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VENUES IN LEEDS:

HIFI:

The HiFi Club is a nightclub and live music venue in Leeds, England. Three times winner of both the “Best Nightclub” and “Best Live Music Venue” at the annual Leeds Bar & Club Awards, we are a friendly and welcoming spot with an emphasis on quality music and drinks. We have a range of DJ led and live music nights based around a variety of musical genres including soul, funk, jazz, indie, rock and hip hop, sitting alongside our ever popular Saturday evening Comedy Club. 

We are also available for hire for private parties and club nights. Please have a look around our website and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries at all. We also have a free membership scheme that offers members discounts to all our events and regular special offers and monthly newsletters on upcoming events.

ARTISTS THAT HAVE PLAYED AT HIFI

Having been voted 'Best Live Entertainment Venue' at the Leeds Bar & Club Awards (on 3 occasions may we add!), The HiFi Club has now become synonymous with showcasing the finest artists from all four corners of the globe. Past acts to grace our stage include SBTRKT, Aloe Blacc, Lykke Li, Ugly Duckling, Jehst, Little Dragon, Mayer Hawthorne, Michael Kiwanuka, Fink, Haggis Horns, Corinne Bailey Rae & DJ Format to name but a few! We are also famed for our live comedy shows here at HiFi. Everyone from Alan Carr to Reginald D Hunter has performed on our glorious stage and there's plenty more top names lined up!

MOVE ON UP-every wednesday night

About:

Moveonup is the north's longest running weekly soul night! Come and dance, dance, dance to the soul sounds of Tamla Motown, Northern Soul, Stax, Atlantic, Girl Groups and Sixties Beats! The hugely popular Moveonup has a playlist that includes:

Esther Philips, Yum Yums, Martha & The Vandellas, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Rita Dacosta, The Fabulettes, The Sonics, The Supremes, Barbara Acklin, The Mohawks, Marvin Gaye, Buddy Rich and many, many more!  

We often reach full capacity so make sure to get down early! 

History:

The basement 60s soul party that is MoveOnUp first started attracting the clubbers of Leeds to their weekly residency at the long gone but much missed basement jazz club The Underground in 1996. Founded by DJs and Promoters Ed Mason and John Morelli the night vast became an established landmark of the Leeds social scene! Following the closure of The Underground in summer 2000 the promoters opened their own venue, The HiFi! Now home to MOU and joined by resident DJ and soul aficionado Matt Bolton, the night has been a staple of The HiFi Club and the Leeds nightlife scene ever since. 

'MoveOnUp is guaranteed to bring a little swinging sixties sunshine into your life. It’s the kind of night where it is an impossibility not to shout out ‘oh I love this song’ on average about every five minutes!' LEEDS STUDENT

NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS:

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Push It

10pm – 3am / Free Entry

The return of the trigger finger flexing unpretentious Hip Hop night thats gonna be throwing out stuff like Jay-Z, Run DMC, Kanye, Grandmaster Flash, Nas, De La Soul and anything aimed to make your legs move. Free fist pumping and high fives all night.

Willis Earl Beal

8pm / Split venue / £4 adv / £5 on the door

Willis Earl Beal live

Recently signed to XL Recrdings label Hot Charity, Willis will be doing a handful of low key UK shows, this is his first trip to the UK so its his first time in Leeds. Expect him to be quite the buzz this summer.

Capture The Flag

10pm – late / Free Entry

Ben and Barrie sip tea and spin modern indie American classics such as Of Montreal, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Pixies, Pavement, Postal Service, Royal Trux, Elliott Smith, Afghan Whigs, Lemonheads, Beck, Bikini Kill, Yo La Tengo.

Got Games?

4pm DJs / 7pm Quiz / £1 per person / 9pm Films

We’re excited to bring you our new weekly quiz hosted by Leeds’ very own Alister Tant (DJ of the year 2011). Its £1 per person to take part, there’ll be good prizes of beer and rubbish prizes of £1 pound shop tat, just depends how you do. Its all general knowledge with bits of music, film and questions about footwear. Anna Conrad and friends will DJ every week from 4pm.

Pale Seas

8.30pm / Free Entry

Pale Seas live / Arbeia live / The Spirit of John live

A lovely night of weird folky stuff with three smashing acts. Expect hear lots of hushed whispering and open toes sandles, most likely there’ll be some beard action going on too.

Dutch Uncles

8.30pm / £7 advance / £9 on the door

Dutch Uncles / Mammal Club / Karma djs

Dutch Uncles need no ontroduction to Leeds, they have the winning formula of great disjointed pop songs ala Josef K, ESG and the jerky playfulness of Friendly Fires or The Maccabees, this is their SXSW warm up so come down and feel free to show some love.

