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go to corporation or cas bah!

Pu na na has now been taken of by someone called 'Element' and promoted an RnB/Hip Hop night on Fridays. While funky US house is played on Saturdays.
Fez Club pretty much ditto.

Gatecrasher has finished till september at the Republic, as there is going to be a refurb!

Kingdom... well what can I say. Main room does kick out some decent choonz, but compaired to 'proper' clubbers clubs it aint NO comparisson. Cheese plays in the live room upstars.

A new club is opening near the Forum and I think it's going to be called 'Revolution(s)' or something like that. On the grape vine I hear its going to be the place to be for the immediate future... but that remains to be seen.

The Arches will always be the arches (always the same).

Club Wow... the ultimate in cheese has closed down (yay) and is re-opening in Sheffield Centre (to be confirmed) but with a new look and new sound.

You're right... Sheffield Night Life as a whole needs a revamp and to be turned into a 24 Hr City! The city centre compaired to some smaller towns is a joke. Brighton has a better night life, with thriving independent clubs topping the bill!

Come on Sheffield... lets get some glory days in the bag!

Casbah, now I love Casbah! but not really what I think is classed as a good place to be for a 'clubber'!
Corporation.. again.. I love (since I have a varied music taste)!

I like casbah but they really need to sort the toilets out, they are pure filth!!

Yeah but thats part of the charm of the place :lol: :P

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I would highly recommend Brighton as a night out to anyone wanting a great time.

The choiuce is Vast, the clubs n bars good and the poeple very friendly.
Even if you end up in one of the many gay bars in the city (it's easy to spot em as they have a multi coloured plaque outside the bar.. which is the gay flag) you still have a great time. The regulars can usually tell straight from gay and NO they don;t start touching you up n stuff (for all the poeple that believe the rumours). It's a top night out!

Yeah it's pretty bad. I have promoted nights all over (England and US). So when i moved back i wanted to see what the scene was like here and maybe start a night. After speaking with the people who put on Remedy i decided not to! Too much of the Sheffield scene is based around the student population, hence what they do at the Republic. As a promoter a fluid population like that is a nightmare. Bed have great line-ups, but it's not for everybody. Urban Gorillas is a good night, but i heard they moved to a pretty bad venue now.

I think many promoters are put off by the student issue and in general it's harder and harder for promoters in the electronica scene to find venues. On top of that the whole scene is going through a bad patch. It has nowhere to go after the last few years but down and more underground. It's not just the Sheffield scene that's hurting, it's most places.

I just don't think there are enough people who live in Sheffield twelve months a year who're educated enough about clubbing and music.

Bloody hell, KINGDOM is/was packed out every night it opened, with hordes of ****** up girlies smuggling in vodka and gangs of blokes in short-sleeved Ben Sherman shirts and shiny black shoes. Not nice, and certainly not very cool.

We always used to go to Bugged Out, in Manchester/Liverpool, the Orbit in Morley, etc, etc coz the clubs were so pants in Sheffield. Went to the Bed opening night which was good, but not been since.
Sheffield has always been lacking on the club front - the old RedZone used to be fun, but even then we used to go to the Donny Warehouse instead....
Scuba used to be quite good - is that still going?

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Shame there's so few decent bars as well - compare Sheffield to the bar scene in Manchester for instance. Here we've got a handful of decent venues.

re "hard times in clubland" wasnt that more the superclubs who felt the chill - after that style of clubbin went out of fashion and through their own complacency. Having said that when a big night is put on its still invariably packed to the rafters. And there in the process of building Leeds's first proper superclub at the moment...

As far as the amount of people out there doing it and the number of nights on IMO there's far more than there ever were in the supposed heydays of 88/89 (acid house) and 91/92 (hardcore) just spread around in loads of smaller places.

Superclubs are good because they soak up so many people and they help keeps the small, decent clubs underground.

Huge clubs = rubbish clubs imho.

Sheffield clubbing scene absolutely dire. And very disappointing after spending time living in Leeds.

But can't imagine it'll ever be the same as it was. Remember Occasions on a Friday night? Trash? (even though it was on a Wednesday and you had to go to work after no sleep).

Great memories (well what I can remember).8)

I remember Occasions years back when they'd kill all the lights in the place apart from one, powerful strobe in the middle. You'd have a completely dark club with one little pool of pulsing light in the middle - most odd, and never seen the like anywhere else!!

A lot of my mates used to go to Trash (I was living out of Sheff at the time) and they used to go on about how great it was.

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>But can't imagine it'll ever be the same as it was. Remember >Occasions on a Friday night? Trash? (even though it was on a >Wednesday and you had to go to work after no sleep).

Know the feeling as back in 1988 (before I moved to Sheffield) Spectrum in London used to be on a MONDAY night!
I remember that pitch black thing too in a lot of the clubs around London back then - it could be very disorientating and impossible to find your friends! (PS sorry about the non-Sheffield reminiscencies there)

There are other non student type venues where ever you go and yeah there are in Sheffield. But put quiet simply all over the UK it is harder and harder to get venue for credible electronica. There are less people going out to quality electrronica nights all over the country. It's not a superclub issues, it's just a simple fact that the trends are changing. Yeah the scene split and people went to smaller venues etc, but we are now going through another stage. People are feeling it where ever you go. Venues ARE harder to find, Remedy got kicked out in favor of an R&B night. Why? Because people spend more money. A night with over 7 years behind it and they are still having problems finding a venue in Sheffield. What i am saying is that club owners IN SHEFFIELD are finding student nights make them more money, that's why the venues are moving across to that.

Think of it like this -

If you putting on what i would call a quality night, one with good, non chessy music.. you have two choices. Big name DJ, or local DJ. Starting a night with locals is a nightmare. How do you get people in? How long will the venue support you with a half empty club? In Sheffield even with a big name your not guaranteed a good turn out. It depends on what else is going on. Leeds is totally different, it's very easy to start a night in Leeds. There are more venues and much more of a bar scene, more importantly there are more people going out. You tend to find that people who are really going out for the music, will go out much more and spend less when they are out. Your average person in a bar on a weekend is going out and spending more, but just one or maybe two nights a week.

