dangerousdave
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any decent sized pub can be a venue, and it doesn't even need a stage. if you look to castle under lyme you'll find a pub called the old brown jug which is just a pub with a late license that holds different events as it had the demand for it, so they've hosted nights as diverse as thrash metal, gigs with nationally recognised indie bands (detroit social club played there recently i believe), dance nights (as our very own danny mekanik), comedy nights, northern soul nights, etc etc. the only thing that the jug has which many others don't is that they're not a chain pub, and the pub took the wise decision to invest in it's own PA (which can be put away above the pub when not in use) which is just enough. The Bird would be (and was) perfect for this. upstairs at the pie and ale house would be even better, and the infrastructure is there already. that is about it in the town centre though