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 26th October – Strange Crewe Halloween Party [7pm-12am] Admission Free
It is said that Halloween is the Goth Xmas! Strange Crewe returns with yet more spooky goings on to celebrate. Prepare for a night of goth, 80s & alternative tunes. But expect the unexpected! Are you ready to embrace the darkness?
Wednesday 30th October – Halloween Quiz [7pm] Admission £1 per person (cash only) max 6 people per team
From the people who brought you Tabletop Tavern Sundays and Tom’s Tap Pub Quiz, we have an evening of spooktacular quizzing, monstrous games, delicious potions and a prize for the best Halloween costume!
Friday 1st November – Cheese Night [online only] – 8pm Admission £45 for beer and 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.
Saturday 9th November – The Secret Songwriters Club [8pm] Admission Free – Donations Welcome
Tiny Pioneers is a purveyor of folk-tinged, punk-influenced, alt-acoustic majesty. From catchy fat-chorded foot-stompers, to hauntingly finger picked compositions, Tiny Pioneers creates lyrical worlds, moments captured like short stories set to melody, using a handful of chords, a mouthful of words, a pocketful of nothing and a heart full of hurts.
Nixon Tate delivers soulful and unashamedly regional vocals on a bed of organically crafted and infinitely layered instrumentation. His wistful and captivating sound has seen this Staffordshire music scene veteran carve out his musical niche as if it were a fine art form, whittling down hazy soundscapes, alluring harmonies and driving bass lines for heart-wrenching results. Recent highlights include achieving plays on BBC RADIO 2 and BBC 6 Music as well as supporting Graham Coxon of Blur and 90s indie legends Space on tour.
Although this is a free gig we will be putting the “hat” around. Please give generously.
Friday 15th November – Chasing the Fall with Capesthorne & Secret City Souls [8:30pm] Admission £5 early bird £7 regular
Chasing the Fall, is a dynamic pop punk ensemble hailing from Crewe, comprising talented musicians deeply passionate about their craft. Following the release of their debut EP, the band is quickly gaining recognition for their energetic stage presence.
Early bird tickets are available until 6pm 14th November
Saturday 16th November – Black Cactus & Guests [8:30pm] Admission Free – Donations Welcome
Black Cactus is a new band from Crewe with some members of McNultys Ghost. They play original songs written over the last 4 years. Influences include artists such as The National, Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and Joy Division. Expect beat driven tunes, with guitar synth and heavy bass, and lyrics from the thoughts of a retrospective self.
Although this is a free gig we will be putting the “hat” around. Please give generously.
Thursday 21st November – Comedy Night with Tony Law [7:30pm] Admission £10 Early Bird £12 regular
Tony Law is a three-time Chortle Award winner, Amused Moose Best Show winner and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee.
We are incredibly pleased to welcome him to Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse. This show is a rare chance to see such a masterful comic in up close and personal surroundings. Anything may happen – but it will be funny.
His extensive TV and radio credits include:
- Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
- The Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central)
- 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4)
- Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One)
- Celebrity Squares (ITV)
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
- Heading Out (BBC Two)
- The Culture Show (BBC Two)
- Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe (BBC Two)
- Edinburgh Nights (BBC Two)
- Tony Law’s Surreal Guide To Surreal Comedy (Radio 4 Extra)
- Loose Ends (Radio 4)
- The Infinite Monkey Cage (Radio 4)
“Takes post-modern stand-up to a dangerously funny new level” – The Guardian ****
‘The King of post-modern nonsense” – Telegraph
Joy France is the world’s oldest rap battler. She’s appeared on BBC World service and has had a film made about her exploits. Joy started taking on opponents in performances after she was told the poetry she wrote as a hobby matched the rhythm of the genre. A battle rap sees two rappers exchange insults and boasts through word play in front of a crowd.Ms France said there was a “magic” in stepping outside of your comfort zone. She’s appearing back at Tom’s Tap by request as she was so funny last time.
Liam Alexander is an up and coming comic making big waves on the Liverpool and Manchester scene
Your MC for the night is Roland Gent.
