Heathen Apostles

An Evening Of Gothic Americana From Los Angeles….

Thursday 9th July 2026

The Wedgewood Rooms
147b Albert Road
Southsea
Portsmouth
Hants, PO4 0JW

Doors Open 7.30pm. Show 8.00pm.

Tickets £17 each, £20 on the door (if not sold out).

Tickets available securely online at: www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk

Wedgewood Rooms Box Office: 02392 863911

Alternatively, you can also purchase physical tickets in our usual outlets: in store at Pie & Vinyl in Castle Road, Southsea or Southsea Gallery in Marmion Road, Southsea, OR Harbour Records, High Street, in Emsworth.

We’re delighted to welcome back to Portsmouth, after a 2 year break, the incredible and uber-cool Heathen Apostles, all the way from LA, as part of their extensive UK tour this summer. You made the band feel so welcome that they were desperate to come back and play for us all again – and if you missed them last time, then you’re in for a real treat!

Born of the voices of past lives and baptized in the dust bowl dirt, the Gothic Americana music of the Heathen Apostles harkens back to a bygone chapter of American history. Using contrasting influences such as Bauhaus, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and The Pogues along with Howlin’ Wolf, Loretta Lynn (the band covers her classic Fist City) and Bessie Smith, the Heathen Apostles have created a style of music that will conjure both angels and demons, and will enlighten a darkened soul.

Forming the band together in 2013, Mather Louth (Radio Noir) and rock n roll veteran Chopper Franklin (The Cramps, Mau Maus, Nick Curran & the Lowlifes) quickly uncovered a mutual appreciation for murder balladry, Americana, and memento mori. The landscape was further tilled with the addition of Luis Mascaro on violin.

Their 6 critically acclaimed albums, along with their many EPs and singles (their release The Fall was named Best EP of 2018 by Folk n Rock magazine), capture the essence of the Heathen Apostles modus operandi: Southern Gothic Americana imagery surrounded by haunting, minor-chord melodies, musical influences including Gothic Roots music, Bluegrass, Blues, and Gypsy Jazz, all deftly bound together by the band’s dark and sometimes brooding sense of a bygone age.

Most recently, the band completed tours of both mainland Europe as well as the UK in support of their latest release, The In Between, with plans to return for two tours in 2026 in support of their forthcoming EP.

“If you’re familiar with the gritty western TV show Deadwood, you could imagine The Heathen Apostles as the ideal in house band for Al Swearengens Gem Saloon!” (Chris Broom, Portsmouth News).

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