The other thing is the general change in what people want to go out and listen to. I am a believer that electronica has gone through a boring stage. Progressive house etc. It's a male dominated scene. The new 'big things' in the club world are nights like school disco. They are the biggest club night in the world right now. I think the girls got bored and they want something they can really dance to and sing along to, hence school disco and electroclash. Guys go where the girls are, money get's spent where the girls are.

I wouldn't risk my money promoting a night in Sheffield, and i know a number of other people who wouldn't either. Talent/music based nights have always been a labor of love, there is little money in it. So if promoters with loads of Sheffield knowledge cannot run a night (and have problems finding the right venue), people coming in won't take the risk, Sheffield is going to need a big outside promoter to come in and have a go. But most outside peoples views are that Gatecrasher own Sheffield (House with Bed and Trance with Republic) so i don't see that appointing until a new niche market appears. Nobody will take Bed on at a large scale house night or Gatecrasher for a trance night.

Originally posted by huwj
I just like going to comfortable clubs who play quality house music with a classy crowd.


Try Scuba ( http://www.scubamusic.com ) at the Fez Club on a Saturday night for all of your deep house related needs :D

UrbanGorilla has moved to Charles St. - great music, crap club. Po Na Na was always a good club - UG on fridays at the Fez, and Phonetics on saturdays. Bring back NY Sushi at the UNIT - that was always a great night (I actually prefered UNIT as a Sushi venue to the Music Factory. Bed is just heinous). There doesn't seem to be any decent D&B, break beats, hip-hop type nights in Sheffield at the weekend anymore. Gutted.

May the Leadmill live forever

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I have to agree with B2B - but I think the scope is wider than just sheffield. The same happened to Derby (don't laugh - it's true) over the last 4 years. I tried to run a rock night, and got 100 people in on a tuesday (which isn't bad) but the club made three-four times as much money by putting cheese on for students.

There is now only 1 club left in derby that plays anything exept cheese - all the others closed down in the last two years - and it has a very dodgy atmosphere (guns and knives galore).

I'd pay good money to go to an electronica night in sheffield!!

Yeah not sure what it is about places like Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. They have lot's of people going out in to town and spending quiet a bit of money. Maybe it hooks in with the city living thread. Look at how many student digs there are within a few miles of the city center! There are more than i have ever seen, much more than Leeds. So with that many students in residence, many within walking distance, you play to your market.

Now we have more private flats being built, and mainly young people buying them.. hopefully we will see a change. But Sheffield does have two superclubs, more than most cities. Problem i think with super clubs is they attract a younger crowd. Maybe Sheffield's core scene people are growing out of that scene, and moving up ;)

Also Leeds and Manchester have pretty big gay comunities, who always help out in hard times. I don't see Sheffield as a very gay freindly city, not flamboyant gay anyway.

As for D&B, Sheffield has one of the biggest nights in the country. It's at the Republic, last Wednesday of every month i think.

Also does anybody know anything about this free day on August Bank holliday. In one of the cities parks, Goldie is planying i beleive.

What kind of music does everybody like to listen to when they go out?

I like few things more than a Jazz/Blues night with tables and waiter service for drinks.

Anyone know of anything like it in Sheff?

I use to be in to the whole 'flinging yourself around to music with rocks in", but now I feel too old to get away with it, and too unfit to do it for more than a few numbers.

Been to Cream, Creamfields, Homelands etc (have a friend in the industry) but the atmosphere and noise (earsplitting, kidney rumbling music and ten thousand luv'dup kiddies) is a bit overwhelming for this old psychenaut.

I'll still go and see live bands, but I'm a bit selective. Sheffield is very good for gigs, especially in the run up to Christmas.

Seen Fila Brazillia twice, Gong twice, Michelle Shocked, Page and Plant and the mightiest band of all - thekevorkiansolution.

Originally posted by back2basics
What kind of music does everybody like to listen to when they go out?
Getting a bit past my clubbing years, at the ripe old age of 35 but mainly deep house / quality techno (Detroit/funky stuff).

Set up a brief night a few years back at the Halcyon called "Reckless" where me and a couple of mates span deep house on a Sunday night. Unfortunately we didn't have the time nor energy to promote it properly and it fizzled out.

Used to be a keen follower of Bugged Out before it moved to Cream, got too big and lost it's atmosphere. Now it's back at Sankey's in Manchester it might well be good again.

Like DJs like Derrick May, Claude Young (when he's not being too 'ard), Terrence Parker, James Holroyd, etc.

Rebuild The Limit!!

huwj - Yes, Scuba is still running - Sheffield's finest Chris Duckenfield played the other day. Keep an eye out for the latest flyer - its printed on an envelope (though I notice the web site is a bit out of date!) Dulo (used to be the Beer Engine and worth a visit) should have some flyers.

Love Fila Brazilia :)

Yeah i loved Bugged Out. I did go a few times when it was in the Cream venue and had a great time. They also do nights at The End in London which are good.

Sounds like everybody is knocking on a bit, i am 31 now. I think that most of the old-schoolers are exiting the scene. The young'uns are all in to this horrible Hard House stuff! And i am begining to sound like my dad ;)

As for Jazz, The Red Lion. Not sure which street it is, but it's directly behind Red Tape studios and just up from the old Music museum. They have live Jazz on a Sunday night i beleive.

The first few Bugged Out's at Cream were good - had a few great nights in the main room to Armand Van Helden (mixing up his own version and the bootleg of Flowerz - cool!), one to the always brilliant Derrick May, and one to Kevin Yost.

After the first few it started getting filled with the usual shiny shirt crew and went rapidly downhill.

