The long awaited cocktail night arrives at the Griffin.  For all those Non-Glasto-goers, get yourself down to the Griffin Cocktail Lounge, for a night of 50s classics and delectable drinks.  Dust off your glad rags and blue suede shoes, as it’s gonna be a BALL!  £15 ticket gets you four different cocktails- buy now to avoid disappointment.

Society is a three piece country rock band from West Sussex who play The Griffin, Frome, on Saturday, from 8pm.  Their gorgeous three part harmonies set them apart from the current crop of Americana or West Coast rock wanabees in the UK.

Society comprise of guitarist Matt Wise, bassist Ben Lancaster and on all things percussive F Scott Kenny. Their recorded and live sound has echoes of C.S.N.Y, The Band, The Heartbreakers, The Jayhawks and the late great Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance.  Matt Wise composes most if not all of their material and when all three sing in harmony the result is simply stunning.

Since forming in 2004 Society have supported many great visiting artistes when they toured the UK, opening for notable musicians and performers such as Eve Selis, Deadstring Brothers, Corb Lund, Luke Doucet and The Wailin’ Jennys.  Apart from their own UK headline shows, Society have completed two tours of Canada along with a string of dates in the American mid-west gaining a whole new legion of fans in the USA.

This constant touring has honed both their musical and vocal chops and in the winter of 2008 Society left their disused stable that served as their rehearsal space and spent time at The Brickhouse Studios near Brighton recording their debut release entitled Songs From The Brickhouse .

Visit www.myspace.com/societymusic for further information.

On Sunday, The Griffin welcomes back Alan Coles & The Mighty Oaks at 1pm.

A Frome pub has been awarded the coveted title of the best pub in the Bath area.

The Griffin, in Milk Street, was on of five pubs in the area to be nominated.  Representatives form the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) presented the award after the organisation announced its deeicios earlier this month.

The pub was judged on the number of criteria including atmosphere, value for money and sympathy to CAMRA’s aims.  James Honey, chairman of thelocal CAMRA branch, said: ” The Griffin consistently has very good beer, throughout the year, as well as a brilliant atmosphere.” Griffin manager Charlie Thomas said the pub is really proud of the award.  She said: “The Griffin won the same award 10 years ago in 2000, so it seems fitting that we should win it again, 10 years on, after so much hard work has been put into the pub”.

Article and photo courtesy of Somerset Standard