The Knowhere Guide

The Local Music Scene in Loughborough, Leicestershire*

Loughborough, Leicestershire Record Shops and Venues

Record Shops

• THAT MUSIC SHOP IS THE BEST AND CHEAPEST RECORD SHOP IN LOUGHBOROUGH,ESP FOR ALL THINGS METAL.VIRGIN AND MUSIC ZONE BOTH SUCK[AS WE ALL ALREADY KNOW!!]CASTLE'S IS OLD HAT AND THE LEFT LEGGED PINEAPPLE IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND A VERY BORING.
• Left Legged Pineapple is legend.
• Left-Legged Pineapple Virgin Castle Records in the precinct
• Left Legged for the 2nd hand section. Picked up Born to Run on vinyl for £4!! Awesome!
• Left Legged will always be the place for music!
• Loros Media Bar
• "the left legged pinnaple" you cant go wrong!
• Left Legged is pretty wicked, frinedly bloke runs it
• I love Left Legged and Castle can get you ANYTHING, and also Andy's is not as expensive as people make out, it's really good for singles and mainstream stuff.
• left legged pinapple HEAVEN!!!!!!
• left legged are obviously well known in loughborough for the choice etc..plus they will order things and leave entertaining msgs 2 let u know when it's in. but don't overlook castles.
• The Left Legged Pineapple has loads of stuff, also a new shop called That Music Shop has a load of rare items and stuff, figuringes and collectables, mostly second hand but still really cool.
• Left legged, an castle records
• Only the Left Legged Pineapple, brilliant and cheap
• nottingham- on queen st forgotten name of the shop
• andy's records
• the left legged pinapple
• Left legged is not bad, some of the people are friendly, but some of em are uptight wankers, so if u go in once, and want to go in again, dont leave it too long cos some of em will be all twattish. if ur a regular like me theyre cool, one of them still gives me dodgy looks tho the fucking twat. he thinks hes all cool, but really hes a chris moyles wannabe dick! he works in the second hand bit, and he'll ignore u for a while, but in the end he'll serve u, the little shit. but as i said, some of em are really cool and will help u out.
• Left legged pineapple is the best shop in town, look out for the special prices!
• Castle Records is a great place to get cds at resonable prices. They're friendly, helpful and have a wide selection of pop, jazz, rock etc.. If there isn't a cd there that you want they will order it for you.
• Left legged Pineapple, quality second hand bit Castle record, nice and cheap
• loads............ Left legged pineapple, castle and powerplay
• Castle Records - been there for ages and is still great. Left Legged Pineapple - good selection plus decent second hand bit too. Sells videoes and DVDs too.
• Castle Records is a fantastic little shop that's been going for ages, also there's Lef Legged Pineapple which is decent too, if a little poncy for my liking.
• the left legged pinapple is the place to go if you take any pride in what you listen to. so busted fans can shop in sainsbury's.
• left legged pineapple sells some quality records, dvd's CD's etc.. at a fair price. Castle Records doesn't sell any records, just the obvious CD's and even has a Foster and Allan section..... Andy's is for the top of the popers with no care for styles or money and the Big W does not stand for big Woolworths....
• not bad, but not a gd selection
• For records best place would be the left legged pinnaple or Phat Grooves :o). bought many records and qulity c.ds from there at low prices!.
• Big up da left legged pineapple
• Left Legged
• In The Groove Music, located near the new shopping centre
• Definitally leftlegged pinapple
• left legged and "system"
• Left Legged Pineapple
• Edward Herbert Records
• Do not go to Castle Records. Do not be fooled by their apparent cheapness, they are stingey bastards who wouldnt give me NUS discount just because it was an NUS Associate card because I am a sixth form student and not a uni student. Go to Left Legged Pineapple instead - its almost as cheap (more so if you want one of their huge range of "special offer" Cds - basically anything thats been out of the charts for a couple of years) and has a far better athmosphere as well as a second hand section and free posters, badges etc!!!
• LEFT LEGGED PINEAPPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BEST RECORD SHOP IN THE WORLD EVER AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I CAN STILL BARE TO LIVE IN THIS DUMP!