Yeah i saw Les Rythems Digitales in the Court yard last and it was a very good evening. Certainly not the shinny shirt brigade.

Do you remember the transvestite that used to wear a Barbie top? Weird and funny stuff, thats what i miss about going out!

Dunno if he was a trannie but I think I know the guy you mean - he was tall, skinny and wore "little girl" bunches - very funny!

Remember at one of the Tribal Gathering's a bloke spent the whole thing in a wedding dress with a huge train and the lot :D

Originally posted by back2basics

As for D&B, Sheffield has one of the biggest nights in the country. It's at the Republic, last Wednesday of every month i think.


Yeah, but unfortunately, it's only once a month, and on a wednesday - no good for me...well, not strictly true - good for me, just not good for work the next day :)

Mike yeah thats the guy!

I know what yoru saying about midweek clubbing, it's hard work for me now.

Hi,

This is my first post to this forum, but this is a subject after my own heart!!

I'm 36 with a couple of kids and only get to a big night out very infrequently - usually Bugged Out in Liverpool, as that's where I've lived for the last 8 years. However, I'm very very excited about the upcoming Tribal Gathering warehouse party in Manchester - 6 hours of Derrick Carter versus DJ Sneak, 5 hours of Garnier playing an acid house set, plus the mighty Jeff Mills and even original bleep masters LFO playing live! Come on you lot, you know you want to...

As for Sheffield, our regular haunt was the Leadmill on a Friday (from way before the house revolution - I'm talking the original La Videotech which subsequently became DCM), sometimes The Limit, and then of course the amazing days of Jive Turkey at the City Hall Ballroom, Parrot and Winston at Occasions on a Saturday........ <WIPES NOSTALGIC TEAR FROM EYE>

I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with current Sheffield nightlife, though I would add that the city has always lacked a certain something at night compared to other northern cities. When I first moved to Liverpool in 1995 I just couldn't believe how vibrant the place was after dark - and it had blanket 2am opening in the city centre even then. This was around the time that Sheffield licensing magistrates had only just been persuaded to allow The Republic to have a licence, and that was only on appeal, because they claimed there were already enough venues in town. Pathetic.

Having said that, those homegrown Sheffield events like Jive Turkey had something special that really related to the spirit of the city. It wasn't Leeds, it wasn't Manchester, it was another place with its own unique identity, and Sheffield music has had that quirky electronic thing for years. It may have been starved of clubs and bars at various times in its history, but when Sheffield was bubbling with the forward-looking likes of Cabaret Voltaire, Chakk, Hula, The Steamer at The Leadmill, FON Records, the Mark Brydon/Rob Gordon production team, etc., Leeds was still clouded in the hairspray overkill of Goth.

And how I laughed at the memory of that Barbie guy in Bugged Out!!!! LOL.

Originally posted by Damon
I'm very very excited about the upcoming Tribal Gathering warehouse party in Manchester - 6 hours of Derrick Carter versus DJ Sneak, 5 hours of Garnier playing an acid house set, plus the mighty Jeff Mills and even original bleep masters LFO playing live! Come on you lot, you know you want to...
That could almost tempt me out of retirement!

When is it? Is it Sankey's?

All the old school-clubbers are coming out of the woodwork now! Maybe Sheffield needs a dedicated clubbing forum. I run one for Chicago (www.inside-chicago.com), it's nice to have somewhere to chat about stuff. The Barbie guy is obviously a legend!

Yeah the Tribal Warehouse party looks like the best thing in a few years. Amazing line-up.

It is strange how Sheffield doesn't have the same vibrant vibe as Liverpool or Leeds. But both cities (and Manchester) have a huge bar scene, Sheffield doesn't seem to have as much of one. But people seem to take their music really seriously here, and the nights are pretty unique. I really didn't go out too much here years ago. I went to Gatecrasher and the Music Factory (for Sushi etc), and went to Niche a few times. But Remedy was a quality night with a slightly older crowd and great residents. Shame it's gone for now.

> When is it? Is it Sankey's?


August bank holiday - Saturday 23rd August. 2 in the afternoon till 6am.

It's in "a secret warehouse location" in Manc - they've apparently found a couple of amazing interconnecting warehouses that will hold about 10,000. Plus there's a perimeter 'Tribal Village' so you can retreat to the open air when it all gets too insane. And in a lovely nod to the old school, your ticket comes with a phone number that you have to ring a week before to find out the precise location! (Though I suspect it's somewhere in Ancoats near Sankeys - I've even heard a rumour that they're using the place where they built a replica of the Hacienda for '24 Hour Party People', but that might just be ****ocks!)

Anyway, incredible line-up it certainly is. More info here:

www.tribalgathering.com/warehouse

Originally posted by back2basics
It is strange how Sheffield doesn't have the same vibrant vibe as Liverpool or Leeds. But both cities (and Manchester) have a huge bar scene, Sheffield doesn't seem to have as much of one.
I don't think the licensing laws help much - many bars in other cities are open until 2am, and you can sit outside, etc.

Good to see a few other past-it clubbers on here :D

Sankeys' thing sounds great - btw Damon that link should be http://www.tribalgathering.co.uk/warehouse/ - other one doesn't work for me....

Yep Mike, you're right, sorry 'bout that.

Too many brain cells lost in years gone by.....:?

another oldie at nearly 35 - love hard trance which in Yorkshire you can get at Riff Raff and Cabbage in Leeds and a bit of it at Planet Zogg at the Arches and of course the occassional free party. Wish i was about 20 though as i think the harder trance thats been around for the last few years is the best high energy dance music has ever been. Like these type of clubs too because you get a wide range of ages right up to old hippies in their 40s (or even 50s!)

> you get a wide range of ages right up to old hippies in their 40s (or even 50s!)


Well that'll be us soon enough!

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I have to agree with the majority. I was weaned on DIY in Nottingham when a student. Sheffield doesn't have much choice. PoNaNa ok sometimes and Arches, but most places too busy or too picky about dress code and play pants music.
What can you do??