Early bird tickets are available until 6pm 20th November
Saturday 23rd November – 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!
Early bird tickets are available until 6pm 20th November
Friday 29th November – Darmus [8:30pm] Admission Free – Donations Welcome
Darmus is a live looping improvisation project led by Dave Hulatt: lead guitarist with Dream Circuit and Road Trip. Dave is an accomplished musician who has played the HRH Prog and Psych festivals on more than one occasion! He will be joined onstage by Joe Stingray on bass and Nick Raybould on percussion.
Although this is a free gig we will be putting the “hat” around. Please give generously.
Saturday 7th December – Room at the Inn – fundraising for the St Paul’s Centre [8pm] Admission by Donation
We’re delighted to announce the return of Room at the Inn, a fundraising event in support of the St Paul’s Centre, Hightown, Crewe. Live music will be provided by We Are Nomad, plus guests.
The Centre operates several services across the Community, and this event is principally, aimed at two of these – donations to the Food Bank, and cash contributions to their general funds. Hence, the entry fee on the night will be either two (or more!) items from their shopping list, or a £5 contribution which we’ll forward to the Centre
ALL proceeds will go to the Saint Pauls Centre.
Saturday 14th December – Santa Pod does Sabotage [7pm] Admission Free
Ho Ho Ho and season’s greetings! Get into the festive spirit with Santa Pod. He is here to bring you the gift of music. Expect a mix of classic Xmas tunes and some great tracks.
Saturday 21st December – Angel of Harlem – Acoustic U2 Tribute [8:30pm] Admission £5 Early Bird £7 regular
Angel of Harlem need no introduction! They sell out every time they perform here. We strongly suggest you get your tickets early. Check out their Facebook page for more information.
Early bird tickets are available until 6pm 20th December
Tuesday 31st December – Strange Crewe – Alternative 90s New Year’s Eve Party [7pm-2am] – Ticket holders only after 10pm! Admission £10
Entry fee includes bubbly at midnight, strictly ticket only from 10pm through to 2am.
Dress to impress in your finest 90s costumes, this is encouraged but not essential.
2025
Saturday 1st February – Strange Crewe presents Queens of the Damned – a charity event in aid of the St Pauls Centre Foodbank [7pm until late] Admission by donation (we suggest £5 but please give whatever you can afford)
Get ready to embrace the darkness with an all female DJ set from the Queens of the Damned. This is a charity event in aid of the St Pauls Centre Foodbank.
DJ Line-up
Nocturnelle (Crewe) is a lover of 80s music, some Goth, some Rock, she is likely to be found playing Sisters of Mercy, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, VNV Nation, Mono Inc etc.
DJ De Dancey (Manchester) will be weaving sets from a broad pallet of alternative genres, expect to hear EBM, Industrial, synth pop, or anything good to stomp to. There are no rules! The beat is all!
DJ McLeod (Implant, Manchester) expect a bit of everything, classic ebm, maybe some slightly avant garde electro, dodgy alternative covers, and more, hopefully something to catch people off guard.
DJ Sc3n3 B1tch will be playing all the Emo bangers. Her dress sense is amazing and her taste in music is even better. RaWrXD!
DJ Paulie Elliss has been in the electronic music scene since the later 90s, and the electronic side of the goth scene since the early 2000s. They previously co-promoted their own night in East London, and have guest played at Dark Angels (Plymouth) as well as Slimelight. Expect some EBM & Future-Pop classics, with an unexpected quirky twist!
Wednesday 5th March – Eli Lev [8pm] Admission Free – Donations Welcome
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
Although this is a free gig we will be putting the “hat” around. Please give generously.
Wednesday 26th March – Shaun Banks [8:30pm] Admission Free – Donations Welcome
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.
Although this is a free gig we will be putting the “hat” around. Please give generously.
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.
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
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!
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.
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!
Free entry from 9pm to Strange Crewe club night.
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.
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!
Free entry from 9pm to Strange Crewe club night.
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.
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.