The Knowhere Guide

The Local Music Scene in Barnsley, South Yorkshire*

Barnsley, South Yorkshire Record Shops and Venues

Record Shops

• Pfft. Best used to be EGS (now a horrible greasy spoon) or sometimes CASA disco for that alternative blend.
• hmv
• Go to Music Zone in the town centre for CD's and DVD's they have as good a range as HMV but are cheaper. MVC is closing down as it was so over priced it couldn't handle the competition, all the stock is being sold off "cheap" but it's still the same price as you'd expect to pay from anywhere else!
• HMV has everything
• get your sen darn to mvc or hmv, cunt nik owt in there ever, get cought everytime garanteed.
• We need casa discos and vinyl tap back in Leeds
• buy cds n shit from hmv
• HMV
• Casa Disco lost out to the corporate monsters of Our Price and MVC.
• casadisco
• Casa Disco but it shut down
• phuture records was excellent nothing to beat it although the semi open market has a western stall with a selection of dance packs (hardcore, hard dance etc
• Edinburgh
• mvc
• CasaDisco used to be the bling for imported music, but its gone down hill a bit...
• MVC UPSTAIRS IN THE ALAMBRA CENTRE ALSO WH SMITHS IF THEY AINT GOT IT THEY CAN SURE GET IT.
• No fuckin chance, we have one Corporate (MVC) and one independant(Vynal Junkies) music shop, go to sheffield look for Fopp and their are loads of great independans all within a 10 minute walk in the vacinity (Near the Skate park on Division St at the Back of West St)
• What a joke, we only have MVC now so i get most of my music in sheffield, cash converters is ok if you have a wide range of tastes- i got some crackin hip hop and old school jungle there.
• MVC in the Alambra has a wide selection of music and has a large rock section which is cool.
• If you want to find a really good independent music shop that stocks loads of punk, metal alternitive stuff and actually can get you almost anything that is available (provided its not your bog standards chart crap) go to Against The Grain - upstairs in the market near the cafes and stuff. Only go if you are into shopping at none corporate money grabbing multis cos these guys really do their best to sell cds at the best price in the street, considering most of the stuff they have is difficult to find elsewhere this is really refreshing.
• CD's generally end up bought from MVC, but there's a good one up the arcade near the Odeon if you're into vinal too!
• sad to see casa disco go.Globalisation to blame
• V Junkies next to Crickets cafe on the arcade off Regents park.
• Dont go to Barnsley, goto FOPP or Noise Annoys in Sheff
• Casa Disco, the only specific record retailer has now closed (Mar 03)
• best en is our price, casa disco int bad tho!!!!
• woolworths is wank our price is or8 vo!!!
• Casa Disco
• Check out vynal junkies
• Casa-disco is a shop for goths and bag-heads that sells alot of metal CD's and hoodies, but u can also find Britney and Snoop Dog in there too
• only decent music shop is r price
• our price rocks... casa disco is wank!!!
• Casa Disco is Barnsley's finest purveyor of tip top musical offerings. It's on Peel Square.
• MVC: The sell loadsa blues singles and albums. One question: why?
• Future Records is unfortunately no more!Vinyl Junkies is good for hard house, trance and general dance.
• Casa Disco - bloody useless but you loved it.
• Casa Disco - smallest shop with the biggest collection of obscurities ever - great!!!
• They're already listed here in the Alambra Centre. What's ur problem with Woolworths?
• Casa disco. meant to be cheaper than the rest.
• Casa Disco and Andy's as far as I can remember. Think they're still around.
• CasaDisco - Peel Square - He's got allsorts......
• Casa Disco is still there, it rules.
• Casa Disco is OK for CDs, but crap for records. Phuture Records used to be good until the manger who knew what he was doing was sacked and got replaced by some idiots who haven't got a fucking clue. OK for (usually crap) UK house and happy bloody hardcore; if you're into this kind of stuff they might have something you'll like; if you like anything good then go to Sheffield (Warp, Dance Records) or Leeds (Eastern Bloc, Crash, Way Ahead, Jumbo etc.). Andy's Records is overpriced and doesn`t sell records. Our Price is Our Price and Our Price is Over Priced. Basically, go to Sheffield or Leeds.

