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Going Out in Orpington, Greater London*

Orpington, Greater London Clubs, Music Venues, Cinemas

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• DEJAVU
• There are quite a few under 18s clubs passing through but they are mainly for the more... undignified of the Orpington tribe. Most popular at the moment is Air and Breathe in Dartford. October 24th if you're interested *ME: I sure hope not!*
• Discos
• come down to the west side massive hall near blockbusters! westside is the best (no east side is da best)
• forget orpington jump on a train and go to brixton(only take 20 mins)
• Well theres De Ja Vu in Swanley, but I recommend you wear a bullet proof vest and stay well away from the pikeys out looking for a fight or you might end up getting stabbed... Get a cab up London if you want clubs
• our bmx club!! lol we meet and ride everyday of the week and every friday night we go out all together about 25+ so far! contact me for more info or goto www.monstarbmx.tk OR www.frenzyunion.tk
• There is nothing I would call a nightclub. The nearest thing would be Rumbaba i guess but thats more of a wine bar, i think...
• Ram Ba Ba, it doesn't deserve its bad reputation. It's a good place to meet local students.
• clubs? orpington? no. actually thank god because if there was a club then orpington might attract even more low life r&b dance garage loving pikeys
• Deja vu in Swanley...........I think it's still there?
• Iron Curtain/The Civic/ Knole Country Club/The Duke/Mr Frogs @ sidcup
• Jazzmins in bromley is the best ever. friendly males and females, reasonably cheap and not far to travel!! good night, enjoyed by all!!!!!
• Errm.. Rambaba or whatever it's called
• There are no clubs in Orpington, however there are a few tacky, and old man stylee pubs. The harvest moon is one such pub which includes 'remarkably young patrons' from a certain school.
• NONE AT ALL if you are looking for that forget it.
• BAR ICE in bexleyheath only one bus away!
• None at all any, the most exciting nightlife you get in Orpington is an over Zealous teenage party
• no clubs here!! But the Venture group at Orpington Methodist throw wicked parties! So check them out!
• Clubs!? Never heard of it ere.
• LONDON!!! not in orpington
• OK De Ja Vu is a great club (is that in Orpington!?) but anyway it good.
• Again - too old to care. I'm not aware of any, so they must have a pretty low profile!
• Are you joking?
• None!Best off going up to London. It's not too far, trains are frequent and you can get up there on a 5p permit to travel. Blue Orchid is full of kids, however it's ok for once in a while.
• Rum babas does some deal which buses you to deja vu in swanley, but personally I'd run a mile.
• Nope. But we are getting more classy -Rum Ba Ba (or whatever it's called) actually has a dress code!
• The Blue School Kid whoops I mean the Blue Orchid in Croydon is good for a laugh. Especially if you between 15 and 19. You can get there by the 353 bus for outside McDonalds
• HaHa - go to London
• Deja Vu...Don't make us laugh!
• Unfortunately (although this depends on your opinion of clubs) there aren't any in Orpington, but there is at least one in Swanley which is 10-15 minutes drive from Orpington.
• Well, none in central Orpington, but at least that way you can sleep at night if you need to! Ask about any of the Venture Group's parties ... they're normally really good. Or get a taxi to Deja Vu, even if they have got some strange admittance policies.

Live Music Venues

• the local baptist church
• New venue address Excellent folk guests and very good beer (Harvys and Speckled Hen) Orpington Folk Club the Change of Horses Farnborough Village Nr Orpington Kent
• hmm tonbridge wells forum? theres a hall in hayes i once went to for a battle of the bands. but orpington has nothing suprise suprise
• Ram Ba Ba do some good tunes on a friday/saturday night, (karaoke on a tuesday is always a laugh!)
• Oooh.. well. There's a couple in Sevenoaks. Other than that? Get up to London. Brixton Academy and Sheperd's Bush Empire are lovely venues. The Astoria isn't all that nice. Alright stage area though
• St. Olave's School has decent subscription concerts which get in some very prestigious musicians.
• The Priory School has quite good concerts... as long as you don't mind listening to guitar players who can't sing and pianosts.
• Folk Club at the White Hart, Thursday evenings (I think). Some good artists but could do with more support.
• St. Olaves does a very good selection of subscription concert with stunning top names - like of julian lloyd webber, victoria de los angeles on line up! but whatever you do, don't get confused and go to school concert instead - not a pretty noise. Many of the churches host concerts eg. those by the Bromley Youth Choirs or XBYS, and the once Orpington Junior Singers who actually used to be famous! (Bernstein called them his little angels!!). I hear the barbershop Kentones aren't bad either.
• The Bull's Head in Chislehurst has a jazz club every sunday night. Okay so it isn't in Orpington but I felt I should mention it anyway since I did their webpage. St. Olaves school also has some nice concerts. These nice ones are mutually exclusive with the ones the school choir sing in.
• Hahaha - go to london (II)
• What's with Wembley? If you're going into London from most places, there are several venues more interesting than Wembley. But if you're coming from Orpington though maybe it sounds about right.
• Wembley. This isn't in Orpington but is really easy to get to due to the 30 minute train journey to London (and the fact that a one day travel card costs about 3 pounds).
• You must be joking. Get a coach to Wembley
  ... or the News Shopper gives details of all-inclusive gig offers.

