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Lancaster Music Festival 2010 Participating Locations

(The calendar will be filled through July and August)

It's quite incredible the variety of locations that support live music and music learning and industry in Lancaster. From a large number of musical pubs, clubs, to canal boats, a cathedral, castle, shopping centres and community centres. It's the venues, organisations and the large number of musicians and acts that work with them that makes this festival possible.

Locations so far include:

Bar 11, Bobbin, Boot & Shoe, Borough, Bowerham Hotel, Britannia 101, Crows, Dukes Playhouse, Fibbers McGee, Grand Theatre, George & Dragon, Golden Lion, Gregson, John O'Gaunt, LA One, Lancaster Canal Boats, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Cathedral, Lancaster Community Music Centre, Lancaster Library, Lancaster Market (inside and outside), Lancaster Priory, , Maritime Museum, Market Square, Merchants, NICE, Park Hotel, Penny Bank, Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Pub (The), Ring of Bells, Robert Gillow, St. Nicholas Arcade, Stonewell Tavern, Storey Creative Industries Centre, Three Mariners, Wagon & Horses, Water Witch, White Cross, Yorkshire House

Below are the 2010 venues - the event calendar will be filled through July and August

Name:               Bar 11
Address:           60-62 Church Street, LA1 1LH
Telephone:        01524 33354
Email:               drink@bar-eleven.co.uk 
Music Genre:     Electronica, University bands
Drink:               "Lancaster's finest cocktail list" 
Food:                N/a, but owns Verdes italian
                        restaurant next door
Click image to go to Bar 11 's website

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Name:               Bobbin*
Address:            36 Cable Street LA11HH
Telephone:         01524 32606 
Email:                
Music Genre:      Various
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                

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Name:               Boot and Shoe
Address:            171 Scotforth Road, LA1 4PU
Telephone:         01524 63011
Email:                
Music Genre:      Various
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Home cooking, all day
Click image to go to Boot and Shoe page on Mitchells Inns website

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Name:               Borough (the)
Address:            3-5 Dalton Sq., LA1 1PP
Telephone:         01524 64170
Email:                vicki@theboroughlancaster.co.uk
Music Genre:      Jazz, classical, brass band
Drink:                Cask ales, fine wines and spirits
Food:                 Locally sourced, all day
Click here to go to Borough website

Friday Oct. 8th:     

Saturday Oct. 9th: 3-5pm Limehouse Blues Gypsy Trio

Sunday Oct. 10th: 

More information:  

Name:               Bowerham Hotel*
Address:            Bowerham Road, LA1 4DT
Telephone:         01524 65050
Email:                
Music Genre:      Big Band, Motown
Drink:                Cask Ales
Food:                
Click here for Mitchells Inns web page for Bowerham Hotel

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Name:               Britannia 101
Address:            101 Ullswater Road, LA1 3PX
Telephone:         01524 844237
Email:                thebrit@btconnect.com
Music Genre:      Folk, acoustic, world
Drink:                
Food:                
Click on image to access Brit 101 website

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Name:               Crows
Address:            10 King Steet, LA1 1JN
Telephone:         01524 382888
Email:                
Music Genre:      Funk, latin, soul, international
Drink:                Fine spirits and wines
Food:                 Mexican style, all day
Accommodation: Yes

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Name:               Dukes Playhouse
Address:            Moorlane, LA1 1QE
Telephone:         01524 598500
Email:                
Music Genre:      Contemporary
Drink:                Real ale, fine wine and spirits
Food:                 Light food, lunch

 

Click on image to access Dukes Playhouse website
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Name:               Fibbers McGee
Address:            James Street, LA1 1UP
Telephone:         01524 63720
Email:                
Music Genre:      Celtic, folk, acoustic
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Home cooking, daily
Click here for Mitchells Inns' website page for Fibbers McGee

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Name:               George & Dragon*
Address:            24 St. Georges Quay, LA1 1RB
Telephone:         01524 388808
Email:                
Music Genre:      Blues, funk, jazz, maritime
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Breakfast deal, bar food, all day
Click on image for George and Dragon website

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Name:               Golden Lion*
Address:            33 Moor Lane, LA1 1QD
Telephone:         01524 842198
Email:                
Music Genre:      Pop, soul, blues, rock, celtic
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                

