Confusion surrounded the Casbah this week as club revellers and gig goers found the venue to be closed.

Rumours have been rife about the reasons but Soundaloud wouldn’t like to report too much into the reasons behind the closure, as we’re sure the situation is still at a delicate stage. However former promoter Hadyn popped onto the Soundaloud Forums to let everyone know what the situation was.

Any gigs that were booked at the city centre venue are 99% certain to not go ahead although gigs organised by Brainwash promotions currently have a slight chance of finding a new venue according to Hadyn.

So the horizon on one of the city’s venues looks bleak this week. More news as we have it…


from soundaloud.com

Anyone got any more details on this please?

Thanks

Seems to be open tonight!

Does Buffy still work there... she might know

Classic_rock I believe

Originally posted by littleboo
Does Buffy still work there... she might know

Classic_rock I believe

As far as I know she was only there for holiday cover. Definitely open again tonight though with a band on upstairs.

Nooooooo!

Will this be open this weekend?

Can't close the bah!

I dont think the bar is closed but most of the upcoming gigs have been cancelled. The manager and promoter are out of the door. Pity really as brainwash have done a great job in getting live music on there over the last few months

This is from l2sb.


brainwash
Posted: Nov 2 2005, 09:19 PM Reply | Edit | Quote msg





Ok, a vague explanation of happenings at the Casbah at the moment... basically, myself (Haydn, Promoter) and James (Manager) are out the door. I couldn't tell you whether it's open tonight or tomorrow, and i can't tell you what the future plans for the place are; that's for the owner to decide. Any bands who have gigs coming up in the next couple of weeks, they're 99% going to be off. I'm going to be re-arranging some gigs at other venues, but the fast approaching ones are just too soon to sort venues for them all. Outside promoters who have nights booked, you're best off ringing the venue to see what's going on, or look elsewhere; hope you can appreciate that as i don't work there any more, i can't really sort stuff there. Same applies for DJ's.

A big thanks to all bands i've had down there, and big apologies for the inconvenience this has caused to those with things coming up. I'll do my best to help people get things sorted.

i was in the casbah when the undertones played there,around 2 years ago. the best night/gig ive ever[no kiddin] been to . was at the leadmill gig not to long ago and although i had a good nite it didnt compare to the nite i and 4 friends had at the CASBAH that gig for me was stuff of legend.dont ever venture into the city center during the week due to work but i always thought the casbah downstairs would have become a proper in your face real venue.shame realy:confused: is there anymore downstairs basement bars,i cant think of any but i could well be wrong:thumbsup:

Hi, I've just spoken to the venue

Its true, Haydn and James have gone (for whatever reasons) and personally I wish them good luck as they're great guys for the scene

The casbah though is not closing and they are going to try and put all the gigs on still. However for whatever reason they dont have contact details for the bands. If you have a gig at the casbah coming up please ring Julia on 01142756077 as soon as possible to confirm that you are playing - do not take the p*ss and ring up to confirm dates you're not booked on as other bands will turn up/phone up and they will probably not book you again!

OH....was going to go down tonight for the basement disco bit...is that still happening?

I have just spoken [ friday night ] to someone who has come out of the motorhead gig at the city hall, and apparently the casbah has active reps outside the city hall who are inviting people who still have their motorhead tickets for a free newcastle brown at the casbah tonight.

Maybe they are trying to attract a proper rock crowd again ?

Hi,
yes i saw the active reps and it seems as though casbah is finally getting somewhere , there hasnt been reps out for the casbah in a while and as soon as the promotor goes for reasons we dont know they are everywhere?
looks as though they dont need him, mabe the bands havent got numbers for lack of commitment to the venue from various staff members?
Well i am going down tonight as i love the casbah and now it seems as though it has its act together it will be the club we all know and love. Im sure the inconvinience of the staff leaving/being dismissed will not a strain on the casbah as it has been here for years
thanks guys
:)

Casbah is great! Its such a random night out in there, you cant help but liking it.

er...have I got deja vu, but didnt this happen with the Casbah about a year or so ago....promotors given the shove, gigs cancelled?

Seems a tad fishy to me.

Argh! We were looking to put on a night at Casbah (NTA vs Dirty Cheese possibly), had a chat with Hayden too. Upsetting.

It was open as usual Friday night ...

it was open last night i tell thee. not very busy though.

Reinstate the wapentake!!

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
Argh! We were looking to put on a night at Casbah (NTA vs Dirty Cheese possibly), had a chat with Hayden too. Upsetting.

