Hello and welcome to The Marr's Bar home page. If you are in Worcester, looking for a great night out - fancy watching some top quality live music - then The Marrs Bar is the only place to be


Scroll down for a rake of information that answers many FAQ's....


IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Friday and Saturday night bands will finish by 11pm


Situated in the city centre of historic Worcester, this former dance studio still has the original sprung dance floors put in place back in 1958 adding a woody texture to the sound quality of the room. After an extensive 14 month renovation/conversion we have ended up with a venue that musicians have designed with the musician in mind, so bands really enjoy themselves when they play here - and as a result, always give a better performance. We have a 5k in house sound system, in house lighting rig and in house sound engineers. There is also a recording studio on the top floor.

The executive balcony is available for Hen nights, Stag parties, Corporate Entertaining and album launches.

The marr's bar is an over 18 music venue. The only way to get in if you are under 18 is with a junior membership. to become a junior member you must pay £5 for the year, get a passport size photo and fill in this form

There is a train station a taxi rank and a bus stop all within 2 minutes walk and we have a number of links to all sorts of accommodation near by to suit most wallets.

What's On This Week :-

Wednesday 28th
Marzy's Jamming Night

Every Wednesday is Jamming Night at The Marrs Bar. We have a full range of instruments set up for you to play so if you are a guitarist, bass player, keyboard player, singer or drummer you can just turn up and play. You are welcome to bring your own instrument along too if you'd prefer. There is also a DI box set up for the unexpected double bass or an acoustic guitar or whatever.

Free Admission
Friday 30th
Truebeat with support from Popes of Chillitown and BSN:[420]

TrueBeat are an eight-legged skanking machine storming the forefront of the UK Ska Rock scene.
Forming in late 2008 they have racked up over a hundred shows since that time with bands like JB Conspiracy, Bad Manners, Catch-it Kebabs and The Beat. Raising the roof in venues all over the country from Cornwall to Yorkshire, London to Lincolnshire, it s what TrueBeat exists to do.
In 2009 the boys recorded their debut album with producer TimG (famed for his work with the Catch-it Kebabs, Sonic Boom Six and MTV Mash-ups) and released it in August that year to critical acclaim. Kevin Flowerdew, owner of the famous Do The Dog Records label said it was A strong contender for debut album of the year and rated it his fourth favourite release of the 2009.
http://truebeat.co.uk
POPES OF CHILLITOWN are a six piece BritSka Indie band from London, forged many moons ago from the tentative beginnings of late-night jam sessions between friends. The band have burst onto the London gig scene in few years with a host of performances at many well-respected venues, including the legendary London Astoria and Hackney Empire.
But a straight up British Ska band they are not. Blending genres and each of the members influences makes for a unique sound and a breath of fresh air from generic bands that make generic music for fear of punters not getting it . A typical POPES OF CHILLITOWN show boasts soaring vocals, orgasmic guitars, sexy sax solos, banging Ska beats and chunky basslines thrown in for good measure. Expect SKA, ROCK, INDIE, REGGAE, DUB, DRUM AND BASS and much more.
www.myspace.com/popesofchillitown
Local support, BSN [4:20] started back in 2006 as a 3 (Ladystix, The Doctor & Dogman aka Major Travis T) piece and played a couple of shows. In 2007 they became a 4 piece when Matthew Bridge edged his way into the band (originally playing keys). Their first gig was ironically on 20 April 2007 at Katie Fitzgeralds. BSN [4:20] gigged North, South, East and West during 2007 and 2008 and recorded 16 tracks in this time, until they annouced there final gig due to Bridge leaving for Bahrain in October 2008. It was held at Katie Fitzgeralds and was an emotional gig both high and low. The end. But no, they decided to do one last show at christmas upon a visit home from Bridge, then they reformed in April 2009 recorded a bunch of new tracks and August 2009 started gigging again. The story will continue as this July they are playing the main stage at Nozstock, doing some recording, AND supporting Truebeat and the Popes of Chillitown!!! www.myspace.com/bsn420

£4.00 ticket and £5.00 on the door





That Jefree Star incident...
This is what really happened... Click Here

Under 18's
The marr's bar is an over 18 music venue. The only way to get in if you are under 18 is with a junior membership. to become a junior member you must pay £5 for the year, get a passport size photo and get a parent or guardian to fill in this form and bring it along with you or post it to us.

Mailing List
If you would like to be added to our data base and receive listings automatically each month and any updates as and when they happen, simply click HERE and send me a blank e mail from the e mail address that you want to receive the mail to

Free Ski Trips For Musicians
If you are interested please click HERE

Ticket Sales
We can sell tickets over the phone by credit or debit card, also, sponsors of our famous Wednesday night Jamming Session Music City in the Tything (01905 26600) sell tickets for us until 5.30pm any day except Sundays and Mondays
.....or you could buy them from behind the bar any night from 5.00pm except some Mondays and Tuesdays

Normal Opening Times
Doors open at 8.00pm for all shows unless otherwise stated.

So you're in a band...?
You can now see all confirmed shows up until the end of 2007 in the Listings section. This also means that if you're in a band looking for a gig you can check if the date you are after is definitely gone by looking in the listings - you may as well be looking in my diary! If the date you are looking for is free then send us an e mail with your bands name as the subject and a myspace link if you have one, if not then send a demo into our postal address. All contact details can be found on "Get In Touch" section

Anyway, have a browse around the site, and if there's anything you think we can maybe do better- please drop us an e mail.



Only in existence since March 2000 with live music six and sometimes seven nights a week - catering for every genre, The Marr's Bar is known as the best venue of it's size in the country attracting acts such as:- All About Eve, Amor, Antiproduct, Bad Manners, Bowling for Soup, The B Movie Heroes, Connie Lush and Blues Shouter, Cousteau, Dead Men Walking, Dubmerge, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, Cubana Bop, Earthtone 9, Four Star Mary, Geno Washington, Gordon Giltrap, Hamsters, Jackie Levens, Kava Kava, Kangaroo Moon, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, King Prawn, Landmine Spring, Lightening Willie and the Poorboys, Matt Dieghton (Paul Weller's Guitarist), Mark Flanagan (Jool's Holland's guitarist), Mike Sanchez, New Blood, Nick Harper, Otis Grand, Omar and the Howlers, Parkers Alibi, Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes, Paul Young, Phil Jupitus with The Blockheads, [Spunge], Spear of Destiny, The Bluefoot Project, The Bushbury's, The Damned, The Levellers, The Selecter, The Yardbirds, Tim Rose, Tony McPhee and The Groundhogs, Tribute to Nothing, Wilko Johnson, Zion Train, 4' Fingers, and even the now legendry 36 Stone along with a myriad of other bands, some of which have recorded live albums direct from stage on the ground floor to our recording studio on the top floor called Mint Music.

As you can see from the variety of bands, we cover every type of music but still keep the quality top notch...... and by keeping the quality up we have slowly but surely gained peoples trust nationwide, as they know whoever plays at The Marr's Bar, whatever style of music, it's going to be a bit special. We are also trying to be one of the few venues left in the country not to succumb to the current tirade of tribute bands who whilst I have no real problem with them, I do feel they have help to stifle originality for long enough - and there are enough Chicago Rock type venues out there for them all to make a comfortable living.

What we look for is signed and unsigned originality of the quality that makes you wonder why you don't see their music on sale in HMV - or hear them on the radio - or catch their latest video on Top of the Pops....... well you can blame Pete Waterman and yes, tribute bands - and the whole Pop Idol craze in general. Anyway, I'm gonna fall off my soap box in a minute...........