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Clubs (Dance Music) and Music Bars
Zafiros, New Bridge St. Bar 200, River St.
L2 Nightclub Calenic St - SJZ sometimes puts SK8 Premieres on here.
Chicago Rock, (boring)
L2 is a good club by cornish standards and has had banging hard house nites with dj's like anne savage,lisa lashes,lisa pinup. The hard trance dj mark eg has blown the roof off there, there resident mischief is ace worth going.
Well, L2 is sometimes a club
Why not try Chicago Rock Cafe' good range of patrons,VERY friendly staff.Had a great pissup.Go see for yourself.
Plenty of clubs for the over 70s.
L2 - the only decent club in Truro, Fridays is Hard Dance night which although sparsly attended is about the only place to find something that aint all cheese.
People from Truro High and Truro school go there becauseb we are so bored in the town that L2 is the only where there is any tiny bit of excitement.
l2, doesn't come highly reccommende but it is the only one and does tend to act as a local haunt
The onion Bar for starters then maybe the loft for a spot of pound a pintouage! Awesome!Watch out for the girl who cant get her backside through the fire exits she's Joa's misses, and those twins (who don't look the same until 15 bottles of WKD's) and never ever ever think that a girl called Rachel is attractive because she so isn't and you will spend the whole night hiding from her as i did (Marc)
L2 for all of you after a youngun, or eclipse if you're after a sore ring, whatever tickles your fancy
L2 is good on Student nights. Get there early but EVERY DRINK IS A QUID! 'Nuff said. Friendly atmosphere but sometimes overpopulated by the underage Truro School or High School ruffians! Ahhhh
L2 is miniscule, but does have a chill out room...
previously secrets, then the lido, NOW eclipse is a gay club.
Well, L2 has a very friendly atmosphere, i really like it. but prepare to queue for at least an hour or so on monday night (i would get there about 7.30 coz then you'll be in by 9, and before they stop the entrance), and take umbrella with you! It's a pound a drink coz its student night and we all get very very drunk!
L2 was loft was alot of other things is the only decent place to go. Music is good if a little ( understatement) cheesy but also has dance/ trance.The age gap goes to extremes. I have seen a 78yr old woman doing boogie moves there. Quite cheap unlike chicago rock which has very high prices for vodka and cokes but good cocktails it is a kinda club for the richer variety.
l2, new version of the "loft" which opened about a year ago, opposite the "pig-ugly" BT building in Calenick Street.
The loft had a pound a drink night every Monday, get there early as there are hugh queues. Prepare to get very very drunk
The Loft, The Lido (formerly Secrets)
As of August 98 there is now the Chicago Rock cafe, which has tribute bands, crap food, but quite a lively atmosphere. also the Loft is moving to old auction rooms opposite the Chicago Rock.
secrets is now the Lido not the best club ever!!!!
'The Loft', Truro's best nightspot? Well, that wouldn't be hard seeing as there is only one other (Secrets) and that is CRAP.
Live Music Venues
hall for cornwall is getting some decent bands now BFMV etc. . .
Hall for Cornwall is the only one really pretty shit mostly crappy musicals and ABBA or the rat pack tributes but every year there is fundraising festival type thing for SAS (surfers against sewage) and DECENT rock bands play last year funeral for a friend was supported by the bled 36 crazyfists and my chemical romance need i say more?
The Swan Pub, The Alehouse, The William IV, The L2 Night club, (Wednesdays Metal/Punk Vent nights are good) The Hall for Cornwall (bigger bands etc)
BAR 200!! Seriously underrated place
Most of the pubs have live music, William IV is prolly the best for it.
hall for cornwall, generally a bit crap, abba tribute bands highly likely
Hall for Cornwall is definately not a place you admit to going. It does however impress your gran as she has heard such wonderful things about it.
The hall for Cornwall (still the City Hall to most of us) seems to only cater for people with false teeth. Although Reef played a little while ago
Hall for Cornwall - should be called Hall for old people. Top acts include Joe Pasqualie and Paul Daniels.
The Hall for Cornwall, venue for small to medium sized bands, recent ones include: shed Seven,The Bluetones, Bjorn Again.
Truro hall for Cornwall
William IV sometimes.
Cinemas
Plaza, Lemon St, it's ok.
Plaza, Lemon St, recently refurbished, ok but not brilliant.
The Plaza! But it costs way too much - as most cinemas do nowadays.
Don't push it. Last year a two screen cinema was suggested to the residents of Truro. Allegedly 57 people died from shock. Trelisick hospital report that a further 23,943 people are still recovering.
bowling is ok
Nothing much to say, bog standard Small cinema. I think who ever decided on the seats needs a *slap* they aint exactly comfy..
Its TINY!!!!And it costs a bomb
The Plaza is the only one, but it's just as good as any others in Cornwall. Truro Bowl isn't fantastic, but it does what it says on the tin.
too expensive, but quite new
the plaza on lemon street, it's small and the seats ae not comfy enough
I love the plaza popcorn (sweet).
cinema has recently been redone. it's nice, but a tad expensive and only shows mainstream films.
Truro Bowl is quite good, the staff are friendly and the food is good, always worth a visit. The best Quaser though is in Falmouth
Plaza. The improvements are okay but not really worth the cinema being closed for a year.
The old cinnema was from the 50s and yes it was crap!. However it has reopened, and now has an extra screen and Dolby Digital.
The new Truro cinema
Plaza Cinema lemon street recently refurbished and now like a five star hotel
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