G/A/M/E T/I/M/E

10pm – 3am / Free Entry

Game Time has already cemented its size 13 Nike Dunks into Leeds clubbing mythology by being the quickest night to be ripped off by every other promoter. This is the original and number one Game Time with free Kool Aid and Fried Chicken. Expect Crunk, Hyphy, Dirty Hip Hop and so much swagger its dripping off the ceiling. Bounce fool!

No Bones

10pm – late / Free Entry

Our famous resident party, nothing pretentious – Expect to hear Azealia Banks / Tyler the Creator / M83 / Battles / Tom Vek / LCD Soundsystem / Friends / Caribou / Death Grips / Chairlift / Big K.R.I.T / Toro Y Moi / Washed Out / M.I.A / Frank Ocean / The War on Drugs and more

Got Games?

4pm DJs / 7pm Quiz / £1 per person / 9pm Films

We’re excited to bring you our new weekly quiz hosted by Leeds’ very own Alister Tant (DJ of the year 2011). Its £1 per person to take part, there’ll be good prizes of beer and rubbish prizes of £1 pound shop tat, just depends how you do. Its all general knowledge with bits of music, film and questions about footwear. Anna Conrad and friends will DJ every week from 4pm.

Heartships

8.30pm / Free Entry

Heartships / Plus Special Guests

We’re huge fans of Heartships here at Nation of Shopkeepers, they are definitely one of the best live acts in Leeds right now, see them in a small venue while you can. For fans of The National, Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse.

The Milk

9pm / Free Entry

The Milk live / Drunkard Walk djs / Plus Special Guests

R’n'B-rockabilly-soul quartet, who pack a punch harder than Eddie Cochrane. Produced by Brad from Nextmen and having huge similarities Pauls Boutique era Beaties’ is no bad thing. Expect to see them at every festival this summer, let the good times roll!

The Dirty Otter Club

10pm – late / Free Entry

Matty and James swing like true players and hang like its 1997, throwing around stuff like Andrew WK, Fugazi, Blink 182, mixed with some dumb Hip Hop and big electro tunes it’s a mess of music which only does one thing, entertain, in its most honest sense, utter bonkers.

Got Games?

4pm DJs / 7pm Quiz / £1 per person / 9pm Films

We’re excited to bring you our new weekly quiz hosted by Leeds’ very own Alister Tant (DJ of the year 2011). Its £1 per person to take part, there’ll be good prizes of beer and rubbish prizes of £1 pound shop tat, just depends how you do. Its all general knowledge with bits of music, film and questions about footwear. Anna Conrad and friends will DJ every week from 4pm.

THE COCKPIT:

History of The Cockpit

The Cockpit is an independently run live music and club venue in the heart of Leeds City Centre managed by locally based promoters Futuresound Music. The venue is built underneath a series of three railway arches, giving the venue its distinctive curved ceilings.

The Cockpit opened in 1994 and was previously called The Cock of the North pub. The alternative live music venue was set up by Colin Oliver (still the main band promoter and owner at The Cockpit), while Richard Todd (who joined him a few months later) took charge of our alternative club nights and began the now legendary club, Brighton Beach.

Since opening in 1994, the Cockpit has attracted some of the biggest names in music to Leeds and has remained dedicated to seeking out the most exciting new bands at the very start of their careers. In the last 15 years we've seen Coldplay, The White Stripes, Amy Winehouse, Queens of the Stoneage, Flaming Lips, The Libertines, Mars Volta, My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco, The Hives, Elastica, Les Savy Fav, The Killers, At The Drive In, Fall Out Boy, Hot Chip and Bloc Party amongst many, many others take to the Cockpit stages for truly legendary performances.

Gigs take place on our three stages most nights of the week showcasing bands from the Leeds music scene to an international level. Club nights follow the live music on Tuesdays to Saturdays where you'll hear Indie, Rock, Electro, Guitars, Metal, Skate-Punk and much more. To receive all the latest live confirmations, information, competitions and much more join our mailing list below.

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EVERY SATURDAY:

The Garage

Whether you're seriously into rock music, or seriously into having a bit of air-grabbing, guilty pleasured fun, THE GARAGE is the place to be - every Saturday night!

We open at 11pm and shut at 3am, with 3 awesome rooms of fun to be had!

