I Need A Venue

[Russ Vickers]

I have looked & looked for nearly a year now, so Im appealing to anyone who might know of a venue in this area. It needs to be intimate & full of atmosphere & character, if it held a 100 ish I would be happy, altho' ideally needs to hold 150-200, but look full with 60 in. Any type of venue is good, hotel, bar, function room, club or pub, but absolutely no square sterile wedding receptioney type venues, obviously PA would be a bonus, but not essential & a licence to a minimum of 1 am altho' 2/3 am preferred.............anyone promoting in the area at the moment, rest assured that IF I do find a venue, I will NEVER clash EVER & for the record the music policy will be a mile away from anything in the area at the moment, so if you have seen a venue that you feel would be right for me, let me know.............no big cavernous joints tho', small, intimate, dark n classy, a basement an attic, a small hotel ballroom..............a left field venue, for a left field promoter ...............c'mon guys n gals PM me & I mean PM me please, as I dont want the details on an open forum for obvious reasons .

Russ

[Steve G]

I have looked & looked for nearly a year now, so Im appealing to anyone who might know of a venue in this area. It needs to be intimate & full of atmosphere & character, if it held a 100 ish I would be happy, altho' ideally needs to hold 150-200, but look full with 60 in. Any type of venue is good, hotel, bar, function room, club or pub, but absolutely no square sterile wedding receptioney type venues, obviously PA would be a bonus, but not essential & a licence to a minimum of 1 am altho' 2/3 am preferred.............anyone promoting in the area at the moment, rest assured that IF I do find a venue, I will NEVER clash EVER & for the record the music policy will be a mile away from anything in the area at the moment, so if you have seen a venue that you feel would be right for me, let me know.............no big cavernous joints tho', small, intimate, dark n classy, a basement an attic, a small hotel ballroom..............a left field venue, for a left field promoter ...............c'mon guys n gals PM me & I mean PM me please, as I dont want the details on an open forum for obvious reasons .

Russ

Hey count me in if you get something going Russ. I'll try and get there.

[Russ Vickers]

Hey count me in if you get something going Russ. I'll try and get there.

You bet Steve, thanks for the support, thought very long & hard about this, particularly as there are so many events at the moment, but Im convinced that I can bring something fresh & exciting to the party that is missing at the moment IMHO, this is why it has to be intimate, cos its not about anything other than the music & to try & fill a large venue is pointless, it wont happen (initially) with the music policy I have in mind, I would much rather play the music I love & have a passion for, to the people who have that same passion about hearing it, unfortunately I think Im in the minority right now, so an atmospheric intimate venue would be ideal. BTW not knocking what anyone else does & enjoys, in fact Rubyz in B'Mouth particularly does it very well, but the spirit of Abshott & Newbury burns within me still & whilst the last thing I would ever consider is a reunion or whatever, the ethos behind both those events is still something I genuinely still beleive in.................& from little acorns .

Russ

[Steve G]

Great. A kindrid spirit in the deep south. There may be more....

[Simon M]

Didnt Gavin do a gig down there called Titanic ?

[Guest Gavin Page]

The place that Gail Clive and Tee Are Using looks really really nice..

The Port House

Marina Keep

Port Solent

Portsmouth

There has to be loads of places down there Russ.

[Guest Gavin Page]

Didnt Gavin do a gig down there called Titanic ?

I Dj'd, it twos on a Boat Si. Bloody good doo as well!

[Simon M]

I Dj'd, it twos on a Boat Si. Bloody good doo as well!

Bloody good flyers

[Russ Vickers]

Gavin, Ive looked at several venues a month for about 8 months now, Ive googled myself silly too, thing is there are a few venues, but not many if any so far are suitable, not for what I have in mind anyway. From experience tho' I know that there will be the perfect venue within 10 miles, guaranteed, its just falling over em sometimes, thats why I thought maybe some one might be able to help on here. It'll reveal itself in good time mate..........remember you doing the first ever Abshott Gavin & despite that, we still made a go of it ..............just need to have one more crack to get it out my system & hopefully give something positive back.

Russ

[Russ Vickers]

I Dj'd, it twos on a Boat Si. Bloody good doo as well!

Was that Mark's do mate ???.

Russ

[Guest Gavin Page]

Gavin, Ive looked at several venues a month for about 8 months now, Ive googled myself silly too, thing is there are a few venues, but not many if any so far are suitable, not for what I have in mind anyway. From experience tho' I know that there will be the perfect venue within 10 miles, guaranteed, its just falling over em sometimes, thats why I thought maybe some one might be able to help on here. It'll reveal itself in good time mate..........remember you doing the first ever Abshott Gavin & despite that, we still made a go of it ..............just need to have one more crack to get it out my system & hopefully give something positive back.

Russ

I have been proud to play at a fair few of your events. In saying this it is not a back slaping thing. All of your nights have always been positive and above all bloody great fun.

[Guest Gavin Page]

Was that Mark's do mate ???.