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• tonic tonic tonic, well when it was open, if not the best place to end the night is walkabout, places to go before; browns, assembly, livinstones, treadles, FUNNYGALS and then tonic. be in funnygals for the camp dance at 12 its hillarious. try and get into the small bars too such as base and blah blah, but i know its almost(i said almost) impossible to do all of these so good look!
• japanese whispers wen ah wur a nipper
• Heaven and hell (Regents Park, Japanese Whispers) is undergoing a major refub and reopens on Wednesday July 12 2006 as CLUB TERMINAL. Three rooms, with sports Bar, Ice and Studio 54. Sounds good!
• Heaven n Hell is ok. Its student night on a wednesday btw
• banrnsley tarn center livinstones n that
• Tonic is pretty cool - they have a web site at www.tonicclub.com
• There is no decent Indie bar in Barnsley which the town is desperately crying out for, even an Indie night in an already established pub/bar would be great! Walkabout or Tonic are best places to end a night as they're clean with nice toilets and the bouncers don't stand for any rubbish, Livingstones is ok too but perhaps for the older end of the market. Don't go to Heaven and Hell or Hedonism, they're past their time and need closing, esp H&H it's dirty and full of all the people that give Barnsley a bad name, we're not all like them you know!
• Walkabout is definately the placce to be on a wed/fri/sat night!
• New club Tonic seems pretty good
• People must go and check out the Soviet Bar on wellington street,its my brothers bar and its real funky, great music and very cool. Im writing this from New Zealand and I know that if I was in Barnsley The soviet bar is where I would be heading on the weekends. Go see for yourself.
• The Citrus Rooms has recently had two special Saturday nights with DJ's from London performing R & B, Hip Hop & Funky Grooves. Wasn't my fav prior but really enjoyed both nights. This music is addictive. There are more nights planned for the future.
• sum or8 bars round town if u dunt wonna get seen by ur old teacher dunt go in chacargo rock
• get to charisma (fight club) on a sunday
• Al tell thi wot. Int tarn thez alotta fowk hoo dunt understand that thaz got to get fooked and get thissen sum fanny and we've got best ooportunity to do that ere in tarn. If you like anything other than cheese stay away, also applies to anyone that isn't white, straight, a champion boxer, or has more than 4 GCSES. NEW CLUB NIGHT FOR REAL PEOPLE www.fatherjack.tk COMING SOON
• I ahv never been 2 Heaven 'n' Hell (heaven 'n' Smell) in Barnsley but if its owt compared 2 da 1 in Leeds it will smell hav a sticky floor n full o desperate lads lukin 4 desparate girls wearin barely any clothes n if ya bothad bout underage drinkers gerrin in den dnt go cos dey let any1 in . Ya want 2 get yaselves 2 Evolution in Leeds. Kirkstall its brill!
• Heaven and Hell but you're likeley to get stabbed. I suspect that not many patrons remember it as Regents Park
• Ok guys, I've been living abroad for 5 years and I'm coming 'home' for xmas. Enlighten me, what the fuck is Heaven and Hell? Is The Bassment closed? Is there anything worth seeing???????
• The Theatre, damn good place to drink and, lets not be silly, if you're going to go in, go through the Ticket Office...it's free!
• Club hedonism is shit so is the belfry bar the best bar is the tredals wine bar and the theatre!!!!!!!!!!!
• bodegas is so shit and the hedenism is the best is the tredals wine bar
• heaven and hell on a wednesday night
• Jay-Bee Theatre School For Dancing is buzzin
• why call it regents it is now HEAVEN AND HELL and it a r8 laf on a thursday, friday n saturday n if u dunt like it then dunt go SIMPLE init!!
• Heaven and Hell-Can be good Midweek for all the drinks promotions and student atmosphere, Livingstons is full of 35+ and Hedonism is usually dead.
• Not great, heven and hell on a wednesday coz all the students get battered on 2 for 1 so the atmosphere is pretty good
• H&H is ok on a friday, even have ther own drinks now
• The Clubs in Barnsley are moderately good, but as we alll know a night out is what you make it. I've had the best nights in Heaven and Hell and Pharoahs ever, and then on the other hand the worst.As a 'Barnsley lass' I am aware of all the dirty old knob heads who can really ruin a night in barnsley, through perving and rudeness, so ladies be on the look out!
• heaven and hell is mint especially on a friday night! da bouncers rnt dat bad no matter wot ppl say and no i am nt a bouncer or related 2 1 bt dey r only wankas wen u av dun summat 4 em 2 b wankas about! butterfields is a nice place bt a bit expensive, bar 1 is da place 2 b, always a laugh and decent drink prices, belfry do amazin cocktails, try the purple princess, the theatre plays gud music and is a laugh! brownes is really cheap bt it is always p[acked and nt really a nice place 2 b, if u like old music go 2 treadles thats packed 2 bt its a laugh!
• heaven 'n' hell is the decent 1, hedonism sux
• Heven 'n' Hell pop 'n' crisp nights- what is the point???????
• RACIST BOUNCERS - outside of the lancaster Bar, The number one bar and the Number 7 bar in Barnsley town centre, these shout abuse at anybody who is different.
