Live music venues in your area.

[chrisanthony1211]

Not sure if a thread like this already exists, but half the problem with getting good paid gigs seems to be about knowing where the good venues are, below are where my band play in the Nottingham and Sheffield area. We play Funk / covers

Gigs in Nottingham
Brass Monkey
Cock & hoop
The Maze
The Navigation
The Lion, Bastford
The stumble inn

In Newark
The Flying circus
The rivers edge

Sheffield
West street ale house
West street live
The Church house
The Royal standard
The Washington

Doncaster
The woolpack

Edited November 1, 2016 by chrisanthony1211

[BigRedX]

In Nottingham you've missed:

The Chameleon, Jam Café, The Contemporary, Rough Trade, and there's plenty of other places that have put bands on in the recent past and will probably do so again, even if it's not a regular occurrence.

[RockfordStone]

good idea for a thread.

i would question if it is worth noting whether your experience comes from originals bands or covers/tribute acts.

as we all do different things it may bring up additional results and cover multiple bases

[chrisanthony1211]

Good point, I'm in a funk covers band, I shall edit my original post.

[Roger2611]

In Northampton we seem to have the Charles Bradlaugh (if you can ever speak to the people that handle bookings) The Lamplighter, The King Billy (which is apparently now looking for bands outside of the heavy rock genre) and possibly the Black Prince.

No point in trying the Roadmender especially if you are a local band, they never get a look in anymore!

[thebigyin]

Grimsby....The County great venue and Old Lloyds on the pub circuit and Yardbirds Rock Club for top class tribute bands and professional bands

[neepheid]

Aberdeen

Originals: Krakatoa, Cafe Drummond, Vulture Lounge, Underdog, The Tunnels, The Lemon Tree, Upstairs at O'Neills, sometimes The Blue Lamp
Covers: The Globe, The Rusty Nail, and probably many others that I'm not aware of.

Edited November 2, 2016 by neepheid

[Low End Bee]

West London. Population 1.6 million.

Originals - Sweet FA apart fron the Hammersmith Apollo/Odeon. It's a national disgrace.

[Oopsdabassist]

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In Northampton we seem to have the Charles Bradlaugh (if you can ever speak to the people that handle bookings) The Lamplighter, The King Billy (which is apparently now looking for bands outside of the heavy rock genre) and possibly the Black Prince.

No point in trying the Roadmender especially if you are a local band, they never get a look in anymore!
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Does the Malt Shovel still do bands? I'm sure Stray are playing there soon, or have just been!

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1478024001' post='3166132']
In Northampton we seem to have the Charles Bradlaugh (if you can ever speak to the people that handle bookings) The Lamplighter, The King Billy (which is apparently now looking for bands outside of the heavy rock genre) and possibly the Black Prince.

No point in trying the Roadmender especially if you are a local band, they never get a look in anymore!
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We've played at The King Billy (and we're not at all heavy rock nor were a couple of other bands on the bill) and The Bear.

Also if you are a reasonably decent Psychobilly band there is no problem getting a gig at Roadmender in one of their twice-yearly Bedlam events!

[BrunoBass]

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1478024001' post='3166132']
In Northampton we seem to have the Charles Bradlaugh (if you can ever speak to the people that handle bookings) The Lamplighter, The King Billy (which is apparently now looking for bands outside of the heavy rock genre) and possibly the Black Prince.
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We're playing the King Billy tomorrow, our second time. The new booker seems more proactive and switched on than her predecessor - decent venue.

Edited November 2, 2016 by PaulGibsonBass

[BrunoBass]

Banbury: pop. approximately 45000.

The Wine Vaults,
The Swan
Atic
Ye Olde Reindeer
The Dog and Gun
The Three Conies
Also Known As
The Wheatsheaf

All good venues with regular covers and original bands, not bad for a small-ish town!

[toml147]

Liverpool (some if not all, places that seem amenable to our particular brand of noise):
Zanzibar
Maguires
Picket
Leaf

[jonnythenotes]

Lichfield.... The Feathers, George IV, The Kings Head, The Pig and Truffle. Nuneaton.... The Crown, The Crew, The Kingswood Tavern, The Jailhouse. PS..Great idea for a thread.