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Going Out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear*

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear Clubs, Music Venues, Cinemas

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• Digital kicks ass for dance at the weekends nowadays especially Shindig, but Foundation is still goin strong and is more of a laugh. Loads of class new bars all the time, generally movin upmarket, Agora, Perdu and Coco V are just 3 unpretentious classy bars round central station. Can't beat the bars in Toon, never get bored of the huuuge variety.
• World Headquarters (or Worldys as it's known) is the only consistently decent club in the toon. Ace night out - good craic and great people.
• Three good indie nights: 1) Come Home at Bar 38 every Monday night. Free entry and decent music til 11 with drinks offers. 2) Revolver at Revolution every Tuesday night open until 1am! 3) Upfront at the Hancock - unofficial warm-up for Stone Love. All with DJ Maru.
• The Telegraph, The Cluny
• ikon which also does an under 18's every month tuxedo princess the boat on the river tyne big market powerhouse at central station gay club but is realy good for straight and gay
• Visit Brighton Beach 60's/Soul/Mod night at Newcastle Uni
• God's kitchen
• Bar M Thursday nights.Funky house all night with Ray Fenwick.BOGOF all night aswell.
• My favourite clubs are Ikon and Envy I'm not a charve but Ikon isn't full of scum it's great fun so is Envy, and legends. There all really good I fucking hate people that judge people like that charves arent that bad I would go to Ikon anytime but I would neve go to Stage door.
• union. sam jacks. kiss. mood. tiger tiger. pacific. stage door. bit of a mix in there, but all good! check it out (Newcastle is the best night out in the UK!
• Effortless - Thursday 18th November, World Headquarters, Curtis Mayfield House, Newcastle upon Tyne, £5 (NUS £4). 10– 2.30am. Two Rooms of Deep, Funky, Sexy, Soulful, Jackin’ House Grooves with very special guests K Klass (Cream, Dusted) & Gary Eeks (Everyday people, Honey) plus Effortless Resident’s NiceGuy51 and Funky Joe Somebody. For guest list and enquiries contact: Tel: 07771 692 518 Email: ng51online@yahoo.co.uk Capacity: 600 £1 doubles all night
• Newcastle is full of charvas, and the nights out are alrite till u get spiked by some georide cock who think they are hard!!!
• BIGMARKET FOR CHARVAS AND KEYSIDE FOR POSH PEOPLE
• Baja, Blu bambu - perfect for happy, carefree nite! DO NOT go 2 Blu bambu on a Sat nite tho - full of locals (even tho i am one!) but ones which r total pervy tossers and that was first time i've ever seen a fight in town aswell!
• Clubs wey aye there loads 4 the ravers oot there lik me n me m8s, we're the Rave Babez so luk oot 4 us if ya decide 2 cum up 2 the toon lik cheers!!
• There's a young uns night at stage door in china town on a wednesday night that's pretty good - no drinking tho :( Friday probably cuba cuba if you can put up with little Jeff playing "Du Hast" at the end of every night
• IKON is the best club to go in newcastle, brilliant on friday and saturday nights. it isn't full of charvas or scum as some people say, nd it probably has less slappers there than anywhere else. brilliant music!!!
• THE best club in Newcastle is Cause & Effect. It's not on regular tho, so you have to keep your eyes peeled to spot it, cos its always moving from one venue to another, and its only one once oevery couple of months or something like that. They play a mixture of techno, trance and hard house, its always pretty hard, but the best thing about it is that its full of all sorts of people, theres no dress code, theres hippies, goths, ravers, cybers, charvers, old people, country bumpkins, and anyone else you can think of. Its a real mix of people. Its just like a proper rave. You know how in some clubs, everyones attention is on the same thing, everyones on the same vibe?? Its a bit like Megadog if anyone can remember them. Its the sort of atmosphere, where everyones welcome, no matter how weird you are there will always be someone weirder than you...!! Sometimes the bouncers can be a bit arsey though.
• If your a goth never go to slyvesters it's a charve place.
• With out a doubt you would always have a gud night at Bar-ja it has great music and is always full of people just looking for a good time. People from all over the country go there when they are in Newcastle, so it is ideal for you cowards from down south who are frightened of "intimidating" Gerodies
• Newcastle student union, last Sat of every month! Brighton beach - 60s soul, indie, brit rock and ok priced drinks. best nite out in newcastle. stonelove on thursdays at foundation also good tho - indie and cheap drinks.
