This has become our somewhat unofficial Christmas gig, and it's always been an amazing night, and raises money for charity!

Eight local bands have to perform typically 3 covers (15 min sets), and, much to the disappointment of some in previous years, these \*Do Not\* have to be Christmas songs, but, there restrictions!!!

With a few exceptions, bands can't play any songs that have been covered in the past - so that's about 500 songs now!

Update from Alex Hale, who's been helping organise this over the years!

*Just want to clarify, as on the Meet Up event you said people have been disappointed in the past, the claim that the covers are 'not necessarily' Christmas songs is a bit of an understatement... Out of 528 recorded covers over 22 years we've only had 13 'Christmas' songs (and that's using a loose definition that allows 'Jesus Christ' by Big Star). That's 2.5% of all songs ever covered. In the past I've even overheard one band calling another band's cover of a Christmas song a faux pas - which isn't a universal opinion, but I wouldn't attend expecting to hear any Christmas music...*
*(I \*would\* attend expecting it to be the best gig of the year though)*

This has lead to some interesting sets - Cheap Dirty Horse doing a Chappell Roan medley was definitely a highlight!!

This year, the bands are:

* Connexion Man
* Eleanor McGregor
* Fallowed
* Jonk
* Merrows
* Possum Kid
* Poxy Music
* Sofftness

So there's definitely a varied lineup of bands there already!

Group chat set up for this at: [https://m.me/ch/AbakP3CoMB9w-mlV/](https://m.me/ch/AbakP3CoMB9w-mlV/)

Tickets are £15 from:
[23rd Annual Christmas Covers Party - The Bodega - Nottingham - 20/12/2025 19:30](https://www.alttickets.com/the-annual-christmas-covers-party-tickets/nottingham-the-bodega/2025-12-20-19-30)

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23rd Annual Christmas Covers Party

Featuring Connexion Man, Eleanor McGregor, Fallowed, Jonk, Merrows, Possum Kid, Poxy Music & Sofftness
Live at The Bodega
Saturday 20 December 2025
14+
Tickets on sale now: [http://alt.tkts.me/tl/w4ax](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Falt.tkts.me%2Ftl%2Fw4ax%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExdjhMRU84Nk9JU1drTFFXU3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4ns5S1nn1z2dYaf3QEg4tLgLe3uKjcPGviC79GNAbhlU5uIqtnwrYCHPaufQ_aem_6QZQn35LhmSRjMg3zd0oLw&h=AT3K3QiZMem8LL0Q6Mb5-JQ7bGTgUNee7Dghnq10bUhBhNtQSiaq3atQ3u8S4QaAyOk71Q9iGfA3IXdRSmf_lis4ytU9rRYLufU-xdP9dtiAfwT8ivvT7IqXXzx-eqJALUlv2FKb2yuVEA&__tn__=q&c%5B0%5D=AT1Hd6zj9woWMdruQvZ2qXOI8w3Ryfw_yYbtsAHcDcW9gwR3To2cUqXryKFXz8RNS9luCLDt_XJqvg1F-svZqCHgL1DNeeI72sO2DSq5_dM6RXyIbYSdS4sdmTgTep4dpzhmuT3ISp1pPCO_l1peLuFSWGVPUFCSPjM)
Now in its 23rd year, Nottingham’s legendary Christmas Covers Party returns to us on Saturday 20th December, featuring Connexion Man, Eleanor McGregor, Fallowed, JONK, Merrows, Possum Kid, Poxy Music and Sofftness.

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