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A pleasant food pub with a reasonable space to set up, good area for the audience too. Avoid putting the bass and drums in the alcove; it booms horribly in there. Playing times normally 9 – 11pm, but late access due to the restaurant normally means 9:30 to 11:30pm.

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As the name suggests, a live music pub (with good food too) in Lulworth Dorset.

A good venue for both band and audience, the bands play on a raised area just inside the door. You won’t need much volume here.

Masses of parking almost opposite, free after 7 or 8 in the evening.

Busy live music pub on Poole Quay.

The Spotted Cow consists of a main bar downstairs and a lesser-used bar/function room upstairs. Bands normally play downstairs in the window to the left of the entrance although they have been known to play at the other end.

The sound is very lively but when the pub fills up it improves with the addition of more volume. It’s a good venue for a band too, plenty of room and possible to see the whole pub, not just part of it.