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The Local Music Scene in Felixstowe, Suffolk*

Felixstowe, Suffolk Record Shops and Venues

Record Shops

• Forget it -- go to Ipswich
• Andy's Records used to be on Hamilton Rd - that was qite good but it went a couple of years back. Woolworths mostly has chart c.ds so if you want a good selection you have to go to HMV or Virgin (I prefer HMV - its cheaper!)in Ipswich.
• um none only woolies fstowe sux 4 shops unless ur old !!!
• Woolworths is fine, Helped alot lately by the opening of WHSmiths and a refurbed Tesco Metro selling cheap c.d's dvd's
• Colins Records which was pre Ian’s Records but post Andy’s Records. Imaginative lot these Felixstowe record store owners. No need to lament Ian’s records too much, after all, he offered only a very small and very limited selection.
• ian's records sadley gone, now just another hairdressers
• The only place for decent records and CDs shut down ages ago. How I miss Ian's Records - it's enough to make me all nostalgic and emotional - sponataneous buys there meant huge defecits in pocket money, but some fantastic musical discoveries. Ian now works in Costa Coffee in Ipswich. We now have to shop for records in Ipswich, or off the internet, cos Woolworth's, quite frankly, isn't up to it.
• Our last specialist owner operator music shop; Ians Records gave up last year and all is left is the national chain stores.
• I'm not gonna harp on about Ian's Records, cos the guy looks loads happier working in Costa Coffee in Ipswich. Bottom line; goto Ipswich.
• With the sad closure of Ians music, (he is now working in Costa Cafe in Ipswich !) we now have to use woolworths, or in fact not bother! WHSmiths has cheap albums, but other than that use ipswich !
• Andys records, everything for everyone at the right price, and I don't work for them.
• The Felixtowe Sunday market has this geezer who does a nice line in old-skool Country and Western.
• no where else apart from woolworths unfortunately the other place closed down. - not suprising: it was the size of a very small box.
• Sadly soon to become another victim of this internet craze, Ian's Records was the place to be. The service was great - what other shop would sell you a cd then offer you free tickets to the American Music Club later that night! Another good place to pull!
• Ians has closed down due to lack of support from all those lovely Felixstowians, the only good thing in the town has closed down, which is why I'm emmigrating to a certain triangular island where we wear smashing shorts! To those of you who do want to buy good music from a good record shop go to Rex's in Ipswich, its the next best thing. Long live Uncle ian and auntie Roy!!!
• Unfortunately, due to ever decreasing sales, Ian closed his record shop doors for the last time on Saturday the 25th March 2000. He will be sadly missed.
• ians is cool
• ian's is possibly one of the greatest record shops in the world. ian is a top chap and stocks some great tunes and with me working there it has now got even better.

