Live in Unit Five - Tom's Tap and Brewhouse

Regular Events

Every Sunday – Tabletop Tavern Sundays – [3pm] Admission Free

Sunday afternoon gaming at your friendly local Tavern!

Expect to see board games, role playing games and collectable card games. There will be a great selection of traditional and modern games available, as well as some very enthusiastic gamers ready to help you learn new rules.

If you’re anxious about coming down for the first time, we will do our very best to make you feel comfortable!

Every First Sunday – Bottle Share [6pm] Admission Free but please bring something to share if you want to take part

Have a beer to share? Maybe one you picked up on holiday, or perhaps something brewed closer to home? This is your chance to explore new flavours and share experiences. Don’t worry If you don’t have anything on-hand we have a well stocked fridge with craft beer and cider.

Every 2nd Thursday – Homebrew Club [7pm] Admission Free

If you’re a beer enthusiast or aspiring homebrewer, mark your calendars for the second Thursday of each month and head to Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse. Join our gathering of local homebrewers, and share your creations, with like minded people.

Every 2nd Sunday – Tom’s Tap Pub Quiz – Trivia with a Twist [6pm] Entry £1 per person (pay on the night)

With questions on video games, anime, comics, rock & metal music and many more alternative subjects, this is NOT just another typical pub quiz! The first prize is a bar tab to split between your team (amount dependent on number of entries) and your team name added to the leaderboard. Entry is just £1 per person and teams can include up to 6 people.

Every Last Thursday – Open Mic [7pm] Admission Free

Mike and Rona are your hosts for the evening. All performers are welcome and it doesn’t matter if you are experienced or just starting out. Everyone is welcome to sing, play an instrument, read poetry, tell jokes or just be part of the audience.

Special Events

Saturday 22nd February – Ghost Town: Ska/Two-tone/Punk [7pm] Admission Free

Get ready to skank and pogo like it’s 1979 as Nocturnelle Events brings you an unmissable evening of Ska, 2 Tone and Punk. Expect lots of old favourites including, Madness, The Specials, Bad Manners, The Clash, Sham 69 and many more.

This is going to be a night of musical history, a whirlwind tour through three iconic genres. If you miss this, you’ll be kicking yourself with your own DMs!

Friday 28th February – Cheese Night (online only) [8pm] – Admission £45 for beer & cheese (£59 for double cheese)

In association with the Cheese Shop Nantwich.
Craft beers curated by our very own Head Brewer are expertly matched with artisan cheese from the Cheese Shop Nantwich. The tasting will take place on Zoom in the comfort of your own living room. We will deliver both beer and cheese prior to the event. Deadline for orders 12pm Saturday 22nd February.

Saturday 1st March – Funk Underground [7pm] Admission Free

Prepare to get your groove on with DJ mummyfunk. She is bringing you the very best in classic funk, jazz funk and reggae; served with a dash of soul, blues, afro and latin.

Expect tracks from the JB’s, James Brown, Reuben Wilson, Albert King, Curtis Mayfield, Toots and the Maytals, Prince Buster and many more. If you like the authentic sound of classic tunes, played on the original vinyl, then this is your night.

Wednesday 5th March – Eli Lev [8pm] Admission – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

Rising singer-songwriter Eli Lev is making the world a smaller place, one song at a time. Eli pens lyrics and melodies for everyday enlightenment ”songs that resonate because they are heartfelt, earthy, and offer the wisdom he’s gained through lifelong travel and self-discovery. The Maryland-based artist has just completed his epic Four Directions project which includes four EPs that were inspired by indigenous traditions he learned while teaching on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona.

His four part EP releases, All Roads East (2017) and Way out West (2018), Deep South (2019), and True North (2021) – imaginatively and intrepidly connect spheres and generations within a body of work that is irresistibly uplifting, emotionally resonant, and down-to-earth. A cross between The Avett Brothers and The Lumineers, Lev has opened for both Shooter Jennings and Lee DeWyze, performed at The Kennedy Center and 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, and toured extensively around the world.

“Lev, his craft and his success are indicative of some of the truly incredible things that modern music technology has made possible. By connecting with thousands of people from across the globe and sharing a message of unity, Lev is able to enjoy one of the greatest things that anyone, especially musicians, can enjoy: community.” – American Songwriter

Friday 7th March – George Fell [8:30pm] Admission £6

Join us for a dazzling evening of guitar music, performed on 6 and 12 string guitar, by Manchester based guitar virtuoso George Fell. He is a uniquely talented fingerstyle player and has been performing self-composed instrumental arrangements since the age of 16. This is an evening not to be missed

“The best 12 string guitarist you’ll hear in your life” – Bez (Happy Mondays)

Friday 14th March – We are Nomad [8:30pm] Admission – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

We Are Nomad are Mike Aitchison (guitars, bass, programming, vocals) and Rona Leftwich (saxes, flute, whistle, keyboards, vocals).

