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41 Call Lane, Leeds, LS1 7BT Northern Guitars Café Bar 41 Call Lane, Leeds, LS1 7BT License Extension Proposal Our Clientele • Live Music Fans • Musicians • Music Tourists • Mature crowd • Real Ale & Craft Beer Fans • Artists & Photographers • Private Parties • Couples & groups on a quiet night out Proposal • Current licensed hours 10am-10:30pm 7 days p/w • Proposed licensed hours 10am-11:30pm 7 days p/w The Reason • Customers and performing musicians are frustrated by the short opening hours especially when the bar shuts while an artist is still performing. • Our customers do not want to go anywhere else to finish off their night out. They tell us they would rather have a relaxed end to their evening at Northern Guitars. • Longterm success of the venue would be aided by improved customer experience for our existing clientele. • 10:30pm close is affecting our trading as a serious small live music venue. Potential live music promoters are put off by the limited hours. Private Hire: Leeds Pride 2017 O2 Mobile Event Outdoor smoking area / beer garden Promotion of the licensing objectives • We have a very strict door policy and have the same licensed doorman every Friday and Saturday. He has a very defined profile for the type of customer we admit: no drunk people ever, no stag or hen parties, no football shirts, no gangs of lads, and a Check 25 age policy on the door before admittance. We have a very stringent zero tolerance drugs policy. • We are increasing the number of our CCTV cameras to include the area of Call Lane outside the venue. • We have an outside smoking area at the back of the building so none of our customers need to be on Call Lane during the evening. • We do not have silly drink promotions. We are not a cocktail bar or a venue where people come to get drunk. • We are a destination venue catering for a mature crowd. The standard Call Lane drinker does not come to our venue because there is nothing for them here. • We are not trying to attract more people to Call Lane but simply to cater for our existing customers by creating a more relaxed environment. National Cupcake Day Food & Snacks • Range of locally sourced cakes, pastries and savouries (Wildcraft Bakery, Crawshaws Butchers, Cake Witch). • Vegetarian and Vegan Options. • Coffee from Leeds based Leodis Coffee. • Teas and wide variety of soft drinks. • National Cupcake Day participant. Craft Ales • Featured ales from local brewers Kirkstall Brewery & Leeds Brewery. •Yorkshire beers from various brewers featured prominently. •Total of nine cask and keg ales on draught. Recent events Leeds University ‘Creative Writing’ book launch and spoken word evening Leeds Pride O2 Mobile private hire Leeds College of Music student showcase Live gigs including... Jo Quail Joseph Knight Electric Cello with Loop Pedal Acoustic Indie and Pop. Our Little Mistakes The Brilliant Readers Acoustic Trio playing Country, Bit of country, soul and pop and Folk and Bluegrass. Original a dash of southern gothic can go songs and covers. a long way if you put them in the right order. Harry George Johns OXJAM Festival EP Launch, Alternative Acoustic The UK's largest grassroots Solo Artist music festival Little Blue Thula Alt. Country, Folk and Americana Souls 22:22 two-piece Male/female vocal Duo who spread awareness of the Eyesidedown condition of Mother Earth and her inhabitants. Americana and folk with duo Scott Wainwright Tim Loud Blues, Folk, Gospel and Hip Hop Anti-Folk, Blues, Punk and Roots Jimi Mack Amy Illingworth Progressive folk-jazz with tinges Amy performs covers and of psychedelia originals and is one half of The Sunflower Thieves. Summary & our track record so far • We are a responsible venue. We have used our TENs notices without incident. • We have had no trouble related police call outs of any kind and not a single incident in the bar since opening. • We have met or exceeded every criteria stipulated in our original licence application. • We are a different type of venue for the area; independent, unique, boutique. Customers tell us there is nowhere else like this place. • We cater for a noticeably different clientele to the main bars on the street; laid back, mature, music loving. • Our Facebook review ratings are an astounding 4.9 out of 5 based on 52 reviews. Our customers love this place and tell us it is their new favourite destination. They go out of their way to come here and are definitely not on a Call Lane bar crawl. Far from it. • We champion local bands and performers, local ales, local food. • We have taken deliberate care to build our customer base, but they are feeling frustrated by our trading hours. They want to start and finish their evening at Northern Guitars in a relaxed atmosphere. • We accept the Cumulative Impact Policy but any recent increase in late night Call Lane crime figures can not be attributable to us because we do not normally