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The Local Music Scene in Newton Abbot, Devon*

Newton Abbot, Devon Record Shops and Venues

Record Shops

• pfft! i usually make a trek down to plymouth to bigga records. they stock THE best stuff around. drum n bass, hip hop, breakbeat, and all that dancy stuff too.
• Phoenix? Pretty good. Used to be further up town, and cheaper
• Pheonix Sound is the only music shop in town its pretty good just a bit expensive the other one sanity closed down a few years ago
• Phyniks Sounds ( i can not spell)
• Mark Music Newton Abbot www.MarketMusicNewtonAbbot.com buy sell trade all things musical , records , cds , tapes , rare items , guitars , amps , hi fi you name it it is here
• Virgin is the best place for your sounds followed by WHS. Also a newish one opposite Argos opened recently.
• phoenix sound in queen street if he hasn't got what your looking for he'll try his best to get it for you, or torre records in torre torquay, the owners of both shops are brothers
• phoenix sounds
• There was once an independent record store. It closed. The Virgin Store in the town centre has now been refurbished, but if it's real music you want you may as well spit in your hat.

Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars

• Rafters! Called Enigma now. Only go there if youre too pissed to go home. Fridays are homo-night. Saturdays arent much better but give it a shot.
• oh dear...rafters...shocking dump of a place haven't seen the refurb, but wouldn't recommend it. Torquay every time! Or Exeter...
• The new Enigma hush opened up the other week Hush meaning the downstairs where LA Bowl used to be its pretty smart in there its a lot better than it used to be but it costs more to get in on a saturday the drinks have gone up and its still hard to pull birds in there
• Rafters(now called Enigma t change the image) this is the only club in town and frequented by arseholes,slags and grab a granny. Everytime Newton Abbot has more than one club it shuts due to trouble. Used to be Pollyannas and Pen Inn,now its just Enigma,better offgoing Torquay where you have about a dozen to choose from,you will need plenty of cash to doso though.
• PORTER BLACKS is the ONLY!!! kicking place in Newton its open til Midnight Thursday - Friday - Saturdays. It has the best DJ in Devon playing all the best in R'n'B, Dance and Chart.
• Rafters the only club in town,most of the clubs that were previously there have always been shut doewn due to lots of trouble.Rafters itself is crap with numpties galore
• one in newton but its crap- rafters but your best of going to torquay they have five clubs with something to suite everyones taste
• Teignbridge Trotters running club
• Rafters is in all seriousness the armpit, the stinking, wart-encrusted arsehole of the world. Anyone considering suicide becasue their lives are so boring and pointless should give rafters a try to see just how lucky they are.
• Rafters
• 'Rafters' - it's the place to be! Frolic, shimmy, shake your booty, but don't leave your belongings unattended.

Live Music Venues

• Farmer! By the Cinema. Great place.
• Jolly Farmer has many local bands. People say it is a good venue, but a tad small.
• Jolly Farmer, The Fox, The Swan(you willprobably get stuck to the carpet),Market House, Courtenay Arms allusually have live bands from Thursday-Sunday. Sometimes the Queens Hotel has the best localband named SPINY NORMAN on irregular occassions, sing a lot of classic rock, all talented piss heads but worth a listen.
• every year they have a fusion music festivalin courtenay parkaimed at youngsters
• nowhere in newton except occationally in the jolly farmer
• The Jolly Farmer showcases many happening live acts - 'Auntie Peg's Singing Cat', for example, and 'Rust-ears Jim'. If you can't take the pace, check out the Ship on Friday night. There's a jukebox!

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