With a diverse repertoire at their command, they move effortlessly between original compositions, classic prog rock, Irish folk and a touch of jazz and blues.

Saturday 15th March – Sky Patterns – album launch [8:30pm] – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

Sky Patterns is a musical project by Cheshire-based musician Paul Lockett.

Paul originally began writing songs way back in the nineties, and for a time performed in several bands. Roll forward to years later, and Paul was working with a friend who asked if he makes New Year’s Resolutions & how about one for each month? Paul decided that his January resolution should be to perform solo at an open-mic evening, as he’d previously only ever worked in bands. This proved to reignite his love of performing live music and Paul has since been a regular on the open-mic circuit, particularly during the past few years or so.

The idea of recording some of his new songs began after several people initially encouraged him to do so. Paul decided that if he had four songs that he was happy with, he’d look to do just this. Paul then went on to write a bunch of new material that exceeded his four song target, plus, he was invited to play at a small outdoor festival, where the crowd was really enthusiastic. Suddenly, the idea of an album began to take shape.

Sky Patterns’ debut album ‘Answers On A Postcard’, released in March 2025, brings together this set of songs, mainly written during the second-half of 2024. Some of the songs touch on reflective childhood memories, while others reference the ocean, the sky, and countryside. Musically, the sound leans towards folk, based around Paul’s talent as a guitarist, and some songs touch into elements of both folk rock and even a little pop.

Thursday 20th March – Comedy Night with Jenny Hart Admission £7 early bird £10 regular

Jenny Hart is an award winning musical comedian with a penchant for dark humour and REALLY catchy songs and as well all playing all over the UK and Europe she’s been spotted as far as Australia and the USA. She’s GLOBAL baby!

Originally hailing from Woking but now living in Manchester, Jenny is a much loved regular at some of the biggest Comedy Clubs in the UK, and having worked her way up through the circuit she delivers a wild and exotic brand of comedy that will light up any night.

‘She’s a bold, brash, shameless presence full of gloriously inappropriate jokes and twisted, dark songs’

‘her provocative, full-on personality energises the room’

Support comes from Manchester legend Sean Moran and emerging new act Danielle Francis

Your MC for the night is Roland Gent.

Friday 21st March – Sally Pepper [8:30pm] Admission – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

Sally Pepper is a singer-songwriter, based in Blackpool, offering a unique brand of acoustic punk. She has a big voice with a knack for finding the catchiest of hooks.

Great news if you are a fan of Frank Turner, Grace Petrie, and acoustic punk in general!

This will be her third time at Tom’s Tap, and if previous experience is to go by, it will be to a packed house!

Saturday 22nd March – Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse present a Tutored Beer Tasting with Laura Hadland [6:30pm] Admission £20

Join us for an evening of craft beer exploration led by renowned Shropshire drinks writer, Laura Hadland.

Laura is a leading voice in the beer world and took the plunge to become a full-time drinks writer in 2017. She contributes regularly to esteemed publications like CAMRA’s What’s Brewing and Vineyard Magazine. Her expertise shines through in her acclaimed book, “50 Years of CAMRA,” which was honored as the Best Beer Book in the World in 2022.

During this tasting session, Laura will guide you through a curated selection of five craft beers chosen to showcase diverse styles and flavours. This will be a social and informative evening with like minded people and a chance to expand your palate and deepen your appreciation of beer in its many forms.

Wednesday 26th March – Shaun Banks [8:30pm] Admission – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

Shaun Banks is a solo artist, based in the 500-year-old mining town of Idrija, Slovenia. His music has the energy of punk fused with the soul and groove of blues.

Banks’ music is shaped by his industrial and rural environment. With that in mind he takes his fans on a sonic journey that is heavily influenced by The White Stripes, The Black Keys, and Robert Johnson.

Friday 28th March – The Secret Songwriters Club [8:30pm] Admission – pay what you can (cash on door). We suggest a donation of at least £5 to cover the artist’s expenses.

Welcome to an evening of original material sung and played by four very talented individuals.