Russ

It was mate, have to say the best boat doo I have ever done, and I have played on a fair few over the years. As with all of us that put events on he lost a bloody fortune, I am sad to say. It was really really good!

[Guest Gavin Page]

[jazzyjas]

Tell you what Russ...can't help you with the venue, but you can use my microphone! I'll also talk to the guy over at the Best Western and ship that snap-together dancefloor to you pronto!

Just like Hitsville 2006!

-J.

[Guest]

I have looked & looked for nearly a year now, so Im appealing to anyone who might know of a venue in this area. It needs to be intimate & full of atmosphere & character, if it held a 100 ish I would be happy, altho' ideally needs to hold 150-200, but look full with 60 in. Any type of venue is good, hotel, bar, function room, club or pub, but absolutely no square sterile wedding receptioney type venues, obviously PA would be a bonus, but not essential & a licence to a minimum of 1 am altho' 2/3 am preferred.............anyone promoting in the area at the moment, rest assured that IF I do find a venue, I will NEVER clash EVER & for the record the music policy will be a mile away from anything in the area at the moment, so if you have seen a venue that you feel would be right for me, let me know.............no big cavernous joints tho', small, intimate, dark n classy, a basement an attic, a small hotel ballroom..............a left field venue, for a left field promoter ...............c'mon guys n gals PM me & I mean PM me please, as I dont want the details on an open forum for obvious reasons .

Russ

Yeah we have up here, and we have tried a couple.............but there aint one that is pefrect !

They all close too early !!!!

[Russ Vickers]

Tell you what Russ...can't help you with the venue, but you can use my microphone! I'll also talk to the guy over at the Best Western and ship that snap-together dancefloor to you pronto!

Just like Hitsville 2006!

-J.

Good to hear from ya Jas, I hope all is well with you mate.

Russ

[Wilxy]

Didnt Gavin do a gig down there called Titanic ?

Bet that went down well Sorry Gav/Russ, having a silly moment......best of luck with any do mate.

[Russ Vickers]

[Dave Abbott]

The place that Gail Clive and Tee Are Using looks really really nice..

The Port House

Marina Keep

Port Solent

Portsmouth

There has to be loads of places down there Russ.

They do a great buffet!!

i went a funeral wake there last year and we had our works 10th anniversary there in March

[Guest Gavin Page]

Didnt Gavin do a gig down there called Titanic ?

Bet that went down well Sorry Gav/Russ, having a silly moment......best of luck with any do mate.

[Russ Vickers]

They do a great buffet!!

i went a funeral wake there last year and we had our works 10th anniversary there in March

Yeah, & I remember saying to you at the time, would it be any good for a soul dooooooooooooo.............the rest is history as they say ....oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Russ

[Dave Abbott]

Yeah, & I remember saying to you at the time, would it be any good for a soul dooooooooooooo.............the rest is history as they say ....oh well, you win some, you lose some.

Russ

And I said 'No' ...cos you have to share it with the members of the club and anyone with a boat parked out back....

[munchkinette]

Hi Russ

Not sure if your looking for something more in town but if not have you tried driving round smaller towns in the area, we did that for a while before finding a venue coz there's quite a lot out there that didn't come up on the internet. Our club is at the old Fisons factory places like this always had a club attached to them, we also found loads of pubs down the country lanes which had small function rooms, not sure if this helps but maybe worth a try if you've not already had a drive round.

Good luck with your search.

Sharon

[Russ Vickers]

And I said 'No' ...cos you have to share it with the members of the club and anyone with a boat parked out back....

ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm if we get a boat from some where we can get in for free then...........can you just imagine that .

Russ

[Russ Vickers]

Hi Russ

Not sure if your looking for something more in town but if not have you tried driving round smaller towns in the area, we did that for a while before finding a venue coz there's quite a lot out there that didn't come up on the internet. Our club is at the old Fisons factory places like this always had a club attached to them, we also found loads of pubs down the country lanes which had small function rooms, not sure if this helps but maybe worth a try if you've not already had a drive round.

Good luck with your search.

Sharon

Thank you Sharon.............I think that is a good call & I have started driving round the countryside recently, no luck yet, but I think you have a very good couple o points there.

Russ

[Wally Francis]

Russ,

Have you tried your local Freemason's Lodge? they are very tidy place's and are alway's looking to bring in a few quid and they have some good licenceing hour's.

Wally

[Russ Vickers]

Russ,

Have you tried your local Freemason's Lodge? they are very tidy place's and are alway's looking to bring in a few quid and they have some good licenceing hour's.

Wally

Well, Wally there's actually two not that far from me, I've always shied away from checking em out, as I was a little worried about em being a little 'uptight', Im gonna check em out now tho' buddy.

Thank you Russ

[munchkinette]

Thank you Sharon.............I think that is a good call & I have started driving round the countryside recently, no luck yet, but I think you have a very good couple o points there.

Russ

Hiya again Russ

Just telling my other half about your thread he also said to try football clubs even the small ones as they normally have function rooms.

The Masons one is a good idea as well never thought of them but they do have function rooms.

Sharon