• little shop "castles" is good, and "left legged pineapple" isnt bad
• Sadly the specialist music shop (JM Records I think it was called) in Shepshed has indeed closed down
• Left Legged
• left legged pineapple.if they aint got it,its not worth having
• Castle Records is the best!! If somethings just come out you can get it really cheap!! Left Legged is also great, loadsa stock and you can get good quality 2nd hand stuff too!! Andy's Records - way too expensive (they have the odd gd deal though)
• ***Left legged rocks. Its one of the best kick ass stores in the area(including nottingham...even though that has select-a-disc and leicester...even though that has ainsleys and backtrack) It has most punk &ska cds...even if though dont they can order and them come in at least 3 days..and it doesnt cost extra. All other music genres is there to and theres a second hand section. THEy sell other stuff to only tthey dont selll posters if they sold them it would be even better! WARNING do NOT go ANDYS they will TAKE all the ££ you HAVE.
• castles is the best record shop. cheep cds and great service. its down the prescint(cant spell that)
• THE NOISY ONE
• andy records
• Try the Left Legged Pineapple on Churchgate. They have and extensive selection and are also really good if you need to order anything.
• LEFT LEGGED PINNAPLE
• The one just inside Charnwood centre
• Castle Records in the Carillon Court is by far the cheapest all the time. For those rarer records go to the Left-Legged Pineapple.
• woolworths are great. there is this one well fit bird on the music desk called 'Clare' other than that the left legged is the best bet if you want to get something that isn't in the charts.
• Left Legged Pineapple - Totally great shop, not only are they friendly but they have just about every music related thing ever made!
• Castle records - cheaper than andy's records, and with a good selection of chart cds
• Andys records is the best place in loughbrough to buy decent records but aren't cheap if ur looking for cheaper records then go to castle records both are under the carillion court
• Now there used to be a specialist music shop in Shepshed. It sold records of jazz, rock and the old timers. I hope it has not gone.
• Left Legged Pineapple shop - Churchgate, Loughborough - THE coolest place for current & second hand music, gig tickets, mail order etc.
• It's got to be castles!
• As an ex Loughburian, you can't beat Castles. The guys in there are knowledgable and if they haven't got it, they can probably get it. I know they've helped me out on more than a few occasions. Left Legged isn't bad, but they seem to be getting a little pricey these days. And as for Andy's records... don't touch them unless you've got massive pockets full of cash - they are strictly for people that want to pay city prices and think that the little shops will rip you off. Castles have been there 28 years and the Left Legged have been there as long as I can remember and you don't get to be there that long if you are conmen.
• Left Legged Pineapple, check out the second hand section first. Kicked myself too many times for buying the same cd brand new for a fiver more. Sells tickets for local venues like the charlotte in Leicster and Rock City in Notts. Wicked cheap vids. Get taken back to your youth with Ninga Turtles and suchlike.
• Fat Grooves! Props to mark, i spent about £2k in there you know! if it werent for me mark, youdve gone bust after being robbed that many times LOL joke:)
• The LEft Legged Pineapple
• Left-Legged Pineapple. http://www.left-legged.com/ CDs, Vinyl, T-Shirts, Boxed Sets, 2nd Hand, Tickets. Good prices, too. Castle Records... Good prices. If they don't have it, go and read the box in Andy's then order it from Castle.
• a place where sell cheap records is castle records under the carillion court if your looking for expensive records then go to andys records which is pretty pricey if i must say my say myself
• The Left Legged Pineapple, definately worth a look. You can get up to date CD's in mint condition for half the price.
• Left legged pineapple
• Castle Records, the precinct. A kind of contemporary-record-selling version of Championship Vinyl from Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity.
• TLLP is cheaper than any I've seen to date
• Castles and Andy's, but for the discerning buyer, the Left-Legged Pineapple. Part of the Chain With No Name, and nowhere near as good as it was a few years ago, but still the best. A bit like the Manic Street Preachers, really.
• There is a new record shop in lboro - it's called phat beats or something like that. It's completely shite.
• LEFT LEGGED PINEAPPLE. A GOOD REC SHOP LIKE THEY SHOULD BE.
• Besides TLLP, Castle Records is pretty good. We now have an 'Andy's' which seems quite overpriced. Then there's the ubiquitous Smith's and Woolies.
• Left Legged = good deals.
• Left Legged Pineapple, Castle Records. There's an Andys Records but its prices are exorbitant compared to Left Legged (who have second-hand stuff and a student discount) and Castle.

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• Echos on a friday for rock music and a bit of drum and bas thrown in, good offers on drinks, and security staff who turn a blind eye to the odd bit of toot or X. vice versa is played out, after you go there a while you get bored. used to like it now i don't
• Teca has been bought and is re-opening as 'Rapture' in September, lots of new nights planned and a total refit i hear. Lets hope so!
• The Union is the only place you need to go!
