Since the other thread got derailed and went way off topic I think different thread is in order. 

In the UK is dancing just a thing for young people? Single people? 

Is a date compromised of dinner and dancing even a thing? 

I assume pubs have live music but do they have dance floors where a grandpa like me can spin a pretty girl?.

No dance halls where young and old congregate and dance to a live band? 

https://youtube.com/shorts/sxcYUacULAA?si=fyTucHAjyYKLpbu-

Video of Arthur for attention.  Also,  the song he is dancing to seems appropriate..😉

Give it a rest mate.

Syl wrote:

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Maddog wrote....(in the other thread)




"You probably have some sort of folk dancing places. Isn't there a dance yall do around a pole or something?. 🤷



Or a place where people waltz, samba, foxtrot or something similar?



I know it wouldn't quite be the same because there’s probably only 12 people on your island interested in any of that.."


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Have you been watching 'The Wicker Man' film?

We have ballroom dancing and Latin dancing places....not so much Country.
Actually ballroom dancing is very popular here. Strictly come dancing is probably the most popular programme on TV.

I am going to stay in a big Welsh castle for a few days in December....thy have nightly dancing there. (No country though)

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 Well there you go.

A waltz is a waltz whether it's country music or classical music..

I don't really waltz well, although my father daughter dance with #2 at her wedding was a waltz.

But I'm asking about more than just dancing. Could be live music venues. Do people just stop going out at a certain age and save fun for holidays?

BTW I found a CW bar in Manchester..

Bunny's something or another. 

I'd give it a miss if I were you. Full of kids..

People dont stop going out, but everyone around my age, who I know, go out to restaurants more than out dancing.

Here, there used to be quite a few nice eating places that would have a small band playing, and when people finished dining they could dance on a small dance floor....but like the big cabaret clubs, they seem to have disappeared.

Places like Blackpool and the Ritz in town still have big dance halls....I don't go to them though.
I know the Ritz had designated nights for older people....they used to call it 'Grab a Granny', night. 

So it's not only elderly men that get insulted.

Maddog wrote:

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Since the other thread got derailed and went way off topic I think different thread is in order. 

 

In the UK is dancing just a thing for young people? Single people? 

 

Is a date compromised of dinner and dancing even a thing? 

 

I assume pubs have live music but do they have dance floors where a grandpa like me can spin a pretty girl?.

 

No dance halls where young and old congregate and dance to a live band? 

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/sxcYUacULAA?si=fyTucHAjyYKLpbu-

 

 

Video of Arthur for attention.  Also,  the song he is dancing to seems appropriate..😉

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 Dancing seems to be  a basic human need for most of us.  

Syl wrote:

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People dont stop going out, but everyone around my age, who I know, go out to restaurants more than out dancing.

Here, there used to be quite a few nice eating places that would have a small band playing, and when people finished dining they could dance on a small dance floor....but like the big cabaret clubs, they seem to have disappeared.

Places like Blackpool and the Ritz in town still have big dance halls....I don't go to them though.
I know the Ritz had designated nights for older people....they used to call it 'Grab a Granny', night. 

 

So it's not only elderly men that get insulted.

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 There used to be places like that here, where we would dance after dinner..

Seems like they evolved into one or the other. A place to eat or a place to dance.

And going to dinner is great , but that's usually over by 9 at the latest..

The night is still young. 😉

Digger wrote:

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Maddog wrote:

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Since the other thread got derailed and went way off topic I think different thread is in order. 

 

In the UK is dancing just a thing for young people? Single people? 

 

Is a date compromised of dinner and dancing even a thing? 

 

I assume pubs have live music but do they have dance floors where a grandpa like me can spin a pretty girl?.

 

No dance halls where young and old congregate and dance to a live band? 

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/sxcYUacULAA?si=fyTucHAjyYKLpbu-

 

 

Video of Arthur for attention.  Also,  the song he is dancing to seems appropriate..😉

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 Dancing seems to be  a basic human need for most of us.  

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 I think someone slipped something in his drink..

But he does seem to be enjoying himself..

Morris dancing was the traditional dance I was thinking of. Sort of prehistoric line dancing. 

Like line dancing here, I'll take a pass but to each their own..😉

Maddog wrote:

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What about plays or musicals? I'm not really a fan, but I can be coerced into it by the right person.


Or just a smaller live music venue. Say one that holds 200 or so people?.

One where civilized people like me sit quietly and enjoy live music. Sometimes called listening rooms here because you are supposed to sit down shut up and listen.

I think I mentioned music festivals in the past..I know Vam was a huge fan of rubbing body parts with the masses and sharing porta potties with them..😉

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 I've never been to a music festival.  And I never would, not even when I was a teenager.  I don't like roughing it, never have.  I've   been to a good few concerts.  Johnny Depp singing Bowie's Heroes at the Hollywood Vampires concert was an eye opener.  I expected him to be crap but he sang it really well.