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Name:               Grand Theatre (the)* 
Address:            St. Leonards Gate, LA1 1NL
Telephone:         01524 64695
Email:                tickets@lancastergrand.co.uk
Music Genre:      Popular, music hall, 80's
Drink:                Theatre bar
Food:                

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Name:               Gregson*
Address:            33-35 Moorgate, LA1 3PY
Telephone:         01524 849959
Email:                gregsoncentre@hotmail.co.uk
Music Genre:      Funk, pop, classical, folk, world, latin
Drink:                Cask ales, fine spirits, organic beers
Food:                 Locally sourced, all day
Click on image to visit Gregson website

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Name:               John O'Gaunt   
Address:            53 Market St, LA1 1JG
Telephone:         01524 65356
Email:                
Music Genre:      Blues, rock, folk, jazz
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Home cooking, daytime
Click on image for John O'Gaunt website

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Name:               LA One   
Address:            50-52 Penny St, LA1 1XF      
Telephone:         01524 66847
Email:                joinus@laonebar.com
Music Genre:      University band, indie rock
Drink:                Fine spirits, cocktails
Food:                

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Name:               Lancaster Canal Boats  
Address:            Boats leave from Penny Street Bridge
Telephone:         01524 389410
Email:                admin@lcboats.co.uk
Music Genre:      Jazz, folk, classical, pop
Drink:                Bottle wine, beer, spirits
Food:                 Catering available
Click here for Lancaster Canal Boat's music cruise web page

Friday Oct. 8th:     7pm - 9.30pm Live Music & Hot Pot Cruise

Saturday Oct. 9th: 2pm - 6pm Jazz/blues cruise (tba)
Saturday Oct. 9th: 8pm - 11pm Handel's Water Music Saturday Oct. 9th: (courtesy of LCMC) (tba)
Sunday Oct. 10th:  3.30pm - 5.30pm Folk sunset cruise
Saturday Oct. 9th: 4pm - 5pm Alex Hulme will perform from
Saturday Oct. 9th: Bridge 101 near Moor Lane
Saturday Oct. 9th: 5pm - 5.30pm Folk act tba

More information: Saturday & Sunday afternoon cruises will be hop on hop off with stops at White Cross and Bridge 101 near Moor lane for act changes and passenger boarding and disembarkment.

Name:               Lancaster Castle  
Address:            Castle Parade, LA1 1YJ
Telephone:         01524 64998       
Email:                
Music Genre:      Classical, choral, baroque
Drink:                Wine, beer, soft drinks
Food:                

Friday Oct. 8th:     7.30pm - 10pm: The Gladly Solemn Sound will perform West Gallery music at 7.30pm. Doors open 7pm - there will be a bar selling wine, beer and soft drinks. Tickets £7.50/6 concessions.


More information:  Where do you start? Lancaster's most infamous building. Think Pendle Witches and all that. Built in the twelth century on the site of the last of three Roman forts the current amalgam of 800 years of destruction, rebuilding and renovation has resulted in Lancaster's most unusual and dramatic (if not downright eerie) performance space.

Name:               Lancaster Community Music
Address:          Centre
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Address:            The New Building, Lancaster Royal Address:            Grammar School, East Road, LA1 3EF
Telephone:         07866 289545
Email:                lcmc_info@yahoo.co.uk
Music Genre:      Pretty much everything! Centre has a
Music Genre:      large selection of musical  instruments
Music Genre:      that are available to play if you should
Music Genre:      turn up at the  centre on Saturday from
Music Genre:      9am  -  1.30pm
Click here to visit Lancaster Community Music Centre

Friday Oct. 8th:     

Saturday Oct. 9th: 9am - 1.30pm: Workshops and instrument playing at the centre (details tba)

Sunday Oct. 10th: 

More information: The centre will be supplying folk, chinese instrument, classical, show band and big band performers at many events and locations during the festival including but not limited to: Folk Cruise and Handel's Water Music on Lancaster Canal Boats (see above), Chinese Instrument demonstration (location and time tba), various projects on the market locations, and their own open day from 9am - 1.30pm at the centre.

