The Venue

Ah the Venue, how my early days as a metal head in Belfast were spent in this slightly dirty little club.
The Venue is basically a club with a shady license. Cash isn’t exchanged for drinks, instead you buy tokens at the door and then exchange these for drinks upstairs (from the modest stocked bar with cans of cider and Guinness)
It runs an under 18 night on the Friday followed by the over 18’s night on the Saturday. I do have fond memories, heavily intoxicated revelling in the sweaty testosterone filled mess of metal and classic rock. Worth a punt before it closes down — advice? Avoid the Guinness on tap…

The Venue (situated off Great Victoria Street) is officially closed down now but in case of confusion I thought this page should be kept. Ah the memories I have of here. In its hay day The Venue was THE place to be for the rock/​goth scene in Belfast. It even held an under 18s night which was without a doubt the best night out for the younger generation, though everyone always ended up with sore necks the next morning from all the head banging! Thanks to DJ Kenny! Most of the time some poor sod ended up passed out in the corner after smuggling in some drink, the girls were crying after catching their fella kissing some other girl … you can imagine! But it was the best craic! It was great being younger but still being able to go out for a night and enjoy yourself in a pretty safe and regulated environment. For the older crowd there was the usual nights but to be honest this were never as fun (in my opinion) as the nights when we were younger. It just didn’t seem as fun. But still in dedication of the many many great nights I had here … May The Venue R.I.P.

For Belfast’s rockers and ‘metallers’, this is the place to go for a few drinks and to here some decent Metallica tunes being played. Around 10 – 15 years ago, as ‘The Troubles’ died down in B’fast, a youth culture based around ‘goth music’ sprung up in Northern Ireland and with it came The Venue. It has an u-18’s night on Fridays which has proven very popular with local young people. Obviously it caters to very specific musical tastes, so if that’s what your into, then you have to head down here.