The act register

The list runs alongside the programme register. It brings together the names found in selected programme and recording research from the venue years, sorted into solo acts, bands and projects. Each act gets a single row, however often it turns up in the dated material.

How to read it

Type is a catalogue heading, not a complete description of the performer or ensemble. Origin is a broad working label too: it may join several places, or note that an act formed in one country while a member came from another. Read it as a rough guide, not as a definitive statement of nationality, residence or identity.

The two registers answer different questions. A row here says only that the name came up in the dossier's research on the venue years. The evidence for a particular date, venue or recording sits with the programme or release it belongs to. An advance listing does not become proof of a performance at the corner just because the act appears here.

Limits

This is not a complete list of performers or a head count. A large ensemble may take up one row while a single guest may get none. Some rows have no direct supporting link, and not every member is listed. A gap marks the edge of the current working list; it is no evidence that somebody did not appear.