Name:               Lancaster Library - home of "Get It
Address:          Loud in Libraries"
  

Address:            Market Square, LA1 1HY
Telephone:         01524 580712
Email:                
Music Genre:      Contemporary, cutting edge, original

Click here to visit Get It Loud In Libraries MySpace

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Name:               Lancaster Market (indoor/outdoor)  
Address:            Market Square, LA1 1HY
Telephone:        
Email:                
Music Genre:      60's theme, others tba

 

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Name:               Lancaster Priory
Address:            Priory Close, LA1 1YZ
Telephone:         01524 65338
Email:                
Music Genre:      Jazz, folk, classical, choral
Drink:                
Food:                
Click here for the Lancaster Singer's website - who regularly perform at the Priory

Friday Oct. 8th:     Children's workshops (tbc)

Saturday Oct. 9th: Evening Concert: The Ripley School Jazz Band. A concert of Traditional New Orleans Jazz
performed by the talented young musicians of
Ripley St Thomas Church of England High School. Ticket price tbc (proceeds to Ripley School and Lancaster Priory).

Sunday Oct. 10th:  The Priory Choir with Welsh Community Choirs (to be televised for Channel S4C) Festival Choral Service at 6.30 pm. Like an RSCM Festival service, with a minimal liturgical setting, with biggish music, sung by the Priory Choir;
Magnificat, Te Deum, Anthem, Psalm, and 2 or 3 hymns (with good singable Welsh tunes!). The Welsh choirs then perform 7 or 8 songs alone, joining with the Priory Choir to sing the Hallelujah Chorus (these details tbc).

Name:               Maritime Musem  
Address:            Customs House, St. George's Quay, LA1
Address:            1RB
Telephone:         01524 382264      
Email:                
Music Genre:      Shanty
Drink:                
Food:                 Cafe available daily
Click here to view Maritime Museum's website

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More information: 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the museum so expect a multitude of maritime themed events during this weekend!

Name:               Market Gate  
Address:            Market Gate Shopping Centre, LA1 1JF
Telephone:         01524 382385
Email:                info@marketgatelancaster.co.uk
Music Genre:      Various: Brass band, jazz, classical
Drink:                Various cafes, Fibbers McGee pub
Food:                 Various, daily

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Name:               Merchants (the)
Address:            Market Street, LA1 1HT
Telephone:         01524 66466       
Email:                twcpub@yahoo.co.uk
Music Genre:      Blues, blues rock
Drink:                Cask ales, fine wine and spirits
Food:                 Restaurant quality at pub prices, all day

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Name:               NICE Bar and Restaurant 
Address:            The Storey Building, Meeting House
Telephone:         Lane, LA1 1TH
Telephone:         01524 509904
Email:                eatart@nicebarandrestaurant.co.uk
Music Genre:      Contemporary, acoustic, avant garde
Drink:                Continental lagers, fine wines and spirits
Food:                 Home cookings, all day
Click here to visit NICE website

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Name:               Park (the)  
Address:            St Oswald Street, Lancaster, LA1 3AS
Telephone:         01524 64886    
Email:                
Music Genre:      Indie, avant garde, indie rock, pop
Drink:                Cask ales, continental lagers, spirits
Food:                 Menu provided during festival weekend

Friday Oct. 8th:     Punk indie night (tba)

Saturday Oct. 9th: Barbox records presents (tba)

Sunday Oct. 10th:  Young bands day (tba)

More information: 

Name:               Penny Pank
Address:            51 Penny Street, LA1 1XF
Telephone:         01524 847666      
Email:                twcpub@yahoo.co.uk
Music Genre:      Blues, blues rock, rock
Drink:                Cask ales, continental lagers, fine spirits
Food:                 Home cooking, daily

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Name:               Penny Street Bridge Hotel*
Address:            Penny Street Canal Bridge, LA1 1XT
Telephone:         01524 599900
Email:                info@pennystreetbridge.co.uk
Music Genre:      Jazz
Drink:                Cask ales, fine wines, continental lagers
Food:                 Locally sourced restaurant dining, all day
Accommodation: Yes

Click here for Penny Street Bridge webiste

Friday Oct. 8th:   Jazz dinner followed by late session (acts tba) 

Saturday Oct. 9th: Noon-2pm: Jazz brunch and start of jazz cruise,

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Name:               Pub (the)
Address:            45-47 China St, LA1 1EX
Telephone:         01524 848002     
Email:                
Music Genre:      Hard rock, heavy metal
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                
Click here for The Pub's website

