23 NOVEMBER 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - AMPLIFICO, JONNY FLUFFYPUNK, PROJECT ADORNO, EXCENTRAL TEMPEST, ISY SUTTIE, JO CAULFIELD, BREAKING GLASS, JO OVERFIELD, CHERRYL SCOTT, MISS B and POOTLE.

Thanks to - Chez, Raymond, Jove, B, Troop, Doozer, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Richard Sandling, Mungo @ Children's Society, Tom Southgate, David Overfield, The Morgs, The Broomfields, Society of Authors, Ogilvy & Mather, Sally Miller, Andy Pierce, New Writing Partnership, Luke Wright, everyone who helped promote the event, our entire audience and our very kind performers!

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson

26 OCTOBER 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - JOSIE LONG, RHIAN EDWARDS, MOLLY NAYLOR, THE FERRIES, SPENCER MCLEAN, RUN WRAKE and all our OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS.

Thanks to - Raymond, Jove, Chez, B, Troop, Ross Palmer, Martine Pridgeon, Steve @ The Royal Hotel, The Royal Hotel bar staff, Mikey, Tom, New Writing Partnership, Laura Stimson, Luke Wright, Mike & Tim Palmer, David Overfield and all our open mic poets,everyone who came along and paid, you maketh the night.

Photography by Joverfield. More photography to come....

28 SEPTEMBER 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - ADEM, CHRIS DAVISON, PLUSPLUS, ELVIS MCGONEGALL, JUSTIN COE, SIMON BLACKMAN and all our OPEN-MIC POETRY PERFORMERS.

Thanks to - Jess Roberts, Jove, B, Raymond, Troop, Chez, Little Penguin, Martine Pridgeon, Mikey, Josh, Steve @ The Royal, The Royal bar staff, New Writing Live, Luke Wright, Laura Stimson, Toby, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Derek Adams, all our raffle contributors, all who attended and every single performer on the night.

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson

27 JULY 2008 - SUNDOWN GARDEN PARTY

Featuring - CHERRYL SCOTT, JO OVERFIELD, TIM THE HAT, DEFERRED SUCESS, THE SEASIDERS, LIZ BENTLEY, CHRIS DAVISON and our OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS.

Thanks to - Leukaemia Research UK, Priory Park Gardens, Southend Council, Raymond, Miss B, Cherryl Scott, Jo Overfield, Doozer, Chris Davison, Martine Pridgeon, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Stuart Bowditch, local press and all our performers and everyone that turned up to support us on the day!

Photography by Raymond

17 JULY - 20 JULY @ LATITUDE FESTIVAL 2008

Featuring - a whole host of performers but we were there to support JO OVERFIELD; our SUNDOWN Director, perform in the POETRY tent on the Thurs & the Sat night of the festival.

Thanks to - Raymond, Luke Wright, Tim Clare, Chris Hicks, Festival Republic, Oxfam driver that came to support, Ruth & Roz tent neighbours, Phoebe, Roots, Chesney, Traz, Anna Sheldrake, Tass, Barn, Tassell famille, Rhian Edwards, Penny Sailor, Russell Thompson, Jody Porter all those who came down to support.

Photography by Raymond (Jo lost her camera in the poetry tent. Rubbish.)

29 JUNE 2008 @ LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL

Featuring - MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, GOODBYE WATSON CAMUS, STUART BOWDITCH, MOODY MCPICK & THE ALSATIONS, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY/DAVID SHRIGLEY, DJ MISS B, POOTLE and all our OPEN-MIC poets.

Thanks to - Miss B, Martine Pridgeon, Wren, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Clare Blackman, Chris Davison, Doozer, Raymond, Jo Overfield, Cherryl Scott, Paul Collier, Leigh Folk Festival organisers, Mickey D, Roots, Jon Broomfield, Neil, Jools Holland, Jo-Z, Glastonbury, Rob Elliott, Trevor Morgan, Mr Overfield, all who came down to support us, the staff at The Ship pub and everyone who makes the Leigh Folk Festival such a great event!!