• YOUNG TEENI BOPPERS ALWAYS GO 2 BIG NITES ON A FRIDAY AT HEAVEN N HELL IN BARNSLEY. ALL DA LADS ARE AFTA IS A BIT OF YOUNG PUSSY
• Definatley Heaven and Hell at the moment, everywhere else is dead or full of the pentioners (over 30's)!!
• heaven and hell is mint and dont u lot dis bodegas as that is a mint pub and if u dont like it you are a fucking wanker
• On a Friday night there is only 1 place to be and that is the Heaven and Hell Club on Regent Street, good music no matter what you're into, cheap drinks and bouncers that stop fights before they get started
• Every weekend the clubs are full of the same old faces, it reminds you of a visit to Blackpool Zoo, attractive people are few and fair between.
• Heaven 'n' Hell or8 4 a nite art depends wot ya up 4!
• Mercury and Heaven and Hell do passable rock nights on friday and wednesday nights respectively. Worth a look, but don't get excited.
• Heaven & Hell - packed every nite now, Wednesday nights buy one get two free, Thursdays are triple your money and Fridays are all drinks cost a quid. Saturdays are full price and it's still packed to the rafters, and first Saturday of every month is the 6 o'clocker. Mind you there's plenty of space on the dancefloor in pharohs and you can get served at the bar straight away in hedonism, Mercury's Bliss had 50 people in on Saturday and most of them was the DJ's mates - nice try though
• What was Regents, is now Heaven and hell, it sucks ***** so go to Hedonism
• Pharohs on a thursday, is fantastic if you have had 12 pints and you are snogging some bird of whom's name you haven't got round to asking yet. Music is fantastic
• regents used to alreyt but na theres all those teeny bober niyts and the bottles of beer av gon up an'all
• All night clubs in town are ok but regents is always full of kids - underage drinkers!!! Clubs and pubs in thetarn are not full of slags and we may not all be posh and rich but we know barnsley better then anyone else in the country... by the way whoever said you can't get a decent bird from barnsley its only cos we dunt want you so go and get fucked you bastards!!!!!!
• The Union Bar, Eastgate. Got an atmosphere you could cut with a knife. You can get nicotine addiction just by walking past.
• If you like nice clean clubs dont bother comin to tarn. If you like cheap clubs full of legless, would shag owt in a skirt type blokes and legless, would shag owt wi' a cock type girls, i recomend Rege' or Hedonism, Pharoes is slightly more upmarket, but not by much
• For a long time Regents Park on a thursday was top bollocks, cheep drinks (£1 a bottle) and lots of young slags (not TOO young obviosley). Lets put it this way if you dont get a bit of hookey after a night out round Barnsley then you must have turned it down.
• Clubs in barnsley are full of drunken cavemen, embarassing.
• Club Hedonism and Pharoahs are OK, Regent's Park is rubbish and is noted for the youthful appearance of its clientele.
• Pharoes for the 'clever' people Hedonisms for the anyone who wants to test 'anti-sticky carpet' shoes (c) Regents Park if you're a remarkably young patron
• Regents Park under 18's. A good place to go once a month. Barnsley's supposed to be renowned for its night life but i only heard that on the radio the other day.
• Pharoahs seems to be in vogue last time I was clubbing. Too pissed to remember what the music was like. I must try Regents Park next time as I didn't realise it had gone housey instead of cheesey pop.
• "PHAROAHS" Rocks.......
• Don't wash your hands in the basins of the Theatre Club. You never know who's been pissing in them.
• THE THEATRE ,WELLINGTON ST BARNSLEY,,,,THE PLACE TO BE AFTER SUNSET £1 ADMISSION THURS FRIDS SATS + SUND LIVE BANDS
• When the Alabama Alligator ('The Bamma') closed down to make way for a shite bowling alley, half the rockers in Barnsley wept. We had to make do with shite Whispers on Wednesday nights
• Oh my god, the Theatre? that opened at least 3 or 4 years ago!!! But anyway, I work upstairs in Mustang Sallys, come and see me on the door!!! I also work at Pharoahs, which I have to say is now by far and away the best club in town. Regent's has recently gone trancy instead of the classic house, but the DJ (Jez is quite good though. At Pharoahs, four top D.J.'s play. How about Shaun 'Banger' Scott from Barking Brothers (Gordon's Groove). It took me a year to make that connection even though I talk to him every week. Easily my favourite tune even before I knew. Hedonism has split into 2 clubs and 2 bars, but they are all too 'poppy' for my liking. Walk from the new Orchard Brewary to Sports, Mustangs, Theatre and then Pharoahs. All on one street and they are only the tip of the iceberg that is WELLINGTON STREET. Euan
• What about trying the newly opened Pharoahs nite club, it is a little on the small side but the drinks are cheaper than Hedon Rock where you pay £2.70 for a bottle of METZ, which is more expensive than the nite clubs in Leeds and Sheffield. What the hell do they think we are?
• Best night spot (at the age of 15) was The Mapplewell disco, or Monday nights at Japanse Whispers.
• Two (formerly three): Regent's Park and Hedonism (or Hedonspasm as it's otherwise known). Good if you like dodgy house music, booze, birds and fighting, but crap otherwise (the student nights on Wednesday and Monday respectively are just about OK).

