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What a night! Thank you so much to the folks that came to one of our five shows across town at The Sussex Arms, Cross Keys Tunbridge Wells, The Royal Oak Tunbridge Wells and The George 💙 We're totting up all the fundraising but we've got a fantastic figure of nearly £1k raised for mental health charities already! But the fun doesn't stop! TONIGHT at @the_sussex_arms , @codemarla + @bombaymonkey + @palindronesofficial is on like Donkey Kong. Let's see if they can raise the roof higher than Smallwoodstock and Vinyl Tap did last night!

TODAY IS THE DAY! HEAD UP KICKS OFF THIS EVENING IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS!! Smallwoodstock at The Forum Basement AND Vinyl Tap upstairs at @the_sussex_arms 🤘🎧 @jackleonmackey and @leewillzofficial at The Gin Box, @thegeorgetunbridgewells 🎸 Dickie Ticker and Co at @crosskeystw 🎶 The Harvey's @theroyaloaktw LIVE MUSIC bringing people together to raise funds for mental health charities @westkentmind and @westsussexmind 💙 All venues will have ways of donating to our fundraisers, look out for QR codes and opportunities to donate on site! And the fun continues tomorrow too!!👀 #MentalHealth #musicandmentalhealth #livemusic #TunbridgeWells #fundraiser #sucideprevention

EPISODE 3: The Head Up podcast is now live! Talking to musicians and those in the scene about the intrinsic connection between music and mental health. Matt sits down with two close friends of Jonny Smallwood, one of the reasons we created Head Up and the inspiration for Smallwoodstock. The trio discuss the influence he had on them as a friend and musician, some of the fallout of his passing and how important conversations around mental health are to keeping everyone safe and heard. Join us on Friday December 8th for Smallwoodstock at The Sussex Arms to raise money for @westkentmind and @westsussexmind . Link in Bio 💙 #MentalHealth #Music #friendships #MentalHealthandMusic #Conversation #Podcast #TunbridgeWells

-HEAD UP UPDATE- Smallwoodstock will now be at The Forum Basement: less than 50 tix available. Code:Marla are now playing their show on Saturday 9th December instead. All links are updated, we're still raising money for charity, keeping the conversation about mental health going and honouring our mate Jonny. We hope to see you at one of our shows! #MentalHealth #musicandmentalhealth #TunbridgeWells #LiveMusic

Time to reveal the full line up of artists contributing to Smallwoodstock at this year's Head Up! We're over the moon that so many friends of Jonny are coming to honour him and play some bangers! Check out just some of the bands we're covering and who's involved! The show is open to everyone so share and share and share, bring a friend! #livemusic #metalmusic #punkmusic #RockMusic #MentalHealth #mentalhealthawareness #MusicandMentalHealth #TunbridgeWells #BrightonMusicScene

The awesome @palindronesofficial have been added to the @codemarla show in the Forum Basement at @the_sussex_arms 🤘 a killer line up rounded off with @bombaymonkey for a varied night of amazing music, with Vinyl Tap on upstairs all night long! Book your tickets now, link in bio. Raising funds for @westsussexmind and @westkentmind #LiveMusic #MentalHealth #MusicandMentalHealth #Rap #Metal #EDM #electronicmusic

Episode 2 of The Head Up Podcast has just dropped! Featuring @armandine.allhaildog from @allhaildogband talking about the importance of representation in the metal music community, how the band started and her connection to music and mental health. Link in Bio now to watch or listen! Come and join us at Smallwoodstock on December 8th at @twforum , link in bio for tickets to that too! #MentalHealth #BrightonMusicScene #TunbridgeWells #MetalMusic #WomeninMetal #musicandmentalhealth

We are thrilled to announce that @allhaildogband are the opening act on the Smallwoodstock stage at this year's Head Up 🤘 If you haven't seen them before, you'd better get ready 😁 Make sure you tune into the next Head Up Podcast with lead singer @armandine.allhaildog where we discuss all things mental health, music and how it influenced her songwriting. Don't forget tickets are available now for the show, link in bio! #MentalHealth #music #LiveMusic #TunbridgeWells #BrightonMusicScene #lgbtq

Our first Head Up podcast is now live to listen to, featuring @leewillzofficial and @m4tth3wpl discussing the relationship they have between music and mental health, as well as some challenging issues they've faced in life. Watch or listen now, Link in Bio #MentalHealth #Podcast #LiveMusic #TunbrisgeWells T.W - the podcast discusses a range of mental health topics 💙

As first announced by @codemarla , the excellent @bombaymonkey and @auw.music are added to the forum basement stage at Head Up this year! Covering a vast range of musical tastes all in one room, this one is going to be something special! Not to mention that Vinyl Tap will be taking place upstairs as well 🎧 Join us at any one of our five stages to raise money for mental health charities @westsussexmind and @westkentmind #MentalHealth #LiveMusic #TunbridgeWells

Dom explains how Vinyl Tap work at @the_sussex_arms and how you can get your 15 mins of fame! Drop your name in the 🎩, play your songs and get the place buzzing 🎧 All part of our community mental health event on December 8th in #TunbridgeWells . Five shows across one night covering every type of music you could ask for raising money for @westsussexmind and @westkentmind 💙 #mentalhealthawareness #MentalHealth #djs #livemusic #fundraiser

Have you seen all our announcements yet? We have five fantastic gigs taking place all over #TunbridgeWells on Friday 8th December covering #RockMusic #AcousticMusic #Blues #Metal #Rap #HipHop #DJs #HardcoreMusic and loads more. All in aid of keeping the mental health conversation going. Join us at one or all of our shows if you can get to them all! Tickets are available for shows that need them, the rest are free entry. Something for everyone 💙