Making a long overdue return to the venue is British singer/pianist Mike Sanchez, one of the finest, most charismatic and exciting performers of vintage style rhythm & blues, roots rock and roll and boogie woogie.
Mike fronted the Big Town Playboys who over the years had the support of many rock and blues legends who he´s recorded, toured and made lasting friends with such as Robert Plant, Gary Brooker, Eric Clapton, Andy Fairweather-Low, Albert Lee, Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Beck and Bill Wyman who´s supergroup Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings Mike joined for 4 years.
Mike´s solo career has included shows such as the Mike Sanchez Rhythm & Blues Revue which for 6 years featured Dublin vocalist Imelda May before her global success.
Mike who is now based in Spain, returned to the UK during the summer of 2025 after an absence of 5 years and was welcomed with many sold out shows that have prompted Mike to schedule the summer tour for 2026.
Featuring his 4-piece outfit MIKE SANCHEZ & The PORTIONS consisting of:
Mike – vocals/piano
Mark Morgan – drums/vocals
Nick Whitfield – double bass/vocals
Tom Bull – guitar/vocals
Albums released during his solo career include:
2000 – Just Can´t Afford It
2001 – Blue Boy
2002 – Women & Cadillacs (with Knock-Out Greg & Blue Weather)
2007 – You Better Dig It – 2007
2010 – Babes and Buicks (with the Beat from Palookaville)
2012 – Almost Grown (featuring Imelda May)
2014 – So Many Routes (featuring Albert Lee)
2019 – 12 Original Scorchers
2019 – Mike Sanchez & The Limboos EP
2025 – Mike Sanchez (with the Drew Davies Rhythm Combo) – Hey Now!
2025 – Mike Sanchez 7” single – Lydia/You Gonna Win
Book a table for pre-concert dining
Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
BOOKING A TABLE FOR AN EVENT IN 2026
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
BOOKING A TABLE FOR EVENTS IN 2027
From the 1st January 2027, all tickets for table dining will include the price of the pizza included within the ticket price. When purchasing table tickets you will have a choice of purchasing tickets to dine at certain times.
If you wish to join your booking with another table so you are sat at the same table then please email info@acapela.co.uk requesting the tables to be joined.
If you arrive 15 minutes after the time booked your table may be given away to other ticketholders who have purchased pizzas on the evening.
As with all out tickets – the venue has a no refund ticket policy
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please note that no alcohol or other drinks not purchased on the premises are allowed to be brought into the venue. Thank You.
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.