Rock City

Rock City is the UKs best alternative live music venue and club. It is an all standing venue for gigs with a capacity of 2450. The venue is divided in to three rooms (Main Hall, The Basement and the Rig) which have a total of five bars. There are currently 14+ and 18+ events. They are very strict on checking ID. Inside they have a cash machine and a cloak room which costs £1.50 per item. There are car parks very close by which charge around £3.60 for 3 hours and £5 for 4 hours. Rock City is also easy to get to from the train station. All gigs are listed on their website with links of where to buy the ticket. They have some very good top bands ...  Read the complete review

Rock city is the place to be if u want to see live bands and love rock music. i have never had any trouble there and there are verry little chavs. thay have live bands down stars and a large dance floor and stage up stars. the entry prices and drink prices are resnable. briliantly lay out of the club. and people who work in toilets who give u aftershave it is exerlent the only problem is it has a bit of a sticky floor but hey the club is the best i would recomend it to anyone it relly is ...  Read the complete review

Now what is Nottingham famous for? No, no, not just that bloke in green tights who just ran around poking evil nobles! It also looks like it was famous for some lace stuff, but I didn't notice that either! Nope, 'tis Nottingham Rock City, lauded amongst rock fans, almost whispered of in revered tones by those who haven't been there, almost mystical in its existence. Nottingham Rock City fast become the Mecca of rock fans everywhere, if you hadn't been there, you just hadn't lived, it had to be the one place to go. So I did! Saturday as a matter of a fact, yes I must admit that it was one of the deciding factors in choosing where to go on ...  Read the complete review

If you approach Nottingham via the Mansfield Road, Talbot Street is a turning on the left. Keep an eye out for it, it creeps up on you. There is a multi story car park at the top of Talbot Street which is the best, if not the only place to park. Rock City, due to it being licensed, is for 18's and over. With the exception of regular bag searches, security can be quite lax and I have only known one occaison where anyone has been ID'd. That said, it pays to be nice to the bouncers because I know of a lad who got thrown down the stairs and barred from an OMS gig. I don't remember why. Leave your nice clothes at home - especially trousers - ...  Read the complete review

Rock city is touted as being the best rock club in the north by many popular rock magazines, so me and some friends travelled down from Sheffield to check out this venue. At first it was a little difficult to locate. Rock city is tucked away in a back street. Thankfully when we went into the scream pub round the corner, all we had to do was follow the horde of goths and skaters off to the venue. After queing for about 15 mins we eventually got into the place. We stuck our jackets in the cloakroom and took the chance to explore whilst it still wasn't too busy. I had heard mixed reports, some people say the place is smallish, others say too big espeically ...  Read the complete review