Artists and Groups that appeared at the Redhill Market Hall
     
Introduction
This is a subject that keeps cropping up but until now has never been properly resolved. Just who appeared at the Market Hall and when? Individual artists, Pop Groups, Jazz Bands, they all seem to have performed there but there is no known record, sketchy or comprehensive, of their appearances. Christine Nunweek, who belongs to an old Redhill family, has a list of some of the acts, plus dates, and it was felt that if a webpage was created others might be able to contribute and the list would grow. So, if you have posters from those far off days of your youth or any other material that could add to the information here, or just your memory, please contact author.

East Surrey Operatic Society
There are, of course, several organisations that have also used the Market Hall for their performances. The East Surrey Operatic Society is one of them and as their performance list and history is already available on their website www.esos.org.uk, there is no point in reproducing it here. Go to PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS - PHOTOS on their site for a list, or click on the 1907-2007 panel at the top of the home page for their history. It's a colourful and interesting website so browse some of the other pages too.
     
Teenbeat Rock Club
YEAR DATE GROUP SOURCE
1963 Sat 15th June Gene Vincent & Sounds Incorporated Christine Nunweek
1963 Sat 31st Aug Sounds Inc. Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1963 Sat 18th January The Searchers Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1964 Sat March 7th Freddie and The Dreamers Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1964 June  20th  The Interns Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1964 July  4th The Redcaps Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1964 Sat15th August Gene Vincent & The Shouts   Christine Nunweek
1964 Sept 12th  The Hollies Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1964. October 3rd Dave Berry and The Cruisers  Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek)
1965 Sat 21st August Donovan Christine Nunweek
1965 Sat 28th August Charles Dickens and the Habits Christine Nunweek
1965 Sat 4th September The Zombies Christine Nunweek
1965 Sat 11th September The Sons of Fred Christine Nunweek
1965 Sat18th September The T Bones Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 1st January The Clayton Squares Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 15th January The Small Faces Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 29th January Uglys Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 19th February Gary Farr and the T Bones Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 26th Feb The Nashville Teens Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 5th March A Band of Angels Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 12th March The Mojos Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 26th March The Downliners Sect Christine Nunweek
1966  Sat 9th April  The Riot Squad Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 39th April Crying Shames www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/apr66.htm
1966  Sat 28th May The Sorrows Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 4th June The 4 Inches, the Flashbakks (Redhill Group) The Dark Ages Christine Nunweek
1966 Sat 11th June The Bow Street Runners Christine Nunweek
1966  Sat 3rd  Sept    Garry Farr and the T Bones Christine Nunweek
1966  Sat 10th Sept The Fortunes Christine Nunweek
1966   Sat 17th Sept The Nashville Teens Christine Nunweek
1966  Sat 24th Sept The Creation Christine Nunweek
1966  Sat 17th Dec   Wynder K. Frogg Christine Nunweek
1968 3rd March Stormsville Shakers www.stormsvilleshakers.com/history
       
Teenbeat Rock Club Flyers for 1966
January 1966 Feb-March 1966 May-June 1966 September 1966
(Note the change of spelling of Club to Klub)    
Teenbeat membership card The Flashbakks
       
Also from Christine Nunweek I know for certain that Manfred Mann and The Searchers both  played at the Market Hall but don't remember the dates; it was probably early 1965, as The Manfreds sang their " new" song  Do Wah Diddy Diddy.
More from Christine Nunweek
August 2007		 I went to The Surrey Mirror Archives yesterday and found the following groups to add to the list.
Sounds Inc - August 31st 1963.     The Seachers - January 18th 1964.     Freddie and The Dreamers - March 7th 1964. The Interns - June  20th   1964.     The Redcaps - July  4th 1964       The Hollies - Sept 12th  1964. Dave Berry and The Cruisers - October 3rd  1964.
The advertising is very  random,  it seems as if they relied on the fliers they gave out weekly rather than the local press.  (Thanks Christine; these acts added to the list above AJM)
And this received from Geoff Lawrence, December 2007 I went just about every week and as well as those already listed on your site I saw all these acts at the Market Hall but don't know the exact dates. There were: Hunters 1963 - Gene Vincent 1963 - Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages 1963 - Twinkle 1963 - Eagles (Bristol not California) 1964 - Tommy Quickly 1964 - Searchers 1964 - Undertakers 1964.
I also played there a few times with my band, The Sabres. We were then signed up by the promoter - a guy called Banister - to play at his other venues in Tunbridge Wells (supporting the Mersybeats) and Gravesend (supporting the Four Pennies).
Other local bands I think appeared at the Market Hall around 63/64 were: Paramounts - Alphabeats - R+B etc/Blueberries - Flashbakks.
Good memories.
Geoff
Thank a lot, Geoff, this is just what we are looking for.
Email from Robert Streeter, January 2008. The listings of the performers at the Market Hall does not include the Kinks and this must be an error - I saw the Kinks at the Market Hall and I am sure they came twice  - they were the loudest band I believe I ever heard - they had huge black vox amplifying equipment........ Tom Jones also made an appearance at the Market Hall - his voice was so powerful he hardly needed a microphone - I remember it very well..... but I do not know the dates...  
Tom Jones performed at the Market Hall about 6 weeks before his first smash hit ' It's Not Unusual' became number one in the pop charts !
Thanks, Robert, the more information the better.
From Chris Fountain,
March 2008

Your website is a source of instant nostalgia for me. I saw most of the acts listed and I'm sure that I also saw The Tornados - after they recorded 'Telstar', Tommy Bruce - who sang 'pennies from heaven' and stopped his performance to chastise the audience for throwing pennies at him and one of the most underrated bands of the 60's Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Happy days!    
The information keeps coming - thanks Chris.
If you saw an act, or maybe more than one, at the Redhill Market Hall, even if you can't remember the date, please contact author so that this list can be made to grow into a proper record of those years of all our youths.
If you have information regarding other organisations that performed at the Market Hall please also contact author