SO WHAT’S THE RUBY LOUNGE ALL ABOUT?

“Rock ‘n Roll is the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear””.

So spoke Frank Sinatra back in the 50’s but I’m damn certain Frank would have gotten just the kind of kick he was partial to out of a night at Ruby Lounge.Sure, the quote would be the same but this time he’d be smiling.

The Ruby Lounge is a bespoke 350 capacity live music venue (& 500 capacity club space) bang in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter and a venue Manchester has always deserved. A place for all that brutal, ugly, desperate and vicious Rock’n'Roll but all delivered withinthe kind of joint that doesn’t expect people to live with the lowest common denominator - quite the opposite.

The Ruby Lounge is flash without being showy. Lived in without being beat up. Rock’n'Roll without being clichéd. Timeless but not tired. The Ruby Lounge nods from the 21st century to all those perfect 1950’s Lounges and to a time where live venues gave a damn about the people enjoying them. It’s a perfect hang out with a loud-as-hell PA and a venue with all the trimmings.

Expect live shows and bands most every night - big, wild, loud, thrilling, smeared & sultry live bands. Great Rock’n'Roll bands - no filler.

The Ruby Lounge also opens real late with a selection of superb club nights stretching into the evening plus we’ve one hell of a great bar that won’t break the bank.

Frank of course also said… “Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy”.

So here’s what you get folks…

* A 350 capacity live music venue (that opens into a 500 capacity club) with a reasonably priced bar & a 4am liquor license.

* An awesome Turbosound live PA rig with all the trimmings plus a separate 40k club system.

* Full venue aircon throughout (and yeah, we actually turn it on).

* Becks Vier, Boddingtons, Guinness and Strongbow on draught plus a mighty range of bottles, spirits & specialty beers.

* A great looking chill out lounge area plus pool table.

* And much more besides including…

Bar offers, real clean toilets, cash machine, secure cloakroom plus door & bar staff with a smile thrown in.

It goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway) - we are really proud of this place.

 

WHO’S PLAYED THE RUBY LOUNGE SO FAR?

Absent Elk
Acorn
Adem
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Airborne Toxic Event
Akala
Akron/Family
Alberta Cross
Al Duvall
Alfonz
Angus & Julia Stone
Answering Machine
A Place to Bury Strangers
Arthur Delaney
A Silent Film
Athlete
Back Handed Compliments
Baddies
Baskery
Bear Hands
Beep Seals
Ben Kweller
Ben’s Brother
Beth Rowley
Big Pink
Black Angels
Black Bud
Blitzkid
Blow Monkeys
Bob Log III
Bone-Box
Boris
Boss Hoss
Boy Crisis
Brakes
Broken Family Band
Broken Records
Bromhead’s Jacket
Bryn Christopher
Chairlift
Chapman Family
Cheeky Cheeky & the Nosebleeds
Cinematics
Claire & the Reasons
Clik Clik
Codeine Velvet Club
Colin MacIntyre aka Mull Historical Society
Coronas
Courteeners
Curtis Eller’s American Circus
Cut In The Hill Gang
Cyril Snear
Damo Suzuki
Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards
Dave Arcari
Deadstring Brothers
Delta Spirit
Detachments
Detroit Social Club
Dirtbombs
Dodos
Duffy
Duke & the King
Durutti Column
Eamon Hamilton
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Eileen Rose & the Holy Wreck
Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed and the True Loves
Emiliana Torrini
Emmy The Great
Example
Exit Calm
Faint
Findlay Brown
Fink
Florance and the Machine
Foy Vance
Francoiz Breut
Frank and Walters
Frank Sidebottom
Friendly Fires
Gabriella Cilmi
Gary Go
General Fiasco
Ginger (Wildhearts)
Glint
Glasvegas
Glen Matlock
Gravenhurst
Hammell on Trial
Handsome Family
Handsome Furs
Haunts
Hawk and a Hacksaw
Hefner
Hidden Cameras
Hockey
Horrors
Hot Club De Paris
Hot Melts
I Like Trains
Idlewild
Imperial Leisure
Indelicates
Jack Penate
Jack Savoretti
Jamie Scott & the Town
Jessie Rose Trip
Joe Gideon and the Shark
John Cooper Clarke
Jo Rose
Jolie Holland
Jon Spencer
Josh T Pearson
Joss Stone
Joy Formidable
Juana Molina
Kate Rogers
Keith
Kid British
King Creosote
King Kurt
Kong
Leisure Society
Liam Frost
Lissy Trullie
Lovers
Lowline
Lucy Wainwright Roche
Lyrebirds
M83
Mark Lanegan
Marina and the Diamonds
Maybes?
Max Tundra
Micah P Hinson
Moby
Modey Lemon
Mountain Goats
Mr Hudson
Mumford & Sons
My Computer
My Vitriol
Mystery Jets
Neon Neon
Nerina Pallot
New Adventures
New Education
New Young Pony Club
Nizlopi
Nneka
No Bra
Noisettes
Otis Gibbs
Oxbow
Paloma Faith
Pan I Am
Parlotones
Passion Pit
Pete & the Pirates
Portico Quartet
Prefuse 73
Priscilla Ahn
Rascals
Red Light Company
Robots in Disguise
Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees
Ruby Suns
Satin Peaches
Saul Williams
Scott Matthews
Screaming Lights
Secret Machines
Shaky Hands
Shout Out Louds
Silversun Pickups
Soft Pack
Soft Toy Emergency
Solange
Soul of Man
Soulsavers
Soy Un Caballo
Stephanie Dosen
Teddy Thompson
Teitur
Temper Trap
Thermals
Thomas Truax
Thrills
Toadies
To The Bones
Tokyo Police Club
Tom Hingley & Kelly Wood
Tommy Reilly
Tonight is Goodbye
Tony Wright (Terrorvision)
Twilight Sad
Two Door Cinema Club
Ugly Duckling
Vast
Veils
Vessels
Victorian English Gentlemens Club
Virgins
Vivian Girls
Voluntary Butler Scheme
Von Bondies
VV Brown
We Are The Physics
We Have Band
White Belt Yellow Tag
White Denim
Whitest Boy Alive
Will and the People
Wolf Parade
Working For A Nuclear Free City
Yacht
Yo Majesty
Zombie Zombie
Zombina and the Skeletones