• VICE VERSA, Vice really isn't that bad and i resent that comment about underage drinking and pub brawls, Vice is a great place to go but people tend to forget that vice isn't strictly a night club, they open 7 nights a week and open every day but sunday too, Monday Wednesday and Fridays are the best nights in there as that is when the best DJ is in, but the other nights aren't too bad, they have a seperate bar downstairs with a seperate DJ and he's pretty good too, IF YOUR EVER IN LOUGHBOROUGH THEN HEAD STRAIGHT TO VICE!!!!!
• it seems to me door staff in loughborough should calm it!! a suit and tie dont make you the top dog! vice versa bouncers are particually predgergist to who they let in if they dont like the look of you every one knows! Bar Zero on the other hand may look small but it is big in atmosphere and music,its a really friendly place to go and in all the time of going there i have only seen trouble once (and belive me i go at least three times a week} tuesday is gay night and even if you aint gay its worth a visit at only two pound a srink on certain nights you cant go wrong. allso hayleys bar which has a bad repritation but not from the owners now the people who tarnished the repritation weas the previous owners when it was blue bannana for a brief time and matts bar before that in which it was a dive but give it a go even just for one drink you got nothing to lose have fun!!!!!!!!!!!
• Rain - at last, a club in Loughborough that isn't utterly shite.
• discoteca beta that it was, bit cold in winter tho with windows open! pulse now know as wild is popular and used to be packed, so did busters and peggys, now known as vice and beauchief
• Yep loughborough is a shit hole grow up there had a good night at pulse last night but u know what ive been places like birmingham for night life no probs but loughboroughs just full of f**king bad boy and girl wanabees f**king twats
• NOPE! Not in Lufbra unless you want sick on ya shoes and ya bag nicked, The beauchief is alrite...I work there on saturday nights
• echos sucks ass ! bouncers are feeble pathetic men and the talent are all students gross!! no high light s there but if u wanted fun i guess theres a f**king kebab van lol
• Having read a plethora of varied reports – most branding Echos a hell-hole I felt compelled to write and put the record straight! Yes the floor is sticky – consider this a bonus as it prevents sliding-induced accidents when enjoying Baywatch or performing any slightly un-hinged dance routine. Yes, at times the music might go off course, but from midnight you can predict the tunes thus building a sense of great anticipation and excitement. The toilets are always blocked, it’s sometimes hard to get to the bar due to the ego-aura surrounding the rugby union crowd, it’s empty during the holidays… But the drinks are cheap, everyone's there for a laugh, no dancing style will ever be frowned upon. Like an aged aunt, you have to get involved to love it. You have to understand Echos. Fond memories burst out of the doors of the place – diss it at your peril!
• 2005 Discoteca is the place to go, check out www.discotecauk.com for the latest info but lately DJs gracing the PURE FILTH nights have been, Danny Rampling, Jeremy Healy, MYNC Project, Graeme Park... the club is getting a refit shortly and caters for everone Young and Old. All the problems spots are the other end of town and scutters tend to head for Vice Versa (under age drinking and pub brawls essential) Pulse (would need no pulse to get me in this place)
• Get yourself down Echos on a Saturday night. The resurrection of the old Poptastic night has been going down a storm with students and locals alike. Expect queues if you go down after 11 though. Tip - the echos dj's also dj in the phantom scream pub beforehand if you want passes...
• As a 'young looking' 18 year old i would advise that u avoid 12 degrees (although it is pretty awesome) and bar euuropa. DONT FORGET-'YOUNG LOOKING' 18 YEAR OLDS KEEP THESE PLACES OPEN WHEN THE STUDENTS GO HOME
• DOES ANY ONE REMEMBER ECHOS BAR...IF YOU DO YOU HAVNT BEEN!!!
• Loughborough is the worst place i have ever been to, DO NOT GO OUT. The only place i would recommend is the union on a monday night - its called champagne and there are always more women than men there. legendary night.
• Check out Loughborough Acoustic Club. They meet every thursday and have a mix of music in Open Mike form or Guest Nights.It's a chance to still get a beer inside you but in a laid back way!!! I know they have a website if you're interested www.LoughboroughAcoustic.org
• pulse has *the* sticky floor, not nice. echos cheap drinks...cheap girls....expensive contraception. vice is ok providing it's not saturday night. except thursday night with the 'fresh faced' youth population of loughborough....
• Theres a once a year punk festival in Loughborough called Beefest, theres always some decent bands playing there if your into Punk Rock.
