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Empire Bar

Description: Basement, 42 Botanic Avenue. Tel: +44 (0)1232 249 276. Monday: Johnny Hero's Pop & Trivia Quiz; Tuesday: The Empire ... more

Empire Bar ... Laughs Back - COMEDY CLUB; Wednesday: Chigago Nights with The Untouchables Admission: £3; Friday: Red Hot Roosters; Saturday: Strictly

Newest Review: ... Murphys. The Monday night quiz that is held downstairs in the main bar with quizmaster Johnny Hero is great. The questions are challenging but not so difficult that you can not answer them or so easy to make it a waste of time. Good prizes (alcohol) and good craic, as it is usually popular with plenty of teams. Tuesday has the ever popular comedy night. This is one of the best nights out ... more

... you can have in Belfast, now that I am no longer a student I do not get to it as often and wish it were on a weekend night! One of the funniest nights I was there was when the comedian was not funny, as the abuse from the crowd was probably funnier ...more

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Empire Bar: Great all round venue (313 words)
by - written on 27/01/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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The Empire is a great bar, a Belfast tradition! It has a wide selection of events on on different nights and to be honest, most of them are very good. The atmosphere is always good, as it is normally busy enough in the evenings. Downstairs is quite dark, but the beer is very good and one of the few places in Belfast to do good Murphys. The Monday night quiz that is held downstairs in the main bar with quizmaster Johnny Hero is great. The questions are challenging but not so difficult that you can not answer them or so easy to make it a waste of time. Good prizes (alcohol) and good craic, as it is usually popular with plenty of teams. Tuesday ... Read the complete review

The Empire Laughs Back (435 words)
by - written on 19/08/00 (Very useful, 214 readings)
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As far as I'm aware, this is the only comedy club in Belfast (although I can't be 100% sure of that). It's held on a Tuesday night in The Empire bar on Botanic Avenue, although it doesn't run all year round, it does have "seasons". They don't advertise the comedians that they have, it's a turn up and see affair, although anytime that I've been there, it's always packed. The comedians are a hit and miss affair - generally they are excellent, although I have seen a few just die onstage. On rare occasions the comedian will be someone fairly famous that you'll probably have seen on the telly at some point, but ... Read the complete review