The Fez Club will finally be re-opening under the new name of The Room on the weekend of 17th & 18th December...

The Pin-up club will resume on Friday 17th dec launching with residents whilst Scuba re-opens on Saturday 18th dec for their xmas party with djs Matthew Herbert & Pipes.

Scuba will also be running on New Years Eve with Winston Hazel, Solid State, Nigel Fischer and Fran Guiton.

For full Scuba info check out the thread in Notices and Events.

:)

what/where is the fez club

the fez club is a venue on the corner of rockingham street and charter square (above and behind club element).

bumpty bump....

the fez club is on that link i gave you a few days ago donnie!!


http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/frames/venue.htm

has directions and all sorts..:suspect:

Anyone know if Fez has any slots free for a monthly Friday night?

pin-up club is continuing every friday...

yeah :D :D :D :D

Great news!!!

Originally posted by Dirk Diggler
Anyone know if Fez has any slots free for a monthly Friday night?

ha ha - you were joking Kirk??

Hope you are well mate and Thursday's are doing well for you - I hear good things.....

Dean

nothing is sacred

Originally posted by blessed
ha ha - you were joking Kirk??

Hope you are well mate and Thursday's are doing well for you - I hear good things.....

Dean
Eh up dean.
When I saw you n adam t'other weekend and you'd ran the night at the Student Union I thought you might have been using that each week.

However if Pin-Up is back at Fez then it's all good :thumbsup:
Looking forward to getting back to Pin-Up to be fair :P

Anyway what about downstairs? What's happening with it? Who's got it?

Possibility of utilising that space once a month Fri or Sat?

They're refurbishing it with plans for it to open next year according to the Star. It's going to have a more laid back feel and attract people who are in to dance music apparently.

we're not entirely sure as to what's going on downstairs, there's going to be a full refurb... i know phonetics want to get back in there on a saturday and i think that they'll want to run it in-house on a friday...

it's unlikely that it will open until at least feb.

What sort of music do they play there?

Cant wait for Friday & Saturday night

Fri: thepin-upclub
Sat: Scuba

What was wrong with leaving the name as the fez club?

Good to have it re-opend and good to have Scuba back. Never been keen on pin up club - never wanted to hang around with posh n becks lookylikeys.

it will always be FEZ, i suppose thats like my big sis calling it kiki's!

Dont know why everyone's pretending that the fez club is all new etc....it's the same people who own the place init ? The ones who own matrix and vijays. The same ones who turned the club into a craphole within the space of a couple of years.

Reall shame that there aren't enough good venues tht people can put on their nights on. there's a lot of interesting nights but these places always want to just put on the same old rubbish. why hasn't someone more underground got a venue? a

my spies also tell me that its a old manager from gatecrasher and bed who is be running the club ? I've also heard dirty rumours that the phonnetics night is going to be replaced by another crappy house night ? Is this ture scuba ? Be rubbish to have the same music on each floor on each night. where is the imagination ? saturdays were always the best in that club. one week i'd go to scuba the next to phonnetics and between them they covered all the music i want to hear. really sad to hear that it's probably going to be a new version of gatecrasher or bed - both of wich are **** in my opinion. this city is crying out for a bit of variety on a saturday night.

ive missed these clubs being open but from the sound of things its going to get worse not better.

maybe we should all go to cool places like kingdom and berlins????:gag:

feels like its getting that way. without being melodramatic i work all week as a nurse (day off b4 someone asks why i'm sat here typing while some poor bugger dies) and so my nights out are very important to me and its been so bad in the past few months ive considered moving city!!! i know quite a few people who feel the same.

this is the first time ive joined a webby thing. bit addictive init?

Are they still going to have live bands on in the fez ?of

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Good to have it re-opend and good to have Scuba back. Never been keen on pin up club - never wanted to hang around with posh n becks lookylikeys.

Interesting

Whats the dress code??
Kevlar lined shirts??

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Dont know why everyone's pretending that the fez club is all new etc....it's the same people who own the place init ? The ones who own matrix and vijays. The same ones who turned the club into a craphole within the space of a couple of years.

