Atrium Vital
Vital Statistics
Atrium operates nightly Monday to Saturday as a late night bar.
Atmosphere
A unique venue providing a more relaxed and laid back vibe than most clubs, but at the same time housing a funky little basement club providing soulful house for die-hard dancers. The groundfloor sounds are distinctly 70s Motown and upstairs provides a hip hop, old school and R&B flavour. The restaurant is open till late and the music content changes to suit the crowd. We call it FUNKY without the KY.
Where?
The Grand Arcade, Merrion Street 0113 242 6116
Baja Beach Club
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Mon, Wed, Thu: 9pm - 2am Tue: 9.30pm - 2.30am Fri - Sat: 8pm-2.30am Sun: 9pm-1am
Atmosphere
Super-cheesy beach-themed club. It's cheap, it's busy, it has bar staff in bikinis... Monday night is student night.
Where?
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds 01132454088
Bar Phono
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Fridays: 10-2.30 White Rabbit - a trip to the 60s and 70s Saturdays: 9-2.30 Oblivion - metal, goth, punk, weird stuff Sundays: 7-11 Black Sheep - goth, EBM, industrial
Atmosphere
If you want something a bit different, it offers it, from hard techno to jungle to funky house to extreme metal to all shades of Goth! Just the one dance room so you could say it's small but intimate. It has various types of music played and it all depends on which night you go on. Mostly it's heavy metal and it's full of goths. The drinks are cheap so there you are ...
Where?
16 Merrion Centre, Leeds www.barphono.com
Bassment
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Thu 10pm-2am, Fri 10pm-3am, Sat 9pm-2.30am
Atmosphere
Alternative music: Nu-metal, goth, rock and techno
Where?
Wade Lane, The Merrion Centre, Leeds 0113 2429 222
Birdcage
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Wed: So 80s, 9pm - 2am Thurs: Back to the 90s, 9pm - 2am Fri: Drag tribute show, 3pm - 3am Sat: Drag extravganza, 8pm - 3am Sun: An Audience with Miss Orry, 9pm - 1am
Atmosphere
Cabaret, comedy and more. Very popular with hen and stag parties.
Where?
52 - 56 Boar Lane 0113 2467273 http://www.birdcagelive.com/
Bondi Beach Bar
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Mon-Sat 5pm-2.30am, Sun 5pm-10.30pm
Atmosphere
Cheesy beach-themed club with bikini clad bar staff.
Where?
Queens Building, City Square 01132434733
Cockpit
Atmosphere
Voted Venue of the Year 2002 by listeners to Steve Lamacq’s Evening Session on Radio , the Cockpit provides relief from Leeds' dance-orientated club scene. Indie/Alternative music with regular theme nights, the Cockpit is also a popular live music venue for both well-known and unsigned bands.
Where?
Swinegate, Leeds 0113 2441573 http://www.thecockpit.co.uk/
Creation
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Mon - Thurs: 5pm - 2am Fri - Sat: 5pm - 3am Sun: 5pm - 1am
Atmosphere
Three rooms of music. Theme nights every night including recreation on fridays and the Sunday Mass on Sundays.
Where?
53 Cookridge Street, Leeds 0113 2427272 http://www.creation-leeds.co.uk/
Discotheque
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Mon - Wed & Fridays 9.30pm - 2am; Saturday 9.30pm - late
Atmosphere
Owned by Gatecrasher, so expect lots of the commercial end of the dance scene. A dressed up crowd who want to be seen in this club formerly known as Uropa.
Where?
56-58, New Briggate, Leeds
http://www.neverstandstill.com/discotheque
The Elbow Room
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Thurs: 9pm-2am - shoesoul urban-sound-escape-is'm-skiz'm, dubrootshiphopsoul & funk from resident DJs. Entry free (except for guest nights). Fri: The Spot - afrolatin, disco and deep soulful house. Entry free. Sat: Sugarbeat Club, £5
Atmosphere
The elbow room is a very laid back venue combining a dance club bar and pool hall with soulful and funky music.
Where?
64 Call Lane, Leeds 0113 245 7011 http://www.sugarbeatclub.com
Elemental
Vital Statistics
Mon-Sat: 12noon - 2am
Atmosphere
Pretty small, with a funky sunken dancefloor, elemental is perfect for those pre and post clubbing drinks. Tapas is on the menu every evening, and a there’s a happy hour after 8 to ease the struggling wallet. Go and wind down after a manic night at Speedqueen, or enjoy the tunes played by Butch every Monday.
Where?
Lower floor of the Corn Exchange, Vicar Lane 0113 2443906
Evolution
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Mon,Thu,Fri,Sat: 10pm-2am
Atmosphere
Popular with students. Huge club a bit out of the city centre. Drink promotion nights such as Vodka Leeds. Party hits and dance anthems. One day a month Evolution hosts the famous Sundissential hard house night.
