Gig venues worth the bus fare
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Gig venues worth the bus fare

Gareth OpenshawGareth Openshaw · 0 likes
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Gig venues worth the bus fare

Gareth Openshaw
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not a ranking, just the places i actually turn up to. half for the music, half for the pint after. if the sound's dodgy and the beer's flat it's getting a slating, don't @ me.

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Gig venues worth the bus fare — 4 items
NameTickVenueNeighbourhoodAddressCityCapacityBest forPint situationMy take
1Band on the WallBand on the WallNorthern Quarter25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZManchesteraround 500jazz, world music, proper grown-up gigsdecent bar, bit pricey mindbeen going since before the refurb, still get a lump in my throat walking in
2The Deaf InstituteThe Deaf InstituteOxford Road corridor135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HEManchesteraround 260indie bands before they get big and expensivesolid, downstairs café-bar does the job toolooks like a church, sounds like heaven, stairs will finish you off after four pints
3GorillaGorillaDeansgate54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WWManchesteraround 600mid-size touring acts under a railway archgin parlour attached if you fancy getting fancytrains rumble overhead mid-song and somehow it adds to it rather than ruins it
4Night & Day CaféNight & Day CaféNorthern Quarter26 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JNManchesteraround 250unsigned bands, chip shop ghostscheap and cheerful, no airs about itscruffy as anything but that's the whole point, don't change a thing