Photography by Raymond and Malcolm Blake-Lawson

22 JUNE 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - BUNTY, DEFERRED SUCESS, JAMAL MSEBELE, A POEM INBETWEEN PEOPLE, SCROOBIUS PIP, GEOFF BERNER, DJ TROOP DOGG, POOTLE and all our OPEN-MIC poetry performers.

Thanks to - Raymond, Chris Davison, Rob Elliott, Doozer, Clare Blackman, Cherryl Scott, Kelly Buckley, Martine Pridgeon, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Miss B, Luke Wright, Laura Stimson, New Writing Partnership, staff at The Royal Hotel, Level-4 magazine, all the performers and the entire audience.

Photography by Clare Blackman

18 MAY 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - DOCKERS MC, MC ANGEL, FASSBINDER, CLARE BLACKMAN, MAN I HATE YOUR BAND, TIM WORSLEY, CHARLES ANTONY, DJ POOTLE and all our OPEN-MIC poetry performers.

Thanks to - Chris Davison, Rob Elliott, Raymond, Cherryl Scott, Donna Macocia, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Jo Overfield, Luke Wright, Tim Clare, Laura Stimson, Martine Pridgeon, New Writing Live, staff at The Royal Hotel, all our performers and the entire audience.

Photography by Chris Davison and Malcolm Blake-Lawson.

20 APRIL 2008 - THE POETRY LINK

Featuring - KAT FRANCOIS, ROSS SUTHERLAND, PENNY SAILOR, THE SEASIDERS, JOHNNY & THE MULLETS, HYBERNATION, LITTLENOBODY, THE WRONG TRAINERS BY KEZ MARGRIE & SLINKY PICTURES, CLARE BLACKMAN PHOTOGRAPHY, DJ's SAINT HUCK, POOTLE and all our OPEN-MIC poetry performers.

Thanks to - Doozer, Chris Davison, Miss B, Cherryl Scott, Raymond, Jo Overfield, Martine, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, staff at The Royal Hotel, New Writing Live, The Poetry Link, Luke Wright, Laura Stimson, Tim Clare, Clare Blackman, to everyone who came and performed on the open-mic, to the audience for their ongoing support and to all the other performers/artists on the night!

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson

30 MARCH 2008

Featuring - BYRON VINCENT, TIM CLARE, JONT, MOODY MCPICK & THE GAY SHINS, ONEDOTZERO SELECTED SHORTS, SPAK WHITMAN, DJ's PRIDGE, POOTLE and all our OPEN-MIC performers .

Thanks to - Chris Davison, Doozer, Rob Elliott, B, Raymond, Cherryl Scott, Jo Overfield, Luke Wright for driving Tim, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Martine Pridgeon, Lynn @ The Royal Hotel, The Royal Hotel staff, Vinnie and Charles for travelling from afar for the open mic, to all our performers and the audience for your ongoing support and kindness.

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Raymond and B

HOW MANY ROADS? - SUNDOWN

27 JANUARY 2008

Featuring - JAMAL MSEBELE, LIZ BENTLEY, RHIAN EDWARDS, SIMON BLACKMAN, JONNY TRUNK, DOLLBOY, SOPHIE BURROWS, ADAM ELLIOT and DJ's JONNY TRUNK, POOTLE.

Thanks to - Chris Davison, Doozer, Rob Elliott, Raymond, B, Cherryl Scott, Jo Overfield, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, SEEC, Guy Douglas, Jennifer Snart, Stuart Bowditch, Lynn @ The Royal, Steve @ The Royal, The Royal Hotel staff, Littlenobody, Design4Print, Russell Thompson, Damien Robinson, MONGREL, Sifundo, all the performers who took part, everyone who came along and paid to see the show and anyone who bought a pin badge, programme or artist merchandise. Full list of thanks on our MySpace site.

