Going Out Guide

2012 welcome guide presents the official

all the official night events

WARM UP EVENTS

MONDAY 17th SEPT.

THURSDAY 13th SEPT.

MAIN EVENT: PYJAMA PARTY

Preview Party (Commercial Music) At Escape, Frenchay, Free Entry, 9pm

FRIDAY 14th SEPT. White T-Shirt Party (Commercial Music) At RedBar, Frenchay, Free Entry, 9pm Glenside’s White T-Shirt Party, 7pm

SATURDAY 15 SEPT. th

MAIN EVENT: UWE WELCOME PARTY

Ft Made In Chelsea (Commercial Music)

Don the jarmies and slippers, and join the cast of Made in Chelsea for a ‘totes’ awesome night!

02 Academy, £6 Tickets, 9pm

ALSO ON...

Dirtee Infusion Ft DJ Luck & MC Neat (Garage & Grime) At Bunker (City Centre), £5 Tickets, 9pm Etiquette Ft Distance (DnB & Dub-Step) At Basement 45 (City Centre), £6 Tickets, 9pm Bower Ashton presents their welcome party, ‘The Big Top’ (Circus theme) At Jongleurs (City Centre), £6Tickets, 9pm

(Commercial Music)

There’s a party... and you’re well and truly welcome! A brilliant opportunity to show UWE who’s got the moves!

Frenchay, Free Entry, 9pm

ALSO ON....

St Matt’s Welcome Weekend, 7pm Glenside’s Welcome Weekend Party, 7pm

St Matt’s Lock and Key Party, 7pm Glenside’s Beach Party, 7pm

TUESDAY 18th SEPT. MAIN EVENT: WHERE’S WALLY VS SMURFS

SUNDAY 16th SEPT. MAIN EVENT: ENCORE Ft Greg James (Commercial Music)

Join us for the ultimate fancy dress extravaganza – whether you come as a Smurf or not... you won’t leave feeling blue!

At Syndicate (City Centre), £6 Tickets, 9pm Jungle party theme (Commercial Music)

ALSO ON....

At Bunker (City Centre), £5 Tickets, 9pm

Tuesday Lock In (Pop & Indie Anthems), At RedBar & Escape, Frenchay, £4 Tickets, 9pm

The city centre’s first major event – it’s not one to be missed!

ALSO ON...

Sunday Chillout (Acoustic) At RedBar, Frenchay, Free Entry, 9pm St Matt’s Welcome Weekend, 7pm Glenside’s Toga Party, 7pm

St Matt’s Open Mic Night, 7pm Glenside’s Karaoke Night, 8pm

FOR THE LATEST INFO: www.facebook.com/uwefreshers www.uwesu.org/freshers www.twitter.com/UWE_Freshers

FRESHERS’ WEEK EVENT GUIDE WEDNESDAY 19th SEPT.

FRIDAY 21st SEPT.

MAIN EVENT: JAN CHA RA

MAIN EVENT: SEISMIC

Half Moon Beach Party (Commercial Music)

(Best Bass Mashup)

Generally a Thai tradition to celebrate the moon - expect all the latest dance and floor-filling tunes at Jan Cha Ra!

At RedBar, Frenchay, £5 Tickets, 9pm Cat Face: Boat Party (Alt Funky Throwdown) At Thekla (City Centre), £5 Tickets, 9pm Jongleurs Comedy Night At Jongleurs (City Centre), £6 Tickets, 7pm Bower Ashton’s Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr at Mr Wolfs (City Centre), Free Entry, 8pm St Matt’s Quiz Night, 7pm Glenside’s famous PJ pub crawl, £6 Tickets, 6pm

One of the most popular events during Freshers’ Week - it sees a tidal wave of students attending every year!

At Jongleurs (City Centre), £6 Tickets, 9pm

ALSO ON...

One Fifty Fridays, at RedBar, Frenchay, £1.50 St Matt’s Casino Royale Night, 7pm Glenside’s £1.50 Friday, 7pm

SATURDAY 22nd SEPT.

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THE EVENT: ALLSTARS

THURSDAY 20th SEPT. MAIN EVENT: URBZ N SPICE (Commercial, Dance & Urban)

Bristol’s biggest student event of the year and your main Freshers event! See overleaf for full details.

At Frenchay, £25 Tickets, 8pm Lethal Bizzle will be putting some ‘pow’ into a night of urban tunes and spicy grooves.

At 02 Academy (City Centre), £6 Tickets, 9pm

ALSO ON....

Gen-X (Rock Music) At RedBar, Frenchay, £4 Tickets, 9pm Bower Ashton’s £1.50 Thursday, 4pm St Matt’s Bristol Acoustic Night, 7pm Glenside’s Pub Quiz Night, £1pp, 7:30pm

SOCIAL MEDIA

VENUES

LOCATIONS Check out overleaf for how to find your city centre venues.