Originally posted by hiyabeing
I have to agree with the majority. I was weaned on DIY in Nottingham when a student. Sheffield doesn't have much choice. PoNaNa ok sometimes and Arches, but most places too busy or too picky about dress code and play pants music.
What can you do??

Grow old gracefully like the rest of us and start listening to Bob Dylan or Van Morrison songs:banana:

Been there done it all, but now there is only one 3 o oclock in my day.

The Leadmill is still the best in Sheffield and for you oldies out there, IMHO it is the son of The Limit.

As for Phan's request for a chiiled out night of Jazz, I here Bucowski's??? (Think that how you spell it) London Rd have these nights.

Has the morris dancing scene been driven underground? I miss that 'Hey nonny nonny' vibe mixed with acid madrigal breakbeat!

> Has the morris dancing scene been driven underground? I miss that 'Hey nonny nonny' vibe mixed with acid madrigal breakbeat!


Yeah, the rise of the 'super folk clubs' has killed the scene. They herd you in like cattle, then you just bonk people over the head with a branded glow bladder (that costs a fiver from the official merchandise store) while overpaid so-called 'superstar' melodian players whip the crowd into a frenzy with their bland euro-folk.

Yeah Damon Its just not the same, dancing around with 5000 others waving handkerchiefs in the air and singing fertility songs, bring back dancing in the street and plucking instruments in the upstairs room of a pub, followed by a pint of Theakston's old peculier, not of this mineral water stuff and a few tabs.

...I actually preffered the old Music Factory to the UNIT for Sushi but only because they seemed to put more effort in. Anyone remember the live sets they used to put on with the likes of Laurent Garnier & LTJ Bukem?? They were class. Once they moved to UNIT it became more of a 'normal' d& b night. still good tho'.... [/B]

I used to work at Sushi when it was at the Unit. Those were unbelievably good nights. Goldie played a wicked set there, the third birthday party, the Ski Village afterparty et al.

Mint.

Originally posted by mikey
Yeah Damon Its just not the same, dancing around with 5000 others waving handkerchiefs in the air and singing fertility songs, bring back dancing in the street and plucking instruments in the upstairs room of a pub, followed by a pint of Theakston's old peculier, not of this mineral water stuff and a few tabs. Theakston's Old Peculier?
Now there is a beer worthy of it's name. To paraphrase a SYPF officer "it's so good it's virtually hallucinogenic".

Masham is in Yorkshire innit? So how come most Theakston pubs seem to be in Lancashire?

Originally posted by mikey
Grow old gracefully like the rest of us and start listening to Bob Dylan or Van Morrison songs:banana:

Been there done it all, but now there is only one 3 o oclock in my day.

The Leadmill is still the best in Sheffield and for you oldies out there, IMHO it is the son of The Limit.

As for Phan's request for a chiiled out night of Jazz, I here Bucowski's??? (Think that how you spell it) London Rd have these nights.

Perhaps some of us want to grow old disgracefully. I just can't do the second 3 O'Clock as often - that's all! And definately don't see 3am when it's a work day!
How sad.:cry: :cry:

what a blast from the past!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JIVE TURKEY!!!

TOP MEMORIES

has set me off on proper reminiscence trip.

Top club nights for me:

Rennaissance (mansfield)
Trash (and the saturday nite version which I can't remember the name of)
Shelley's (tho wouldn't want to do it again)
Creation (originally at NMB but then City hall)
Moneypennys s(always a nitemare trying to drive around Brum)
Venus
Deluxe
Chuff Chuff (do they still do these?)

Amazed me how many knowlegable clubbers there are here!

DIY and Shellys :)

One thing Sheffield seems to have a histroy with is the free party scene. NTL are still running parties regularly.

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Originally posted by blondee
Trash (and the saturday nite version which I can't remember the name of)


I think the Saturday night version was called Wonderland.

OK then old timers, here's your starter for ten:

Anyone remember the name of Parrot and Winston's Wednesday night event at Kiki's around 1989??

It was of course 'Cuba' - it had bright red Designers Republic flyposters emblazoned with vivid yellow Warholesque bananas.

I think they moved on to this night after the end of The Steamer at the Leadmill which they shared with Graeme Park - which was also a Wednesday.

What was it with all these blinding mid-week nights back then? There never seemed to be any trouble getting the punters to turn up in my experience.

>One thing Sheffield seems to have a histroy with is the free >party scene. NTL are still running parties regularly.

Yeah Sheffield is very lucky in this aspect and the police seem to give a fair bit of leeway. I think it must have something to the vast amount of wilderness country right on the doorstep.

When i first moved here i was really surprised that this went on. Back around London except for a few things from Exodus (right up near Luton), the legacy of the Free Party Unit (specially set up to combat the M25 parties of 1989) meant that the idea of al fresco parties were just a distant memories.

There seem to be lots of old clubbers on here who remember the good old days. I grew up in Liverpool on a diet of the Academy (later Cream), regular trips to the Hacienda to see Graham Park, road trips to Renaissance, Back 2 Basics...ah those were the days. :o I've often thought about trying to organise a night for over 30's clubbers - even get some of the DJ's to do their old sets - it would have to include Oakie doing one of his Cream courtyard sets......ah brings a tear to the eye

> I've often thought about trying to organise a night for over 30's clubbers - even get some of the DJ's to do their old sets


And of course, you would have to call your night 'Not As Good As It Used To Be'. :D

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> Seriously though, if I wear a flat cap, smoke a pipe and promise to only order ale when I go to the bar, will you let me tag along??


You can come, but you'll have to sit outside with some lemonade and a bag of crisps. :lol:

Quality remaining thread :)

I wonder if we have met over the years. I used to go to just about every night mentioned in this thread. Anybody remember the C.R.E.A.M raves? Sad to say Oakenfold has totally lost it now, i think the courtyard was the last time he really had it.