Al Sherwood
Glaswegian Al Sherwood writes songs about friends and relationships. You can expect a bit of social commentary and some added tongue-in-cheek humour.

Barry Lawton
Barry Lawton is a singer songwriter encased in the body of a railway worker. ‘Bonds Broken & Made’ is his current collection of songs. He hopes you might like at least one of them…..

Marc Gallagher
Mostly challenging notions of what a ukulele can do, Marc Gallagher has taken his blend of pop-folk to 12 countries.

Tiny Pioneers
Folk-tinged, punk-influenced, alt-acoustic majesty. Catchy fat-chorded foot-stompers and hauntingly finger picked compositions, sung with passion and conviction.

Saturday 29th March – Strange Crewe presents Autumn Dawn Leader [doors open 7pm artist on stage 9pm] Admission £5 [note: this is not a club night]

Autumn Dawn Leader is a classically trained contralto vocalist and solo prog songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a unique dark, emotive, and bewitching flavour. Critics call her a musical maverick.

Difficult to put into a genre-box, Autumn is best known for her delicious chord changes, vocal sorcery, lyrical hammer blows and intensely passionate performances.

Saturday 5th April – Strange Crewe presents Spire Circle and KK Verkefni [onstage 7:15pm] Admission £5 – Free Admission for Club Night [9pm until late] – Doors Open 7pm

Spire Circle is the brainchild of Gregg Alexander Neville (Push/Button/Press; Golden Gardens), Spire Circle weaves a complex web of influences, employing EBM-inspired bass lines and ethereal leads reminiscent of witch house, all anchored by a haunting vocal delivery. The result is a distinctive sound that, while novel, pays homage to the nuanced realms of modern darkwave and coldwave, evoking parallels with the likes of Kontravoid, Ultra Sunn, and Night Hexe.

KK Verkefni are a Goth punk from Wrexham. They were formed in 2021 the live line is Kev Korpse on vocal & Tom on guitar.

First Band on stage 7:15pm sharp.

Get ready to embrace the darkness with an eclectic mix of goth, alternative, post-punk, and industrial metal. As nightfall descends, wear your best shade of black and put your dancing boots. Then let the music set you free!

Friday 25th April – Friday Mixtape: hits of the 80s [7pm] Admission Free

Nocturnelle Events in partnership with Nexus-9 brings you the very best of the 1980s. We will be playing not only your usual well known hits, but also those one hit wonders and those songs that were maybe a little bit uncool at the time, but you loved them anyway. From ABC to ZZ Top, and everything in between.

Saturday 26th April – Ghost Town: Ska/Two-tone/Punk [7pm] Admission Free

Wednesday 30th April – Meet the Author with Clare Mulley [7:30pm] Admission £20 [includes signed paperback book]

Clare Mulley is an award-winning author focused on female experience during the Second World War. Her books include AGENT ZO, about the only woman to parachute from Britain to enemy-occupied Poland, to play a key role in the largest organised act of defiance against Nazi German occupation, as well as THE WOMEN WHO FLEW FOR HITLER, THE SPY WHO LOVED and THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THE CHILDREN.

Popular on TV, radio and pods, Clare reviews widely across the papers, and has served as a judge for the Historical Writers Association and Biographers Club book prizes. She is a recipient of the Polish honour, the Bene Merito, and the Daily Mail Biographers Club Prize. She lives in Essex with the sculptor Ian Wolter, too many books, and a dog who needs more baths. www.claremulley.com

AGENT ZO tells the incredible story of courageous resistance fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Elizabeth Watson but best known as ‘Zo’. During the Second World War, Zo was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the Polish Home Army command, bringing vital mircofilm. As the only female member of the Polish elite special forces – the ‘Silent Unseen’ – she also became the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi-German occupied Poland. There, while being hunted by the Gestapo, who arrested her entire family, she took a key role in the largest organised act of defiance against Nazi Germany – the Warsaw Uprising.

After the war, Zo was demobbed as one of the most highly decorated Polish women in history. Yet the Soviet-backed communist regime not only imprisoned her, but also ensured that her remarkable story remained hidden. Now, through new archival research and exclusive interviews with people who knew and fought alongside Zo, Clare Mulley brings this forgotten heroine back to life, transforming the was we see the history of women’s agency in the Second World War.

