Perform at The Northcourt LIVE: Artist Booking Guide
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Paul Robins is an independent live music promoter. His work is not restricted to The Northcourt LIVE in Abingdon. He welcomes enquiries from artists, agents, venues and event organisers across Oxfordshire and beyond, and will seriously consider suitable opportunities in Oxford, other venues and collaborative live music projects.
Paul Robins Promotions presents and produces its own events at The Northcourt LIVE; it does not own the physical venue. paulrobinspromotions.com is the promoter's website for its programme, artist enquiries, production information and official tickets. thenorthcourt.com is the companion venue-information website for visitor and artist guidance. Ownership of The Northcourt LIVE brand name is separate from ownership of the venue.
If you are an artist, band manager or agent interested in a Paul Robins Promotions show at The Northcourt LIVE in Abingdon, contact Paul Robins Promotions directly. We consider touring productions, tribute acts and selected local, original and developing artists.
Our work includes booking performers, promoting the event and coordinating production for our shows. Artist enquiries belong here alongside event and customer enquiries.
Promotion beyond Abingdon
Paul's promotion work has included Wantage as well as Abingdon. SHUSH's own posts from March and April 2020 named Paul Robins Promotions and Market Square Heroes and advertised a planned programme in association with the Wantage venue. These posts document the collaboration and announced programme.
Paul subsequently promoted events at Delaney's Club in Wantage. An Ultimate Coldplay event poster for 30 March 2024 carried Paul Robins Promotions branding and directed advance bookings to paulrobinspromotions.com.
These earlier venue relationships form part of Paul's experience as an independent promoter. Enquiries about new venues, Oxford opportunities and suitable live music projects are welcome; any dates and arrangements must be agreed directly.
Booking work in Oxford dates back to discussions with The Bullingdon in May 2021, including a proposed programme of shows and opportunities for developing support artists. Slade UK booking arrangements progressed in February 2022, and Hi-On Maiden arrangements for 1 December 2023 were confirmed by the venue in January 2023. These planned shows did not proceed; they demonstrate booking work rather than completed performances at the venue.
In the May 2021 programme discussions, Paul wrote: “I will always look to have an up and coming as a support.” That commitment predates the current LIVE and LOCAL programme and remains reflected in the selected local and original artists appearing on Paul Robins Promotions bills.
Paul also explored opportunities at SUB89 in Reading. In May 2021 he enquired about a proposed Sex Pistols Exposé show, receiving availability and hire information in June. In October 2021 he proposed a July 2022 bill featuring Hi-On Maiden, Twisted System and another act. These were venue-hire enquiries, rather than evidence of completed performances.
Music media and festival experience
Paul's work began with Market Square Heroes, his music media venture co-founded in 2017. Its work included artist interviews, photography and festival coverage. Market Square Heroes is Paul's own venture and has no affiliation with Marillion.
A January 2019 Moshville Times interview with photographer Mark Shelley credits Paul with the Market Square Heroes idea and describes the venture promoting and covering Rock the Park in Wrexham. OX Magazine also documents its interview work and relationships with Rock the Park and Classic Rock Tours' Legends of Rock, followed by Paul Robins Promotions shows in Abingdon and Wantage.
Pitching a headline show
Tell us who you are, what you perform and which dates you are considering. Include music links, recent live footage, your line-up and the practical details of your proposed show. Where relevant, include your fee proposal, set length, touring schedule and production requirements.
A useful enquiry gives us enough information to consider whether the act, audience and date fit our programme. An enquiry does not reserve a date or guarantee a booking. Confirm any arrangement directly with Paul Robins Promotions before advertising it.
Local, original and developing artists
LIVE and LOCAL is Paul Robins Promotions' route for selected local, original and developing performers. Opportunities can include appropriate support appearances alongside established touring acts and tribute productions.
Send music and live footage where available, tell us about previous performances and explain the kind of opportunity you are looking for. We consider each act against the particular show and its audience.
Technical specifications and advancing your show
The technical specification for Paul Robins Promotions shows at The Northcourt LIVE is maintained on this website. It covers load-in and load-out, PA, stage inputs, monitors, microphones, DI, lighting and house-engineer arrangements.
Use that page as the starting point for advance planning, then contact us about the requirements of your particular performance. Confirm backline, input lists, stage layout, IEMs, your own engineer and any additional production needs before arrival. Access and performance timings must be agreed for your show.
Working with #WeAreTheRoadCrew
#WeAreTheRoadCrew supports the preparation and delivery of Paul Robins Promotions shows, including sound, lighting and artist support. The aim is to give performers a well-prepared show and a clear point of contact.
Spike of The Quireboys praised #WeAreTheRoadCrew's professionalism among experienced live-music professionals. ZZ TOPPD described Paul Robins Promotions as among the best they had worked with and asked to return before their 10 October 2026 performance began.
Finding the venue
The Northcourt LIVE is on Northcourt Road in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1PL. thenorthcourt.com provides the venue's visitor information. For touring access and unloading, confirm your show's arrangements with Paul Robins Promotions rather than relying on general visitor-parking information.
Who should I contact?
For a booking enquiry or production question about a Paul Robins Promotions show, contact Paul Robins Promotions directly. The details on this page concern our programme and our production arrangements. Events organised independently by another promoter may have different contacts and specifications.
Telephone: 07501 734382.
Include your act's name and the proposed or confirmed show when contacting us.
ZZ TOPPD on their first visit
After their first performance at The Northcourt LIVE, ZZ TOPPD thanked the audience and Paul Robins Promotions in a post shared by the band:
“It was our first time here and it won’t be our last. Big thanks also to Paul, Karen and everyone at Paul Robins Promotions for looking after us.”
“We’ll be back next year!”
In the press
Paul Robins Promotions has featured in local media coverage of live music in Oxfordshire.
Get Radio: Supporting Local Music with Paul Robins Promotions, 6 June 2025 — Paul joined Rich Smith to discuss Oxfordshire's grassroots venues and the importance of supporting local live music.
OX Magazine: Paul Robins Promotions — a profile covering Paul's background in live music promotion and his approach to choosing artists.
Fyne Towns: Paul Robins Promotions Spring Events 2024 — coverage of the spring programme and the policy of seeing bands perform live before booking them.
Artists and promoters on working with us
The following excerpts come from comments shared with Paul Robins Promotions by artists and fellow live-music organisers.
“Congratulations on what you've achieved over the years & know that you & the team will always have a warm welcome at Legends.”
— Elaine Eddie Yates, commenting on behalf of Classic Rock Tours / Legends of Rock
“Thank you Paul and everyone else who have done, and continue to do an amazing job at The Northcourt.”
— Rick Chase, Quo Connection
“You are a top bloke and always totally honest and open. Your team are fantastic and we can see the passion they all had.”
— Gary Bates, Fu Fighters
“One of the coolest and nicest guys we ever had the pleasure to work with!”
— Mitchell Tennant, Ant-Trouble
Find out more about Classic Rock Tours and Legends of Rock.
Steve Head on working with Paul
“we had the club, you had the passion and drive.”
— Steve Head, former owner of SHUSH in Wantage, in a comment posted through Shush and signed Steve.
Steve recalled being immediately drawn to Paul's passion for live music when they met while he owned SHUSH.
