Music policy
61 venues with Indie in their music policy, across the UK and abroad.
Birmingham
A Birmingham institution since 1972, moved from Paradise Circus to Smallbrook Queensway in 2016. Several rooms of indie, Motown, chart and alternative, and a fiercely loyal…
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Manchester
A former Wesleyan chapel off Deansgate with the original pipe organ and stained glass still in place, used for gigs and large club nights.
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Cardiff
Founded in 1983 as a Welsh-language social club, Clwb spans three floors of live music and club nights on Womanby Street.
Birmingham
A Digbeth club built around northern soul, ska, reggae and Britpop, with a sprung floor and a soul-club atmosphere.
Stoke-on-Trent
Open since 1994 at the bottom of Brunswick Street in Hanley's cultural quarter. Its Electric Friday is the longest-running alternative club night in Staffordshire, with a…
Exeter
A small basement on Queen Street running live bands and alternative club nights since 1991.
Brighton
A seafront venue in a former tea room, mixing live shows with long-running club nights.
York
York's long-running live venue, going since 1992, and home to Distortion — the city's only weekly alternative club night.
Brighton
A free-entry bar and venue in the railway arches behind Brighton station, running gigs and indie, soul and disco nights.
Sunderland
Open since 2006 on Holmeside, and the centre of Sunderland's independent scene, with a range running from nu-jazz and acid house to rock and roll.
London
A former ex-servicemen's club in Hackney with a glittering gold ceiling, running gigs and indie, soul and disco club nights.
Nottingham
A live venue and club since 1980, with weekend club nights running across three rooms after the gigs.
Derry
A long-running independent bar and club on Water Street, known for live music, left-wing politics and late nights.
Hull
Hull's alternative institution, on a site used for entertainment for over a century, running indie, pop-punk, electro, 90s, rock and drum & bass nights.
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Bristol
A 1950s cargo ship moored in the Floating Harbour, converted into a live venue and club. The hull room is one of the most distinctive spaces…
Manchester
Known to everyone as 42s, an indie and Britpop basement club near Albert Square running until 4am at weekends.
Plymouth
A Barbican venue combining live music, burlesque and cabaret with a late discotheque.
Leicester
Open since 1985 and running 80s, 90s and indie anthems across four rooms — the fixed point of Leicester's alternative scene.
Manchester
Built into railway arches under Oxford Road station, with the curved brick giving the room its natural acoustics.
Edinburgh
A 600-capacity room tucked down Hastie's Close, used for live shows and club nights across dance and indie.
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Belfast
A Belfast institution across two rooms, combining touring live shows with weekend club nights.
Cardiff
A basement alternative club off Bakers Row, running ska, indie, metal and electronica to a loyal crowd.
Glasgow
A bar and basement venue on Sauchiehall Street, mixing live gigs with house, soul and new-wave club nights.
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Manchester
A 1920s ballroom with a sprung maple dancefloor that still bounces, hosting live shows and indie club nights.
Nottingham
A live venue beside Rock City running indie and alternative club nights after the gigs finish.
Northampton
A Northampton music venue with thirty years of history behind it — Radiohead, Metallica and Oasis all played here. It was forced to close in 2005…
Nottingham
A small upstairs room on Pelham Street, mixing new bands with indie and disco club nights.
Oxford
A Cowley Road bar and back room running jazz, house and drum & bass nights alongside live music.
London
A restored Victorian theatre near Clapham Junction that runs as a live venue and a late club, from pop and indie to garage and soca.
Coventry
A live venue and club on Far Gosford Street, co-owned by The Enemy's Tom Clarke, mixing touring gigs with club nights.
Middlesbrough
Teesside's best-known live venue and club, in a former cinema, running Fang Fridays and Shangri-La Saturdays through to half three in the morning.
Leeds
A rock and alternative venue on Merrion Street, combining live bands with late club nights.
Norwich
Run by the UEA students' union, and the home of Norwich's alternative and indie club nights as well as touring bands.
Inverness
A 100-capacity music and cultural arts space on Bridge Street, running club nights alongside live and arts programming.
Inverness
A purpose-built live music and event venue in the centre of Inverness, which has hosted Biffy Clyro, Van Morrison and Kasabian among others.
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Bath
A converted Georgian building on Westgate Street combining comedy and live music with long-running club nights.
Leicester
Three floors of rock, pop, hip hop and RnB in a Gaudí-inspired building, and the anchor of the city's alternative nights.
Birmingham
Originally built as a chapel in the 1900s and now a multi-room Digbeth venue combining gigs with club nights.
Shrewsbury
A Grade II listed former buttermarket by the canal basin, running live music and club nights across three floors.
Stoke-on-Trent
A Hanley club and live room with a long-standing indie, rock and metal policy, booking touring alternative acts alongside local bands.
Wrexham
A Wrexham music venue and club with a 900-capacity club room and a 550-capacity live space, and the main survivor of the town's club scene.
Brighton
A seafront venue on the former Coalition site, running weekly club nights alongside touring live shows.
Southampton
A converted industrial building used for touring live shows and large club events.
Coventry
Coventry's best-known club, in a converted cinema on Primrose Hill Street, with several rooms covering house, RnB, indie and throwback nights.
Bournemouth
A former Victorian theatre in Boscombe, used mainly for touring live shows with club nights alongside them.
Oxford
A three-room Cowley Road venue combining touring live shows with student and alternative club nights.
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Reading
A two-level Reading institution with a heated garden, live music and weekly club nights.
Lincoln
Lincoln's largest venue, run by the University of Lincoln students' union on the Brayford waterfront, combining touring live shows with student club nights.
Bournemouth
Run by the Students' Union at Bournemouth University, and now the main survivor of the town's club scene, combining live gigs with DJ nights and silent…
Exeter
A multi-storey club in a converted building off the high street, and the fixed point of Exeter's student circuit for decades.
Wakefield
A Smyth Street live room and club that opened in October 2021 on the former Warehouse23 site, known for its sound system.
Dundee
A long-running Dundee club blending live music with themed rooms and throwback nights.
Sheffield
The main club room of the University of Sheffield Students' Union, running term-time club nights and touring shows.
Swansea
A two-floor Swansea club running rock, alternative and chart nights alongside live shows.
Glasgow
The largest nightclub in Scotland by capacity, with several themed rooms under the yellow lorry on Sauchiehall Street.
Cardiff
The main hall of Cardiff University's students' union, running large student club nights and touring shows in term time.
Glasgow
A city-centre club over several rooms, running hip hop, RnB, electro and indie nights.
Manchester
The basement room of the University of Manchester's Academy complex, used for student club nights and touring shows.
Swindon
A Swindon live-music venue that doubles as the town's main club room.
Wolverhampton
A long-standing Wolverhampton club near the canal, running alternative and chart nights.
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Sheffield
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 it closed on 27…