Nightlife is dispersed throughout York, but popular clusters include the old Quarter and Micklegate.
There are healthy helpings of live music, culture and nightlife , much of it detailed in the local Evening Press (and on their useful website, ). Most bigger bands bypass the city in favour of Leeds, though the Barbican Centre pulls in its fair share of major mainstream artists, while the pub music scene flourishes. The annual Early Music Festival , held in July, is perhaps the best of its kind in Britain, with dozens of events spread over ten days - details are available on 01904/658338 or from the tourist offices. York is home to the famous York Mystery Plays.
York has its own brewery, which owns several pubs within York and these include the Last Drop Inn on 27 Colliergate, which also has live music by candlelight on Monday and Tuesday nights. The Black Swan on Peasholme Green, an atmospheric Tudor inn, has live music every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, with everything from jazz to ever-popular folk nights. If you can’t decide which pub to go to (York boasts a pub for every day of the year), why not pay a visit to Ye Olde Starre Inn on Stonegate, reputedly York's oldest?
For grown-up sophistication and fabulous river views, head for The Living Room, 1 Bridge Street. Oscar's Wine Bar & Bistro, 8 Little Stonegate, has a cosier appeal: inside is candlelight and cellar-like crannies; outside is a courtyard with year-round heating. For some laid-back fun, head for Evil Eye Lounge, 24 Stonegate, with its louche, lamp-lit rooms, plus broad range of cocktails and absinthe.
CLUBS AND LIVE MUSIC
Barbican Centre Barbican Road tel 01904/656688, . Country, rock, folk and MOR stalwarts all appear here sooner or later.
Black Swan Peasholme Green tel 01904/632922. Regular folk nights with a full range of quality bands and singer-songwriters. Sunday lunch jazz too.
Fibbers Stonebow House, Stonebow tel 01904/466148, . Indie and guitar-pop bands play most nights of the week at this inventive venue.
Punch Bowl Inn 7 Stonegate tel 01904/615491. Pub venue for jazz and blues, a couple of nights a week.
CINEMA, THEATRE AND THE ARTS
City Screen 13-17 Coney St tel 01904/541155, . The choice for art-house cinema, with a riverside café-bar.
Grand Opera House Cumberland Street, at Clifford St tel 01904/671818 . Musicals, ballet and family entertainment in all its guises.
Theatre Royal St Leonard's Place tel 01904/623568 . Musicals, pantos and mainstream theatre, as well as a café-bar.
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