• if you like sticky floors, being ripped off, dense townies, drunken brawls, butt ugly women slags, arrogant thick people, illegal bouncers, cheesey crap music, low life scum, an abundance of 12 year olds, and venues that smell like a combination of piss and sick then Loughborough is for you
• Vice on fridays, Echoes on saturdays and whatever you do stay AWAY from Pulse
• Yikes nowhere decnt in Loughborough which is a shame as theres plenty of money to be made from student. If I win the lottery things may change...
• We're a group of lads who visit loughie for 2 weeks every 2 weeks. we love the nights out. You rarely pay more than a quid a pint get wrecked for less than 20 quid everyones a winner. True there are a few inbreds lurking in the dark corners of the rooms but avoid these urine smelling nomads and your laughing. Our nights consist of mondays- unicorn, come and watch the old ledgend break dancing like a crazy mofo. Get kicked out around 11 and pop into vice-versa till you drop. By the way our man b@#$$y f*x is lookin for a bit of dj work if the right people are reading this! Thursday is our other regular night out. Get ruined in amber room, turbo shandies for less than 3 dollar. good night mate! The gallery puts up with us for an hour or so belting out some tunes on the kareoke then finish off in pulse or vice-versa which then is the most expensive part of the week. If you fancy joining us come along to one of the venues above and look for 10 rowdy good lookin men singin dancin and gambling(busted). See ya round!!!
• i enjoy the company that appears in vicaversa it is a remarkably turned out place for loughborough. i met a lovely albanian fellow there and we conversed for simply hours about the lovely place that is albania. (i also met a right willy called graeme told you that he is a willy look how he spells his name) also met a simply lovely chappy called Pooter from nigeria. vice is wonderbar (see what i did there?!) if you want to meet people from all walks of life. come to vice ill see you there tally ho old fruit!
• PULSE has improved! Yes really. The place has been redecorated (no more huge sperm on the walls!), the carpet is new, and the sound system has been repaired. Thursday night is RnB / garage in small room, 80s/ 90s large room. the oldies night DJ is VERY stroppy (talk to his mates who are much more friendly) but he throws the odd club or grunge classic in to catch out the unsuspecting. Feb 2005
• Vice Versa commonly known as vice - Its lovely full of High School girls smoke and scary old guys. Nicest place in loughborough at the moment is Lloyds - The Amber Rooms (also one of the only place sin loughborough where you need to at least look 18)
• pulse = puke hole echoes = student tottie discotecca = dansing till yer drop
• pulse, echoes and discoteca are all shit, unless u want some fat slags trying get off with u, then u might like it.
• discoteca loughborough is a wicked night club, plenty of house music and top dj's. Stay away from cheesy night clubs such as pulse and echoes they are really shite.MBC , THE RUSHES, LOUGHBOROUGH, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, DJ STEVE G, 8PM TIL 1PM TOP HOUSE TUNES, FREE ENTRY, LOADS OF DRINKS OFFERS.
• The nicest club in Loughborough is definitely Vice-Versa. Its very tastefully turned out and they've sacked the DJ who used to get pissed and play hard house all night then pass out. AVOID Discoteca aka 'Tekka' at all costs. Its FULL of scallies and its not a nice place to be in. Equally as dodgy is Pulse. STICKY STICKY floor and the only club i've ever been in which is CARPETED! The music is crap and full of old old men!
• There is a under 16 or 18's club called magic. Never been but my friends have, they say it's safe and fun.
• Whoever said vice versa was Cheap do not believe them, Yeah its pretty good in there but £3 Quid a pint, and two pound summat for sambuca your having a giraffe, I cant be bothered with the clubs anymore, just go out to pub, and make sure youve got a couple of crates of lager back home then have a party, but if i had to reccomend a club its probably pulse, Always Full But not to full, I mean echoes goes from one extreme to the other on a friday Noone is there on a saturday you cant move, and discoteca, man i used to go there when i was 15, for the quid tequila slammers, got accused of drug dealing once when all i was doing was trying to buy drugs HOWS THAT DEALING, that got me banned for a couple of months
• All clubs are crap in loughborough!!!
• Jesus, the clubs in Loughborough are shite. I know nightclubs in general are pretty poor, but Loughborough has some of the finest examples of crap clubs. If you value your life, avoid Loughborough at night - there's more stabbings in this town than in downtown New York.
• my god where do i start? echos is an over priced dive only popular with people so far up there own arse its unbeleivable. the place plays noise not even recognizable as music (unless sweet child of mine comes on). pulse is a good laugh as it doesnt take itself as seriously as echos. you might find this hard to beleive but echos claims to be a nightclub!!!!!!!!!! pulse smells of sick but thats a bonus as it disguises your own BO!! the union is full of rich boy students who get pissed on 2 'nasties' and find being sick a form of entertainment. if you like queing and standing next to blokes who think the world owes them a favour then lboro is for you.
