Music

Rescue Rooms picture by Andrew Kendall ©

Students are often portrayed negatively for doing too much socializing and not enough study.

However, Rescue Rooms, Stealth and Rock City wouldn’t be able to function without them.

Sam Williams, manager of Rescue Rooms and ex-Nottingham University student, says:

"Students inject a huge amount of money into the city; spending in its clubs and bars and this can only be a good thing.

"Beyond this the influx of bright, creative young people from all walks of life helps maintain a vibrant, rapidly-changing youth culture."

Students good for business

It’s a fact that the big music venues in Nottingham don't do so well when nearly 40,000 students go home for the summer.

Ticket sales go down as do the quality of bands, as the bigger bands are often saved for term time.

"We do work hard to adapt and cater for the young people that are still left in the city in terms of the events we put on.

"But it would be foolish for us to put on big acts through the summer when we it would be better to run them during term time."

Night Life

Nottingham is known to have a great night life and this is emphasised in October when the students are here.

Some want to party after returning from home for the summer and the new students want to get out and experience the city.

The clubs and venues wouldn't be as busy without the students and therefore they bring something positive to Nottingham.

Making venues busy

"We certainly aren't solely reliant on the students, but they do make our venues busy.

"Students have greater disposable income and have more of a desire to party generally speaking."

The venues are able to get back into a regular cycle of gigs and club nights in October, and numbers and sales suddenly rise. 

"All of our venues take advantage of the fact that Nottingham has two large universities. We certainly tailor many of our events purely for that market."

The music venues have to carry on in the summer otherwise the rest of their market would be neglected and that’s not what Rock City, Stealth and Rescue Rooms is about.

"We also try to cater for Nottingham’s wider working population in the bands and DJ’s we have at our nights."