‘Deeply researched and written with verve. Thoughtful as well as action-packed’, The Times (London)
‘Industrial strength heroism, told with sympathy & feeling’, The Literary Review
‘Page-turning… Fascinating… Poignant… This excellent account is a tour de force’, Military History Matters
‘Gripping, moving and important: an amazing and until-now neglected story of female WW2 heroism and secret derring-do. This tale of the resistance fighter Agent Zo is amazingly told and deeply researched by the excellent historian of WW2 espionage Clare Mulley’, Simon Sebag Montefiore, The World, a Family History; Young Stalin; Jerusalem
‘Agent Zo is a triumph… Absolutely essential reading’, Hallie Rubenhold, The Five
‘A terrific story, told with passion and authority. Not simply a page-turner, this is an important addition to the literature of WW2, a story for our times about female heroism’, Anne Sebba, Ethel Rosenberg; Jennie Churchill
‘A fine piece of military history, Polish history and women’s history, all written in a gripping style. Cries out to be filmed’, Andrew Roberts, George III, Churchill, Napoleon
‘The astonishing story of an extraordinary woman’, Jonathan Freedland, The Escape Artist

Friday 2nd May – Cheese Night (online only) [8pm] – Admission £45 for beer & cheese (£59 for double cheese)

Saturday 17th May – Funk Underground [7pm] Admission Free

Prepare to get your groove on with DJ mummyfunk. She is bringing you the very best in classic funk, jazz funk and reggae; served with a dash of soul, blues, afro and latin.

Wednesday 21st May – Pint of Science [7pm] Admission TBA

Watch this space!

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May – Cheese, Beer and Cider Festival

Friday – Cheese, Beer and Cider Matching is in Unit 5 from 6-8pm. You have the option of beer & cheese, cider & cheese or beer cider & cheese (Admission tbc). Then it’s DJ Nick’s Vinyl Night from 8-11pm (Admission free).
Saturday – The Beautiful and Damned: a cocktail party starts at 4pm in the Green Room. Named after a book written by F Scott Fitzgerald in the heyday of cocktails. Jacqui will take you through a carefully curated menu of 5 cocktails from different eras from the late 1800’s to the early 2000’s. There will be a brief description of the cocktail’s history and ingredients, then enjoy with a playlist to match each era. Do not drive! (admission £30pp inc cocktail snacks) (We are Nomad will be performing their “folky” set in Unit 5 from 8:30pm (Admission free).
Sunday – Blessed are the Cheesemakers! Get to meet your makers and perhaps sample some of their wares. More details to follow.
Cheese platters are available throughout the festival at the bar.

Saturday 7th June – Strange Crewe presents The Moons of Jupiter [onstage 8pm] Admission £5 – Free Admission for Club Night [9pm until late] – Doors Open 7pm

Soulful and uplifting, classic sounding British electro-pop. The Moons Of Jupiter have been likened to a hybrid of Depeche Mode, The Human League, Savage Garden, Tears For Fears and The Sisters Of Mercy with a contemporary feel and their own unique style. Their first two EPs “Ghosts” and “Angel” are available now on CD and to download.

Band on stage 8pm sharp.

Free entry from 9pm to Strange Crewe club night.

Friday 20th June – Cheese Night (online only) [8pm] – Admission £45 for beer & cheese (£59 for double cheese)

Saturday 2nd August – Strange Crewe presents Still Forever [onstage 8pm] Admission £5 – Free Admission for Club Night [9pm until late] – Doors Open 7pm

Still Forever combines elements of eighties post-punk, electro-indie, synthesised soundscape and modern gothic. All overlaid with atmospheric, bipolar vocals.

Artist on stage 8pm sharp.

Free entry from 9pm to Strange Crewe club night.

Friday 8th August – Cheese Night (online only) [8pm] – Admission £45 for beer & cheese (£59 for double cheese)

Friday 10th October – Cheese Night (online only) [8pm] – Admission £45 for beer & cheese (£59 for double cheese)

Saturday 25th October – Strange Crewe Halloween Special [7pm until late] Admission Free

A cold welcome to all you vampires, zombies, ghosts, ghouls, and undead of all persuasions. Prepare for a spooky night of goth, 80s & alternative tunes.

Friday 31st October – Chasing the Fall & Guests [8pm] Admission TBC

Chasing the Fall, are a dynamic pop punk ensemble hailing from Crewe, comprising talented musicians deeply passionate about their craft. The band is quickly gaining recognition for their energetic stage presence and dynamic performance.

Wednesday 31st December – Strange Crewe – New Year’s Eve Party [7pm-2am] – Ticket holders only after 10pm! Admission £tbc

Strictly ticket only from 10pm through to 2am.