The Dial Up @ Tina's Cafe!
Where: Tina’s Cafe, Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre, Local Board Road, Lower High Street, Watford WD17 2JP
When: First Sunday of each month, 2-4pm
Join the Dial Up for a fantastic afternoon of performance and open mic! If you’re looking for a friendly and welcoming space to share your music, poetry, prose, drama, comedy, magic or dance, or just want a couple of hours of entertainment, then The Dial Up is the place for you! Every month has a theme but feel free to interpret or ignore it as you choose! All Welcome. Free entry (suggested donation of £5).
Sunday 7th June: Celebrating Pride
Sunday 5th July: Fringe Special
Sunday 2nd August: Picnic in the Park! (A change from our usual location, weather permitting we'll meet for a summer social at the Peace Garden in Cassiobury Park)
Sunday 6th September: Disney Special
Sunday 4th October: The Fours Seasons
Sunday 1st November: Winter Warmers
Sunday 6th December: Christmas Party
Sunday 3rd January: Anything Goes
Sunday 7th February: Love Songs
Sunday 7th March: Food and Drink
Sunday 4th April: 21st Century Classics
Secular Verses Poetry Reading
at the Chesham Fringe Festival
FREE EVENT. All welcome. (please bring a fiver to buy a book!)
11:30 - 12:15 at Chapter Two Bookshop, 10 Chesham High St
Join Alexander Williams as he shares poems from his collection Secular Verses, exploring his experiences as a secularist, atheist and humanist. With poems ranging from the thoughtful and lyrical to the comic and polemic, there's something to inspire every reader's interest and imagination. Copies will be available to purchase after the reading.
"A beautiful collection that captures the humanist experience with honesty and empathy and a tribute to the power of poetry to enrich the secular experience." -Andrew Copson OBE, Chief Executive, Humanists UK (2025)
Then for those interested (and weather permitting) we'll join together for a picnic in Chesham park before...
Love in Slough
at the Chesham Fringe Festival
A new one-man musical
Written and performed by Alexander Williams
Based on the songs of Phil Craddock
Where: Chesham Library, Elgiva Lane, HP5 2JD
When: 6pm, Saturday 23rd May 2026
https://tickets.cheshamfringe.com/tickets/love-in-slough/
Love in Slough is the story of Jack, a middle-aged man tied to an unfulfilling marriage, whose drab, directionless life is given an injection of vigour when he embarks on an unexpected affair. The funny, fast-paced script is bursting with wonderful jazz tunes which drive us through Jack’s journey of self-discovery as he traverses a new world of openness, intimacy and redefined relationships.
Tiger Jazz
@ St Mary's Church lunchtime concert
When: 12:30- 1:30pm Thursday 28th May 2026
Where: St Mary's Church, Watford High Street
Please do come along to this free event and enjoy an hour of Tiger Jazz Great American Songbook melodies on a gorgeous grand piano. All welcome!
Tiger Jazz
@ Launch of Watford Fringe Festival
When: Saturday 4th July 2026
Where: Pondside, Watford Parade/ High Street
Tiger Jazz will once again be hosting the launch of the wonderful Watford Fringe Festival! Running through July, the festival is a celebration of our town's amazing artistry, culture and creativity, and well as providing a platform for performers from across the country and internationally, many of whom will be perfecting material before taking it up to the Edinburgh Fringe. Come along for a sneak peek of countless entertaining, exciting and innovative shows across all genres. FREE EVENT, all welcome!
Tiger Jazz
@ St Matthew's Church afternoon concert
When: 2-4pm Wednesday 8th July 2026
Where: St Matthew's Church, Eastbury Road, Bushey Arches
Please do come along to this free event and enjoy a 15 minute splash of Tiger Jazz Great American Songbook melodies on a gorgeous grand piano in amongst a wonderful 2 hours of open mic performances focusing on Musical Theatre and popular classical songs. All welcome!
Tiger Jazz
@ Lanchestfest 2026
When: tbc Saturday 11th July 2026
Where: Lanchester Primary School, Hempstead Road, Watford, WD17 3HD
Come and enjoy Tiger Jazz's second performance at Lanchester Primary schools summer fundraiser! It's a fun filled family event supporting a great local school. It’s a wonderful day out and everyone is welcome!
