Come for a gig, stay for dinner, or spend an afternoon getting to know the streets. The Strange Quarter is full of independent places doing their own thing. Here is a way into it.
Start with something good to eat
Give yourself a daytime reason to explore. Red Bank has a working bakery, restaurants and railway arches to find your way between. Pick a coffee stop or book a table, then leave time for a wander.
Follow your curiosity
An open-studio day is a chance to meet the people making work here. Browse the programme before setting off: a studio visit and a gallery opening make different kinds of afternoon.
Meet at the pub
A pub gives a group somewhere simple to gather before heading out. Look at the night’s programme too: the place you choose for the first drink might also have the gig you stay for.
Let the music take over
Choose a night that fits your taste, then build the rest of the evening around it. Keep the venue’s street address and your ticket handy, and sort the journey home before you get settled.
Links & further reading
- Hidden: venue and programme on Skiddle
- Joseph Holt: Derby Brewery Arms
- DBA address and programme on Skiddle
- The Yard: visitor and access information
- The Yard: current programme
- The White Hotel programme
- Skiddle venue and listings
- The Bag Factory
- Skiddle venue and listings
- Paradise Works: visits
- Paradise Works: programme
- Eagle Inn
- Eagle Inn: address and opening hours
- Skiddle venue and listings
- Half Dozen Other: locations
- Half Dozen Other: Red Bank visits
- The Spärrows
- The Spärrows: reservations and visiting
- Suzume: restaurant and reservations
- Fairfield Social Club: visiting
- Fairfield Social Club: access
- Skiddle venue and listings