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson, apart from last photo - by Jo Overfield

SUNDOWN-A-THON

6 JANUARY 2008

Featuring - CHERRYL SCOTT, JO OVERFIELD, STUART BOWDITCH, DEFERRED SUCESS, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, EDDIE ROME, RAYMOND and SIMON BLACKMAN.

Thanks to - THE BAY HORSE, BIRD IN HAND, THE BLUE BOAR, CHEQUERS, PHOENIX FM, ALEX FLETCHER, ST EDITHS COURT REST HOME, CROOKED BILLET, IAN @ KINGS HEAD, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, DOOZER, CHRIS DAVISON, RAYMOND, B, KELLY BUCKLEY, EDDIE ROME, SIMON BLACKMAN, all the people who donated at every pub and every venue, all the staff who allowed us to come and perform, to friends and family for sponsoring us and to Essex, for being such a fine county!

Photography by MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, JO OVERFIELD, RAYMOND & CHRIS DAVISON

25 NOVEMBER 2007

BIG BIRTHDAY BASH!!

Featuring - INNOCENT CIVILIAN, RACHEL PANTECHNICON, LIZ BENTLEY, JOSH WELLER, OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS, JOSH RASKIN, SAINT HUCK, JAMAL & SIFUNDO MSEBELE, and HANS SOLO.

Thanks to - MALC, RAYMOND, CHRIS DAVISON, DOOZER, B, BEN ESHMADE, B's MUM, all performers, all staff at THE ROYAL HOTEL, LITTLENOBODY, DAVID OVERFIELD and to all friends and people who came down and supported us!

Photography by MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON

30 SEPTEMBER 2007

Featuring - HYBERNATION, SUNDOWN POETS, MELINDA DEATHGOTH, LITTLE PENGUIN, POOTLE, JOHNNY & THE MULLETS, OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS, WATERSEDGE FILMS, RAFFLE and JODY PORTER.

Thanks to - RAYMOND, B, CHRIS DAVISON, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, DAVID OVERFIELD, STUART BOWDITCH, LITTLENOBODY, UNIVERSAL MUSIC and KATHERINE ROOTS, SALLY MILLER and OGILVY ADVERTISING, HYBERNATION, DEFERRED SUCESS, DELICIOUS PR, MR & MR's PENGUIN, BESTBADGES, all performers and the staff at THE ROYAL HOTEL, all friends and people who came along.

Photography by MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON and RAYMOND.

24 SEPTEMBER 2007 @ THE SPITZ (with the ARCTIC CIRCLE)

Featuring - SUNDOWN POETS, SIMON BLACKMAN, LIZ BENTLEY, BEN ESHMADE, PHELAN SHEPHERD, JOSH WELLER, WINDMILL and visuals from MOKTIAL, BADHAND FILMS.

Thanks to - BEN ESHMADE, ARCTIC CIRCLE, CHRIS DAVISON, RAYMOND, LITTLENOBODY and all performers, the SPITZ staff and friends who turned up.

Photography by Jo Overfield, whose camera doesn't have a great 'indoor' setting.

Photos also by Raymond.

29 JULY 2007

Featuring - MISS B, JO OVERFIELD, CHERRYL SCOTT, CLARE BLACKMAN, HIGH-LEVEL ACUMEN, LA PUTE POETE, DJ POOTLE, littlenobody, SOPHIE BURROWS

Thanks to - CHRIS DAVISON, DOOZER, RAYMOND, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, B, KAREN PENMAN, LIAM BRAZIER, MIKEY, DAVID OVERFIELD, ROYAL HOTEL STAFF, STEVE, the audience and all who performed.

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson and Jo Overfield

SUNDOWN POETS @ LATITUDE FESTIVAL 2007

Featuring - JO OVERFIELD, CHERRYL SCOTT and DOOZER.

Thanks to - LUKE WRIGHT, POETRY TENT STAFF, MEAN FIDDLER STAFF, LATITUDE ORGANISERS, RAYMOND, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, KATHERINE ROOTS, MIKEY (for looking after the kids), the crowd in the poetry tent and all that supported us and all who attended the Latitude Festival.

