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The Wishing
Well
181 Stevenage Rd,
Hitchin,
Herts,
SG4 9EA.
Tel: 01462 458738 |
Under new management, a newish live venue, the stage is kind
of a raised floor in between bars! So make way for the piss heads
halfway through your set..
You get a good size crowd in and they all enjoy live music. Bands
play on Fridays and Saturdays.
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The Red Lion
High Street
Stevenage Old Town
Stevenage
Herts
SG1 3DW
Phone: (01438) 351034 |
A small pub in Stevenage Old Town, It gets crammed in here! The
pub genrally put on Blues, Rock and Heavy metal bands but we seem
to pull the biggest crowds and the punters love a change every
now and then.
This pub now has bands on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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Twin Foxes
Rockingham Way
Stevenage
Herts.
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Like the Wishing
well, we have to take up most of the floor blocking the toilets
at one end, luckily they have more at the other end of the pub redirecting
the punters... You always get a reasonable crowd in here that never
want to go at the end of the night. |
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The Square
4th Avenue
Harlow
Essex
CM20 1DW
Phone: (01279) 35000
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Harlow's music
venue, The Square! A good place to play, they can video you as you
play for a small fee, I've seen some of the videos and they look
quite good. Three cameras capture the excitement throughout the
set! Some people say the mixing isn't all that but I've never had
a problem there. The crowd though seems a little sparse lately,
but then they seem to be more into punk than Ska. |
***** |
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Club 85
Winbush Road,
Hitchin
Herts
SG5 1PZ
Phone: 01462 216596
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The club 85,
Hitchin's premier music venue, check out www.alice-productions.co.uk
and get yourself a gig. It's ok to play here but the last two times
there were problems with the mixing desk, the engineer is deaf and
can only mix heavy metal! |
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Esquires
60a Bromham Rd
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK40 2QG
Phone: (0234) 340120 |
This is quite
a respectable venue, the atmosphere is real good and the people
from Bedford know how to party! A big stage with a barrier across
the front with security staff and the hall hold 250 people. Three
bands on means the two support bands only get half hour a piece!
There is also a downstairs bar if you can't handle the noise. |
***** |
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Mr Smiths
49 Poole Hill
Bournemouth
BH2 5PW
Phone: (01202) 291617 |
Well this is
one of those venues that's real friendly and the punters really
enjoy themselves. This is well worth the highest venue award "10
stars" The man on the desk "Jay" knows exactly what
he's doing and you can also strike up a deal with him to record
the whole set onto minidisc! The venue hold about 100 and you get
100% of the door takings less the cost of PA hire. The only drawback
was the flight of stairs, but then what are girlfriends for? |
*****
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Zaks
46 Church Street
Wolverton Milton
Keynes
MK12 6JW
Phone: (01908) 315447 |
Zak's, what
a nice friendly place to play, they treat you really well here,
there is a room for the band to chill out which has a TV, Tea &
Coffee and fridge full of beer! The sound engineer is pretty good
and the hall holds about 200 people. The venue is open till 1am
which means you don't go on till after 11pm. When the other pubs
close in the area the punters tend to turn up at Zak's giving a
full house.. Phil the owner, top man... |
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The Boat Race
170 East Road Cambridge
CB1 1DB
Phone: (01223) 508533
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First
time at the Boat Race was years back! The stage is bigger than I
remembered it and the staff are very proffesional. Garath who recorded
us live knows his stuff and produced a pretty good album. For the
price of a tenner he done an amazing job. All the best to Stan and
the staff at the Boat. |
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Bar Central
722 Midsummer Blvd
Central Milton Keynes
Bucks,
MK9 3NT
Phone: (01908) 609206 |
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The Old George
Trinity Street
Dorchester
Dorset
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I
recommend this venue to anyone and everyone, the Karen who runs
it is a star! She makes you feel welcome with a cooked meal and
also offers accomodation when you play there. (even when you don't
(for a price)) Parking is across the street and it'll cost you about
three quid. |
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Aylesbury Scooter Club
The Hop Hole
Bicester Rd
Aylesbury
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A small venue
with a great atmosphere, a big thanks to Paul for asking us to play
and for looking after us with all the beers and food. Great sounds
from the DJ, we are looking forward to the return visit.. |
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