Sounds good

Given the owners inability to keep management staff I'm not surprised this has happened.
I've never known him keep a manager for more than 6 months before sacking them for seriously poor and made up reasons.

Shame really cos it's on ly hurting the image of Casbah which is a decent venue.

any venue in this day and age that cannot have a website that is actually useful and up to date doesn't deserve anything.

i called the casbah yesturday and aparantly they are on top of things
i talked to julia??
and there is nothing ''fishy'' about it
so dont worrie and they aint changing a think except getting better more commited staff members
:D

i was in the casbah last nite and unlike you f i thought [after been drinking in the city center] there were more people in the casbah than i expected BONFIRE NITE should take place midweek and dabouncer if the casbah is open and givin people who go there like me a good nite out why should it concern us how many managers the owner he or she goes through. i know a guy who told me although this was 2 years ago [ownership may have changed] that in the 6 months that he was the cellarman at the casbah " you could not have a better boss"":thumbsup:

Just to let you know - the Human League aftershow party @ The Casbah, booked for 8th Dec (commencing after the League gig at the City Hall), still looks on.....but I'll be posting details and a definite confirmation later.

Bands playing are "Only Human" (the UKs finest Human League trbute band - yes indeedy!) and "Schmoof" (Manchesters sexiest synth-pop act....ever). Plus 3 hours of DJ'd non-stop retro-synthpop electronica.

Expect a limited number of tickets to be on sale soon.

More info soon...

http://www.nuromantic.co.uk

SOUNDS COOL TOP BAND,TOP CLUB,TOP NIGHT:clap: :clap:

Cannot wait!!sounds like a great night.
Its a shame some of you think the owner is letting the club down. i had a friend that worked at the casbah but she had to leave due to pregnancy not being sacked for ''poor'' reasons and i can say she 100% loved it although she did tell me that some staff like to take the p**s becasue they have such an easy going boss so how about just dont f**k them around? I happened tot alk to the owner a couple of years ago i dont know if they have changed owners now or what i dont think so seen as its reputation is still the best but yer the owner was lovley so i can say im glad the wapentake isnt here and the casbah is and im sure most people can back me up.
I own a bussiness and believe me its hard so you people who critisize the boss i can garentee you wont last 5 minutes in their place so cut them some slack not the staff!!!!
thanks guys :clap:

hery guys just thought id tell u the old casbah is back!!!
ive heard the REAL d.j is playing every saturday till xmas
i know where ill be:D

reinstate the wapentake

WHY:confused:[casbah basement sat night:clap: :clap: ]

no55sammy1 To even ask a question like that you know nothing about club management.
Constantly sacking managers for no real reason and upsetting the apple cart has all sorts of knock on effects (i.e. Casbah closing on a weekend unexpectedly), as well as other effects.

However there wouldn't be any point in going into it with you since you obviously have no clue what it would involve.

You carry on regardless though ;)

da bouncer sacking managers for no real reason, why would he/she do that, I AM SACKING YOU FOR NO REAL REASON:loopy: obviously da bouncer you keep company who like to tell you the truth:heyhey: anyway the casbah as been there along time, unless your peter stringfellow[r u]the casbah managment seem to do a better job than you or me in running a cool club period :D

one more point DABOUNCER casbah closing unexpectadly on a weekend apart from sundays when its closed please tell me what you mean;)

My word sammy you obviously haven't worked at the casbah to even have a clue what you're on about.
Fortunately I have and I have some insight ;) I also knew manyof the managers and know the 'reason's' they were given for their sacking, which I can categorically say were unfounded.

However none of them despite my advice wanted or could be bothered to take it to a tribunal.
They moved on to better jobs.

As far as I know in the last 2 years alone the Casbah has gone through 4 managers (probably more) are you telling me that each one must have done something so terrible that they warranted sacking?

I'm not dissing the Casbah as a venue because I like the place, it's just a shame it suffers upheaval in this way due to constantly changing managers.

You 'friend' who works (or worked) in the cellar may have said his bosses were good and I dont doubt it. However if you ask him again I reckon he'd have been on about the management of the place rather than the ownership.

hi dabouncer what experience do you have in club managment ? to be so critical of the casbahs managment decisions:suspect:

Originally posted by fleshnblood
hi dabouncer what experience do you have in club managment ? to be so critical of the casbahs managment decisions:suspect:
Sorry I didn't feel I needed to justify myself to offer my opinion.
Safe to say I have experience though, that's all you need to be concerned with.

