1900 - 2100 Wednesday
with Tim Heywood & guests

Want to know all about the local music scene?

You'll hear it here first. Livewire Live, with Tim Heywood, is about unadulterated original sounds that are right on your doorstep. Produced and presented by Tim Heywood, with live guest bands, regular co-presenters Conrad Barr (Solid Air) and Chinners (Rock Regeneration), exclusive tracks, phone-ins with some of the music promoters in town, and a selection of tipped gigs from www.livewiregigs.co.uk.

Email the show at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or visit us on our Facebook Page

If you want to call in and tell us about your favorite local band, any local gigs outside of our radar, or if you have a question for the band on the show, call in on 01202 777321, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , text to 07781 486 528 or take a look at the Facebook Page. 

A big thanks goes out to Chaplins and the Cellar Bar in Boscombe, for continuing to sponsor LiveWire Live on HopeFM. Chaplins and the Cellar Bar between them host some fantastic evenings of Original Live Music, more can be found from the Chaplins and the Cellar Bar website.  Also welcome to another sponsor of Livewire Live, Music Is Life incorporating the Southern Ukelele Store.

Future Bookings

To book for a show space, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or grab Tim at a gig (normally lurking in a shadow somewhere!). 

Bold indicates Solid Air evenings. Solid Air is a community based organisation helping to provide a platform for original singer/songwriters and bands to perform in front of an audience of like minded people. Connie regularly hosts LiveWire Live!, and sources his own artists.

In addition, monthly regular comedy outings are provided by Radio Boscombe. CDs are for sale on their shop page, including a couple of special releases they have generously donated the proceeds of to HopeFM. Radio Boscombe also feature material from entertainer Anthony Fairweather and his ComedyVerse site, and poet Steve Biddle.

Previous Appearances (2012)

Bold indicates Solid Air hosted shows. For previous appearances see: 2011 2010 2009.

Give me local music!

Check out the local gig guides for the latest gigs in and around Bournemouth. Click below:

Disclaimer: These websites are not under the control of Hope FM. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of the views expressed within them.

* BHone
* Dolfin Music (host LiveWire Listings)
* Ents 24 Comedy listings
* The HopeFM LiveWire Live myspace links to many venues, as well as the following non-myspace venues:

Chaplins and the Cellar Bar

Devils Music (Dorset Music Awards)

Thomas Tripp

Bournemouth Folk Club

The Winchester (Arts Bank)

Mr Kyps (full website temp. not available)

Room 6 Live (closed until further notice)

The following sites provide listings for bands looking for musicians, or musicians looking for bands...
http://bandmix.co.uk/bournemouth/
http://bournemouth.gumtree.com/bournemouth/musicians_3360_1.html

Venue locations

Click for a custom Google map of venues within the Bournemouth Local Music Scene.

Tim's biog

Tim enjoys lots of styles and types of music, and can occasionally be found at many of the venues around Bournemouth particularly, although he has been known to travel further afield to support local artists. Read about Tim's jottings on the local music scene at his BournemouthMusic blog.

He can only be found occasionally at gigs as he has a life outside of HopeFM, what with working in an Italian company in Christchurch, GodFirst activities and spending the rare bit of time at home with Ness, his wife.

When at home Tim enjoys the sedentary hobbies of reading and plinking about on a mandolin. Tim also blogs about his non-music life at his personal blog, http://timheywood.wordpress.com/.