TONIGHT

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: Live band

Morecambe Reggae Weekender: acts including Blackburn dubsters SASQUASH, weekend ticket £15, all day

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am

Met Arts Centre, Bury: KING PLEASURE AND THE BISCUIT BOYS, £6.50/7.50, 8pm

SUNDAY

Manchester Academy: EMBRACE, DELAKOTA, £9.50

Morecambe Reggae Weekender: Various roots reggae and dub acts, weekend ticket £15, all day

Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre: THE EDDIE COCHRAN SHOW, tribute, £7/£8, 7.30pm

Keystreet Music Bar, Lowergate, Clitheroe: OFF THE WALL, rock and blues

MONDAY

Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: THE PARADE JAZZ BAND, £3, 8.15pm

James Street Club, Oswaldtwistle: HOLLYWOOD FLAREZ, glam rock, 8.30pm

WEDNESDAY

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: BUS STOP, '70s sounds,10pm to 2am Cafe De Ream, Blackburn: PRE-WASH, '70s sounds

Band On The Wall, Manchester: DR ALEX PATTERSON'S SURGERY, ex-Orb man's fusion and confusion, £6

Keystreet Music Bar, Lowergate, Clitheroe: POLICE UNDERCOVER, rock pop covers

Burnley Mechanics: HOUGHTON WEAVERS, £7.50/ £8, 7.30pm

THURSDAY

Bacup Leisure Hall: THINK FLOYD, tribute band, 8pm

Cafe De Ream, Blackburn: SUMMERTIME FUNKY MONKEY, student night

FRIDAY

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: OUTASIGHT, funky DJ sounds till 3am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: FLIRT, 9pm to 3am

Burnley Mechanics: GOLDEN EAGLES, tribute to The Eagles, £6.50/£7.50, 7.30pm

Manchester Roadhouse: MANTRALUNA, hotly tipped city band plus support, £3/£4, 8pm

Ex-Servicemen's Club, Horwich: FREDDIE MERCURY BIRTHDAY BASH, £6, 8pm

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.