Photography by Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Raymond and Jo Overfield

SUNDOWN (IN SMALL DOSES) @ SWS FESTIVAL 2007

Featuring - THEO MUCKRAKER, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, RICHARD SANDLING, CHRIS DAVISON.

Thanks to - SWSF, RAYMOND, LITTLENOBODY, JOHNNY CLARKE, all the performers and all our friends who supported us (B, Elsa, Greg, Penman, Liam and everyone else).

Photos by Raymond, Greg, Malcolm, Liam and Jo

SUNDOWN @ LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL 2007

Featuring - DJ POOTLE, ART GROUP, PAUL GRANJON, JAMIE SPRACKLEN, SOPHIE BURROWS, TIM THE HAT, POT POURRI and our OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS.

Thanks to - MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, CHRIS DAVISON, RAYMOND, LITTLENOBODY, KAREN PENMAN, GREG, ELECTROTHERMAL ENGINEERING, GEORGE A. ROMERO, THE SHIP PUB & BAR STAFF, PAUL COLLIER, MICKEY D, LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL, DOOZER and all our OPEN-MIC PERFORMERS.

A special thank-you to all my friends who supported me on the day and were just totally there, really meant a lot. All photos by Malcolm Blake-Lawson and Greg Kitten

30 MAY 2007 @ THE SPITZ

Featuring - SUNDOWN POETS, RHIAN EDWARDS, SIMON BLACKMAN, NATHAN PENLINGTON and projections from LITTLENOBODY.

Thanks to - RAYMOND AND 'THE INFLUENCE NETWORK', MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, PENMAN, LEEROY, THE SPITZ STAFF, BEN ESHMADE, ARCTIC CIRCLE, CHRIS DAVISON, DAVID OVERFIELD and all our mates who came down to support us!

All photos by Malcolm Blake-Lawson and Raymond.

20 MAY 2007

Featuring - DJ TROOP DOGG, BABA, GRAHAM BENDEL, NICK SILVEY, LIZ BENTLEY, NICK KNIGHT 'Pagan Poetry' Music Video by BJORK, SOPHIE BURROWS, DJ POOTLE, JOE HAKIM and OPEN-MIC performers.

Thanks to - CHRIS DAVISON, DOOZER, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, RAYMOND, SOUTHEND FESTIVAL 5, LITTLENOBODY, LIAM BRAZIER, MIKEY, ONE LITTLE INDIAN RECORDS, STAFF AT THE ROYAL HOTEL, STEVE THE MANAGER and ALL WHO PERFORMED, TRAVELLED DOWN & PAID THEIR MONEY TO SUPPORT US!

Photos by Malcolm Blake-Lawson except for Troop Dogg - by Jover Field and Pagan Poetry still from ShowStudio.com

25 MARCH 2007

Featuring - ITCHY CIRCUS ODOUR, CHRIS DAVISON, SURREAL ART by MASTERS OF REALITY, NATHAN PENLINGTON, DEFERRED SUCESS, ONEDOTZERO FILMS, OPEN MIC POETS, DJ's SQUAT BETTY & POOTLE.

Thanks to - MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, MIKEY, CHRIS DAVISON, DOOZER, KEV WATERS, PABLO, DAMIEN, ALL OUR OPEN-MIC POETS, STAFF AT THE ROYAL HOTEL & THE AUDIENCE.

All photos by Malcolm Blake-Lawson apart from Squat Betty, artwork and film still - by Jo Overfield.

28TH JANUARY 2007

Featuring - NIALL SPOONER-HARVEY, LIZ BENTLEY, ROSS PALMER, RACHEL PANTECHNICON, OPEN-MIC performers, DARYL WALLER and DJ's TROOP DOGG and POOTLE.

HUGE THANKS TO....Doozer, Chris Davison, Karen Penman, LittleNobody, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Mikey, everyone who attended, all our performers, staff at The Royal Hotel and all equipment lenders!

All photos taken by Malcolm Blake-Lawson, get on the case with indoor photo taking Raymond!

