Topic: Darlington (UK) R'n'B Club - News
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been charting the ups and downs of the fate of one of my local venues, Darlington Arts Centre, which has been the home of Darlington’s long standing and well-respected R’n'B club. (Might be worth a check in their archive if Joe has played here in the past....anyone know?) This morning I found my club newsletter email and thought I’d share it with the forum:-
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2012
Hello Darlington R’n'B Club followers!
Sorry for the long delay in getting this Newsletter to you, I’ve been quite busy lately trying to get a Blast Furnace back on its feet, so I haven’t had chance to get my writing head on!
Anyway, you’ll all probably know by now that the Arts Centre is going to close for good in early July.
This is of course very sad news for all of us who use the A.C regularly and we will miss the unique atmosphere of the grand old building.
The R’n’B Club Committee have been looking at various venues in Darlington for us to move into. We can now at last say we have found a venue that will suit us - at least for the time being. On 24th February we held a trial gig at the Central Hall in the Dolphin Centre with our good friend’s the Smokin’ Spitfires. We needed to see if the room would work, and although it isn’t the best of rooms with its high ceiling and flat smooth walls, with some excellent work from the Arts Centre technicians, we got a reasonable sound. We know there is still more work to do with the room to make it more friendly for our Club nights, but at least it is better than the Arts Centre’s East Hall. We are never going to recapture the uniqueness of the Garden Bar, and that has been the problem when looking for a new “home.” We also held a Questionaire on the night and received very encouraging comments about the R’n’B Club, the proposed new venue and some suggestions for possible future venues to hold our events.
We also have good news regarding the Market Square Festival which will defiantly go ahead this year on Sunday 16th September. We secured a little extra funding this year from a couple of benefactors, and have been able to book a headliner who we have been after for a number of years now - Andy Fairweather Lowe. We’re still looking at other acts to support Andy, and will know soon who they’ll be.
A sad blow for Arts in Darlington and the surrounding area, it goes without saying, losing such a large multi-purpose facility in the town; but a well-done to Mike P and the team at the R’n'B club for their forward thinking in securing a new venue and keeping R’n'B alive in the town. I look forward to checking the new venue later in the summer and I’ll report back, unless anyone was at the formentioned Smokin’ Spitfire’s gig. In the meantime, check the club’s website as they’re not going out whimpering….....
Mike
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