Please dont take my comments of being critical with mallace towards the ownership.
After all they have a successful venue which has been around for a long while, that obviously counts for something.

The venue is fantastic (IMO) I just feel the owners are letting themselves down a bit by constantly changing managers than run the place. It's to their benefit surely to have a bar with the same management who can see things progress than to keep changing them.

However this does not take away from the fact that the owners do havea great venue and have managed to offer it for so long.

dabouncer you should know in this day and age talking about taking people to tribunals is dangerous talk,if your friends were sacked for no reason and did not take the owners to court against your advise .the truth is probably more like THEY WALKED:P and they were not sacked. you need to get your FACTS RIGHT dabouncer there are to many people like your goodself who talk B**LS**T in sheffield why did you leave or were you sacked for no reason? im still waitin for the answer to when the club closed at the weekend unexpectadly:thumbsup: or is that also just more dribble that you seem to talk:rant: :mad:

Bring back Olga

Originally posted by no55sammy1
dabouncer you should know in this day and age talking about taking people to tribunals is dangerous talk,if your friends were sacked for no reason and did not take the owners to court against your advise .the truth is probably more like THEY WALKED:P and they were not sacked. you need to get your FACTS RIGHT dabouncer there are to many people like your goodself who talk B**LS**T in sheffield why did you leave or were you sacked for no reason? im still waitin for the answer to when the club closed at the weekend unexpectadly:thumbsup: or is that also just more dribble that you seem to talk:rant: :mad:

My my no55sammy you do have your knickers in a knot.
Regarding the closure I am going on this info here:
Originally posted by robbie
Confusion surrounded the Casbah this week as club revellers and gig goers found the venue to be closed.

Rumours have been rife about the reasons but Soundaloud wouldn’t like to report too much into the reasons behind the closure, as we’re sure the situation is still at a delicate stage. However former promoter Hadyn popped onto the Soundaloud Forums to let everyone know what the situation was.

Any gigs that were booked at the city centre venue are 99% certain to not go ahead although gigs organised by Brainwash promotions currently have a slight chance of finding a new venue according to Hadyn.

So the horizon on one of the city’s venues looks bleak this week. More news as we have it…


from soundaloud.com
Which was posted at the beginniong of the thread.
I admit I do notknow if this happened, I am going on the info received. If it didn;t then you have my thousand apologies.

Did the previous management walk? Well you say yes they did, I say they were sacked. I'm not having a direct attack at you but you seem to be calling me a b******tter, who looks like they have more to hide?

I'm offering my opinion based on the information I have been given. My apologies if you don't like it. Although I'm not sure why you're arguing so hard, this is after all just a debate is it not?

If you look at the situation from an outside point of view and see that the Casbah has gone through so many management staff in such a short period, which would you tend to believe. Either way what does it matter?

So long as the club runs smooth, the music is great and the atmosphere remains the same the argument is neither here nor there. Again you seem to be taking my comments far too personally and I shall leave this thread here.
I have said what I wish to say and again I re-iterate that I bear the casbah nor it's owners no mallace I just offer my opinion (they can feel free to take it or not).

Feel free to have the last word since you appear so hell bent on doing so... knock yourself out ;)

BRING BACK OLGA genius idea then she would kick us all out at 10.30 then run the bar down so baddly it would have to close down. become derelict again HEY FOX20THC ANYMORE GENIUS IDEAS :loopy:

you bear the owners know malice YET you were advising poorly treated staff to take them to court strange one that.
anyway dabouncer i dont were knickers and i wont knock my self out you keep spreading truths about things and people when the real truth is you are the one who doesnt have a clue what your talking about:thumbsup:

Originally posted by no55sammy1
BRING BACK OLGA genius idea then she would kick us all out at 10.30 then run the bar down so baddly it would have to close down. become derelict again HEY FOX20THC ANYMORE GENIUS IDEAS :loopy:

Well Olga has retired now, but your comments are wholly unjustified. She ran the place successfully for 30 years. And it was a wonderful place in those days despite it's flaws. Saturday night there was often a queue to get in for 20 minutes.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
Well Olga has retired now, but your comments are wholly unjustified. She ran the place successfully for 30 years. And it was a wonderful place in those days despite it's flaws. Saturday night there was often a queue to get in for 20 minutes.

