[Mr Mercury]

 HistoricWarwick, on 21 January 2015 - 10:23 AM, said:

Wasn't there something called the Pink Panther in that vicinity?

Opposite the Blue Bell nr the Winding Wheel

[Goku]

Is tahn ever gonna have a decent club playing some decent tunes in this day and age or is it just not cost effective

[moondog]

 Goku, on 08 January 2017 - 12:27 AM, said:

Is tahn ever gonna have a decent club playing some decent tunes in this day and age or is it just not cost effective

Anybody been to the new venue yet, The Avenue (formerly Riley's snooker centre) across from the Police Station ?

[Spire_78]

Bring back Xanadu and the Brad

[JonB]

 moondog, on 08 January 2017 - 06:42 AM, said:

Anybody been to the new venue yet, The Avenue (formerly Riley's snooker centre) across from the Police Station ?

My brother has been and reckons it has potential as a live music venue if they can get the bands in.

[moondog]

 JonB, on 08 January 2017 - 03:28 PM, said:

My brother has been and reckons it has potential as a live music venue if they can get the bands in.

It seems to have a big enough capacity to attract some decent one's, 1,100 if I remember correctly

[JonB]

 moondog, on 08 January 2017 - 03:36 PM, said:

It seems to have a big enough capacity to attract some decent one's, 1,100 if I remember correctly

Think my brother mentioned 1800 which is similar to Rock City in Nottingham. Just a case of getting known which may mean finances aren't great for a while if they can stick it out. Think there is a market for it...see a lot of Chesterfield folk when going to gigs in sheffield. Issue is going to be getting the bands.

[mr. smith]

 moondog, on 08 January 2017 - 06:42 AM, said:

Anybody been to the new venue yet, The Avenue (formerly Riley's snooker centre) across from the Police Station ?

for a short spell between it being a bingo hall & the snooker place it was a nightclub.
can anyone remember the name? been doing collective nuts in trying to remember (its an age thing)

[fishini]

 mr. smith, on 08 January 2017 - 08:12 PM, said:

for a short spell between it being a bingo hall & the snooker place it was a nightclub.
can anyone remember the name? been doing collective nuts in trying to remember (its an age thing)

Purple Haze I think. Can you remember prior to the Eve it was a bowling alley?

This post has been edited by fishini: 08 January 2017 - 09:08 PM

[mr. smith]

 fishini, on 08 January 2017 - 09:07 PM, said:

Purple Haze I think. Can you remember prior to the Eve it was a bowling alley?

I know it was a bowling alley but I cant remember it.
only ever went in eve once (after stockport away p/off game)

not that one fish, just been googling & haze was many yrs ago. this ws 5-6yrs ago

This post has been edited by mr. smith: 08 January 2017 - 09:20 PM

[fishini]

 mr. smith, on 08 January 2017 - 09:17 PM, said:

I know it was a bowling alley but I cant remember it.
only ever went in eve once (after stockport away p/off game)

not that one fish, just been googling & haze was many yrs ago. this ws 5-6yrs ago

I can remember the bowling alley. As for the club name. Struggling here on this one. I can remember there was a club called Fascination once. For some reason Silver rings a bell

[fishini]

 mr. smith, on 08 January 2017 - 09:17 PM, said:

I know it was a bowling alley but I cant remember it.
only ever went in eve once (after stockport away p/off game)

not that one fish, just been googling & haze was many yrs ago. this ws 5-6yrs ago

Got it.......I think. Club Feve. Remember when Eve was renamed Pussy Galore, The Pod and Xcell

[Westbars Spireite]

Club Fever. All you could drink for the door price. A shame really as someone had spent a fortune doing it up.

[Cartman]

The Avenue has been done up well and has massive potential as a live music venue, they just need to get decent bands

Went in opening night and drinks prices were high (£4.25 for Carlsberg, £5 for Premium Lager) but they have reduced these after the feedback they received

[brianclose]

The Avenue have signed up Dodgy as one of their first 'high profile' gigs.

I think they need to set their sights a bit higher than this!

[Westbars Spireite]

 brianclose, on 09 January 2017 - 11:51 AM, said:

The Avenue have signed up Dodgy as one of their first 'high profile' gigs.

I think they need to set their sights a bit higher than this!

They were Bunkum in their heyday.

[JonB]

Its a start though. The problem will be getting what may be deemed higher profile acts away from Sheffield\Nottingham etc. If they can prove the venue is decent enough and get a few half decent bands in that folk roll up to they may be able to attract some bigger acts. I think there is a market for it in Chesterfield as plenty of folk go to gigs in Sheff\Nottingham etc on a regular basis but this new place needs to be able to stick it out for a while to see if they can make it work rather than closing after 6 months when its not worked straight away.

[Paragon of Virtue]

Hopefully they branch out a bit from the by the numbers indie stuff they seem to have booked at the moment.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

 fishini, on 08 January 2017 - 09:54 PM, said:

Got it.......I think. Club Feve. Remember when Eve was renamed Pussy Galore, The Pod and Xcell

Pussy Galore was probably the Sportsdrome at Bolsover on the Thursday night grab a granny

[Comeonyouirons]

 brianclose, on 09 January 2017 - 11:51 AM, said:

The Avenue have signed up Dodgy as one of their first 'high profile' gigs.

I think they need to set their sights a bit higher than this!

They Avenue clearly think Dodgy are "good enough"

This post has been edited by Comeonyouirons: 09 January 2017 - 03:59 PM