• I'm writting in response to the post where someone mentioned that all the people in discotea loughborough are under the age of 18 Well....... your actually wrong. on Fridays now Discoteca holds KAHUA which is one of the best house nights in Loughborough, There are DJ's such as Nick Correlli from The MYNC project, Strakes from passion, and in the coming weeks the homegrown boys from Manchester will be there keeping it loud. Alot of people attend this night and they are all over the age of 21. Once a month there is also a night called Pure Filth which has recently been graced with the appearance of Farley Jack Master Funk. The tunes were Jackin and the club was to full capacity. Visit www.kahua.co.uk
• Fuck you all discoteca is the place to be on a saturday night,its a great atmophere and you know every one up there, it is not full of underage drinkers and the music is grrreaaat, baricuda bar is another great pub because of the music and the people around you, its also a good place to be on a thursday night when it is only a pound a pint.
• pulse is SHIT. so is teca da whatton shed is the best
• Timmo in Teca. Dirt.
• for a small town it really ain't that bad.... honest! Simply follow this basic guide: Mondays at Echos. Tuesdays at ViceVersa. Wednesday either Echos, or Hey Ewe at the union, Thursday... dodgy, but if you must go out, brave Pulse. Fridays aren't complete without a trip to FND at the uni... Saturdays are townie days - play spot-the-chavva or just stay in! Sundays... pound a pint at the Phantom til midnight... sorted. Tip: the Griffin has pub2club discount cards at weekends for Echos... go late for cheap entry and minimum queuing!
• The Union is the only place in town worth going, although that's rapidly going downhill as they let anyone in these days...
• baracuda
• Echo's white room on a saturday night is chilling! it kills pulse or vice, the uk garage and rnb is sick! head to techa after echo's white room about 2ish til 5!
• i'm afraid to say but echoes and the union
• no clubs in loughborough are worht it, Pulse has a sticky floor, my mate trod in glass there cos her shoe had stuck to the ground! try Vice Versa for a smoother drink and a nice dance
• vice versa
• Freedom every Thursday at the EHB - Free Entry featuring Loughborough's Premier DJ - 'Smelly Ash'
• Well L'boro has no good clubs! Bars would be Barracuda and maybe Vice Versa. Head 2 Leicester or Notts 4 good clubs
• vica versa is bad good tunes cheap drinks and a freindly up 4it environment, 4get discotecha the spice girls went out a long time ago!!!
• The Famed Discoteca, Sadly Ive been Banned, I think they got fed up of having to carry me out all the time after i had a shitload of £1 Shots of tequila
• pulse-smells of cheesy feet echos-smells of vomit both play cheesy crap
• Pulse, Discoteca, X Treme - h8 clubbin myself
• The clubs in this towm are crap full of underaged drinkers - its sooo obvious and crap music. Best to go to the pubs like Llodys, unicorn and Gallery they all have a good atomosphere and music you and your mates can have a good boogie to.
• best places now are orange tree, vice versa, baracuda bar and moon and bell. Sadly the only good place to dance is thurs at pulse - if you're into 60's/70's
• Vice Versa is absoulutly gorgeous!!!!!! and definatly the BEST place in Loughborough!! and only £2 entry! discoteca is just full of 15yr olds from the high school, grammer school and convent and a few others!! and the other clubs arent up to much either! go to Vice Versa!!
• It used to be next door to the Curzon!!!!!!!!!!! Cant remember the managers name who made our life hell (or so we thought!!!!!! how innocent!!!!!!) but he did pass away at an early age
• This Summer (2001) XS has had a refit and is now being called Echoes once again!!! Apparently most of the money spent on doing the club up has gone on the loos! Crystals is the place to be though on a Tuesday nite,and Vice Versa is good too, straying away from cheesy music which seems to infiltrate all of the bars and (3) clubs Lufbra hosts!!!
• Pulse is crap and it smells funny. Rather like the caretakers cupboard at schools.
• Pulse, well there will always be a fight that you can spectate, or go and harrass a barman called Martin. that's always fun! Club XS has cheap drinks on a saturday nights, and poles so u can poledance, and toilets with no doors. there is no need to have privacy from your friends let alone the rest of lufbra apparently.
• pulse. Does under 18 nights too for teenybopping townies.