Where?
Cardigan Fields, Kirkstall Road, Leeds 01132632632 http://www.clubevolution.co.uk
Fab Cafe
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Monday – Saturday: 4.30pm to 2am Sunday: 6pm to 12.30am
Atmosphere
The ultimate in kitsch retro cool with 70s and 80s tv, film and sci-fi memorabilia and video games. The music matches the decor! There are a number of themed nights through the week.
Where?
46 Woodhouse Lane, Merrion Centre, Leeds 0113 2449009
Federation
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The Dark Arches in Granary Wharf. First Saturday of every month. 10PM -4AM
Atmsosphere
Funky, vocal house in main room and original classics on terrace. Tunes, pique and nique, you will miss me/ junior jack, e_samba. DJs: Stuart Robinson, Alan Thompson and Tony Walker. Cost: £15 on the door or advance tickets at £10 from Fibre, Dam Jeans and Clone Zone in Leeds or by credit car on 0161 832 1111 See our Federation review.
Halo
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Student nights Mon, Tues, Weds, and Thursday.
Atmosphere
The club is a converted old church. Each student night is different music, ranging from youre old cheesy choons on a Wednesday to the only vocal garage night in Leeds on Tuesday.
Where?
St David's Church, Woodhouse Lane 0113 245 9263
Heaven & Hell
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70's disco, 80's pop & 90's chart, party, garage, house and trance music played across three floors in the heart of Leeds city centre.
Atmosphere
Heaven and Hell is a predictably cheesy town nightclub. There are two floors, called Heaven and Hell respectively. Heaven is the cheesy disco music whilst Hell is commercial dance. There is also Bar Purgatory of relaxed soul and swing. Gets very busy at weekends - particularly hen nights.
Where?
Grand Arcade, 9 Merrion Street 0113 243 9963 http://www.heavenandhell.co.uk/
HiFi Club
Vital Statistics
Open 10pm-2am Mon and Wed, 10pm-2.30am Thurs, 10om-3am Fri and Sat, and 12noon-10.30pm Sun. Available for private hire on Tuesdays.
Atmosphere
The Hifi Club is small and friendly, with enough different nights to suit everyone. ‘Moveonup’ on a Wednesday offers 60s and 70s soul, in a chilled yet funky atmosphere. Check out their Sunday lunch menu – delectable to say the least!
Where?
2 Central Road, Leeds 0113 2427353 http://www.thehificlub.co.uk
Majestyk
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Tue - Thurs: 10pm - 2.30pm Fri: 10pm - 3am Sat: 10pm - 3.30am (Over 20+) Prices range from £1 (NUS) to £7 Dress smart
Atmosphere
Majestyk has the reputation as being the biggest and best club in Leeds. There's plenty of student nights during the week but not at the weekend. Plenty of different music being played and plenty of action happening.
Where?
City Square, Leeds http://www.majestyk.co.uk
The Mint Club
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Thurs: Funky Wormhole, funk, Motown, disco, 10pm - 2.30am, £4 Friday - £7 / £6. Saturday - £10 / £8
Atmosphere
This is a modern trendy venue, playing funky and underground house by international DJ's. It has a capacity of 550.
Where?
8 Harrison Street, Leeds
Northern Light
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Ground floor: Mon – Sat: noon until midnight First floor: Thurs, Fri, Sat: until 2am
Atmosphere
Ground floor is a bar/bistro. The first floor club has a capacity of 600 including a cocktail lounge.
Where?
Cross York St, Leeds, LS2 7EE 01132436446
Oceana
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Mon - Sat 11am - 5pm: Members only Mon - Sat open until 3am
Atmosphere
Seven room club with themed rooms, and the whole thing cost £7m to launch, apparently. Pricey and aspirational.
Where?
16-18 Woodhouse Lane 0113 243 8229
Oslo
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5pm - 2am Monday - Thursday 5 pm - 4am Friday - Saturday Alternative Saturdays: Make Love
Atmosphere
Described as a cut above your average drinking establishment Oslo is a warren of tunnels and booths, that offer a degree of privacy even when it is busy. After 2am at the weekend they serve hot chocolate and coffee.
Where?
174 Lower Briggate, Leeds 0113 245 7768 http://www.oslo-bar.co.uk/
Paradise
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Sat: Kahuna, a blend of uplifting funky house music with a selection of clubbing anthems, 10pm - 5am
Atmosphere
Situated on New York Street in the building that used to house Fluid. Four bars over three rooms.
Where?