Reall shame that there aren't enough good venues tht people can put on their nights on. there's a lot of interesting nights but these places always want to just put on the same old rubbish. why hasn't someone more underground got a venue? a

my spies also tell me that its a old manager from gatecrasher and bed who is be running the club ? I've also heard dirty rumours that the phonnetics night is going to be replaced by another crappy house night ? Is this ture scuba ? Be rubbish to have the same music on each floor on each night. where is the imagination ? saturdays were always the best in that club. one week i'd go to scuba the next to phonnetics and between them they covered all the music i want to hear. really sad to hear that it's probably going to be a new version of gatecrasher or bed - both of wich are **** in my opinion. this city is crying out for a bit of variety on a saturday night.

ive missed these clubs being open but from the sound of things its going to get worse not better.

a couple of things...

firstly, it is a bit premature to be judging the place before it's opened, everyone is making a concerted effort to do something good with the place and have a new start. the owners and the new licensee are giving us the opportunity to programme and run the club in the way that we've always wanted it to be run; with the punters in mind and providing a quality and varied monthly programme. you are correct that the new licensee is steve rucastle who was the licensee from bed/gatecrasher, and i can say that he is one of the best in the city. but this does not mean by any stretch that the club has any plan or intention of being the next gatecrasher, licensees/general managers do not generally get involved too much in the promotions.

secondly, dont believe everything you hear, rumours are always to be doubted just by their very nature, not to be propogated.

Originally posted by wibbles
Whats the dress code??
Kevlar lined shirts??

there has never been any problem in the fez club (now the room), only with the friday night in the downstairs venue (which is not to open until at least feb next year.)

i really dont understand why some people (a minority) arent behind the re-opening of one of sheffield's treasured specialist music venues... is gatecrasher all anyone wants? whether people like particular nights at the venue, in the last year alone we have played host to truely leftfield music from the likes of amp fiddler, chicken lips, the rapture, ivan smagghe plus some of the cities most respected djs such as chris duckenfield, pipes and winston hazel...

i'm not trying to say anyone's opinion is not valid, all i suggest is don't be cynical! encouragement and positive thinking is constructive.

Any chance of getting Ivan Smagghe back!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Scuba
there has never been any problem in the fez club (now the room), only with the friday night in the downstairs venue

A friend of mine got a right kicking in there, 100% completely unprovoked too.

Still, I'll be trundling along to investigate if they put anything decent on.

In all seriousness I have been looking for somewhere fresh to go on a Friday night.
What should I expect music and atmosphere wise??
Also what are prices like??

Pleasse don't get me wrong!! I would be so happy to see both clubs open with specialist underground music at the centre of the programme but the people who told me such things are very well placed to say thatthat the new manager is going to make it into another gatecrasher. Also from people I know who did work with the owners they have no love for any of the kinds of music we all want to see on.

I know that you have got a night to promote and i think scuba will do so well!! but theres no point pretending the venue isn't pretty much the same.

Also can you tell me as they don't seem to use this messagevoard if it is true that phonnetics has gone ? they brought so much mad music from loads of different countries. music i dont even know the name of. and coalistion ?

i'm still not convinced

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Pleasse don't get me wrong!! I would be so happy to see both clubs open with specialist underground music at the centre of the programme but the people who told me such things are very well placed to say thatthat the new manager is going to make it into another gatecrasher. Also from people I know who did work with the owners they have no love for any of the kinds of music we all want to see on.

I know that you have got a night to promote and i think scuba will do so well!! but theres no point pretending the venue isn't pretty much the same.

1. how can the manager make it the next gatecrasher when it is a 300 capacity underground venue with a night like scuba on a saturday night? if he wanted to (which he doesnt) he would fail...

2. the owners dont know much about the music which is why they are no longer involved whatsoever in the programming of the club, they have left that to us.

3. i am not pretending, i am trying to make people aware of what we are doing with the place... a venue is a space and yes it is the same space but please be aware that there are many improvements from the bottom up which only the greatest of cynics or disgruntled individuals will discredit.

Gatecrasher is great, its also commercial, but dont get me wrong, i still love the place, however.....

1) keep fez club underground
2) keep scuba underground

= Great small club. Great atmosphere. Full of people who love the music [unlike gatecrasher] = Success!

