Lakota (club)

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The Lakota nightclub and Moon Street. Lakota Nightclub.jpg
The Lakota nightclub and Moon Street.

Lakota is a nightclub situated off Stokes Croft, Bristol. The building is the only remaining part of the Stokes Croft Brewery, and is part of the Stokes Croft Conservation Area. [1] It is considered to be a local landmark by the Bristol City Council, [2] and was "once deemed in the early nineties as one of the most famous clubs in the country outside London". [3]

Lakota was originally set up by George Leonards and Martin Woolford aka Merv who also owned the Moon Club which had been on part of the site since 1986. The Burgess family owned the Tropic Club which was situated on Stokes Croft. The club opened in 1989 and was immediately critically acclaimed. In 1990 the bank decided to call in receivers to sell the club as the mortgage rate rose at that time to 15% and the club couldn't meet the repayments. Bentleigh and Marti Burgess decided to raise the money to purchase the clubs from the receivers. After a fierce bidding war between them and Piers Adams (of Mahiki - celebrity hangout) and Christian Arden (of Po-na-na) they eventually purchased the club using money they had raised from venture capitalists.

In 1992 Lakota started a night called 1 Love on a Sat night which immediately took off as a huge club night in the UK. 1 Love hosted big name Dj's as well as their Bristol residents: James Savage, Ian Wilkie and Mike Shawe

During the late nineties Lakota became one of the most famous clubs in the country and the Burgess family were able to expand the empire to include a record company, merchandise shop and DJ agency. Lakota firmly put Bristol on the clubbing map as a thriving centre for club culture and helped move the city on from its reputation as laidback city of 'mellow vibes'. Lakota played host to all the Superstar DJs such as Carl Cox, Danny Rampling, Sasha, John Digweed, Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Paul Oakenfold, Judge Jules and LTJ Bukem.

At the turn of the century Lakota like all of the other superclubs suffered from a huge drop in trade and over the next few years it seemed to lose its way as it tried to stick to its house roots as well as dabble with new and other underground music such as garage, reggae and two-step. Since 2006 the club has regained ground by collaborating with young promoters to put on a series of drum and bass, hardcore, dub-step, psy-trance and techno nights. A new generation of Bristol clubbers seem to have fallen in love with it again.

Lakota once again gained national publicity in March 2008 when plans were announced to demolish the club and nearby Clockwork. [4] A Facebook campaign (https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27618960205) was launched to save it and over 7,000 clubbers joined this campaign and put up an heroic appeal. Despite their efforts planning permission was granted (http://e2eweb.bristol-city.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?keyval=JUQD6YDN0NR00&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=P3) by Bristol City Council. Lakota was set to be demolished in early 2011 and in its place a small bar and restaurant was planned as part of the development that was planned. However, due to negative public reaction and petitions it was decided it would carry on running as a nightclub venue.

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References

  1. ↑ St Pauls Unlimited Planning Sub Group Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Bristol City Council Development Control (Central) Committee 26 September 2007 Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - retrieved 17 March 2008
  3. ↑ Aubery, M. et al., Youth culture and nightlife in Bristol, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies and Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ BATTLE TO RESCUE TOP VENUES [ permanent dead link ] - thisisbristol.co.uk, retrieved 17 March 2008

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