For over 10 years now, Chris Arnold and the Cool Beans Collective have been bringing the good vibes in any way shape or form. Club night, TV show, radio show, podcast, management agency, events company, silly comedy festival stage show and so much more – Cool Beans has been an ever joyous, ever creative, ever evolving beast for the last decade. The journey has been an eventful one, from Glastonbury to Ibiza, from the French Alps to the Scottish Highlands, from the Musical Comedy Awards to appearances on 13 different UK TV channels and beyond! This website is a rag-tag collection of all our offerings to the World and we hope any visitor enjoys their time here. And if you’d like to book The Cool Beans Roadshow, a Cool Beans DJ set, a Cool Beans comedy show or any of the acts listed on the management page, then get in touch with Chris at chris@coolbeansproductions.com!
Cool Beans began its life way back in 2010 when a final year Sheffield University student Chris Arnold gathered together a gaggle of guys to help him kickstart a club night and online radio show. Thankfully, the idea of calling the endeavor Get Whacked was nipped in the bud in favour of Cool Beans, which was an homage to one of Chris’s favourite scenes from the very silly Andy Samberg film Hot Rod. The events showcased DJs, live bands and comedy acts across various venues in Sheffield and embraced a wide variety of styles and genres. They started small, the 80 person capacity Raynor Lounge, but then rapidly started raking in large crowds, over 600 people came to watch the Correspondents show at the Students’ Union. The radio show picked up various student radio awards in 2011 and the Cool Beans brand continued to blossom, like a beautiful flower that enjoyed Red Stripe and Jagerbombs.
In 2014, the team launched The Cool Beans TV Show, a comedy programmed on local television incorporated elements of sketch, interviews and live music. Originally only on the Sheffield branch of local television SLTV, the show quickly got snapped up by the Made Television network and ended up being broadcast on 13 different channels all over the country. The Cool Beans Collective also took their live shows all over the place – from the Edinburgh Fringe to Glastonbury Festival, from the Musical Comedy Awards to ski resorts in the French Alps. In 2018 The Cool Beans Roadshow was launched, the ultimate festival stage show incorporating comedy, music and a hell of a lot of fun. Up until the great pandemic of 2020, the team were still busy with the radio shows, podcasts, online videos, DJ sets and festival shows and having celebrated over 10 years of Cool Beans, they’re showing no signs of slowing down…
Full list of acts we’ve had the pleasure of working with…
Lonesome Dom, DJ Cheeba, Sidekick Jonny, Bison, Hackney Colliery Band, Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer, Mr Benn, The Mother Folkers, Gentleman’s Dub Club, King Porter Stomp, Nice One Greg, The Correspondents, Slamboree, Kid Conventionnal, By The Rivers, The Soul Circle Gang, Mango Rescue Team, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Tix, DJ Derek, Wobbly Bob, Airwolf, Mental Block, The Bone Lab, Bison, Wet Nuns, Renegade Brass Band, Cliff Rescue & The Helicopters, DJ Yoda, Plump DJs, The Balkan Bandits, The Indecision, The Mojo Juju Jamboree, New Town Kings, Ham Pocket, Dregs of Society, Mary Anne Hobbs, J*STAR, ROFLCOPTRZ, Soul Love Inc, DJ Woody, The Legitimate Gentlemen, Dutty Moonshine, DJ Shepdog, MJ Cole, Public Service Broadcasting, Sam Vandal, Steel City Rhythm, Wreck The Place, The Talks, Mr. Stu, Jimmy the Gent, Happy Slap Boutique Crew, DJ Yoda, Don Limon, Sound Assembly, Dexter Dextrous and the Fingersmiths, Bongo & The Soul Jar, Friends of Batman, Kunt & The Gang, The JB Conspiracy, Mojo and the Beatniks, Sound Assembly, 50 Sniffs, Andrew Duxfield, Ghouls, Johnny Kowalski & The Sexy Weirdos, The Grand Old Ukes Of Yorkshire, The Raphael Attar Variety Hour, Ocelus, Jeramiah Ferrari, Stand Out Riot, Soulfunkful, Copasetics, Popes of Chillitown, K.O.G & The Allstar Revolution, Jake & The Jellyfish, Wideboy Generation, Steve and the Raise, Invasion of the Deadbeats, Johnny & The Prison Didn’t Help Boys, The Tempertons, FJ Format, Tyrannosaurus Alan, Surreal Knowledge, Jenova Collective, A.Skillz, Hekima & The Bongo Flava, The Mega Squad, Sophia Pettit, John Batchelor, Jack Athey, Satsuma, Dexter Dextrous & The Fingersmiths, Counting Coins, Carl Woodford, The Navigantes, The Ruby Kid, Bertie Pollak, Zacc Rogers, Cliff Rescue & The Helicopters, Cervo, Rogue Fader, LK, Papa Al, Septimus Fog, The Janice Graham Band, Carl ‘On Fire’ Watkins, Mudcat Blues Trio, The Chronicles of Graham, The Root One Band, Smiling Ivy, Banana Flavoured Dubcats, Misty’s Big Adventure, Soul Happening, Good Day & Scruples, Sister Danaë, Andy Enchilada, China Shop Bull, The Sheffield University Afro-Carribean Society, Burleskimo, New York Brass Band, Mudcats Blues Trio, East Park Reggae Collective, T-Funk, Physical Jerks, Spit N Strings, Mark Nicholls, Walker, Deadman, Dubzee, Ben Webster, System:Attic, Freear, Mr. Skiver, Stewdoo Voodoo, Andy H, Mikey J, Clipboard, Smiley Maxx, Squiffy, Mystonic, DJ Moses, Krook Kid, DJ Howdle, Andrew Smith, Mr. Meerkat, DJ Silverback, Matt Von Badd, Ed Injury, DMK, Dan Mager, Soulfull Sally, Stoaty, Fantom48, Danny Beck, DJ Darkus, Fruits, Amy, Moody Jim, Wayne Sealey, Wonky Ninja, For The Record DJs, Universal Minds, Emily May, Jah Reynolds, Powlo, Easty, Babba G, Sousafonix, Donnellanium, General Ron, The Meekatron, Bardsy, Matt Von Bad, Arnivore, Banana Hill DJs, Senor Arnoldo, Rapey Jim, Frail Ale, Fat Eddie, Dreamy Rob….
