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PA system
Drum kit
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Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
Vocal mics
In-house engineer
About Fuel Café Bar
Fuel Café Bar is a grassroots music venue in Withington, London. Bring your own PA, mics and instruments.
Fuel Café Bar books Folk, Acoustic, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Afrobeats, Soul acts. Both original music and covers are welcome. This listing is part of the London venue directory.
Fuel Café Bar is Withington's long-running vegetarian café bar and grassroots live-music venue at 448 Wilmslow Road, south Manchester (M20 3BW). Open from late morning until late every day, it serves affordable veggie food, craft and local ales and German imports, with a superb upstairs function room that hosts regular gigs and open-mic nights — usually folk and acoustic, often free entry. Its fortnightly Monday 'BOOM @ FUEL' open mic champions music of black origin, spanning soca, jazz, blues, rap, reggae, afrobeats, R&B and spoken word. A genuinely community-rooted south Manchester music spot. Bookings via fuelupstairs@gmail.com.
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448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, London, M20 4AN
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Fuel Café Bar books Folk, Acoustic, Jazz, Blues, Reggae, Afrobeats, Soul. Both original music and covers are welcome. Browse artist profiles by genre on GigXchange.
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448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, London, M20 4AN. See the map below for directions. Browse more London venues nearby.
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