The Portland Arms
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The back room at The Portland is basically a sitting room without the sofas etc. with a stage. All very homely, and good sound now they've updated the PA.
Reviewed Events
Rosco, The WhiteTRASH, Opposite the Hotel, The Blo' Boys at The Portland Arms, Rochester, Thu 15 Aug
Opposite the Hotel and The Blo’ Boys have overlapping line-ups and…it’s not really possible to describe them adequately. It’s the kind of thing that sounds really really stupid in print, but they’re one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. The Rules(1 to 12 – no badgers), the Apple and Blackcurrant song»
Right Turn Clyde, The Milwaukees, Shortcut To Newark at The Portland Arms, Rochester, Thu 18 Sep
The first question that comes into your head when you enter the Portland Arms is just, well, where do the bands play? Having practically lived in this pub most evenings a year or so back, you soon learn that the size of the venue is half the attraction. The Portland can hold about 90 people in its back ro»
Eleaven, Diamorphine, Mark Hammond at Cambridge The Portland Arms, Thu 29 Jan
In which the Red Hot Chili Peppers get slated despite being nowhere near the venue at the time of the gig.»
The Dawn Parade at Cambridge The Portland Arms, Sun 22 Feb
Commenting on The Dawn Parade's split last year, enigmatic frontman Greg McDonald claims they "lost six arms, six legs and two brains in an horrific road traffic accident". The truth is somewhat more mundane...»
Loophole, Beats Capri at Cambridge The Portland Arms, Fri 02 Apr
Glamour and tunefulness billed with assault-by-soundscape make for a good, if conflicting, line-up.»
The Vichy Government, The Violets, The Resistance at The Portland Arms, Rochester, Thu 10 Mar
REPEA*T hosts an Angular Records night of angular music. Much fun is had by all.»
One Unique Signal at Cambridge The Portland Arms, Sat 23 Apr
A tautological name doesn't prevent One Unique Signal's jagged live intensity being very impressive indeed.»
Trencher, Micropenis at Cambridge The Portland Arms, Sat 01 Mar
The ‘hilariously’ moniker’d Mircopenis are a boy/girl duo who make noise using vox/bass/drum machine. They’re a sort of po»
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