ROOM 1: The ultimate alternative party!
... Hear the likes of...
A Day To Remember / Slipknot / Limp Bizkit / Jay Z / Blink 182 / Paramore / Fall Out Boy / Biffy Clyro / The Prodigy / Hollywood Undead / Brand New / Queens Of The Stoneage / AFI / Killswitch Engage / System Of A Down / Andrew WK / Alexisonfire / AC/DC / Led Zeppelin / Buck cherry / Aerosmith / Head Automatica / The Starting Line / Goldfinger / Biffy Clyro / Fifty Cent / Dr Dre / Less Than Jake / Four Year Strong

ROOM 2: All your favourite guilty pleasures!
Hear the likes of...
Journey / Lady GaGa / Whitesnake / Britney / Def Leppard / Sugababes / Toto / Ke$ha / Bonnie Tyler / Prince / MJ / Starship / Nillson / Cobra Starship / Heart / Van Halen / Beyonce / Cutting Crew / 5ive / Kenny Loggins / Backstreet Boys / Belinda Carlisle / Girls Aloud / Roxette / Black Eyed Peas / Aerosmith / N*Sync / Kiss / Bon Jovi / Scorpions / Cher / Tina Turner / REO Speedwagon / Phil Collins / Europe / John Farnham / 3oh!3 / Motley Crue / Take That / Alice Cooper / Village People

ROOM 3: 
1st Saturday - Pinky Swear - Pop punk rock!
2nd Saturday - Garage LIVE! - The freshest new rock talent live @ midnight.
3rd Saturday - Club Ghostfest - Metal, deathcore, hardcore, the heaviest stuff you'll ever hear in a club!
4th Saturday - Ska Rage - Ska punk, 2 tone and reggae

EVERY TUESDAY:

Slam Dunk

Slam Dunk celebrates it's ten year anniversary this year, and what a ten years it has been. If you are from Leeds or are into pop punk / emo / ska / metal, then the likelihood is you are alreday aware of Slam Dunk. If not, get to the Cockpit on any given Tuesday to find out what the fuss is about!

Not content with having the number one specialist music night in the country, Slam Dunk's ten years has seen the night grow into a brand, including show promotion, a record label, guest spots up an down the country and an annual festival that has gone from strength to strength over the years, cementing Slam Dunk as the foremost player in the game.

The Cockpit plays host to Slam Dunk every Tueday, providing three varied rooms of music for you to dance, mosh and pogo too:

ROOM 1: NEW FOUND GLORY, BLINK 182, PARAMORE, YOU ME AT SIX, ALL TIME LOW, RANCID, FALL OUT BOY, LESS THAN JAKE, REEL BIG FISH, LOSTPROPHETS, FOUR YEAR STRONG, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SET YOUR GOALS, JIMMY EAT WORLD, BRAND NEW, SUM 41, MAYDAY PARADE, BILLY TALENT, RISE AGAINST, NOFX, ALKALINE TRIO, HIT THE LIGHTS

Room 2: A DAY TO REMEMBER, BRING ME THE HORIZON, PARKWAY DRIVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ALEXISONFIRE, SUICIDE SILENCE, WHITECHAPEL, SLIPKNOT, AS I LAY DYING, JOB FOR A COWBOY, ARCHITECTS, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ENTER SHIKARI, AUGUST BURNS RED, CONVERGE, LAMB OF GOD, CANCER BATS, DEFTONES, PANTERA, YOUR DEMISE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA

Room 3: DJ FRESH, KATY PERRY, TINIE TEMPAH, MAGNETIC MAN, THE PRODIGY, NERO, KE$HA, SKRILLEX, EXAMPLE, JAY-Z, MODESTEP, CHASE & STATUS, PENDULUM, DIZZEE RASCAL, KATY B, RIHANNA, FLUX PAVILLION, RUSKO

Check the Slam Dunk website (www.slamdunkmusic.com) to see what they have on throughout the year, including a tonne of shows at The Cockpit and various other venues across town, many of which happen on a Tuesday and serve as the perfect warm-up to this awesome night out!

MUSIC IN LEEDS-WIKIPEDIA

Leeds has a thriving musical scene, and has produced many notable artists. These include both national chart topping bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, but also smaller, more local bands who play small venues around the city and make up the majority of the music scene.

Leeds plays host to many venues, currently including Leeds University refectory  (where The Who recorded their 1970 live album Live at Leeds), Leeds Metropolitan University , The Cockpit, Brudenell Social Club , The Faversham , The Hi-Fi club , The Well , The Wardrobe, Irish Centre, New Roscoe , The Cardigan Arms, The Fenton, and The Packhorse among others.

The O2 Academy Leeds opened in October 2008 on the site of the former Town & County Club music venue. The 2,300 capacity venue is run by the Academy Music Group and follows in-line with their other music venues around the UK.

Occasional gigs are held in Millennium Square in the city centre (including the Kaiser Chiefs in 2006), Roundhay Park (which was home to Love Parade in 2000 and has hosted gigs by Madonna, U2, Robbie Williams, Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones), Harewood House, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Holy Trinity Church and Leeds Parish Church.

In November 2008, plans were approved to build the Leeds Arena on Claypit Lane in Leeds city centre. Funding was approved in December 2009 and work commenced on the site in September 2010. Completion of the 12,500 capacity venue is expected in November 2012

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