Agreed. Wonderful place and will never be forgotten. Ah, the Q on Saturday nights was well worth the wait......a down to earth and very basic bar but it served its rock community so well.......

I never understood why they got rid of Lyndon. Best sound engineer in Sheffield

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Agreed. Wonderful place and will never be forgotten. Ah, the Q on Saturday nights was well worth the wait......a down to earth and very basic bar but it served its rock community so well.......

lol, I remember Olga telling the bouncers to ask us to stop dancing cos they didnt have a licence. They didn't get very far, the bouncer in question remembers that was the first time he set eyes on his future wife. She gave him the rods and carried on dancing. :hihi:

Sammy, do you work for the cashbah?
You seem very keen on defending them. Oh and before you start on me, no I have never worked there, put gig's on there or done a clubnight there mainly due to the bad rep the owners have got.

carcrash
earlier u sed u ''were out the door''
so u did work there
no lies ey???
and lindon ?? best in sheffield HA dont make me laugh???
ive seen better with my eyes closed.
i agree with sammy
and no i dont work there i know a few people who have
so i also know about the **** staff make the club go through
if you like it so much everyone why take advantage of being able to such an happening atmosphere




:suspect:
u guys need ur facts

So we need facts? You need some punctuation.

Want to trade?

Wilf

Originally posted by BrainThrust
So we need facts? You need some punctuation.

Want to trade?

Wilf

I can donate a couple of commas ,,, and some capitalisation III
and hows about the rule regarding the use of an as opposed to a.
:hihi:

This is all getting very exciting.

see how easy it is to believe what i type?
dont beleive everything you read im sure Lindon is a gr8 guy but i judged him to prove my point that most of you judge.
wnat to swop? no im good thanks i dont live off english essays i have a life
so no trade there mate






exciting indeed :clap:

Originally posted by fleshnblood
i dont live off english essays

It's a good job you don't or you'd be starving! :P

Spelling correctly is common courtesy, not only does it show you've taken the time to think about what you're writing, but also to make sure you've not made any glaring errors. Simple common sense, eh?

Wilf

When did I say I was out the door. You are getting me confused with brainwash (Haydn).

er.....are we not COMPLETELY losing the original thread topic here.......

Sheffield..

Rumour mill capital of the UK !

Casbah's shutting down... according to every well informed taxi driver in this city !! I bet they've got tomorrow night's lottery numbers too!

Manager's sacked for no reason.... i'll bet ya my entire life's savings that people get the heave-ho for many a valid reason. People just cannot get sacked for "no reason".. the law is on the side of the employee not the employer. Do employees wake up in the morning and think, i'll sack the manager, don't need a reason.. i'll just do it and cause myself extra stress and work ? Can't think of anything better!!

Fact - The Casbah over seven years ago was an underground tip two foot deep in water with more plants growing there than the Winter Gardens. If the legendary Wapentake was so successful why didn't it carry on, just so all the rockers could drink NBrown and moan about the music. Someone came along with the foresight to give Sheffield back, something that was missing, a decent club with decent music, atmosphere. The upstairs bar was then a tanning salon and had to have major work done to make it what it is today.

Fact - The Wapentake didn't work then nor will it work today, 2005.. sooner everyone realises that, the better.

Fact - A promoter's job is to promote the club/events.. a promoter is as only as good as the previous night's turn out. No good having a BIG name if the venue is only 1/4 - 1/2 full. The promoter's job is to make the venue £££££, what's the point on having a gig where only a dozen folks turn up... (been in them shoes, it ain't good for anyone).

Fact - The Casbah is totally independent of any brewery.

Fact - Tell me anywhere on a Fri/Sat night in any city centre nightclub/venue where you can get in for FREE and stay until 2.15.. apart from The Casbah (door charge applicable from 10.30). Nowhere.

Fact - I work there.

Fact - Tonight (Friday) the Casbah will be rammed (AS USUAL).

Fact - i'm not really Ted Hughes.

Fact - The Wapentake didn't work then nor will it work today, 2005.. sooner everyone realises that, the better. [/B]

The Wapentake was not working in its last year, thats true, but it used to work very well indeed in the 80s and first half of the 90's. No reason to suggest that it would not work again but in a new incarnation. But then the Casbah is as close to that 'new incarnation' as anyone can possibly be I guess...

As it stands now, I love it.......better it is the Casbah than was closed down and turned into a pound shop!!!

Also the Wap closed because Olga retired. Not because it "Failed" I have some pictures of the place packed in it's final days.