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[vlvt]

Top Venue, saw the Hives there a few weekends ago and loved it.
This is my fav venue of the year so far.
There is a bar inside the staged area and a bar outside it too, cant have too many vodka watering holes in my opinion. Plenty of seating for us old folks outside and good views from everywhere inside. Everything about it was welcoming.
The venue is small enough to be very intimate and close to the stage yet big enough to get stack of people in and create a charged atmosphere.

[salt]

Top Venue, saw the Hives there a few weekends ago and loved it.
This is my fav venue of the year so far.
There is a bar inside the staged area and a bar outside it too, cant have too many vodka watering holes in my opinion. Plenty of seating for us old folks outside  and good views from everywhere inside. Everything about it was welcoming.
The venue is small enough to be very intimate and close to the stage yet big enough to get stack of people in and create a charged atmosphere.

Yeah - you're right, it is nice.  Only went there for  the first time last year. Bit of a bugger to find if you don;t know Sheffield though.

[gonzo1472]

can anyone recommend anywhere to park near the octagon?

[zzebedee]

can anyone recommend anywhere to park near the octagon?

i usually just drive a bit further up the hill, turn round and park on the road facing down the hill back towards the octagon. never had any problems finding a space although you may sometimes have to walk for 5 mins.

[in5omniac]

sorry if this is annoying anyone, but i thought starting a fresh sheffield venue thread was stupid.
so, if you dont mind, i'd like to use this one to compare sheffield venues.

So far i've been to Casbah, Leadmill and Club Zero to see bands (though will be seeing Clutch at Corp soon) and would probably have to say that Club Zero was the best, although its a really small venue, and a larger band would probably not feel as at home in it, i felt the atmosphere was fantastic. i saw streetlight manifesto there, and met loadsa members of all three bands that night.

[little_miss_star]

The Plug is a pretty good venue. I saw Four tet last year there and there was loads of space to sit down and I had a pretty good view even though I was at the back

[danmillea]

Yeah - you're right, it is nice. Only went there for the first time last year. Bit of a bugger to find if you don;t know Sheffield though.

I think anywhere in sheffield is a bugger to find, drove by The Boardwalk 3 times a while ago, and the roadworks don't help!

[LostRiot]

haha, yeah the boardwalk took me ages to find the first time.

Fusion, the universities other gig venue is far better than the octagon imo, I think it always feels a little like a school hall, and even when its sold out, its never crowded.

Leadmill is the best venue in sheff, mainly because wherever you stand you're guaranteed to feel you're at the front. Also, just generally pulls a good crowd. (plug is good too, but the stage is a little too narrow for my liking)

[drbonk]

hey i think the best band to play around sheffield this year is annihilator

05/10/10
Paris - Divan du Monde
06/10/10
Antwerp - Trix
07/10/10
Ludwigsberg - Rockfabrik
08/10/10
Luxembourg - Den Atelier
10/10/10
Uden - Pul
11/10/10
Frankfurt - Batchkapp
12/10/10
Koln - Stollwerk
14/10/10
Berlin - C-Club
15/10/10
Hamburg - Knust
16/10/10
Copenhagen - The Rock
18/10/10
Oslo - John Dee
19/10/10
Gothenburg - Sticky Fingers
20/10/10
Stockholm - Klubben
22/10/10
Helsinki - Tavastia
23/10/10
Tallinn - Tapper Club
24/10/10
Vilinus - New York
26/10/10
Warsaw - Progresja
27/10/10
Krakow - Loch Ness
28/10/10
Prague - Retro Music Hall
30/10/10
Woergl - Komma
01/11/10
Prattein - Z7
02/11/10
Nuremberg - Hirsch
03/11/10
Milan - Live Club
05/11/10
Barcelona – Mephisto
06/11/10
Madrid – Sala Live
07/11/10
Bilbao - Kafe Antzoki
10/11/10
Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms
11/11/10
Manchester - Club Academy
13/11/10
Newcastle - Legends
14/11/10
Glasgow - Garage
15/11/10
Sheffield - Corporation
17/11/10
Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
18/11/10
Bristol - Academy 2
19/11/10
Birmingham - Academy 2
20/11/10
London - Islington Academy
24/11/10
Thessaloniki - Principal Club Theatre
25/11/10
Athens - Gagarin 205 Club