a review by Tom Girard Following on from its launch back in December with Plastic Mermaids, St James in Guernsey kicked off their Global Collection series for 2023 with a visit to the island from upcoming, young, jazz trumpeter Jackson Mathod and his band with new local four-piece, Holmes, opening the show. Made up of three quarters…

a review by Tom Girard St James’ Global Collection series continued on Saturday 25th February 2023 by bringing a familiar face back home with his full band for the first time in four years in the form of Alderney’s Robert J. Hunter with support coming from Sark based troubadour Ash Jarman. Following successful solo outings at the…

Review by Tom Girard It was a couple of months ago, following a podcast recording event, that I pointed out that, in the 2020’s, it feels like nostalgia for the 1990s has taken the place of nostalgia for the 1980s as something of a money spinner for bands and artists from that era and, with that…

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…