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The main Market Place at the recent Fest For Beatles Fans had almost everything that a Beatles fan could wish for, short of the Fab Four themselves, (Although one vendor was selling what they claimed to be actual samples of the boys’ hair !). You could read about The Beatles Play a guitar like The Beatles [...]
Wednesday, 16th August, 1961 The Beatles played an evening gig at The Cavern, their second of three scheduled appearences at the venue this week
Monday, 14th August, 1961 The Beatles played the first of three gigs this week at The Cavern. Today’s was a lunch time session.
One of the great things about the Fest For Beatles Fans are the various impromptu jam sessions that happen all around the hotel from the lobby…. to under the stairs…  (Note: The embedded video we originally had posted here is no longer working so I have replaced them with direct links.)
Unfortuanetly we could only attend for about 3 hours on the last day as we had to catch a flight home, but while we were there we saw a lot of new faces and spoke to several people who had come just for the Sunday activities. As with the previous two days everyone was excited [...]
Sunday, 13th August, 1961 Another Sunday lunch time gig at the Casbah Coffee Club at the Best home in West Derby.
The BBC is reporting that a fire has damaged £10,000 worth of souvenir stock at the Beatles Story Exhibition in Albert Dock area of Liverpool on Saturday. Fire crews spent just under an hour tackling a blaze which broke out in the basement of the building. Despite smoke and water damage – caused by the sprinkler [...]
Yesterday was a full day of activities at the second day of the Fest For Beatles Fans with the more fans arriving to enjoy the sights and sounds. The day kicked off with presentations by authors Paul Saltzman (The Beatles In India) and Joshua Greene (Here Comes The Sun) followed by on-stage appearances by special [...]
Saturday, 12th August, 1961 It was back to the Aintree Institute tonight for the first gig of a seven week commitment for local promoter Brian Kelly. The Beatles would perform each Saturday evening between now and the end of September.
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
