be exhibited…

Springing Up Welcome to our Spring St James Newsletter which supplements the Quarter 2/2022 diary, that will be delivered to every household in the coming days. If you do not receive your diary or would like another one, further copies are available from St James and at many locations around the Island. The details are also…

Coull Quartet In its first chamber music concert performed by UK musicians since the pandemic, St James hosts the Coull Quartet in a captivating programme of Mozart, Debussy and Mendelssohn. Roger Coull has long been admired for his interpretation of Mendelssohn. It is music that has simply been written for his hands. Hardly surprising therefore that the…

On Wednesday 6th October 2021 Eloise Fabbri, along with drummer Kieran Smale, performed a special live session in St James Concert Hall for BBC Music Introducing.