Snobs
A Birmingham institution since 1972, moved from Paradise Circus to Smallbrook Queensway in 2016. Several rooms of indie, Motown, chart and alternative,…
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Indie clubs
Venues with Indie in their music policy, across the UK and beyond.
Albert Hall
A former Wesleyan chapel off Deansgate with the original pipe organ and stained glass still in place, used for gigs and large…
Clwb Ifor Bach
Founded in 1983 as a Welsh-language social club, Clwb spans three floors of live music and club nights on Womanby Street.
The Night Owl
A Digbeth club built around northern soul, ska, reggae and Britpop, with a sprung floor and a soul-club atmosphere.
Cavern Club
A small basement on Queen Street running live bands and alternative club nights since 1991.
Concorde 2
A seafront venue in a former tea room, mixing live shows with long-running club nights.
Fibbers
York's long-running live venue, going since 1992, and home to Distortion — the city's only weekly alternative club night.
Green Door Store
A free-entry bar and venue in the railway arches behind Brighton station, running gigs and indie, soul and disco nights.
Independent
Open since 2006 on Holmeside, and the centre of Sunderland's independent scene, with a range running from nu-jazz and acid house to…
Moth Club
A former ex-servicemen's club in Hackney with a glittering gold ceiling, running gigs and indie, soul and disco club nights.
Rock City
A live venue and club since 1980, with weekend club nights running across three rooms after the gigs.
The Welly Club
Hull's alternative institution, on a site used for entertainment for over a century, running indie, pop-punk, electro, 90s, rock and drum &…
Thekla
A 1950s cargo ship moored in the Floating Harbour, converted into a live venue and club. The hull room is one of…
42nd Street
Known to everyone as 42s, an indie and Britpop basement club near Albert Square running until 4am at weekends.
Annabel's Cabaret & Discotheque
A Barbican venue combining live music, burlesque and cabaret with a late discotheque.
Fan Club
Open since 1985 and running 80s, 90s and indie anthems across four rooms — the fixed point of Leicester's alternative scene.
Gorilla
Built into railway arches under Oxford Road station, with the curved brick giving the room its natural acoustics.
La Belle Angele
A 600-capacity room tucked down Hastie's Close, used for live shows and club nights across dance and indie.
Limelight
A Belfast institution across two rooms, combining touring live shows with weekend club nights.
Metros
A basement alternative club off Bakers Row, running ska, indie, metal and electronica to a loyal crowd.
Nice N Sleazy
A bar and basement venue on Sauchiehall Street, mixing live gigs with house, soul and new-wave club nights.
O2 Ritz
A 1920s ballroom with a sprung maple dancefloor that still bounces, hosting live shows and indie club nights.
Rescue Rooms
A live venue beside Rock City running indie and alternative club nights after the gigs finish.
The Bodega
A small upstairs room on Pelham Street, mixing new bands with indie and disco club nights.
The Bullingdon
A Cowley Road bar and back room running jazz, house and drum & bass nights alongside live music.
The Clapham Grand
A restored Victorian theatre near Clapham Junction that runs as a live venue and a late club, from pop and indie to…
The Empire
A live venue and club on Far Gosford Street, co-owned by The Enemy's Tom Clarke, mixing touring gigs with club nights.
The Key Club
A rock and alternative venue on Merrion Street, combining live bands with late club nights.
The Waterfront
Run by the UEA students' union, and the home of Norwich's alternative and indie club nights as well as touring bands.
MOSH
Three floors of rock, pop, hip hop and RnB in a Gaudí-inspired building, and the anchor of the city's alternative nights.
O2 Institute
Originally built as a chapel in the 1900s and now a multi-room Digbeth venue combining gigs with club nights.
CHALK
A seafront venue on the former Coalition site, running weekly club nights alongside touring live shows.
Engine Rooms
A converted industrial building used for touring live shows and large club events.
Kasbah
Coventry's best-known club, in a converted cinema on Primrose Hill Street, with several rooms covering house, RnB, indie and throwback nights.
O2 Academy Bournemouth
A former Victorian theatre in Boscombe, used mainly for touring live shows with club nights alongside them.
O2 Academy Oxford
A three-room Cowley Road venue combining touring live shows with student and alternative club nights.
Purple Turtle
A two-level Reading institution with a heated garden, live music and weekly club nights.
The Old Fire Station
Run by the Students' Union at Bournemouth University, and now the main survivor of the town's club scene, combining live gigs with…
Timepiece
A multi-storey club in a converted building off the high street, and the fixed point of Exeter's student circuit for decades.
Foundry
The main club room of the University of Sheffield Students' Union, running term-time club nights and touring shows.
Sin City
A two-floor Swansea club running rock, alternative and chart nights alongside live shows.
The Garage
The largest nightclub in Scotland by capacity, with several themed rooms under the yellow lorry on Sauchiehall Street.
Y Plas
The main hall of Cardiff University's students' union, running large student club nights and touring shows in term time.
Bamboo
A city-centre club over several rooms, running hip hop, RnB, electro and indie nights.
Club Academy
The basement room of the University of Manchester's Academy complex, used for student club nights and touring shows.
The Leadmill
Sheffield's best-known independent venue, open from 1980 and central to the city's music history. After a long legal battle over its lease…