operate at late night hours. • We are trying to promote the street to be an original and intriguing place for Leeds residents and tourists to explore. • We hope a successful application for a one hour extension will secure the long term future of our venue. Appendix Music Leeds event 29 Nov 2017, Leeds Town Hall on Music Cities www.musicleeds.com “Our goal is to make the UK the number one music tourism destination in the world.” Sally Balcombe, CEO at Visit Britain www.ukmusic.org/research/measuring-music-2017 ukmusic.org globalcitiesafterdark.com musiccitiesnetwork.com creative-footprint.org Key Strategies: Proposal 1. Music-friendly and musician-friendly MUSIC CITY KEY ELEMENTS policies Government policies have a direct impact The essential elements of Music Cities are: on the ability of music businesses such as • Artists and musicians; live performance venues, recording studios • A thriving music scene; and rehearsal spaces to operate • Access to spaces and places; sustainably. Business licensing, liquor licensing, transportation planning and • A receptive and engaged audience; and parking, as well as land-use planning all • Record labels and other music-related businesses. have an impact on the health of the music It is also important to have multi-level government economy. Compliance requirements should support for music, a broader city infrastructure conducive to the sector, and music education be appropriate without becoming a barrier programs. Many other beneficial elements were to doing business. Many communities face identified in the research for this report including challenging decisions regarding land-use music history and identity. However, the above-noted components received a higher ranking by the focus planning as a result of gentrification and groups conducted for this study. urban growth. In some cities, historically significant music properties are threatened MUSIC CITY KEY BENEFITS or have already been lost. Solutions to A vibrant music economy drives value for cities in these challenges include heritage several important ways: job creation, economic designations, cultural zones and policies growth, tourism development, city brand building and based on the “agent of change” principle. artistic growth. A strong music community has also been proven to attract other industrial investment, along with talented young workers who put a high value on quality of life, no matter their profession. http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/The- The strategies offered in this report are based on Mastering-of-a-Music-City.pdf research gathered from dozens of cities around the world. The following strategies are the ones most often cited as an effective means to grow and strengthen the music economy. Reviews 27/12/17 If you’re a fan of classic rock, Call Lane is home to your new go-to bar – and it’s in a guitar shop. Northern Guitars has been selling the finest axes for over three decades, but now they’ve split their shop in two. The guitars are upstairs, and the ground floor is home to the finest rock & roll bar you never knew existed. It’s a really cool space, with reclaimed furniture and exposed brickwork partially covered in classic gig posters and photos of rock icons. Tunes from The Clash, David Bowie and Fleetwood Mac blare out of the speakers and they have a retro jukebox in the corner too. Treat yourself to a couple of pints of Yorkshire’s finest ales – they stock local favourites like Leeds Brewery and Kirkstall Brewery, just be careful, after a few pints you might go home with a new toy you hadn’t bargained for. Northern Guitars Cafe Bar, 41 Call Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 7BT. Reviews 29/9/17 Tommy Saxondales of the world, unite, for a new including legendary venue The Duchess. Tickets bar has opened in Leeds city centre paying from notable gigs in the city from across the decades tribute to all things classic rock. - RIP Cockpit, which seems to have held so many - are also imprinted on the bar. Northern Guitars, which was exclusively a musical instrument shop for decades , has recently re- Having been in on two consecutive Saturdays (and a opened as a pub and cafe while still selling weeknight soon after), I can confirm the weekend six-strings upstairs. Quite an idea, though a bit of a afternoon playlist more or less consists of just The no-brainer. It’s difficult to tell whether it’s a new Clash. So I decided I should stay (boom boom). But venture formed in desperate times where people are the pub also puts on live music every now and then. turning to the web to buy new instruments, or whether the owner thought that with Call Lane - one t serves cask and keg beer - good to see Leeds of the city’s ‘main drags’ for revellers, as it were - he I Brewery and Kirkstall Brewery featured among them was staring a gift horse in the mouth location-wise - bottles, can, spirits, coffee, crisps and little cakes.