Where: Riff Factory
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 4HS
United Kingdom
Liverpool
What: Jess Silk @ Riff Factory
When:
Jess Silk with support from Shotgun Marmalade (solo)
Friday 16th January 2026 Riff Factory Stoke
Jess Silk https://jesssilk.co.uk/
Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her passionate and melodic brand of folk/punk music gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar, lyrics right from the heart and a distinctive, powerful voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK and has shared stages with many well known names among the folk/punk scene.
Shotgun Marmalade https://shotgunmarmalade.com/home
Shotgun Marmalade are an original hi-energy pop-punk-ska three-piece from Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Described as ‘The Black Country Clash’ (Attila the Stockbroker) their music is reminiscent of late seventies/ early 80’s guitar pop-punk with elements of Rancid, The Buzzcocks, Ferocious Dog, The Ruts and the Members. Their live performances are energetic and saturated with attitude and a strong sense of humour. They gig regularly both locally and around the country at varied venues and festivals (Bearded Theory, Glastonwick and Ey up Mi Duck amongst many others) and have released two albums and one EP to date, with a third album currently in production.
How Much:
www.bandsintown.com InStockStoke-on-Trent
ST4 4HS
United Kingdom
Who: Jess Silk
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Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar and a distinctive, gravelly voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK and has shared stages with many well known names among the folk/punk scene.
Jess released her debut album, Break the Bottle, in May 2018 with a packed out show at her spiritual home of Katie Fitzgerald’s in Stourbridge. Since then she’s shared a number of other releases including two live EP’s with tracks taken from shows at Katie’s and HMV Merry Hill. 2020 saw the world shut down and Jess release two (almost completely) self produced EP’s, the first of which, If We’re Damned, was put together from songs that had been gathering metaphorical dust on her hard-drive, and the second, There’s A Bar At the End Of the World, a collection of songs written between March and August taking their inspiration from the events of the year.
Jess continues to tour around the UK and at the end of August 2021 released her second full-length album Blitz Spirit.