Anyway due to this thread i am going to get on something, there does seem to be a market for something for the ahem more experienced clubber (and the less experienced). Bed have a separate room upstairs which is pretty nice. Good sound 200-300 people and nice environment.

I prefer a pretty wide range of music now, seems like people in this thread would like a more eclectic sound?

I wish you luck B2B. I'd certainly go - and what was said earlier about money spent inclubs? Surely the 30 plus crowd have more cash to spend? I remember Occasions on a weekend only used to cost the entry fee plus £2.50 for a little square piece of paper with a quirky image on it?:lol: Or so I've read;)

Nice club and nice atmosphere is what I'm after - not a load of sweaty ravers with furry boots and luminous sticks.

DaBouncer - you say u liked Brighton clubbing? I spent 5 happy years there in the 90s taking hedonism to the limit, and what made it great were the little clubs. All of the people in the know knew that the bigs clubs were generally pants (with the exception of The Zap), and it was the little joints that really rocked.

Anyway, it's DJ bars that are carrying the swing right now (see: Brixton, Shoreditch etc) and I think that Devonshire Street can definitely hold its own in that area (Halcyon, Forum etc).

Agree Brighton has got it right.

Had top night in a club down on the beach. Is is the Honey Club?

But it seemed to me the best bit was when everyone moved on from the club to the beach.

We were greeted by naked swimmers at 5am! (but then again it was a hen night, which is when that behaviour is far more acceptable!) Wouldn't fancy chilling out in the Peace Gardens and seeing naked bathers!!!!

for DnB at weekends check out:

Jungle Juice on Saturdays at Charles St
Coalition on Fridays at Element (FKA Po Na Na)
Pressure on Fridays (sometime Saturday) at the Arches

other DnB worth checking out are the drum and bass arena parties, usually at Republic midweek, NY Sushi Big Bang, Tuesday Club, Bassic Standardz (Raynor Lounge, Sheff Uni)

guys ive been planning something even before i cam to sheffield 2 yrs ago... im used to going to Bugged Out! liverpool/manchester and tribal sessions, spin and Voodoo..

i could be involved with something the Dust Boys are doing soon

check out

www.dustclub.com

Originally posted by blondee
Agree Brighton has got it right.

Had top night in a club down on the beach. Is is the Honey Club?

But it seemed to me the best bit was when everyone moved on from the club to the beach.

We were greeted by naked swimmers at 5am! (but then again it was a hen night, which is when that behaviour is far more acceptable!) Wouldn't fancy chilling out in the Peace Gardens and seeing naked bathers!!!!

Sounds very Brighton! We were once sat around a fire on the beach at 4am or something and these acrobats came and joined us for a few beers. After a while they started doing backflips etc down the beach! Bizarre.

Yeah the Honey Club is right, it opened just as I was leaving Brighton. My fave Brighton Clubs:

The Jazz Rooms: Russ Dewbury (Fri/Sat). Also people like Rob Luis (Tru Thoughts) and The Roots Garden used to do nights there. Jazzy, salsoul, brazillica, gritty 70s funky

The Joint: Probably long gone to club heaven, but they mainly play mod and sixties anthems and there are always sharp-suited winkle pickers hot-footing it on the dance floor accompanied by uber-trendy Pussy Galore chicks replete with pink feather boas.

The Concorde (now moved to a new venue called Concorde 2) Where the whole Big Beat/Fatboy Slim phenomena started. At this club, on Fridays, Big Beat Boutique was where it was at.

So come on Sheffield promotors lets have some variety please - as somebody said on Sheff Forum once before if I see another ad for a night of "funky house" I'm gonna puke.

E-Man

is it really that bad or just getting to 25 and being nostalgic? i prefer a meal with friends these days and a bottle of wine back at the house.

having said that i went out in birmingham the other week and it shat on sheffield, they had such an eclectic mix in one venue everything from drum and bass/hiphop/dancehall to heavy metal and experimental electronica. think it was a one off thing but much more diverse than anything here.

I dunno if the Sheffield clubbing scene dying is actually a post-Gatecrasher thing at all - to be honest, after the whole glam house thing imploded, Sheffield looked on its way out as a clubbing city full stop (looked like Club Wow was going to be the biggest club in town, and the likes of Roxy and Kiki's closing down for the cheese merchants) - but somehow it dodged a bullet and for two amazing, brief years, it was the clubbing Mecca of the country - when Crasher was at its blistering best and the fallout from it was evident first at the Music Factory and then the first weeks of Bed...but then it all went to hell when Gatecrasher became Now That's What I Call Superclubbing - and we were basically left with exactly the sorry state of affairs we had pre-'97.

Like a lot of the big northern cities, Sheffield grabs onto and rides the waves of the big club fads. Rise was HUGE in the early-mid 90s, but after it shut down the Leadmill was on its last legs for a while. Likewise after Crasher - we're just in a downturn. Give it two years and there'll be another name on everyone's lips - whether it's Bed or Republic or the Arches or even a reopened Roxy (!!). It's just a bummer for those of you who are in your clubbing window right now :(

I understand a lot of the points being made on this forum.

As way of introduction i co-promote Urban Gorilla and The Tuesday Club with Mark and Tom.

I just want to make a point about UG's new venue as clearly some of you don't seem too happy with it. Obviously by me posting i'm not going to change your minds but here's our angle on it:

Admittedly, we had our reservations about moving to Charles St. I think a lot of the UG crowd did - but this was inevitable, and probably a natural feeling due to the fact that it's a venue that most aren't used to.

However, over the last few weeks more and more people have come to really like the venue. It's simply a question of getting used to something.

The Fez was a great venue - but you are seriously limited in what you can do in there. In Charles St. you can offer two rooms of music, the layout is really interesting allowing you to go outside and roam about. Room 2 is just like a house party going off, with an incredible vibe. And the main room has a massive sound system and holds the atmosphere with its low ceilings and intimate space.