New York Street 07949429065 http://www.clubparadise.org.uk/
Peephouse
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Thu-Sat 12pm-2am, Various nights Sun 11am-10pm: Back2Mine
Atmosphere
Stinky's Peephouse can be found in a quiet area only a few minutes from town. Spread across three small floors, and with a garden for the summer, the venue successfully bridges the gap between bar and club.
Where?
76 York Street 01132470606
Rehab
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Thurs: Coffy, RnB, hip hop and rap, 10pm - 2.30am Fri: Fad, 10pm - 4pm Sat: 10pm - 4am
Atmosphere
Rehab is described as offering "treatment for the post-chemical generation". Two rooms of funky house, bar staff dressed in medical uniform, beautiful people.
Where?
Assembly Street, Leeds (behind the corn exchange) 0113 223 7644
Room
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Room restaurant lounge bar is open from 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Monday. From 11.00a.m. - 12.00pm Tuesday & Wednesday and from 11:00 a.m.- 2.00 a.m. Thursday to Saturday. (Closed Sunday). Room Late runs every Friday and Saturday. An entry fee of £5.00 after 10.30pm will apply with the night running through until the early hours.
Atmoshere
Room Late plays host to some of Europe's most sout after lounge DJ's and live acts. Room Late hopes to establish itself as the heart of a new generation of martini sipping, champagne drinking swingers who search for the most happening music, set in an atmosphere of lounge driven sophistication.
Where?
Room Restaurant Lounge Bar - Bond House, The Bourse Courtyard, Boar Lane, Leeds LS1 5DE 0113 242 6161 http:// www.roomleeds.com
Space
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Tue - Thurs: 10pm - 2.30pm Fri - Sat: 10pm - 4am
Atmosphere
Since The Space opened in 1999 it's become a place where it's good to be seen in! They play all housey dancey type stuff and if youre into this type of music then yes The space is The Place
Where?
Hirst's Yard, Leeds www.e-dance.co.uk
Stylus
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Stylus operates on Fridays and Saturdays as a late night bar and 1200 Capacity nightclub with occasional one off events and gigs (incl. Public Enemy, Carl Cox, Grand Master Flash and Ms Dynamite in the last 12 months). Fri 10pm-3am (Fruity, NUS Only, £3) Sat 9pm-3am (Monthly nights on rotation incl. Brighton Beach, Wendy House, Drum Major and one off gigs).
Atmosphere
Won the BEDA Best Student Union Nightclub of 2002 and has built upon its reputation for bringing in the biggest names to the Leeds Club scene. A variety of nights each bring their own atmosphere - ranging from up for it house with Carl Cox to soulful RnB with the likes of Ms Dynamite and from Wendy House alternative gothic through to Brighton Beach's mod-tastic scooter crews.
Where?
Leeds University Students Union, Lifton Place (on campus) www.luuonline.com/events
The Terrace
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The Terrace operates every day as a cafe bar with laid back soulful music policy in the day time, stepping up a level with hip hop and break beats in the evening. The Terrace House Band, giving a forum for the best musicians in Leeds via the Leeds Musicians Network, plays funk old and new every Monday of term time. Every day 9am - 11pm
Atmosphere
Chilled out with its own Terrace to the rear of the bar, catching the sun in the long Leeds summers...hmm! Loads of sofas and its own adjoining cafe. Acts as Stylus' feeder bar on Friday and Saturday nights with music policy set to get you in the dancing mood.
Where?
Leeds University Students Union, Lifton Place (on campus) www.luuonline.com/events
Wardrobe
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Mon-Wed 7.30pm-12pm, Thu 8pm-12pm, Fri 8.30pm-2am, Sat 10am-2am, Closed Sun
Atmosphere
A funky jazzy American-style bar that serves food as well. Live jazz and blues music downstairs. Regular nights include Melting Pot on Fridays and Rootdown on Saturday night.
Where?
St Peter's Square, Leeds 0113 3838800 http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk/
Warehouse
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Tue 10pm - 2am , Wed 8pm - 1am , Thu 9.30pm - 2am , Fri 10pm - 3am , Sat 10pm - 4am
Atmosphere
Probably one of the best known clubs in Leeds. Live music events, djs and theme nights - varied music.
Where?
19-20 Somers Street, Leeds 0113 246 8287
Wire
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Clubnights Wed - Thu 10pm - 2am; Fri - Sat 10pm - 3am; Sun 8pm - 1am. Available for private hire on Mondays, Tuesdays and selected Sundays.
Atmosphere
Formerly the Think Tank, Wire has a swanky new decor and get this...air conditioning...in a basement club!!! Music policy is aimed squarely at fashionistas in their late teens and early twenties.
Where?
2-8 Call Lane, Leeds 0113 243 1481 http://www.wireclub.co.uk