• The MAYFAIR as been knocked down to make way for a shopping centre.
• Reverb at Scotland Yard is the best place to go out on a Friday night in Newcastle if you like a bit of techno! Mr C, Billy Nasty etc. play there quite regularly - one of the best atmospheres I've come across in a club in a long time.
• The new Mayfair in Newcastle Arena is a brilliant night out, with old and new rock. Drinks a bit pricy though..... Stonelove in Foundation is a great indie night out with regualr guest DJ nights and giveaways...... Cuba Cuba on a saturday is also brilliant with cheesy rock and a bit of new stuff thrown in and really really cheap drinks!
• Cuba cuba's a bit pants, but itll do.
• foundation, bulletproof check out the monkey nite if ur in2 that sort of thing coz it really is a wicked party.
• avoid IKON at all cost. It is full of the scum of Newcastle...not saying how I know this myself. If u wanna great student night try Foundation(formerly the riverside) on Mondays and Thursdays...is popular so b early 2 avoid q. Trainers r ok, crowd is laid-back and young and everso slightly trendy...but dont let it put u off. Rockshots is fab on fridays...really genuine crowd
• For a really good time, I'd go with Foundation (used to be The Riverside). Monday night is Skool Disco with cheep drinks and funny cheesy house music. Thursday is Stonelove with indie and rock. Again, cheap drinks. Friday is Promise which is one of the best nights out in the city. I've lived here all my life and I haven't found anywhere better. Enjoy!
• THE two best clubs in Ncle are Baja (busy,popular, 'beach club'style club with fit men and barmaids wearing bikinis!...and Sea, on the other side o' the river...more sophisticated than any other club in tyne+wear!and the people aren't too ugly either!!!!!
• foundation, legends
• Best club in Newcastle has to be Cuba Cuba on a Friday night. Upto date rock music from the likes of Limp Bizkit and the SEXIST two barmaids this side of.....anywhere :o)
• LEGENDS is opposite the theatre and accomodates for every1.If you're into the R&B, Hip-hop and rap,the down stairs section will have u in your element!Upstairs is Dance.Excelent night with out a doubt. The BOAT is brilliant for a girls or lads night out.theres a 70's room and spinning dance floor down stairs.Theres a huge amount of differnt roons you acn go to, even if you just want to sit down and chill out
• If you want a great Saturday night dancing and having, ahem, energy drinks. Then you could do a lot worse than Rockshots (Waterloo St) It's got a lot of gay people but they're friendly and there's lots of (definitely not gay) fit women. The music is pumpin and the backroom has to be seen to be believed - nuts.
• Getting much better on this front. Monday: Legends sees Big Niall playing anything from the Soup Dragons to the Chemical Bros. £2 b411 £3 after. Can't be beat. Unless you like 80's music in which case head for Planet Earth, very popular so get there early. Ther rest of the week: Look out for flyers in specialist clothes shops (they all have them) some of the cooler cafes/bars/sandwich shops or in HMV. Loads going on, a student card is a big bonus as there are always things happening at the Uni's, don't avoid these as it's the only guarentee of meeting up with an really up for it crowd (not just people drinking for longer) DO talk to people at these events as there's always a party going on somewhere afterwards.
• For a free 'Pubs 'n' Clunbs' guide to Tyneside see the latest gangster culture book: 'Viv - and the Geordie Mafia (vol 2) under ISBN: 1-902578-01-5, which can be picked up at any Watersone's or WH Smith in Newcastle city centre. The book is now part of the furniture in and around Tyneside, having sold 20,000+ up to date. The guide is within the book and lists the ones to avoid as well as the condition of the decor and cost of drinks.
• A good place to go to is IKON on New Bridge Street. They play mainly uplifting house and trancy stuff but it does get quite cheezy on Fridays and Saturdays. It has a rep for "charvers" but they are clamping down on this now. Mondays and Thursdays are the best (Student nights) Lots of cheap beer!
• The mayfair no longer exists - in their wisdom the site will become yet another generic multiplex/carpark/shopping experience...
• Mayfair: 18+. Good live bands (rock, rap and reggae). It's on Newgate Street, just past Co-op. Planet Earth is bloody good on a Friday. This is by far the friendliest club in Newcastle. Shindig is full of drunk footballers.
• Go to the Bigg market on Friday nights, you'll find one soon enough, that is, if you haven't been molested by a bunch of slappers with fake tans and bleach blonde hair before you get a chance to see one.