Over the next few weeks the venue is going to see new carpets put in, the wall paper stripped and walls freshly painted and more production in the shape of projections etc. More fans are being installed to combat the heat and obviously, most importantly, there are some great line ups on the way.

Charles St is a pretty raw, underground, honest venue. There's a great atmopshere as everyone knows each other, and basically everyone is up for a good time.

We're really settled at our new home, as is the crowd. Even over the summer the atmosphere has been amazing - and it bodes well for the coming weeks and months.

We're excited.

With regard to UG - we coin it as a "free thinking breaks" club. This means that, yes, breaks forms the back bone of what we do however our interpretation of "breaks" also covers DJ's that breaks the rules and refuse to be pidgeonholed - Middleton, Burridge, Zabiela etc. who play just about everything over two or three hours.

We're trying our hardest to bring some exciting fresh DJ's to Sheffield - and breaks as a scene as a whole - is really vibrant and exciting at the moment. We hope we may be able to provide a Friday night that you can love as much as we do. Always give us you feedback because we appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers

Maley
Urban Gorilla

UG rocks.. charles st is dirty raw and exactly what clubs nowadays should be about..

long live UG :D

Have only been back in Sheff since Dec and have not yet made it to Charles Street as have heard reports ranging from it's great, to it's crap and seedy. Will have to make my own mind up. Is it better on a Friday or Saturday?????


Prefer Friday nights out now as it gives me two days to recover!!!

Certaintly some parts of it are a bit seedy - and yes, some people really like that aspect, other don't. What we're trying to do with it, is keep it's raw underground feel but make it fresher in some areas that need attention.

We're getting there

:D

Maley this is chris by the way (Cristo)

whiling my time away at work...

I like the way charles st is... first time i went and it was great.. hardly need to alter it at al.. i mean look at nation in lpool.. its an unused ammunition warehouse... grime al over the place.. thats what makes clubs good! and Le Bateu in pool too.. dirty old pub!

Xxxxxxxxxx

I've been following this conversation and keeping my trap shut for some time...

being a bit of an old fogey of the sheffield club scene (can't believe i'm still at it), i've seen many nights come and go over the last 13 years. one thing never changes, and that is the way in which people are never confident about what sheffield has to offer, the only thing that keeps the scene healthy is new things/change, unfortunately we don't respond well to change and people dwell on legendary nights or clubs such as occasions, jive turkey, trash or whatever... the reality is that i've seen more special nights, interesting djs, and fresh approach in the last 3 years than ever before.

before i started scuba i did the saturday nights at the republic (before gatecrasher) and before that No Logic at the Arches, and it's incredible after all this time how many people are still nostalgic and say 'it's not how it used to be in the days of no logic'... nostalgia is a disease similar to autism, i remember those days, i was there every f****** week, there were some good nights but let's not over cook it... scuba has outlived and proved itself to be better than anything i've done before... and if it changes it may end up being better still. but you can't compare sheffield to manc, leeds, notts or wherever... they all have different dynamics, pros and cons with their nightlife... and do you know what? there is certainly a great crowd in sheffield when it is harnessed, and the feeling is the same, now or back then... it's just a matter of promoters being clever enough to do a good night. contrary to public opinion people aren't cattle...

but i guess the point i'm trying to make is, using UG as an example, urban gorilla has benefitted from it's move to charles st simply through change... there was a shake up, a talking point, a new reason for people to go, a new word of mouth, the excitement of a new night with the confidence of a tried and tested formula. and guess what people are there week in week out! people will party in a cow shed if need be and often do... (but they aint cattle ;).

just to quell a few recent assumptions on ponana / fez club:
scuba is still at the fez club every saturday
remedy DIDN'T get kicked out in favour of an R'n'B night
phonetics is still firin downstairs
the club is not closing
the club is being run better with paint on the walls and well stocked bars, (pretty basic stuff but we never had it before!)

let's be positive!!! the club scene is ever changing and will always surprise but rest assured there is some dope s*** around every corner.

rant over
jamie


Edited Bad Language - Lickszz

So what clubs have we got then?

Casbah
Charles St
Kingdom (yuk!)
Josephines (Yuk Yuk!)
Corporation
Po Na Na
Forum
Halcyon (sort of)
Bed
NCPM (Gatecrashers new venue for the mo)
Roundhouse
The Arches
Leadmill (Yeah!)

Any more?

On the subject of Sheffield clubs/clubbing, Remedy are co-hosting the afterparty for this weekends Tribal Gathering Warehouse party at Sankeys in Manchester, along with Chibuku Shake Shake, Stompaphunk & Spin. See you there...

BROWN ST R.I.P. ...nostalgic again!

charles st when you're sober: sticky floors and crap sound system
charles st after a few bargin double vodkas: too busy enjoying the music to care.

as for club promoters, fair play to them esp when half their demograph leaves the city every summer and they still carry on for the locals.

Sheffield seems to have gone a bit tits up really. We have a totally amazing range of pubs and bars until 11pm, then you are forced to go to some crappy sweaty little late bar, or a nightclub thats either a big cheezy warehouse or a dodgy place full of obsessed weirdos with no atmosphere. We need more late bars, and someone to breathe some life back into the club scene.

I'm trying to inject some life into Sheffield clubland...

I'm looking around for a small licensed bar/nightclub space to host a new concept event weekly from around November. It can be as dingy as you like and also needs to be a space which the owner is not too precious about as we would like to make some decor 'readjustments'.

I'm just at the investigative stages now - it may or may not happen, but if it does it's likely to be a good earner for the owner.

Cheers
E-Man

Sheffield

Mainstream everywhere, but which city doesn't have its fair share of cheese? Kingdom & Republic have gone this way, cos of the value of the student and mainstream pound. That's what these places are all about. Not the music, not the vibe, not the collective spirit, but then they always have been.

Excellent nights in the shape of Urban Gorilla & the Tuesday Club, both of which keep getting brilliant reviews and are nights out that you remember for ages.