• CLUB XS IS ONE OF THE BEST CLUBS IN LOUGHBOROUGH NOW. IT MAY NOT HAVE IMPROVED AS SUCH. BUT LETS FACE IT PULSE IS A SHIT HOLE NOW DAYS. YOU STICK TO THE FLOOR AND IT STINKS TO HIGH HEVEN IN THE CLUB AND THE TOILETS. AND AS FOR DISCOTECA I HAVE ONLY EVER BEEN THERE ONCE AND I WALKED IN SEEN HOW CRAP IT WAS AND WALKED STRAIGHT OUT.
• Pulse Nitghtclub in Loughborough is wicked (don't care what anyone says, you've gotta have a bit of tackiness sometime!) and even better if you are an underage clubber, cos they let most people in, especially girls in very low cut tops- flirt with the bouncer and your in. DOn't forget to check out the interior, most people don't realise this but the walls in Pulse are adorned with giant blue sperm. I've had some wicked nights in Pulse....
• Pulse nite club, with its spunky walls! YOU GOTTA LOVE IT !
• pub - Beauchief Hotel (formerly Peggy's Bar) - loadsa local bands playing
• The Pulse is shite awful and a spawning ground for amoebas in stilletoes! The staff are ignorant and look like they'd club you if you met them down a dark alley! Steer well clear....V/Verca is a reburbished Busters, the clientele are as tacky as ever
• Diabolical! Never ever, ever, ever go to Pulse.
• Pulse is in loughborough next to argos on the main street i love it i go every week, in the big room the music is shite seventees and eightees music which is allright for a wile but it soon pisses you off but the small room is banging hard house and trance played on friday and saturday nights. it does have more of a yunger crowd than most of the clubs in loughborough except(clubxs) which a youth club would be better named. i hate it in clubxs the music is shite and the clientel is much to be desired. Discotecca is quite good the music can get a little crap but its fun and the beers cheap. Iv'e only been in vice versa once it's over 21 but the club it's self is clean and cool the music is good and it's always full of the opposite sex.
• Pulse, well what can i say, it's ok, in moderation.... All the little kiddies go to the one near the halifax...
• Pulse, everybodies nightmare. Unless youre balding in cowboy boots and Adam Sielbles dad; A.K.A Mr. Wonderful. Plays cheesy chart crap in one room, and cheesy chart dance crap in the other. Go if you want to get bottled, pelted down the stairs by the illeagal bouncers and pursued by girls in sovereign rings and white peddle pushers wanting to know why you were "looking at her boyfriend". Dont even bother with the truth, "Because he's dancing like an ape on speed" cause it will only result in her immitation gold jewellry leaving a nasty gold stain on your gob. Club XS, the old echoes. Always empty, but for the token few that do turn up, its cheap you can wear your trainers and hoods without any hassle. we even got past without paying pretty easily, but dont everybody do it. thats our trick. Barely any white peddle pushers. More students than Shelthorpe chippy workers. Reflected occasionally in the music. But dont break dance, the bouncers dont like it, however comedy you manage to make it. Discotecca, wouldnt with yours. Except on the occasional studenty type night, but even still you get all the stereotyped student anthems. Leave it out Damon Albarn. Just for one week. Recognised DJ's? If thats referring to local dropouts; Ashley Turner, fat, freckly, ex performing arts student=loud and annoying, V'S Dj Scrawney on the decks, an ex school heart throb turned cradle snatcher. Possibly got off with the majority of the 12 year old girls who fancied him at Harry Carlton. If you miss their stint at 'tecca' then you might possibly be able to catch them handing out their own flyers beforehand. showbiz.
• AVOID LOUGHBOROUGH LIKE THE PLAGUE IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AFTER 11PM. I just moved down to bournemouth to goto uni, comparing bournemouth and in particular, Slinky (Slinky just rox man, i spent 2 weeks in to have 1 good night there ffs) is like comparing a sunday dinner to the contents of a babys nappy! the Zone, which no longer runs since mr walsh and mr schofield (hello donna chaz)decided to turn it into a posh place for over 20's. or basically theyre saying no under 18's. either way we all get in, whether thats because the guys on the door know us as one of my best mates gfs dads is mr schofield or whether we actually ARE over 18 and still stupid enough to go out. Go nottingham, i went there for my 18th and spent £100, twas fantastic, although ive promised myself im going to check out Slinky @ Industria on the friday before xmas.
• "No true Lufbronian [sic] would have a bad word to say about (krystals) pulse!" What the fuck is that all about???? Despite the fact I'm only guessing that I qualify as a 'Lufbronian' (whatever that is), I have to take issue with this point. Pulse always has been, and ever shall be, a complete and utter shit-hole.
