I hear the dnr bar has closed down, is this true. If so what happens to the gigs that were due to be put on there?

See here :

http://www.thestar.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&articleid=3064760

Obviously the gigs will not be happening....

I hear the dnr bar has closed down, is this true. If so what happens to the gigs that were due to be put on there?

Another one bites the dust............wil this trend ever stop?

Yeah well i have only been in there once or twice and frankly i did not like it that much, so in my opinion its no great loss, but it does seem to happen every so often to pubs like that.

My mate wanted to know about the gigs, so thanks for that. I will pass the information on.

Some of the gigs are moved to us...check out our MYSPACE calendar.......

Has a band called Municipal waste that was supposed to play this thursday at dnr bar been moved to you?

I believe Municipal Waste are now playing at Casbah next Thursday (9th August)

Ok, thanks for that.

From reading the Star article the place was...

- A death trap
- Served underage
- Operated without a personal licence holder

served underage- well alot of the time when i was in there they defo did ask for Id they asked me! and they knew me.

The rest of it i can't comment on but it cetainly wouldn't suprise me though! x

According to the Star, DnR Bar has had its license suspended for 3 months following a review by Sheffield City Council's licensing board. The Police have called for the license to be revoked following safety concerns and the fact that they were repeatedly caught serving under-age customers.

It did have the potential to be a decent little bar as well...

"The department is calling for DnR's licence to be suspended until work has been carried out to ensure the venue meets safety regulations."

"They want DnR's licence to be suspended for a month while sufficient staff are trained to ensure a personal licence holder can be on duty at all times."


so who knowes from that it may re-open at some point again.

The fact that anyone's surprised that this dump has been closed down is the funniest thing ever.

The fact that anyone's surprised that this dump has been closed down is the funniest thing ever.

Its not surprising at all to me. But it does mean another rock/alternative bar bites the dust which is never a good thing for whole 'scene' in Sheffield. And to think I was quite worried about that place when it opened last September as it was supposed to take all the former Dove and Rainbow 'alternative crowd' trade with it....that did not last very long, they all came back pretty quick in fact.

I kind of miss it strangely though as used to pop in for a quick pint when I took a break, and there is no where else within 5 minutes walk that is vaguely 'alternative', with the exception of UTB.

The fact that anyone's surprised that this dump has been closed down is the funniest thing ever.What surprises me is the fact that the "manager" of a similar type of establishment finds this funny.

DNR was never any competition to the Nelson, Tube, Rebels, and the Dove and Rainbow as these are all different styles and therefore attract a different kind of customer.

As stated by Goldenfleece, its a pity that another venue on the scene has fallen by the wayside.

I miss it. No where else plays decent punk music, apart from Casbah once a month. Corp's ok on Fri night but that's only once a week and I don't really go clubbing that often.

Hopefully the guys that were running the bar will think it worth it to do all the work (and spend the money) neccessary to make the place health & safety compliant (new ceiling, additional wiring etc) which sounds like the biggie, the rest is just convincing the licencing department that they have put the right management practice and staff training in place.

So it's not totally unlikely it'll reopen, and if it does, go drink and support the place! Sheffield needs more bars that are a bit unique and individual.

As the "Manager" of a nightclub that incidently is nothing like DNR, Nelson, Dove etc... I am aware exactly how much hard work goes into maintaining a venue, up to and above the standards that are needed to keep in line with licencing conditions. I also know from first hand experiecnce what the knock on effect can be from underage drinking and that it's vital to work with the authorities to wipe it out. For these reasons, yes I think it's funny that a venue, that has been blatently been flaunting these rules has been closed down.

It is a pity that this decent little venue has been forced to close.
I have heard about the way it was forced to close last time and it would be interesting to hear what the bar management has to say about it.

Shame to loose a rock venue when there are so few of them around to begin with.

Shame to loose a rock venue when there are so few of them around to begin with.
True. But Sheffield is still sufficiently endowed with other rock venues, so all is far from lost......

True. But Sheffield is still sufficiently endowed with other rock venues, so all is far from lost......

Nothing wrong with most of the rock venues in Sheffield but it would be nice to have something a bit different.

I'd love a rock n roll night or a punk night and would to put one on but I'm not a promoter, but I do know my music.

Plus, it's not likely that there's enough people in Sheffield for it.

Once Turbojugend Sheffield is up and running there might be though.

I saw a poster on the window saying something about gigs will be at the Howard. need to check that though