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In-house engineer
About Arcadia Music Cafe
Arcadia Music Cafe is a grassroots music venue in Biggar, Biggar. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Arcadia Music Cafe books Blues acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the Biggar venue directory.
Arcadia Music Cafe is a small but vibrant community music venue in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, run by music lovers for music lovers as a home for independent and local musicians. Seating around 60 theatre-style, it offers an intimate, listening-focused room and a varied programme of gigs, workshops and experiences — with blues and roots a recurring thread, drawing touring acts from across the UK and beyond. It's exactly the kind of grassroots room that keeps live music alive in rural Scotland.
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High St, Biggar, Biggar, ML12 6BL
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Arcadia Music Cafe books Blues. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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