Tiger Jazz
@ Watford Humanists Art and Music Festival 2026
When: 4-9pm Saturday 11th July 2026
Where: Main Hall, Purcell School of Music, Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TS
Watford Area Humanists (WAH) will present WHAM!! (Watford Humanists Arts & Music). A five hour extravaganza with Art & Music and absolutely FREE! Tiger Jazz, SJ Jazz 5, Laura Dannan, Pete White, Eric Eracleous, Levi Positive, Natalie Shay are some of the highlights of the WHAM music event as part of the WatFringe - Watford Fringe Festival and Bushey Festival. At the main Hall of the prestigious Purcell School in Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TS, opposite the Metropolitan, where paid parking is available. Saturday 11th July from 4pm until 9pm. Don’t miss it!
Tiger Jazz
@ Harling Fringe Festival
When: 6-8pm Sunday 12th July
I'm honoured to have been selected as the finale act for the first ever Harling Fringe Festival! Can't wait to bring some Great American Songbook classics to the Harling crowd!
Tiger Jazz
@ Bossanyi Studio
When: 8pm Saturday 18th July 2026
Where: Bossanyi Studio, Field End Road, Eastcote, HA5 2QL
Please do come along and enjoy Tiger Jazz's annual appearance at the gorgeous Bossanyi Studio. Details tbc. Suggested donation £10. Bring your own drinks, glasses provided.
Tiger Jazz
@ HERTS PRIDE 2026
When: Saturday 22nd August 2026
Where: Cassiobury Park, Watford
As a Herts Pride Ambassador, I'm once more honoured to not only sing some of my favourite American Songbook standards on the main stage, but also to host a plethora of local talent on the CEX Community Stage... think of it as a Herts Pride Dial Up! Please do come along and enjoy this brilliant annual celebration of Watford's diverse, supportive and inclusive community. It’s a wonderful day out and everyone is welcome!
The Pump House Theatre Black History Month Dial Up Open Mic!
Where:
Colne River Room @ Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre,
Local Board Road, Lower Watford High Street, WD17 2JP
(2 minutes from Watford High Street train station)
When:
Friday 17th October 2025, 7-9pm
The Watford Pump House is proud to host a Dial Up Open Mic in celebration of Black History Month! We want to throw the doors of the Pump House wide open so this is a FREE EVENT with a suggested donation of £5 at the door for those who feel able to pay.
As ever, we will celebrate community and creativity in all their forms, so whether you are Black, White, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Mixed or however you identify, we welcome you to join us for this joyful occasion! Share you music, your poetry, your passion, your stories. The stage is yours!
Tiger Jazz
@ Winterfest 2026
When: tbc
Where: Watford Highstreet
Join us for a free day long celebration of the winter season with rides, stalls, good cheer and a host of musical performances through the day! I'll be there as Tiger Jazz both hosting the main stage and sharing some of my favourite classic Christmas songs. It’s a wonderful day out culminating in the big switch on of the Christmas lights! Everyone is welcome so I look forward to seeing you there!
The Pump House Theatre LGBT History Month Dial Up Open Mic!
Where:
The Colne River Room
Pump House Theatre and Arts Centre,
Local Board Road, Lower Watford High Street, WD17 2JP
(2 minutes from Watford High Street train station)
When:
February 2027
Watford’s Pump House Theatre is proud to host The Dial Up Open Mic LGBT History Month Special! We’re throwing the doors of the Colne River Room wide open for this FREE EVENT in celebration of our town’s wonderful diversity! There is a suggested donation of £5 at the door for those who feel able to pay.
Whether you are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, curious, undecided, an ally or something else entirely we welcome you to come along and join us for this much loved highlight of the Watford LGBT calendar. Share you music, your poetry, your passion, your stories. The stage is yours!
Tiger Jazz is a joy-filled journey through some of the best loved tunes of The Great American Songbook and beyond. Come and enjoy a fun-filled, toe-tapping, heart-warming selection of melodies from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley delivered with a roar!
The Dial Up Open Mic is a celebration of community and creativity where everyone who wants to perform is guaranteed a performance spot. Singing, dancing, music, poetry, comedy, drama... Everyone is welcome. And we love audience members, too, so don't be shy!
Here's the full video of our LGBT Dial Up Special filmed bt Scott Awcock, February 2023:
Here's the full video of our LGBT Dial Up Special filmed by Scott Awcock, February 2022:
Visit www.facebook.com/thedialup and click like!
Visit www.facebook.com/thedialup and click like!
At The Dial Up we’re extremely grateful to our friendly and supportive audience, in particular our regular group of performers and contributors who help us make music every month, share their creativity and make The Dial Up Open Mic Nights as utterly entertaining and enjoyable as they are. We call them our Dial Up Family, and this is our chance to say thank you to them! We love you! xxx
