The Dublin Castle

Internationally famous music venue and pub offering cheap drinks, dancing and live music from up-and-coming bands. Legendary on the indie scene, the Dublin Castle, thanks to some good work by their promoters, has seen many a fine band grace the cramped backroom stage on their way to the top. Madness started out there, Blur played a secret gig there at the height of the Brit-pop era, and it's played host to groups including Cast, Travis and Gay Dad along the way. Some of this success is based on the mud throwing principal - throw enough and some will stick. With gigs seven nights a week, some turn out brilliantly, whilst others are truly dreadful. Sometimes it's not so easy to seperate the wheat from the chaff. Inside it looks like a skanky working men's club - but for some this adds a veneer of charm. It's certainly got that Marmite factor - some love it, others considers it the devil in entertainment form. Open till two o'clock on weekends when it gets rammed to the gills and an indie disco charms the young ever-so-Camden crowd. Loud, scuzzy and grubby, this is a place for people who like their gigs.