26TH NOVEMBER 2006

Featuring - LUKE WRIGHT, SCROOBIUS PIP, JOHN HEGLEY, QUIRKISH DELIGHT and DJ POOTLE.

Thanks to ALL PERFORMERS, DOOZER, KEV WATERS, CHRIS DAVISON, RAYMOND, MIKEY, MR PIP, TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT LENDERS, THE MALC, THE ROYALS STAFF and THE AUDIENCE!

24TH SEPTEMBER 2006

Featuring: APPLES&SNAKES 'EXPOSED' - YUSRA WARSAMA, STICKMAN, CLAIRE WILLIAMSON, DAVID J, POLARBEAR, and Guest Poet SIMON BLACKMAN, MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, BUM CIGAR, DJ's HYBERNATION and POOTLE.

Thanks to: MALCOLM BLAKE-LAWSON, MIKEY, ROB, KEV, STAFF AT THE ROYALS, STEVE and the entire audience and performers.

SUNDOWN VISUAL ARTS SPECIAL JULY 23RD 2006

Featuring - Inua Ellams, Rob Kelly, Quartarmass Xperiment, Liam Brazier, Shinri, DJ's Samson, Pootle & Squat Betty.

Thanks to Sam, Doozer, Kev, Raymond, Malcolm Blake-Lawson and all our open-mic performers plus the audience and staff at The Royal Hotel.

8TH JULY 2006 - SUNDOWN @ THE SHOPLAND FESTIVAL

Featuring - Richard Sandling, Theo Roswell, Mike Webster, Deferred Success, Shinri and the Sundown Poets.

Massive thanks to Raymond, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, our performers, all the staff at Cue Music, YMCA and Shopland, the crowd and all our supporters.

25TH JUNE - SUNDOWN @ LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL 2006

Featuring - Penny Broadhurst, Nathalie Nathai, Hybernation, Four Absent Shoes, Quirkish Delight, Short Film - Folkin' Hell, DJ Flaps and Squat Betty. Thanks to - The Ship, LFF organisers, all the performers, Doozer, all our open-mic performers and everyone who helped and got involved, plus the audience for coming!

SUNDOWN @ re:Fresh, 21ST MAY 2006

FEATURING - SHORT FUSE (Nathan Penlington, Rhian Edwards & Suzanne Andrade), LUKE WRIGHT, CLARE BLACKMAN, OPEN-MIC poetry performers, LOCAL WILDLIFE, PUBLIC INFORMATION FILMS, DJ CORNELIUS BIGWOOD, DJ FLAPS and SAMSON.

Thanks to - Southend College, Michael Upton, Liam Brazier, Film Images London Ltd, Doozer, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Leela, Richard Benfield, B, The Royals Staff, Steve and all of our performers plus everyone who came!

26TH MARCH 2006

FEATURING - RHIAN EDWARDS, KATIE & THE AIRS, DEFERRED SUCCESS, CALEB, BONED Short Film by KEVIN WATERS, OPEN MIC Poetry Performers, 'An Audience of One' by STUART BOWDITCH & CHERRYL SCOTT, DJ FLAPS, HYBERNATION and DJ WES CLIFF.

Thanks to - Leela, Malone, Miss B, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, Doozer, and all our performers and everyone who came.

24TH JANUARY 2006

We had the likes of GERAINT D'ARCY, films from RICHARD SANDLING, music from SAM BEER, THE BIG and DEFERRED SUCCESS, some class OPEN-MIC poetry including DAVE THE CABBAGE, comedy from JOSIE LONG and DJ's REASON OR ROMANZA, DJ FLAPS and DJ LIGHTNING.

Thanks to Paul Malone, Miss B, Malcolm Blake-Lawson, The Royal Hotel, Sarah Hicks and our audience and every single performer.

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY SARAH HICKS (see powdermonki website on 'friends' page)

We started Sundown in November 2003, then it took a brief break before starting up again in August 2004. We do have photos from these events coming soon...