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Also can you tell me as they don't seem to use this messagevoard if it is true that phonnetics has gone ? they brought so much mad music from loads of different countries. music i dont even know the name of. and coalistion ?

i'm still not convinced

i dont think you're going to be convinced by anyone other than your cynical friend.

we really dont know about downstairs yet, i cannot vouch for phonetics as that is the result of meetings and discussions yet to happen. the only thing the manager and owners are concentrating on right now is getting the upstairs sorted and moving into the new year... then we'll all be able to breathe for a minute and make more plans.

this is not spin, i just really dont know...

as for the venue downstairs it will certainly be brought up to date and be completely re-fitted in a more open plan style, that much we do know... but that does not mean the next gatecrasher, this is the last thing we want... we already have 1 too many of those.

this weekend is the big opening...

17th dec pin-up club with firas, dean webster, tom lynch
18th dec scuba with herbert and dj pipes

go on then!

Can't wait for friday night :D :D

Yeah, cant wait for this weekend, sheffields been kinda weird since the fez closed... and i agree, there is a severe lack of decent venues in sheffield!!


Also Proud to announce that very soon www.thepinupclub.com will be launched.... so keep checking back!! For the latest news, photos and flyers etc....


Lets hope 2005 is a good year for dance music in sheffield!!

adam_ukc - do u go by pin-up on other forums or are u just spreading the word about the new website?

I was absolutely ecstatic when I heard that Scuba was finally back at the Fez. Sheffield has been without its wonky sound for too long!
However, I am gutted that Herbert is playing on Saturday-cos I can't go!!! I've waiting to see him play at Scuba for ever and now i'm gonna miss it!

Originally posted by queen_bee
I was absolutely ecstatic when I heard that Scuba was finally back at the Fez. Sheffield has been without its wonky sound for too long!
However, I am gutted that Herbert is playing on Saturday-cos I can't go!!! I've waiting to see him play at Scuba for ever and now i'm gonna miss it!

there's only one answer to that... change your plans!!!
:clap:

Nothing to do with one cynical friend mr scuba. It's a whole lot of people who are not being cynical but know people who have been involved in the club....

Also it made me laugh as you sounded scaryley like Tony Blair when he calls anyone who disagreeds with him a cynic.

But all that to the side, i wish scuba all the best and really hope the fez club and (lets hope downstairs) works out the way you want it to. The more i hear the less i believe though.

Originally posted by sergeantb
adam_ukc - do u go by pin-up on other forums or are u just spreading the word about the new website?

im Pinup on all the other forums - not sure why im blessed on this one - I have no idea

BRING ON TONIGHT & SCUBA SATURDAY

Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrapppppppppppppppppp!

Herbert's a right 'erbert....don producer tho' wiv "The Audience" being my personal favourite...

Is he the ugliest dj you've had play at Scuba tho ??

Goldenlady (yer didn't inspire the Stevie wonder tune did u ?) - u asked some questions bout phonetics. Pm me. Whatevr that means !!! Hope it's not dirty. Or email phoneticsatponana@hotmail.com

Originally posted by welchiewelch
Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrapppppppppppppppppp!

Herbert's a right 'erbert....don producer tho' wiv "The Audience" being my personal favourite...

Is he the ugliest dj you've had play at Scuba tho ??

Goldenlady (yer didn't inspire the Stevie wonder tune did u ?) - u asked some questions bout phonetics. Pm me. Whatevr that means !!! Hope it's not dirty. Or email phoneticsatponana@hotmail.com

that's a difficult question, there have been a few ugly ones... it's a tough one to answer, would have been a whole lot easier if you had played for us tho chris... :heyhey:

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Nothing to do with one cynical friend mr scuba. It's a whole lot of people who are not being cynical but know people who have been involved in the club....

Also it made me laugh as you sounded scaryley like Tony Blair when he calls anyone who disagreeds with him a cynic.

But all that to the side, i wish scuba all the best and really hope the fez club and (lets hope downstairs) works out the way you want it to. The more i hear the less i believe though.

i hate to be pedantic but...
cynic - one who has little faith in human sincerity or goodness.

i sincerely state that we/they are trying to make big improvements for the greater good of the nights and the people that go... what more can i say?

dont you love a good tug o war?



:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Goldenlady
Nothing to do with one cynical friend mr scuba. It's a whole lot of people who are not being cynical but know people who have been involved in the club....

Also it made me laugh as you sounded scaryley like Tony Blair when he calls anyone who disagreeds with him a cynic.

But all that to the side, i wish scuba all the best and really hope the fez club and (lets hope downstairs) works out the way you want it to. The more i hear the less i believe though.

How abouts you go along and form your own opinion??

the room fka the fez is looking really cool - I am so so pleased with the outcome and wish everyone involved loads of success

Originally posted by blessed
the room fka the fez is looking really cool - I am so so pleased with the outcome and wish everyone involved loads of success

cheers dude, it's looking pretty funky huh?

Originally posted by blessed
im Pinup on all the other forums - not sure why im blessed on this one - I have no idea

BRING ON TONIGHT & SCUBA SATURDAY

haha! small world, im always reading ur posts, chating to u on other forums! lol

nice one to everyone who came down at the weekend, friday was great by all accounts (i wasnt there for long), but saturday was truely awesome, great crowd/great atmosphere/everyone into the spirit of the occasion... roll on 2005

thank you all!!!
:clap: :clap: :clap:

Originally posted by Scuba
nice one to everyone who came down at the weekend, friday was great by all accounts (i wasnt there for long), but saturday was truely awesome, great crowd/great atmosphere/everyone into the spirit of the occasion... roll on 2005

thank you all!!!
:clap: :clap: :clap:

oh yes mate - good weekend all round @ the room - you had it nice and warm on Saturday - bouncing

Dean

Anyone fancy giving me the run down and the nights its open ? Music played ,prices ect ect

Cheers!

Originally posted by Snakey_B
Anyone fancy giving me the run down and the nights its open ? Music played ,prices ect ect

Cheers!

fridays are pin-up club - funky/jackin house sounds
saturdays are scuba - house/leftfield/soulful/electro/broken beats.

next year there will be various bands playing early on in the evening with a couple of new midweek nights as yet to be launched... stay tuned for an unveiling early next year.:thumbsup:

Are those the nights that Karen and Chris from PPP are doing.

Originally posted by carcrash
Are those the nights that Karen and Chris from PPP are doing.

yup!

Originally posted by Scuba
yup!

the bands i mean!

I do hope theyres an indie/rock n roll or early 90s night!

i come down on saturday and had a good time - i thought that herbert was brilliant. and it is nice to go to a club where the crowd makes you feel young rather than the other way round !! Although it reminded me of being at work and the time i spent at casualty - don't this people have kids ?

thanks for the update on the fez club scuba !! SOrry to keep going on but do you know what is going on with Phonetics ??? I pm'd Chris welch and sent an email to their account and only got a message back saying "A moving target is harder to hit" ??!?!?!?!?!? Well that's helpful thanks a lot !!!!!

Originally posted by Goldenlady
i come down on saturday and had a good time - i thought that herbert was brilliant. and it is nice to go to a club where the crowd makes you feel young rather than the other way round !! Although it reminded me of being at work and the time i spent at casualty - don't this people have kids ?


haha, I didn't notice the crowd being that old? I'm 23 personally...

Originally posted by Goldenlady
i come down on saturday and had a good time - i thought that herbert was brilliant. and it is nice to go to a club where the crowd makes you feel young rather than the other way round !! Although it reminded me of being at work and the time i spent at casualty - don't this people have kids ?

thanks for the update on the fez club scuba !! SOrry to keep going on but do you know what is going on with Phonetics ??? I pm'd Chris welch and sent an email to their account and only got a message back saying "A moving target is harder to hit" ??!?!?!?!?!? Well that's helpful thanks a lot !!!!!

i think you are demanding info a bit too early, i'm sure as soon as chris knows he will let us all know one way or the other.

glad you enjoyed it on saturday...

Originally posted by Snakey_B
I do hope theyres an indie/rock n roll or early 90s night!

there's plans for an indie night of some sort in the new year...

yo, Herbert was amazing, me and my mates had a great time, nice to see it back :)