Nightlife in Lancaster

Do you enjoy movies? Maybe you’re a theatre buff, or like poetry? Or perhaps you’re someone who enjoys sampling different cuisines? Then you will love spending time in Lancaster and the surrounding area 

Lancaster has a lot of different things to do once the sun goes down. There are restaurants, nightclubs, pubs, a cinema, two well established theatres, and the Gregson Centre and the Storey both offer poetry, and other creative outlets.

Restaurants

Lancaster offers a variety of different cuisines, so there is always somewhere good to eat out.

Bella Pasta in the city centre offers Italian food, such as Calzone and pizza

The Borough offers excellent pub food, their burgers are particularly tasty, and they do a deal with both the local theatres, allowing ticket holders a discounted meal.

Molly’s is a small Italian, with an extensive happy hour, offering some dishes at £4.95. Their salmon fettuccine and pizza Margherita is particularly good, but all their food has a great reputation.

Paolo Gianni’s which is a short walk away from Molly’s is a lively place to eat, and offers inexpensive meals with a friendly atmosphere.

Pubs

The Robert Gillow is a city centre pub that hosts regular music nights, it’s a friendly place which has great beers. They host folk, jazz and blues music nights, and a folk band performs there every week.

Merchants is the place to go if you like your pubs to be steeped in history, it’s been on the site since 1688. It’s a small but friendly pub, with several different rooms, which feel like you are in a beer cellar. Good music too!

The White Cross is located on the canal side, and offers wonderful meals. On weekdays you can order a main course for £6 between noon and six. Their fish and chips hold a fond place in my memory, and the staff help add to the warm atmosphere.

Yorkshire House also known as ‘Yorkie’ prides itself on it’s live music. It’s located not far from the bus station and is always full of people. It offers a wide range of music genres, and also has a great reputation for it’s real ale.  

Nightclubs

The Sugarhouse is popular for live music. It’s not a easy place to find at first, located down a side street, but the effort is definitely worth it, if you enjoy dance music. They host local DJs as well as more well known ones, Rudimental and Lethal Bizzle have both done sets there.  

The Mint is a cocktail bar, which some consider a little pricey, but the drinks are excellent. It’s mainly dance music which is played though, and it’s a small place so it can get a little loud for some tastes.

Cinemas

Lancaster has two main places to see a film

The Vue is a multiplex, where you can see all the latest releases and it’s in the city centre.

The Dukes offers well known films but also screens foreign language films. They often have more than one screening of a film.

Theatres

If you’re a culture vulture, then Lancaster boasts two excellent theatres

The Dukes is a theatre and a cinema. They have a wide range of different things on, and put on matinees every week. The ticket prices for the theatre start at £5, for a standing only ticket. There are a lot of different things on every week, in one week they publicised a ballet one night, and then Andi Osho (Comedian from Mock the Week) the next night, and then there was a Brazilian film screening on the night after.

The Grand hosts a number of nationally known comedians, and has it’s own amateur dramatics troupe who often put on productions. The pantomimes are particularly popular if you come at Christmas time.

(Information correct up to 15th February 2016)

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