• No true Lufbronian would have a bad word to say about (krystals) pulse! Ive had some great nights there! though the bouncers can get ruff if they spot you in the wrong loos!!! be warned! Pulse rocks man!
• Pulse, Loughborough's answer to the Ministry Of Sound is a saddly pathetic little place with a remarkably varied age group among it's clientelle. Music is on the Stilton side of cheesey and the DJ's could be charitably described as ropey. If you want to spend a mint and wake up the next morning wishing that you'd stayed at home listening to Grandma talking about the war, don't miss out on pulse, the premier nitespot in town.
• The Zone has really banging music these days (but it's joined to Busters with the Maestro of Cheese himself DJing every night - where did they find that guy?) If you like hard house/trance, the Zone is cool.
• The club.....(which was by all accounts shite) has now been replaced by Discotecca- which although it has the crappiest name by far is by far the best club in Luffbra. it has the nicest interior, and ought to be given a chance- at the moment it is populated by a large group of remarkably young 18 year olds and the odd student with taste- give the place a chance- it beats pulse hands down.
• Echos is now "Club XS" (same shit,diffrent name) Fri/Sats have legal drinkers who could be mistaken for 16 year olds. Anything at the Union is shit,with Rugger me Bugger me boys.
• Club XS (formerly Echo's). Just like when they changed 'Marathon' bars into 'Snickers' bars, the differences between old and new are miniscule.
• Shock horror! Echo's has been bought by XS Leisure, and the Snooker bit is being turned into an American Pool Hall. What will happen to the club?
• Echo's, on Monday nights, just to see if Jim manages to stay awake in the DJ box all night.
• Busters has a dance room called The Zone and the girls in there are alot cheaper than your average prostitute.
• The three clubs in town are; Echoes, moshy punk night on mondays, student night wednesdays, friday and saturday are townie nights. Capacity around 500. The Club, Monday hosts an R&B and Hip Hop night, tuesday is a cheap drink night, Friday night the club hosts some well known DJs. Capacity around 250. Pulse, Tuesday is student night, Thursday is student/seventies night, friday and saturday are townie nights. Capacity around 700. It only costs £8 to get a taxi to the Emporium in Coalville where top night Passion is held every saturday, best DJs in the area and guaranteed a good night.
• A top place to go is the PULSE. They have just had a half million pound re-fit and its ace. Allthough the music will deften you for the following day. Entrace is cheaper b4 11.
• 'The Club' is a new club in town - it used to be called TJs. Don't take any drugs in or you will take a beating.
• NOT MUCH THEY'RE ALL A BIT CRAP. VENTURE INTO NOTTINGHAM AND LEICSTER. THERE MUCH BETTER.
• Labour Club (free live bands every Saturday)
• The Pulse, in town. It's shite though, with a very young crowd.
  Pulse and if you like youngsters go to Echos which is shite.
  What used to be 'Krystals' (above Barnados and Argos...ha, ha, ha) is now called 'Pulse' - more of the same I should think.
  The Pulse is the best of the three nightclubs in Loughborough, and can get quite busy at weekends and on student night. However, there are still far more blokes around than girls, regardless of age.
• There are no clubs of note in the town unless you count Echo's, whose one claim to fame is that Bianca from Eastenders once threw up in the ladies.
  I am one of the Doormen at Echo's, as well as a Uni Student, and we have had more celebrities down there than Patsy Palmer and the subsequent river of vomit!! We have had Vicky from Coronation Street twice, Melanie Williams ( c/o Pure Filth 1995. ) Mel B. and Nigel Benn ( at a do c/o Loughborough Uni. ) We also have famous top talented DJ's on a monthly basis at 7th.Heaven, such as Seb Fontaine, Chris & James + the Mixmag tour, John Digweed and Daniele Davoli. Numerous extras also participate on 7th. Heaven nights as well, adding to the atmosphere.

Live Music Venues

• Lufbra Students Union - They have loads of famous big bands and people - e.g. Goldie Looking Chain, Tim Westwood, Liberty X, Scott Mills, Sara Cox, Bowling For Soup, Actors from Hollyoaks & Neighbours, People from Big Brother and Jo O'meara - Even Jordan's been here! The Union is a popular place. (March 2006)
• Victoria at Coalville
• Rock City in Nottingham.
• the shed round the back of the grreyhound
• Go to The Charlotte in Leicester. I love the atmosphere and teh bands often meet and greet!
