A brand new jazz and blues venue is about to hitch Friar Gate’s vary of bars and golf equipment in a number of weeks’ time. The Hound Dog is because of have its grand opening subsequent month because it units out to carry a devoted jazz and blues music venue to the Derby public.
The venue is being launched by well-known business proprietor Paul Keenan who already has ongoing initiatives within the metropolis within the Hairy Dog and Carnivore, and hopes to fill a niche in Derby’s market. The bar has been described by Paul as “almost like a nightclub for folks slightly too old to go clubbing” and says that the bar shall be geared up with mixologists and a catering group to offer high-quality cocktails and Italian delicacies.
The new bar shall be opened at 6 Friar Gate, home of the old Genting Casino and extra just lately the cocktail bar Gossip. Paul stated: “I all the time love to do one thing totally different if doable. Where some business homeowners will take a look at what’s trending across the metropolis and so forth, I take a look at what town is lacking, what it wants, and there’s a lack of stay music venues as it’s, not to mention a venue that solely focuses on jazz and blues.
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“We purpose to create a novel ambiance on this venue. We’ll have acts enjoying all through the evening each time we’re open and we additionally look to host particular occasions reminiscent of comedy nights in addition to acquiring a marriage licence. We actually wish to go all out for this venue and we’re so excited.”
The 56-year-old says he has been seeking to do one thing like this for years and introduced that he was working carefully with Derby Jazz and Midland Jazz in addition to numerous acts from across the area to make sure that high-quality leisure is on provide. The venue is fittingly named the Hound Dog – not after Elvis’s rock ‘n’ roll hit, however the twelve-bar blues track written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller within the early Fifties.
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Work has already begun on the venue and it’s beginning to take form, with the all-seating bar seeking to have a most capability of round 120 folks. The grand opening of this sure-to-be-jazzy venue is scheduled for Friday, November 17, nonetheless, the primary comedy evening shall be taking place on Thursday (November 16) for what Rob has referred to as “a drink, eat and amusing”.
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