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The 'If You can dream it you must do it' mural on Bute Street is lit up at night
News

Review on improving town centre to ask your experience of Luton night life

February 19, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Review on improving town centre to ask your experience of Luton night life

A council cross-party group has been set up to review Luton’s night-time town centre night life and activities to help improve the experience for residents, workers and visitors. At a council Overview and Scrutiny Committee […]

Ben Thomson, aka The Looted Youth, during recording for a Vandalism Begins at Home Live Session at The Castle, to highlight the importance of grassroots music venues
Music

Luton music venues are ‘essential pipeline for tomorrow’s megastars,’ says MP

January 29, 2025 Ronny Trousers 2

Luton South MP Rachel Hopkins has championed the town’s creative heritage and the vital role of grassroots music during a speech in the House of Commons, calling attention to the importance of Independent Venue Week […]

How Luton's Power Court stadium will look within the town centre landscape with Church Street to the left and St Mary's Church in the foreground
Comment and Opinion

Opinion: It’s a bittersweet symphony as Hatters still searching for the right tune

October 3, 2024 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Opinion: It’s a bittersweet symphony as Hatters still searching for the right tune

“It’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life.” I doubt football was the inspiration for Richard Ashcroft when he penned the lyrics to that 90s classic, but if the Puma King boots fit….  For Luton fans of […]

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Comedy

Comedy club ‘delighted to be back’ at Bear Club after Hatters swooped to save venue

August 9, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Comedy club ‘delighted to be back’ at Bear Club after Hatters swooped to save venue

A comedy club that thought it had hosted its last show at a popular Luton venue is to continue at its home after Luton Town Football Club stepped in to save the world-renowned night spot.  […]

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Luton Town news

‘The Bear lives’ – Music venue ‘staying put’ after last-gasp Hatters buyout

July 20, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘The Bear lives’ – Music venue ‘staying put’ after last-gasp Hatters buyout

Luton’s world-renowned jazz and blues venue The Bear Club has penned a new lease to provide a “more secure future” for the live music spot after a life-saving intervention from Luton Town Football Club. In […]

Sarah Kelly of SK and the Kings
Music

SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

July 13, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

Lutonian singer-songwriter Sarah Kelly of SK & the Kings has been picked to play Latitude Festival later this month on the back of launching her debut EP, ‘Over’. The past few years has SK has […]

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Music

Hatters save iconic jazz club from closure in ‘start of a new era for a long-neglected area’ of Luton

May 10, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on Hatters save iconic jazz club from closure in ‘start of a new era for a long-neglected area’ of Luton

Luton Town Football Club have stepped in to save the town’s world-renowned jazz and blues venue The Bear Club from closure, saying that “we simply could not stand by and let it happen. It means […]

The Bear Club's new owners Neil and Giles
Music

‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

March 23, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

The owners of The Bear Club have teased a “promising development” which could see the Luton music venue saved after fears it would be forced to close in the summer.  In January, the building in […]

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Music

‘The result we feared’, as hope of keeping Bear Club alive ‘not possible’

February 23, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on ‘The result we feared’, as hope of keeping Bear Club alive ‘not possible’

Efforts to save The Bear Club have fallen short with Luton’s internationally-renowned jazz and blues club being forced to close in June.  In January, the freehold of the building on Guildford Street was put up […]

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Music

Bear Club planning for ‘worst case scenario’ as building put up for sale

January 29, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Bear Club planning for ‘worst case scenario’ as building put up for sale

Luton’s internationally renowned jazz and blues nightspot, The Bear Club, is planning for the “worst case scenario” as the freehold of the building was listed for sale which could see them forced out in the […]

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