TICKETS

HOW TO BUY TICKETS Everything you need to know in a few pages

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Ft Lethal Bizzle (Urban Night)

BRISTOL’S BIGGEST STUDENT EVENT OVER 3000 STUDENTS!

SPECIAL GUEST PERFOMANCES ACROSS 5 STAGES

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LIVE OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE

INDOOR STAGES - CASINO - OXYGEN BAR - PHOTO BOOTHS COCKTAIL BAR - DRINKS OFFERS

ADVANCED TICKETS £25 UWESU.ORG/FRESHERS

UWE STUDENTS’ UNION PROUDLY PRESENTS

SATURDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER AT UWE FRENCHAY

CITY CENTRE VENUES

Throughout the year – including Freshers’ Week – many of our main events are held at a variety of Bristol’s unique and lively nightclubs in the City Centre to give you the ultimate Freshers experience possible!

Eton & Jongleurs: Located on Baldwin Street, UWESU’s partner venue, Eton is home to the famous Jongleurs comedy club, as well as half price drinks for UWE students. Boasting a mouth-watering cocktail menu, this venue is ideal for winding-down or partying until the early hours!

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Syndicate: Experience Syndicate – Bristol’s superclub on Tuesday 18th.

From indie to house, hip-hop to festival rock, Syndicate is always sure to play something that’ll tickle your taste buds!

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Fountains

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Thekla: Have you ever partied on a stationary boat before? If not, Thekla’s eclectic vibe provides an experience like no other.

Basement 45: At the bottom of Park Street you’ll discover a venue that offers a quality underground music scene that’s diverse and atmospheric.

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Hosting many of the best nights and the local bars to those living in the Student Village, RedBar and Escape, must not be missed during Freshers’ Week and beyond.

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Harbourside

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02 Academy: This centrally located venue is the place to be for live performances from popular bands and DJs and this year hosts two of our biggest events.

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Park Street

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Cabot Circus

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Frenchay

The Bunker: Situated in the heart of Clifton Triangle, this bustling underground nightclub is renowned for its assorted mix of music, cheap drinks and buzzing vibe.

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TICKETS

GET YOURS BEFORE YOU ARRIVE Freshers’ night events will sell out! To guarantee you don’t miss out, buy your tickets online now at: www.uwesu.org/freshers DAY

EVENT

PRICE

Sunday

Encore Jungle Party

£5

Monday

Pyjama Party Ft Made In Chelsea

£6

Monday

Dirtee Infusion

£5

Monday

Etiquette Ft Distance

£6

Monday

The Big Top

£6

Tuesday

Where’s Wally vs Smurfs

Ft Greg James

Tuesday

Lock In

£4

Wednesday

Cat Face: Boat Party

£5

Wednesday

Jongleurs Comedy Night

£6

Wednesday

Jan Cha Ra Half Moon Beach Party

£5

Wednesday

The Glenside PJ Pubcrawl*

£6

£6

Thursday

Urbz N Spice

Ft Lethal Bizzle

Thursday

Gen - X

£4

Friday

Seismic

£6

Saturday

The Allstars Party

£25

£6

Don’t miss Greg James at the Where’s Wally vs Smurfs Party at Syndicate on Tuesday.

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Kissy Sell Out & The View, two of last years acts at The Allstars Party

*Tickets for Glenside’s PJ Pubcrawl only available from Glenside SU

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For full details on UWE Students’ Union events across all campuses visit www.uwesu.org/whatson COCKTAIL NIGHT:

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YOUR REGULAR WEEKLY LINE-UP MONDAYS 241 cocktails all night from 8pm in Escape

TUESDAYS Starting in Escape from 5pm and then from In Escape from 5pm and then from in Red with DJ Ali. 10pm in 10pm Red with DJ Ali.

WEDNESDAYS

NIGHT:

Great food deals at UWE’s home of live sport

THURSDAYS

OPEN MIC NIGHT:

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Drinks offers: Carlsberg/Gaymers pintsmixer). £1.20.

Drinks offers: Bottles from £1.20.

Spirits from £1 (plus Spirits fromSoft £1 (plus Carlsberg/Gaymers pints £1.20.

Drinksmixer). from £1 Bottles from £1.20. Soft Drinks from £1

Come down and have a sing song in Escape

FRIDAYS friday

SATURDAYS Come down and get that frog out of your throat and sing along in Escape

QUIZ & POOL NIGHT:

SUNDAYS Two contests, loads of prizes, from 8pm in Escape

Eton on Baldwin Street is UWESU’s partner in the city centre.

Know your limits, for the facts go to: www.drinkaware.co.uk

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KARAOKE:

£1.50 ENTRANCE: ALL DRINKS £1.50 WEEKLY THEMED NIGHTS

EVERY WEDNESDAY AT THE SYNDICATE!

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