Live Music Venues

• Blue Flames in Benton have 2 rooms that can be used for gigs. Comfy and good beer. Capacities of 120 and 200. Discos go down well
• The cloony in Heaton is worth checking out for local bands, and the decor and prices are worth checking out. The NEW carling academy plays host to many good bands and the interior is amazing.
• The Cooperage on the Quayside, Head of Steam downstairs, The Cumberland Arms in Byker.
• Soon to open Carling acadamy
• The Cooperage on the quayside - it's a really old venue, usually has gigs on for about £3, it's definately worth going
• The Sage Gateshead - not just classical music!! check out www.thesagegateshead.org for listings
• northumbria and newcastle unis, city hall, arena
• Student union northumbria cheap and great.
• UNI BASEMENT
• the unions have weekly sessions of great bands, the arena (currently the metro radio arena)
• The Magpie in Marden estate - some very good local bands play ther if u know wen 2 go!
• Theres sum venues, but New Monkey n Hangar 13 doon sunderland n that, thats much betta lik 4 younguns as well lik!
• Trillians - excellent bands!!! The two unions are ace too - Get Yer Skates on tuesdays at Northumbria rules! Other than that you might want to try flipside at the Cooperage on a thursday...
• just the uni and the poly, who just had Public Enemy recently
• Newcastle Student Union is good if the band is playing downstairs in the basement, Northumbria Union is good as well but smaller and it feels a bit too much like hall than the more intimate (but yet larger) newcastle union.
• telewest arena for any big gigs. if ur after local and upcoming bands go 2the tut and shive which is left as u cum outa the train station or the student union.
• Trillions (rock bar) has quality local rock/metal/ska/whatever bands on most nights.
• the riverside is now foundation with promise on a friday and Shindig on a saturday
• Arena
• The Cluny Warehouse - Lime Street, near Byker Bridge. Good beer, staff and great for alternative music. Monthly jazz from big jazz stars and plenty of gigs from up and coming local bands as well as people like Attica Blues
• Tele west arena Wallinton Hall's open air concerts
• Was called the riverside don't know what now. The Mayfair is having a refit.
• University
• Riverside
• Northumbria University
• Cumberland Arms
• City Hall
• The Riverside (surprisingly enough by the river side) is no longer a membership only club, but you still have to be over 18 to get in.

Cinemas

• Tyneside cinema has a mixture of cool indpendent stuff, box office releases and bizarre one offs. God range of alternative movies - foreign, new directors, the stuff that is too alternative for the mainstream, lesbian and gay etc.
• THE GATE
• The Gate
• the gate in newcastle
• Odion good films but pricy.
• The gate, the best pix's in the north!
• THE GATE WHAT A PUFFY PLACE
• the gate has a cinema
• UCI - Silverlink!
• the Tyneside Cinema, students watching some Estonian film subtitled in Finnish about repressed homosexuality, and pretending they are enjoying it. Yawn.
• Cinemas wey aye man, imagin the things ya can get up 2 in the back row of the cinemas wit ya lad, it can get hot n steamy in there lik!!
• Big cinema at the Gate and a small foreign/specialty mini cinema that puts on some cool films in an alley near monument
• Tyneside cinema has allsorts of odd films on, and the odd clubnight
• Tyneside Cinema is a small one, but if you're a movie bore and want something other than the standard multiplex garbage, it atleast offers something.
• The Odeon is bein rebuilt in a new placey called "The Gate" which is opening sometime in 2002 i think, which unfortumate really cos the current odeon is a bit tatty and the smaller screens ain't so fantastic but the Odeon 1 is great, its like being in a theatre its really posh, not much leg room unless u get the psh seat tho. Its also pretty cheap as far as cinemas go, definatly cheaper than Warners which is basically like any other cinema. The UCI at the silverlink is pretty new and its just like a standard cinema...but the seats are rather comfy and big and u get decent leg room and the slop of the steaing is great cos it means u can actually see above the person in front of u!
• Odeon, wouldn't travel 100m to go there. But Warner village is nice.
• Silver link (not too far from Wet n Wild).Huge comfy seats to lye back in and enjoy the show
• In Town try the Odeon, very comfortable with a big screen, or the Tyne cinema, a tiny indep outfit with art deco styling and an oh so chic eatery (darling!) that shows many a critically aclaimed film, mostly forign stuff. The UCI in the metrocentre which has a gadzillion screens, all comfy all with the latest (and loudest) sound system. While in the metrocetre, go to GX Superbowl, the lanes are warped and the balls are chipped but show an NUS card and watch as the prices drop to less than a pint of beer.

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