Live Music Venues

• Dunno, but used to love the Chennels, Tut n Shive and Shambles on a weekend. Now it's all crap.
• Lucorum - Friday nights from 22nd September. The Paddingtons, Polytechnic, Thomas Truax - 22nd September. The Cooper Temple Clause + support, This Et Al, Vib Gyor - 29th September. Rooster + support - 12th October. See www.half-cut.co.uk for full details and all listings. Tickets available for all events at Lucorum or www.ticketline.co.uk
• Heaven n Hell
• ticket office
• farm road club, but has recently been ova run by youths
• Walkabout on Friday nights tends to have some ok bands on but they all do the same cover versions
• The Venue (aka upsatirs room) rocknights Wednesdays and Fridays see www.barnsleyrock.co.uk or www.myspace.com/thevenuebarnsley for updates.
• farm road, mint when MCin nites are on, youths get pissed on there whitelightning then go get bared from farm road club or any club/pub/shop till police arive so they can get a chace
• farm road M.Cers club its or8 get to hear r8 gossip
• Citrus Rooms
• Arctic Monkeys are playing somewhere in Birdwell in July (05). Forget big bands but smaller venues like Panama JOes or the upstairs room will probably be showcasing the newest dreary EMO or METAL bands.
• Go to Leeds or Sheffield
• Panama Joe's is a great venue for local bands. KGV will start hosting bands from April. Sablesfear is a local band well worth seeing.
• The Upstairs Room, I've seen Catch-it-kebabs there soooo many times. Ringsting were also on there and their drummer is lush!
• Panama Joes (local bands) Upstairs in The Assembly The Leopard in Doncaster Nottingham Rock City Leeds and Sheffield universities
• ALL OVER BARNSLEY DIFFRENT VENUES AT DIFFRENT TIMES KERRY HALL USUALLY GETS SOME BIG BANDS ON
• Panama joes is a great venue for bands, and there are no underage drinkers
• A pub on sheffield road started a hardcore nite with live mcs but it attracted quite a few underage townie wankers
• 999 at The Arches, Pitt St on Mon 1st March 2004...support from 'The Legendary X-Rippers'...Tickets £5-00...more details at ' http://xrippers.4t.com ' 'Terror on the Highway 2004' Tour hits Barnsley on Tues 17th Feb at The Arches, featuring 2 signed bands from darn sarf, 'Fastlane' and 'All but None'....£4-00 in, well worth it u students and guitar music lovers alike....shamoan
• loal bands play in panama joes ad in chicago rock cafe sumtimes but i u want to c a band uve heard off u have to go into sheffield to the leadmill or octagon
• Dont know the name but the place above Assembly has a few good bands playing.
• Upstairs room, Panama Joe's
• They all shut! Lord Nelson, The Union, The Tut and Shive, The firkin. All gone...oh well. Even Bodega's is shit now.
• Treddles is the pub to be in. the music is second to none.
• barnsley is a music venue it'sen
• Dodworth M.W.Phoenix Band. Musical Director Mr.Eric Jessop N.A.B.B.C. Rehearsal room at the Miners welfare complex, off High Street. Rehearsal times, Tuesday and Friday nights 19 00 to 21 00 Everyone welcome (including spectators)
• The Fealty and Firkin (upstairs) hosts a variety of local bands. Sites like this condemning them as "no hopers" makes it harder for them but they still try. They play every style and have a definate passion for their music. So don't write them off and get out on a friday night!
• Bodegas and Durties among others have some good local bands
• West Green Club
• Mainly happening in sheffield at the arena.
• The Theatre is a boozer well worth a visit. Massive coverted theatre with funny things on the walls and ceiling. It also has bands.
• Hello? In Barnsley?
• Wellington Street.
• Dodgy workintg mens clubs (just think of Vic Reeves' Club Style' of singing)
• You've gotta be having a laugh. The thing about Barnsley is that as it's so close to Sheffield and Leeds, hardly any decent bands play here, so you've usually gotta travel to see a decent band. The Theatre (actually a large pub, formally a theatre) puts on lots of bands, none of them good - however it had a 12 o'clock license the last time I was there. The Civic regularly puts on loads of shite. The student bar has the potential to be good, but the manager's a clueless wanker. Various no-hoper local bands play at a few pubs, but they're normally not worth bothering with. If you fancy a laugh check out the very derivative Full Fathom Five (or Full Fathom Fuck).

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