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• The Huanted Hanger otherwise known as Indie Night at the Corn Exchange. They sometimes play good music. But its rare; Bar Blue; Splits and the Bandbox - they're the same as they were twenty years ago - my mum used to go!
• splits middle of bent hill
• la plage changed to central park but is now 'lix' as in fe'lix'stowe but that is about the only thing about it that has changed band box is still the same except the 'artwork' on the walls has been pinted over by a brick pattern, still the only plave to go to after the pub on a friday night...unfortunatly cj'c become republika, then uncle wills, then the wave and now blue club and the sparts bar is now blue bar....still empty tho!
• The Band Box....why is it we are all compelled to go there on a friday night to listen to gavin the DJ play all the songs, in the same order, that he played last week, and will play again in Lixs on saturday night? And have you ever seen the glass collecter woman in there? you know the one....pre-historic with a mullet and white clogs.....
• Bar Blue very good
• Club Blue! Student night, Thursday night, entry cheap and bogof drinks... AND OMG its alternative... and cheese... always with the cheese :)
• bandbox(nee metropolis)....dive but always good fun after the grovesner la plauge?...was central park...now lix and is getting progressivly worst with every name change coco's? then cj's then republica, then uncle wills then the wave (or the other way round) now blue club with the sports bar beneath bar blue...its very modern...check out the tills, thurs day nites bf 12 is 90's music which brought a tear to the eye
• Labour Club sometimes has good music on Saturday night & the beer's cheap
• if you like your music on the cheesy side,dont mind your feet sticking to the floor,being surrounded by slappers,men whose knuckles scrape along the floor then bandbox is for you
• the banbox is good so fuck off
• Lixs - Which was Central Park, which was La Plage. Still never been there, so I can't comment. Does general dancey type stuff, I believe. Bandbox - Like a pub with a dancefloor. Makes one think of a wedding reception, especially since half the clientele are over 30-40 - so it's a bit like watching your slightly ratted uncle trying to get a groove on. The other half of the clientele look remarkably young for their, perfectly legal, age of 18. Ha-hum.
• The bandbox is always good for an interesting night out
• The Band Box - Dodgy decor and dodgy looking characters dressed in wierd clothing. This is a got to visit venue if your up for it with a fat chick or an eighties throwback!!!
• the wave, bandbox and central park
• The Band box is ace cos its dead cheap...has easy women...contains all my mates...and people loan you their money when your skint !
• I LERV THE BAND BOX......BUT YOU DO NEED TO BE PISSED AND HAVE A MAD LOOK ON YOUR FACE, RIGHT =;0}
• Band box-used to be a band venue,until they started making more from dance music.Up for it atmosphere most of the time, it is where the older clubers of felixstowe go so there are a few ugly women and is a bit dirty, localls call it the dirt box ( up the dirt box) . reasonable prices, bouncers complete wankers. central park-newly referbished thus quite expensive. Plays garage house etc... most of the young people of felixstowe go here, so there are a few fit ladies, but watch out for jail bait. Two dance floors, quite a large club, wooden floors, bouncers complete wankers.
• Well, if u r like me and don't like dance music etc then you may as well forget it. Their is the wave nightclub by Mannings which has changed names more than i remember and is now closing again for refurbishment. then there is central park, which does do an occasional rock night and good karaoke on a wed night !!! You also have the bandbox and splitz etc.
• The Herman-de-Stern disco's.
• there all shite. and you'll probably get beaten up by the slags wearing pvc and nothing else.
• The Metropolis was a classic nite-spot - who on earth dreamed up the shite Band-Box????
• cj's, bonds, splitz bandbox
• For the most information about the Club Scene here and in Ipswich look at http://www.ipswich-live.co.uk, its the site supporting the weekly magazine which is free in the Evening Star (regional newspaper of the year 3 out the last 4 years) every Tuesday
• Things have got better recently with the arrival of METROPOLIS a bar/club, much nearer the centre of town than COCOS. Music's a bit better, charty dance etc. Good drinks promos, free to get in (most nights before about 10pm). Stays open 'till 2am. Decent boys out for a laugh and some hot sexy seaside girls.
  The Metropolis no longer exists and there is a new club called La Plage.
  Score out of 10 err... 3. All the people described above have now moved there!
• Only one club 'COCOS NIGHTSPOT' - name says it all! This has to be one of the cheesiest clubs in the UK. Music by Whigfield, 2-Unlimited, Stars-on-45's etc. (I think you get the picture). It's small, it's expensive, the lighting rig is like your 2 yr old nieces night light, the men look like Tom Selec (Magnum 'PI') and the women are some of the dodgiest scrubbers you'll ever see. Worth a look in for a laugh, but sadly most of the gits who go there will probably try and pick a fight with you just because you're not wearing a fosters printed polyester shirt and a burtons suit (shiny shoes with fake plastic buckles optional).
  "Coco's" is no longer called "Coco's" but the very tacky "C.J.'s"!!! By all accounts it's still just as bad as it always used to be though...

Live Music Venues

• Splitz on Bent Hill has live music every Thursday night. The bands change but most have an indie/rocky feel.
• The corn Exchange or the Regent Theatre in Ipswich sometimes have live bands and the pool club in Ipswich. Regent Theatre once had Westlife - which was...well, I don't really need to say.
• The Cork (once called The Seaview Bar...) now has live bands on 3 nights a week (Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays) and often reasonably good ones. The Falcon, after a bit of a quiet spell, seems to be hosting bands just about every Saturday night. The Owl & Pussycat has a live band on Saturdays but hardly any clientelle - a shame because sometimes the bands are really very good.
• Come to LIX on a Friday night for their new LIVE 'N' LOUD night which showcases the latest in local bands. Often 2 or 3 bands every Friday night with a DJ before and after. Open from 8pm with entry £2. They also have drinks promo's and an under 18's Bar. Truely a great night out for rock and indie fans....
• Spa Pavillion for a Chance to see fairly good shows and comedians
• Customs Club, for all your life after marvin, 83 and el spoonio needs..
• Felixstowe Labour Club in Walton is good venue for local bands Local Soul/Disco 7 piece outfit 'Night Birds' play there regularly
• Labour club
• Um... The Bandbox was meant to be a venue for local bands. But no-one ever plays. There's no real "alternative" music scene. The Spa Pavillion is host to all your Nan's favourites, like Glen Miller's Jazz band, Perry Como, etc; the people your Mum fancied - David Essex, David Cassidy, and also children's tours... yes, the Chuckle Brothers have been here. Wow.
• The Spa Pavilion has such classics as "The Meatloaf Experience". The Leisure Center and the Bandbox occaisonally have local bands play. Walton Town Hall hosts the infamous "Dance High", perhaps the only event outside of Germany which still plays techno and happy hardcore.
• Spa Pavillion.
• Best music venue in Felixstowe has to be the Falcon in Walton. Good accoustics and good range of bands play there.
• Helmut Coal and the shafter's once played at the Walton Church Hall - bostin!
• For the most information about the music Scene here and in Ipswich look at http://www.ipswich-live.co.uk, its the site supporting the weekly magazine which is free in the Evening Star (regional newspaper of the year 3 out the last 4 years) every Tuesday
• The falcon in walton has bands every two weeks excellant
• FOR YOUR OWN SAKE DO NOT ENTER ANY CLUB IN FELIXSTOWE AS THEY RANK AMONG THE WORST IN THE WORLD.
• The Spa Pavilion Theatre (on the seafront). Rarely does gigs but occasionally you'll find acts like The Commitments and The Blues Band nestled in between Val Doonican, The Nolans and Rolf Harris!

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