Cinemas

• Closest cinema is probably in Bromley. But there is also one in Beckenham unless you're one of those people who are into the llegal screening going on around town *EKK!*
• No cinema here! There is a bowling alley, I used to work there but then we all got unfairly sacked (I just wanted to get that off my chest!) it then went into liquidation, closed down, was refurbished & reopened, but still aint all that!
• Nearest Cinema was Sidcup - now its Bromley but I would recommend Bexleyheath instead. SAFER.
• From Orpington I usually travel to Bluewater (nice screen), Bromley (not as nice, but closer) or Beckenham (just as good as Bluewater in my opinion). Also in my experience the staff at Beckenham are very nice.
• THERE IS NO CINEMA IN ORPINGTON. I hear there used to be but it got replaced with mcdonalds (ohh yeah great idea bromley council) Resisdants of orpington, and those who live around, (well some people) agree that the car park by the war memorial should be made into a cinema which i think is an EXCELLENT idea. Fraid not, my orpington chums, word on the street is that it is going to be a tescos. GREAT despite the fact we already have a sainsburys, waitrose, M&S, Kwiksave (or did that go?) etc. etc. (ohh yeah great idea bromley council) If you want a cinema go to BLuewater - Not bromley. Bromley Odeon is scummy, dirty and again full of pikeys ........... ahhhhh Bluewater..... civilisation......
• Yeah theres one called the Commodore......WHAT? It was knocked down??? WHEN???? I went there when I was 11 to see Grease........I guess I could go there again now and eat GREASE from Macca D's hahahaha. The nearest must be Bexleyheath or Bluewater........Bexleyheath is OK just hard to get to if u aint gotta car.
• Bromley odeon Bluewater blah blah blah...
• The Commadore and the bug Hutch @ Carlton Parade
• The old cinema stood where mcdonalds now sits. still, at least there's something for the pikeys to do at nights now then...?
• well, there used to be a cinema in orpington, where macdonalds is, but hey, Bromley is close, but not all that. Bexleyheath is much better, and then obviously Bluewater
• The only one i ever go to is the Odeon cinema in Bromley, always smells like stale popcorn and is full of irritating 10 year olds that find it amusing to kick the back of your seat continuosly. That is, until I batter them with my popcorn box till they quit it! It's a bit expensive and too damn far away.
• There used to be one which was replaced by Macdonalds-er Why????!!!
• none in here there was one but was burnt down over 30 years ago but insted of puting it back they put a crapy fast food place called Mcdonnalds were you cant even eat or go there after 4pm because of pikeys or other problems (and that is for a hamberger, stupid right?)
• There is no cinema. It was replaced by a Macdonald's some time ago. What an improvement.
• theres one in brombly, its crap, the seats are small and theres no air conditioning. if you want to go to a cinema go to the Blue water complex its greta, the seats are comfortable and you can see the screen from anywhere in the cinema.
• The best cinema - easily - within 20 miles is Bluewater - even better than all the flash London jobs.
• Nearest ones are Sidcup or Bromley. Sidcup picture house has seen better days. Bromley's OK but, you're better off going to Bluewater, it's the best cinema I've ever been to.
• Blue Water and that is about it, however I do recomend the new Film Works in Greenwich which is also really cool and a bit like the Tardis.
• Bluewater is the best place to see a film I reckon!
• Quaser sux! Just thought I'd let you all know.
• Bluewater is a bit expensive and far away but its great! Sidcup SHUT DOWN :( and er... Bromley is OK but not that great and its a bit on the 'reach far down to find ALL the loose change' side but the plus is that it's close to Orpington! And also Beckenham is far away but having a bus hopping day with your mates usually leads you down to there so you might as well go and see a film.
• I see people mentioned the Commodore, now many years deceased. What about the Astor, down at the Priory Gardens end of the High St - long replaced by a garage.
• Bromley cinema is Ok, providing you like the drunken arseholes who inhabit the pavement outside it. Once, we [Jamb, Hag, Mike and Bain] went to Sidcup and went to the McDonalds outside the cinema and 50!! scummy pikeys came in and each one looked our trainers first. We escaped unscathed luckily! But, the staff were extremely helpful (SARCASM!)
• There used to be one I think
• It's a real shame that there is no Cinema in Orpington. The nearest in Sidcup was closed down because of some silly rumour about fleas - pity cos it was cheap and easy to park. You have to go to the horrible Odeon in Bromley now. There was talk about an ice rink/cinema screens replacing the car park at the War Memorial end of Orpington - that would be a great place to hang out and look cool for all the teenies. Maybe we should start a campaign.
• for the cinema go bluewater, brand new and cool.
• none. Go to Bromley for the nearest although it's not that brilliant.
• Bowling there is - but it is mysteriously easy at this alley and so very boring (but nonetheless expensive)
• I mentioned the bowling above... so stick that here. Cinema? Well, donkey's-years-ago there used to be the Commodore Cinema in the High Street, but all that remains of that is the Car Park - k'know, the one with the old guy in the shed who demands a 50p to park there? Up the alleyway besides the Winkinson's Opticians.
• There is a bowling alley in Orpington now, between the highstreet and the police station. The council built a Mcdonalds over the old cinema, but luckily another is now going to be built (even if it is in thirty years time).
• can you believe it? there used to be a nice old traditional cinema but they went and closed it and replaced it with a bleeding macdonalds! there is a bowling place but it is mysteriously easy to do well and costs a bomb

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