Bed brings in the BIG NAMES. Always going to have a club that goes for the easy option of buying in the big name talent. But there's people out there that want it.

Headcharge maybe a bit tired, but it constantly does a good job of putting on a full on night.

There are loads of small promoters out there that are bubbling away with new ideas. They have a love for their music and are just putting on nights cos they can't hear what they like anywhere else.

Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, London, Bristol, Brighton. They all have better bar cultures then Sheffield does and every city has a cracking club night. But the best are few and far between.

Feel better now that I got that off my chest.

I think there's lots of smaller nights trying hard and right now they are the ones to support...

Urban Gorilla, Scuba, Society, Phone-tics and Dust are all trying to bring something different to the city often at a cost to themselves - for me this is where the interesting nights and people are

It's never been about how big, it's always been about the people and the music...

Martin Dust
http://www.dustclub.com
http://www.littledetroit.net

yeah dust is a brilliant night.. so hoping the surgeon comes! billy nasty would be good too! anyone know if dj rush is playing anywhere in britain soon?

also check out shush a new night e-man which sounds like the kind of thing you are talking about.

www.shush-uk.com

Since moving to Sheffield we have been very disappointed. Not only with the lack of decent nights here (hard house/hard trance), but also by the fact that there are no decent venues to put our promotion on at. Any ideas?

mate hard house and hard trance has saturated the dance/electronic music market here in sheffield.. there has been too much of it in the past!!! it is the reason promoters find it so hard to break decent nights in.

nights like

XL
Insomniacz
Hotdog
Gatecrasher

have totally saturated the market. Sheffield doesn't need another hard house night mate. try manchester.

Apparently Kingdom are relocating to the old NUM white elephant. Could anyone make the cinema place work or are the council going to convert it to other uses?

Thursday night at Bed is going to be a stalwart for a few years to come. Excellent night.

Kingdom's got a compulsory purchase order on it, cos the Council are going to knock down the whole block!

Understand its been put back and won't happen for a couple of years.

whats on at bed on a thursday?

Originally posted by Rats
Kingdom's got a compulsory purchase order on it, cos the Council are going to knock down the whole block!

Understand its been put back and won't happen for a couple of years.

Personally I wouldnt be very sure about the old NUM building either.

I thought Sheffield First were planning on levelling a lot of stuff near Barkers Pool, from the NUM through to Burgess Street (Kingdom etc)

If I was a nightclub I would be clearing off out of that area otherwise they will only have to move all over again

How depressing ! Scuba Jamie is quite right - what is it with people getting nostalgic ? This is my first pop on this forum and don't want to offend anyone but like it or not you all sound like your parents telling you that the music is not as good as in their day. I think the most telling sign is the night"Better Days" - christ, ooh they were the days..oooh real music this...ooooh...not all this mixing advanced sound techniques with live musicians oooh no that's when drum machine loops were drum machine loops...

In my view, superclubs have all but disappeared because they got greedy. Who wants to pay £15 to hear some overpaid kn*ob play some records ? I think many clubs treated punters like idiots putting DJ's up as stars when unless yer doing some scratching and juggling you are paying to watch some bloke smoke a few fags, drink and put some decent tunes on. It all got out of hand when people would stand and stare at the DJ - bit like watching David Blaine. Your supposed to dance with each other. So that messed things up a bit and the dance scene in general is still recovering from that.

But the good far outweighs the bad. I'm a resident at Phon-etics at Element /Po Na Na (yep we're still there - forget the jiggyfication on some of the other nights - sats are still doing it up and downstairs) and in oooh 13 years of DJing/clubbing I enjoy it more than ever. We play across the board from funk to drum and bass to brazilian or house or whatever fits the vibe.. Music at the moment is the most exciting it has been for years; new pollinations of sound and rhythm - inventiveness from all round the globe - broken beat, brazilian drum and bass, international hip hop.

Check a new tune by an Austrian guy called Noha called "balkan hotstep" for evidence.

And people enjoy clubbing just as they always have done. Just as people enjoyed northern soul and ska or dancehall or weekend soul and jazz funk jams or the arrival of house. I think if some of you are honest - it is yourselves that may have changed, either after you stopped popping mick mills you didn't enjoy it anymore or nothing can recreate that initial excitement, but to be honest the whingeing is not the reality.

I wasn't here 2 hear Winston and Parrot, Cuba, Occasions etc - many of my muckers here were and tell me what wicked nights they were. But stop banging on about it.....go and check Winston when he rocks Scuba instead.

As far as venues go. I remember years ago and let's face it - most venues were crap, unsafe, dodgy, the soundsystems were wa*k and normally it would be the only night of the week when something good was on. Plus no venues would take a chance with anything ahem alternative which is why everyone was doing raves outside. Yep RnB is the big thing right now but it's just cos it's the new pop music. But there's too many nights doing exactly the same thing so they won't last. You want underground go check the blues and see how long yer last.

Bars are bars and clubs are clubs. late licence or not you never get the same atmosphere. I do a tuesday latin night at the forum and love it but it's not the same as playing in a club.

Yes many clubs rely on students and that can be difficult but then Sheff has one of the lowest disposable incomes in the country. But if you've still got that itch and still enjoy the tunes then check us - Phon-etics (sat nights, po na na), head upstairs to the fez for some quality house bizniz to Scuba, check TTC, Lights down low, Sub Rosa special events, Phuture Motion specials,....and if you don't enjoy any of them then maybe you've changed ?

As long as people get good tunes, new stuff and a good, friendly atmosphere and don't feel like they've been mugged on the door then they'll always be stuff going on. So stop whingeing.

damn straight. quality music for all. exactly what we're tryna push at Shush

Quality post welchiewelch and welcome to the forums mate.

Welchie - I don't quite see "funk to drum and bass to brazilian or house" as being "right across the board". I'd be hard placed to tell one form of general club music from another.

