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Sorry for the delay but here is what's on guide for The good Ship for April, so do read on or even better see ya up there as you can't miss out on this live bands, pop quiz, stand up comedy etc. at this fantastic venue. Do keep an eye on their blogThe Good Ship blog to see an upto date listing of what's on.

Saturday 1st April. DJ. Rare groove, house, soul.
Private party until midnight and then legendary DJ Rob Blake will play a feel good mixture of vintage house, rare groove, 80s soul and hip hop until 4am.

Sunday 2nd April. LIVE MUSIC. Acoustic sets.
Mammoth acoustic session from Songbirds and Troubadors starting at 630 and going on til near midnight, possibly beyond. Loads of singer/songwriters and small acoustic bands. Candles and intimacy are the order of the day.

Tuesday 4th April. General knowledge quiz.
Mistress Carolyn presents a hard but fair general knowledge quiz from the trivial to the chin scratching. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and best team name.

Thursday 6th April. LIVE BANDS. Shooting at Unarmed Men, Macaca Mulatta, The Humanity and Blah Blah Blah.
PomPom Promotions present ex McLusky members last ever London show. Pretty unmissable, plus some excellent support and DJs until 2am playing electronica, indie and brilliant guitar led stuff.

Friday 7th April. DJs. Funky house.
SoNo Promotions DJs play upfront, funky, chunky house and buzzing electro. Antipodean and English DJs playing until 4am.

Saturday 8th April. DJ. Rare groove, house soul.
£8 entry. Charity party from 8 to midnight hosted by local marathon runner Donna Nicol. Including raffle and slave auction. All entry money to Wellchild charity. From 10 Glenn Mack will be mixing a funky blend of house, dub, hip hop, reggae, rare groove, drum n bass and broken beats until 4am.

Sunday 9th April. LIVE BAND. Dave Clarke and friends.
From 6pm we have Dave Clarke and friends, lots of different bands and musicians with a blues, jazz, rock vibe. From 6 til near midnight. £3 entry all evening.

Monday 10th April. Stand up comedy. FREE!!!
Featuring the friendly and charismatic Pat Monahan, the dry and slightly twisted Trevor Lock plus musical mirth from Brian Damage and Krystaal + special guest. 3 hours of comedy from 8 and bar til 2am.

Tuesday 11th April. POP QUIZ
Luke and Simon test your musical knowledge from the Arctic Monkeys to ZZ Top and anything and everything in between. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and best team name.

Wednesday 12th April. Spoken word evening. FREE!!!
Local story teller Imo Harry presents a night of spoken work, story telling and poetry. From 8pm.

Thursday 13th April. LIVE BANDS. Dollsquad, The Epitones, The Shake.
The amazing Dollsquad from Melbourne kick off their European tour at The Good Ship with tremendous local support. All the bands have a strong 60s flavour and after we have DJs playing Northern Soul, 60s garage and RnB, ska, girl groups and doo wop until 2am.

Friday 14th April. DJs. Funky house and electro.
DirtyFunkySexy DJs present upfront and chunky house and buzzing electro. play uplifting house for a mainly local and Antipodean (although all welcome of course) crowd. Until 4am.

Saturday 15th April. To be announced.

Saturday 16th April. LIVE BAND. Dave Clarke and friends.
From 6pm we have Dave Clarke and friends, lots of different bands and musicians with a blues, jazz, rock vibe. From 6 til near midnight. £3 entry all evening. Bar til 2am.

Friday 21st April. DJs. Funky house.
Cross Touch present a night of grinding house, beats and electro. Their light arrangements are the best the venue offers, ace atmosphere. Party til 4am.

Saturday 22nd April. LIVE MUSIC and Audio/Visual DJs.
From 8 til 4. The best of modern electronica and beats with visuals. Tickets in advance only from Alex corder on 07767 273378 or arcadialski@yahoo.co.uk.

Sunday 23rd April. LIVE MUSIC. The Blue Review, Pacific Ocean Fire, Lokio and La Merika.
Another ridiculously rich line up from Milk and Scissors promotions. 4 live bands from 7 until about 1130 and then bar until 2am. www.myspace.com/milkandscissors.

Thursday 27th April. LIVE MUSIC. Acoustic sets.
Mammoth acoustic session from Songbirds and Troubadors starting at 630 and going on til near midnight, possibly beyond. Loads of singer/songwriters and small acoustic bands. Candles and intimacy are the order of the day.

Friday 28th April. DJs. House and funk.
Funkology 101 present the funkiest set of pure funk and funk infused house. From 10pm til 4am.

Saturday 29th April. LIVE MUSIC. The Grand, Flow and Nately.
From 8pm. Newcomers The Grand open followed by the excellent English/Kiwi 5some Flow. Local traiblazers Nately headline. £5 all night. DJ afterwards playing Motown, soul, funk, indie etc til 4am.

Sunday 30th April. FASHION SALE AND LIVE BANDS.
Whatsmineisyours.com present Indoor Sunday Market. We will have a veritable cornucopia of things for sale from vintage clothing, new designers, jumble, hats, bags, jewellery etc. . After live music from Smooth Hound Sharks, The Dresses (!!) and Mohanski. Bands start 6pm. Free entry 1-4pm. £4 entry after.