The unofficial Best clubs/bars/nights in Leeds (2012) thread

Well yeh propaganda does play all the anthems that eveyrone knows but it creates a quality enviroment and you don't get repeats.

And Evo can be decent but wait for a special event and don't forget student I.D.

Hmm i thought evolution was a chavvy place as thats what I read in some review about it being full of peroxide blonde and fake tans? Or does it depend on the night? maybe it was just an outdated review?

What are your favourite clubs/bars/nights in Leeds?

Here are my faves (with addresses on to help freshers) -

Smokestack (Lower Briggate) - Funk, Soul, blues

Hi-Fi (central road) - Jazz, soul, blues, salsa, etc...

Cockpit (Swinegate) - Rock, metal, pop, etc

Fab Cafe (Albion St) - rock, pop, cheese, metal, 80s, etc..

Dry Dock (Woodhouse Lane) - pop, rock, etc.

Is these the ONLY places for metal; heading up there this Sep and I've been to cockpit and didn't rate it that high as the DJ was just playing silly pop music (well biffy) thanks.

Doesn't look like my sort of thing anyway judging on the Facebook page and a google search.

Photos of fake tanned up girls wearing little posing around, branding everywhere, a guestlist, in your face advertising, etc, etc... Sort of club I avoid. I'm 24 and I want to go somewhere where I can chill, have fun and keep my dignity, not a meatmarket. I'm a guy who likes women, but I want a bit of class at least. Not worth the trek.

Sure but liek i said there were still nights all thru the week when ive been thru summer with plenty of hotties to fill out the clubs. not packed ofc. but enough to keep me busy.

manc on the other hand you're hard pressed to find a full club on any night now- even when it was freshers noone went out-worst freshers ive experienced last year i think of my life. dunno why such a big place cant fill up a single club.

hence why im jumping ship for leeds come xmas.

Is these the ONLY places for metal; heading up there this Sep and I've been to cockpit and didn't rate it that high as the DJ was just playing silly pop music (well biffy) thanks.

Friday nights at The Well are alright for metal! I'm moving across to Leeds in September too, but I live pretty nearby already.

Friday nights at The Well are alright for metal! I'm moving across to Leeds in September too, but I live pretty nearby already.

Update:
Got dragged in Propaganda tonight. Just not feeling it. The bouncers are ****ers, the no chewing gum rule is silly. The bouncer just took chewing gum out of my hand immediately after i shown what was in my pockets (the search policy) and threw it straight into the bin. Rude as hell. I wasn't even drunk. I challenged him and said why does that policy exist, but again more talking to me like i'm some sort of dumb muppet. Could have said beforehand 'dump it into the bin or you aren't getting in'.

Is the search policy also necessary? You're unlikely as hell to have someone bring a knife to this place, an event whose main audience are students and commercial indie followers. Pulled a cheeky joke saying to the bouncer that I haven't been searched in a club since I went to see Wu Tang live and said it'd be rude not to metal detect me too. Student clubs are the safest sorts of events around. Just full of studenty shenanigans.

The vodka and coke is pretty cheap and reasonable, but not sure about the other drinks. The music again is still same old same old anthems. Propaganda repeats itself every week. Fun on first time, but its same old same old second time. Chain club night full of branding and promo **** which lacks soul.

I've been to propaganda a lot and never encountered a problem with chewing gum or arsey bouncers... just sayin'

Doesn't matter Propaganda and the 02 are still ****e. Better venues and nights all around leeds.

Agree with King Calz. In general Leeds is pretty **** on a Saturday. Full of old knobheads who walk down Call Lane thinking they're 10 men. Students are generally no trouble at all. All the trouble comes from the locals and the inbreds who travel from places like Bradford and Huddersfield.

I tend to forget about the pubs out of the centre. Lots of decent places around. For example Chapel Allerton is a place not many students will venture to, but there's lots of nice bars like Further North on Harrogate Road

bugger off Huddersfield isn't half as full of inbreds as Leeds any Yorkshireman could tell you that. Try not to judge when you don't actually know the area and end up spreading malicious rumours to other posters.


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