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Name:               Ring of Bells (the)
Address:            52 King St, LA1 1RE
Telephone:         01524 61777       
Email:                
Music Genre:      Acoustic, soul, pop, country, jazz
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Home cooking (very inexpensive), daily

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Name:               Robert Gillow (the)
Address:            64 Market St, Lancaster, LA1 1HP
Telephone:         01524 36092       
Email:                
Music Genre:      Jazz, celtic, funk, acoustic
Drink:                Cask ales, fine spirits
Food:                 Locally sourced food, all day
Click here for Robert Gillow's website

Friday Oct. 8th: 9pm - 11pm Hard Times (Celtic)    

Saturday Oct. 9th: 3pm - 5pm (tba)
Saturday Oct. 9th: 5pm - 8pm: Zavous Anglais (Gypsy Jazz)
Saturday Oct. 9th: 9pm - 11pm: Rick Jackson (Celtic)
Sunday Oct. 10th:  12pm - 3pm: Sun Street Stompers (Jazz)
Saturday Oct. 9th: 3pm - 5pm: Sue Parish (Jazz)
Saturday Oct. 9th: 5pm - 8pm: Max' Blues Club (Blues)
More information: 

Name:               St. Nicholas Arcade
Address:            Lancaster Gate Shopping Centre, LA1 1NB
Telephone:         01524 846569
Email:                
Music Genre:      Carnival, jazz, show, brass band, acoustic
Drink:                Several restaurants and bars nearby
Food:                 As above
Click here for St. Nicholas Arcade's website

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Name:               Stonewell Tavern
Address:            8-10 Church St, Lancaster, LA1 1NP
Telephone:         01524 66466      
Email:                
Music Genre:      Blues, jazz, rock, pop, funk, folk
Drink:                Cask ale, fine spirits
Food:                 Home cooked italian food, daily

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Name:               Storey Creative Industries Centre
Address:            The Storey Building, Meeting House
Telephone:         Lane, LA1 1TH
Telephone:         01524 509000
Email:                
Music Genre:      Centre for multimedia industry events
Drink:                See NICE
Food:                 See NICE
Click here for the Storey Creative Industries website

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Name:               Three Mariners (the)
Address:            Bridge Lane, LA1 1EE
Telephone:         01524 388957
Email:                
Music Genre:      Folk
Drink:                Cask ales, fine spirits, wines
Food:                 Home cooking, daily
Click here for the Three Mariners website

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Name:               Wagon & Horses (the)
Address:            27 St. Georges Quay, LA1 1RD
Telephone:         01524 846 094       
Email:                stay@wagonandhorsespub.co.uk
Music Genre:      Folk, jazz
Drink:                Cask ales, fine wines, spirits
Food:                 Locally sourced, all day
Accommodation: Yes
Click here for Wagon and Horses website

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Name:               Water Witch
Address:            Canal Tow Path, Aldcliffe Lane, LA1 1SU
Telephone:         01524 63828
Email:                
Music Genre:      Jazz, classical, folk
Drink:                Cask ales, continental lagers, fine wines
Drink:                and spirits
Food:                 Locally sourced, all day
Click here for website

Friday Oct. 8th:     

Saturday Oct. 9th: Jazz dinner at end of jazz cruise

Sunday Oct. 10th: 

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Name:               White Cross
Address:            Quarry Road (or tow path), LA1 4XT
Telephone:         01524 33999
Email:                twcpub@yahoo.co.uk
Music Genre:      Jazz, folk, blues
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                 Locally sourced, all day

Photo courtesy of:
Click here to view White Cross webbsite

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Name:               Yorkshire House
Address:            12 Parliament St, LA1 1DB
Telephone:         01524 64679      
Email:                
Music Genre:      Hardcore, punk, avant garde
Drink:                Cask ales
Food:                
Click here for Yorkie's website

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Sunday Oct. 10th:  All Day Punk Festival

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*Location images marked with an asterisk are currently not attributed but were taken from the internet pending our festival photographers or venues supplying suitable images to replace them. No offense is intended as these are stop gap measures. If anyone who's image is used here and is not happy with this please email us at info@lancastermusicfestival.com and let us know if you wish for attribution or removal.