TONIGHT! Quizmasters Justin Palmer & Jay Taylor are ready to bother your brains, inspect your intellect & challenge your cleverness. Are you a sharp-witted or simple-minded Stopfordian? Are you THICK AS NOOK? £1 entry per person, £25 bar tab up for grabs,free badges,8pm Nook

+++ TOMORROW +++ OPEN DOOR session 181 at our favourite neighbourhood haunt Nook // Expect to be culturally enriched by these fabulous cats... INDIAN PALE MALE + DAVE FIDLER + JAMES YOUNG + YAD // 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

We have a Thursday in the week so that can only mean one thing, oh yes, it's session 182 at @nook_heatonmoor Your weekly conglomeration of culture in the heart of the Heatons. TONY RAY + CATHERINE CASSIDY & CHRIS LEWIS + BEN GOULD 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

+++ TONIGHT +++ TONIGHT +++ TONIGHT +++ TONIGHT +++ OPEN DOOR SESSION 182 at Nook featuring the combined fabulousness of TONY RAY + CATHERINE CASSIDY & CHRIS LEWIS + BEN GOULD & more 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times. youtube.com/watch?v=A4AAap…

TOMORROW! Form your teams! THICK AS NOOK returns! Quizmasters Justin Palmer & Jay Taylor are primed to experiment on your brains. Are you a sharp-witted or simple-minded Stopfordian? Are you THICK AS NOOK? £1 per person, winning £25 bar tab & cash bonus prize, fun! 8pm Nook

Terrific evening out back of Nook for Martyn Potts' launch do for his new collection Beneath a Northern Sky. It's fab and out now via Big White Shed. I was on fire duties. bigwhiteshed.co.uk/beneathanorthe…

TONIGHT! Are your teams assembled? Are your wits ready for a workout? Quizmasters Justin Palmer & Jay Taylor are all set. Are you a sharp-witted or simple-minded Stopfordian? Are you THICK AS NOOK? £1 entry per person! £25 bar tab & cash prizes! Badges! Huge fun! 8pm! Nook

+++ TONIGHT +++ OPEN DOOR session 189 featuring... BlackSheepLad + Matt Eastwood Music + Jack Hamilton + more, plus that weekly audience challenge to win a staggeringly great prize. Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

+++ THURSDAY +++ OPEN DOOR session 190 at Nook +++ This week >>> Dieter Lynch + Keir Downes + Etch + Roman +++ 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

THICK AS NOOK returns on WED 24 APRIL Assemble your teams! Quizmasters Justin Palmer & Jay Taylor are primed to challenge and charm! Are you a sharp-witted or simple-minded Stopfordian? Are you THICK AS NOOK? £1 entry per person, £25 bar tab & cash prize, 8pm at Nook

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TONIGHT! It's OPEN DOOR session 195 at Nook featuring marvellous music from... Scott Anderson & Jeff Wood + @heatonautomatic + Shimeon Plus that audience challenge thing to win the best prize you have ever seen. / 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

+++ TOMORROW +++ Returning to OPEN DOOR the fabulous David Hanners. "Like Townes Van Zandt doing Nebraska." MinnPost.com Weekly Thursdays at Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times. youtube.com/watch?v=IaQRGv…

+++ TONIGHT ++++ OPEN DOOR hits session 196. Exultation! Music comes by way of David Hanners, Jay Taylor and Jimmy Quinn, with poems-a-plenty from J Ahmed. // Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

+++ TONIGHT +++ MUSIC +++ SPOKEN WORDS +++ STUFF +++ Nook +++ 8PM +++

+++ NEXT WEEK +++ 20/06/24 +++ OPEN DOOR session 200 at Nook featuring the combined celebratory skills of Tea Towel Collective + mysterydrinkers + Justin Palmer + Jimmy Quinn + John Keane. 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

This Thursday (the 20th!) we hit Open Door 200. Yes, we'll have done 200 of these things. How about that. As part of our cavalcade of celebratory culture we are delighted to welcome back the mighty TEA TOWEL COLLECTIVE - yay! Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

++ TOMORROW +++ THE OPEN DOOR ELECTION SPECIAL +++ Live election coverage on the Nook big screen, in and around music and words from Martyn Potts + Jay Taylor + Robin Mukherjee + Yandl Beta Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.

Incoming at OPEN DOOR at Nook >>>

+++ THURSDAY +++ OPEN DOOR session 204 featuring music from local luminaries DIETER LYNCH + ETCH & SETH + KEIR DOWNES. As always, Nook, 7.30pm, no door charge, booze, good times.