Crap night, empty wallet |
 Am I the only one who is sick of having nowhere good to go for a night out? I don't think so. It seems, like many I have spoken to, are very disappointed in the lack of choice when it comes to going out somewhere in Milton Keynes for a drink and general good time.Don't get me wrong, the big clubs in Milton Keynes are usually packed full of people and obviously Milton Keynes is well catered for in the regular 'binge' nightclub department. But that is not my scene. I believe that large numbers of people in Milton Keynes feel this way. The mainstream is not their scene, but what I am saying is that there is very little alternative. Because there are lots of people ready and willing (queuing in the cold in their hundreds),club owners know there is alot of money in the mainstream scene. That's obviously why the centre of the town revolves around it. a good alternative could be placed at the other end of the city centre. It should be something similar to the theatre district, but with a variety of venues and diversity of music and entertainment. We don't want more monuments to the pisshead culture that are now clustered together-conveniently for drunks to stumble from one to the other. We need a change, then lots of rockers, punks, ravers, and other social groups would come out of the woodwork and into town. Music is an important part of a night out for me, it sets the mood. Music brings together like minded people and draws people into other social groups. I can't be the only one who prefers to communicate without shouting over the same old cheesy pop music. Places like 'Shout!' are good and offer something different, giving the rock people at least one decent option. But there are not enough places like this. There is a growing Drum 'n' bass community in Milton Keynes. Have a look at our forum. But again, they are crying out for venues. It seems the prime spots were taken by big companies, who have found large success nationwide and have replicated their gold mines in Milton Keynes. This forces alternative groups into smaller, lower profile venues, dotted in various awkward places in and around Milton Keynes- The Pitz, 'Shout!' and Deadly Fusion for example. They start up with high hopes but usually close within months. Dingey venues have spoiled the atmosphere and the locations which are difficult to find draw in little or no 'passing trade'. Often the venues have bad reputations which also adds to the lack of interest. So here we are, thousands of people, with nowhere to go after a hard week of work, will somebody please start a good alternative, before I do. I wonder what they do with MK Bowl for the other 10 months of the year? If anyone can recommend a night out, I am open to suggestions E-mail me using the contact box below. Oh and please include your name and email address if you want us to publish your comments. |
Comments (11)
I'm not slating these people as I was one of them a few years back (I'm 31 now). But what I long for in the center is a variety of places to go for a night out. What about a good old fashioned bar, with decent music and a nice atmosphere. What about a rock\live music bar, where you can see decent bands playing. Go anywhere in London and you get a really good variety. Look at the types of independent bars etc that you get when you go to Cities like New York, London etc.
Surely it's about time that we stop introducing the same crappy, big chain bars and clubs into our City Center and let us have the variety we deserve!
Have you tried the Forester arms in Stony Stratford, they have a band on every Saturday from 9pm, there is everything from blues to Rock and on Wednesday's they have an open mic session which can be varied in styles.
just a thought .....
Im into hardcore and hardhouse etc.. but they dont cater for that no more do they?? Santuary was a legend and what happened they shut it and building a stadiem i mean HELLO our football team sucks.
MK sort it out!!