"right across the board" would mean from nu-metal and thrash to jazz. At least.

Just a thought. It doesn't have to go to exactly X bpm to be good music.

Karl T - Well, yeah, there is a common link between these types of music namely that they are all forms/derivatives of dance music but dance music is quite fragmented - some nights stick to house or drum and bass or hip hop etc...so moving from drum n bass to a bossa nova track can be er...interesting...hmmm....nu metal to jazz ? I hate nu metal but love jazz so I would never do it - I'm sure someone would/will - how do you find the common link there though ? Ah...cos some people find both types of music unlistenable:P ......

I'm tired of all the 70's discos saturating the club scene. Flares, star bar, roundhouse, hallam uni.

Personally i enjoy going to the Casbah for a few jars and listen to a few classic rock tunes.

But i agree that there is a limited choice of so called BIG venues to go to. Variety is the spice of life and we could do with few more medium sized ones, with a slight variation.

p.s. did you all know that when they take the kingdom down, casbah is going down with it, anyone know any more basement bars that rock in sheffield??

STONEHOUSE - you should get down to the Classic Rock Bar.

SHeffield club scene has taken a downturn of late...
remember Rise in its prime before it went soft, the Limit even
the dearly departed REMEDY!

But SHeffield does have a lot to hold.
Yes the Arches hasn't changed much in the past 5 years, bar the dodgy garage nights of a couple of years ago .. but if it aint broken dont mend it... still gets a happy crowd..

And just this month Hybrid, Adam Freeland, James Lavelle, Plump DJ's, Layo & Bushwaka, Scrath Perverts, Justin Robertson to name but a few - all playing within sight of the town hall clock ...

Things change, but there's still great nights out there !

Stick in there..


PS - What about all the great FREE PARTIES from Warehouses, to car parks.....

don't forget we had billy nasty on at shush!

I hear Remedy are doing a one off at the University, under the name Diversion. Might be this Friday.

Originally posted by Gouch
SHeffield club scene has taken a downturn of late... you reckon? i'm not convinced, i think it's better than a couple of years ago... there's a good few smallish nights on now that don't charge extortionate door tax and have friendly crowds.

:)

8) Nah Den Ace........

Originally posted by huwj
Is there such a lack of good promoters and decent clubbers that there is no longer demand for this kind of club night in Sheffield??

You should go to the Hush Puppy Club last Friday of every month mate........Bobby Bent Back does his mobile disco. He's got the patter, the flashing lights, the lot! Top geezer, top night!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

Originally posted by Spacehopper
8) Nah Den Ace........



You should go to the Hush Puppy Club last Friday of every month mate........Bobby Bent Back does his mobile disco. He's got the patter, the flashing lights, the lot! Top geezer, top night!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

www.shush-uk.com

That Balkan hotstep tune is a killer! Heard it at phonetics at the weekend. Crazy ****. Bloody good.

i think theres loads of good stuff in sheff at the mo. some u pay for, some u dont. over the summer we had some fantastic FREE parties on the moors and around the pennines, if u know the right people u will be sure to find the venue. checkout nta etc. in the city we have urban gorilla, phonetic, scuba and now shush, all of them bringing a good vibe. ive been shocked in the last few months at just how good the scene is around sheffield. most notably by urban gorilla at charles st and shush at zero. the prejudice these nights get are ridiculous.

get out more and stay away from the corporations whom f.uck u over every time. support the fab individual promotions which need us more than ever to survive.

lol. i'll get off my soapbox now.

enjoy.

Originally posted by green
i think theres loads of good stuff in sheff at the mo. some u pay for, some u dont. over the summer we had some fantastic FREE parties on the moors and around the pennines, if u know the right people u will be sure to find the venue. checkout nta etc. in the city we have urban gorilla, phonetic, scuba and now shush, all of them bringing a good vibe. ive been shocked in the last few months at just how good the scene is around sheffield. most notably by urban gorilla at charles st and shush at zero. the prejudice these nights get are ridiculous.

get out more and stay away from the corporations whom f.uck u over every time. support the fab individual promotions which need us more than ever to survive.

lol. i'll get off my soapbox now.

enjoy.

nice one green! cheers for the support!

this saturday is set to storm! :D

Ok so what this about, Every friday we are pushing RnB and Hip Hop music all night in Genesis, no other club in the area is doing this, so if you are into this music or no people that are spread the word.

And Saturday night is called 'Local Heros' it's all about new talent from the local area showing off, kick started it 2 weeks ago and we had a packed night, was not as busy last Saturday but still had more there when J Healy played a months ago.

So if you are into Funky House, Sheffields underground Speed Garage scene and serious Essential new dance music then come down on a Saturday and have a listen.

we have Sheffield DJ Dave Stanton playing (1st NOV) and the folowing week we have female speed garage DJ Cherry from Chesterfield playing out (8th Nov)

Spread the word, the musical revolution has begun.

Asha

People want different things basically. Good point that the gentleman/woman made some bit back that you've got to go out and support the individual / small man run nights. Loads of good music comes out of Sheffield and it would be good if there was more unity and less clannishness. Maybe then this city can give the likes of Manchester a run for its money. In my view, Leeds has already fallen to the "got to put a big name on to survive" bug.

I like what Sandman are doing in that respect.

People want different things basically. Good point that the gentleman/woman made some bit back that you've got to go out and support the individual / small man run nights. Loads of good music comes out of Sheffield and it would be good if there was more unity and less clannishness. Maybe then this city can give the likes of Manchester a run for its money. In my view, Leeds has already fallen to the "got to put a big name on to survive" bug.

I like what Sandman are doing in that respect.

Genesis nightclub Chesterfield,

Individual Promoter Asha playing his underground night in Genesis every Saturday, check out Local Heros, if u like Speed Garage, bass lines and new beats

heres the link to our website

http://www.ukcn.com/clubs/DesktopDefault.aspx?poid=125

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