• Check out Loughborough Acoustic Club. They meet every thursday and have a mix of music in Open Mike form or Guest Nights.It's a chance to still get a beer inside you but in a laid back way!!! I know they have a website if you're interested www.LoughboroughAcoustic.org
• the shed and charlotte at leicester obviously. lough, 3 nuns has some good bands, and orange tree occasionally have live bands, though not as often these days...couldnt find any one good.
• NOT THE SHED, its so crap, ask anyone. ok its alright for young bands getting started and getting the name out, but in the end its a shit venue. The Charlotte has LOADS of bands playing all the time, and The Attik does All Ages gigs which is good.
• Bands come to Loughborough?!, ROFL hahahahahaaahaha
• there is a small orchestra of which i am a member with my adored harp which you are welcome to come and listen to at the high school
• notts leicester, uni
• not heard of any in loughborough that play good bands, even if new. ROCK CITY is well good in nottingham they play really new bands usually.
• go to the charlotte in leicester, rockin venue
• Rock City In Nottingham, and the charlotte in leicester also on thursday nights the student union has rock djs and bands on
• Jam session and singers combo night hosted by Bruce Bateson every Sunday at the Doghouse, next door to the Greyhound, Nottingham Road, Loughborough. Singers and instrumentalists welcome: guitarists, bassists, drummers, saxophonists, brass, harmonica players, etc, etc. Come and enjoy playing all styles of music with other musicians - anything from Summertime to Avril Lavigne. Bring your friends and instruments.
• Three Nuns
• venture to nottongham rock city if you hav any sense
• i went to see iron maiden at nottingham ice arena so i guess that.
• theres a band stand in the park and the carrilion plays some good tunes, apart from that its sh###te
• the shed / rock city / greyhound inn
• we go to the famous VICTORIA BIKERS PUB in coalville the best live music venue on this planet for rock related music see www.vicbikerspub.co.uk
• Go to the three nuns they sometimes have bands play or go to the charlotte
• The shed in leicester
• The Hanger - EHB
• The Three Nuns apparently, Notts is good w/ Ice Arena, Rock City (OKish) and the awesome Junktion 7
• As far as i remember the Newshouse does a fairly chilled live night in a sunday night, with plenty of covers (indie, bit of 60's etc) and the atmos is pretty good
• Town Hall and the uni - not great choice really
• ***The three nuns is one that sticks in my mine. It pretty small but very personal. Ive seen some great acts in there. Outside is always alot of fun (it might not be the place jsut the memories!! :P) But i do recomand to see and band there.
• Try the Orange Tree (Sunday nights) or the 3 Nuns on Churchgate on Saturday night. Orange Tree does get really packed with students though but thankfully it's not too bad on a Sunday.
• Every where in the Uni! Suicide tower as we knew it had bands and gigs pouring from every oriface and of course all the up and coming stars started in the uni! paul young (not a personal favourite) john lydon with PIL - a definate for my youthhood...................
• the labour club, but someone shut it down. the town hall, for the trendy oldies or the union
• There are times when the University has classical concerts. Usually by the East Midlands Orchestra. One hopes for more!
• Students Union
• The Orange Tree is the place to be on a sunny Sunday afternoon, haver good bands and potent cocktails (depending on who serves you)
• Best Venue around is Rock City in nearby Nottingham. Not stricly Loughborough but you can get the number 1 bus to it from there. Does that count?
• The Griffin has sadly (?) decided to knock live music on the head. Fortunately, it is being replaced by a live DJ, the legendary Jim Shady (real name: Jim Hartley) once of Echo's fame.
• Anywhere where you have a radio 107 Oak FM
• The Griffin!!! Although after the appearance of the diabolical Red House (fuck me, were THEY bad!), we can only hope that the pub will have its' entertainment licence revoked.
• Student Union - not!!! When will some decent bands be booked for Thursday nights? Failing that, some bands that we have heard of! When I were a lad, it were all Ocean Colour Scene and pre-fame Radiohead round here. Even the Neds played a couple of times. Now, it's all gone to pot.
• Uni Union on thursday night
• The Three Nuns on Churchgate have live bands every Tuesday & Saturday nights, and Jazz bands play the first Wednesday of every month.
• Swan In The Rushes - Cracking bues and quite often a lock in to boot. Beware - Tim from JUST MUSIC drinks in here, with his mate Chris and his brother Chris (bit of a pattern devloping Timmy boy??....... The Packhorse - bottom of South Street - good for folk
• Like Jazz? Try The Priory, top of Nanpanton Road, on Saturdays.
• Leicester and Nottingham.

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