Digger wrote:

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Maddog wrote:

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What about plays or musicals? I'm not really a fan, but I can be coerced into it by the right person.


Or just a smaller live music venue. Say one that holds 200 or so people?.

One where civilized people like me sit quietly and enjoy live music. Sometimes called listening rooms here because you are supposed to sit down shut up and listen.

I think I mentioned music festivals in the past..I know Vam was a huge fan of rubbing body parts with the masses and sharing porta potties with them..😉

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 I've never been to a music festival.  And I never would, not even when I was a teenager.  I don't like roughing it, never have.  I've   been to a good few concerts.  Johnny Depp singing Bowie's Heroes at the Hollywood Vampires concert was an eye opener.  I expected him to be crap but he sang it really well.

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 You need to buy VIP tickets.  😉

To be honest, I've seen Glastonbury videos. I'm out on that too. 

But I'm somewhere in this video, way in the back in a lawn chair..Not up front in that shit show..

Closest I get these days is a hankering for those classical versions of the old rave hits. 

Syl wrote:

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Festivals are not for me either.
When I was younger I went to concerts, Paul McCartney and Wings, Rod Stuart, all the bands of the era.
The last one was a few years ago, Dionne Warwick at the Lowry.

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 You've probably been to more big concerts than me.

I support live music, but it's usually going to be artists on the way up playing small venues. 

The one thing about most of our music festivals is that they are a camping event (trailers-caravans). At many of them, the artists will hang out with the patrons too.

At the one I posted above, they even play at people's camp fires after the shows are over..

Maddog wrote:

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Syl wrote:

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Festivals are not for me either.
When I was younger I went to concerts, Paul McCartney and Wings, Rod Stuart, all the bands of the era.
The last one was a few years ago, Dionne Warwick at the Lowry.

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 You've probably been to more big concerts than me.

 

I support live music, but it's usually going to be artists on the way up playing small venues. 

 

The one thing about most of our music festivals is that they are a camping event (trailers-caravans). At many of them, the artists will hang out with the patrons too.

 

At the one I posted above, they even play at people's camp fires after the shows are over..

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 The way music is brought to us has changed so much over the years.

When I was a kid, backstreet clubs, usually unlicenced, catered for young peoples music, I am talking of the Beatles era...look up vids of the cavern in Liverpool, that's the sort of places in Manchester we all went to, to see the best groups.

Come the 70's, the biggest stars like Gene Pitney, Dusty, Shirley Bassey etc, were playing at cabaret clubs, where you could have dinner, watch a show, then dance...they have all gone now.

Stars and their managers wanted so much money to appear, so the huge big venues opened, cabaret clubs were out of favour, and the festivals got bigger and bigger. So either people rough it now, watch them online, or pay fortunes to see them in the huge arenas.

A new one. Co op Live opened in Manchester last year, holds more than 23000 people.

Syl wrote:

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Maddog wrote:

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Syl wrote:

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Festivals are not for me either.
When I was younger I went to concerts, Paul McCartney and Wings, Rod Stuart, all the bands of the era.
The last one was a few years ago, Dionne Warwick at the Lowry.

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 You've probably been to more big concerts than me.

 

I support live music, but it's usually going to be artists on the way up playing small venues. 

 

The one thing about most of our music festivals is that they are a camping event (trailers-caravans). At many of them, the artists will hang out with the patrons too.

 

At the one I posted above, they even play at people's camp fires after the shows are over..

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 The way music is brought to us has changed so much over the years.

When I was a kid, backstreet clubs, usually unlicenced, catered for young peoples music, I am talking of the Beatles era...look up vids of the cavern in Liverpool, that's the sort of places in Manchester we all went to, to see the best groups.

Come the 70's, the biggest stars like Gene Pitney, Dusty, Shirley Bassey etc, were playing at cabaret clubs, where you could have dinner, watch a show, then dance...they have all gone now.

Stars and their managers wanted so much money to appear, so the huge big venues opened, cabaret clubs were out of favour, and the festivals got bigger and bigger. So either people rough it now, watch them online, or pay fortunes to see them in the huge arenas.

A new one. Co op Live opened in Manchester last year, holds more than 23000 people.

-- Edited by Syl on Saturday 8th of November 2025 12:24:29 PM

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 We fortunately still have all of those venues to some degree..

But the small ones are struggling.

The big arena shows for the big acts sell out at hundreds per seat..

A venue that holds 200 people may struggle to sell out at $30 per seat..

I've decided people want to say they saw a big name, even in an arena with poor sound and bad seats..

Maddog wrote:

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What about plays or musicals? I'm not really a fan, but I can be coerced into it by the right person.


Or just a smaller live music venue. Say one that holds 200 or so people?.

One where civilized people like me sit quietly and enjoy live music. Sometimes called listening rooms here because you are supposed to sit down shut up and listen.

I think I mentioned music festivals in the past..I know Vam was a huge fan of rubbing body parts with the masses and sharing porta potties with them..😉

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 😂 You had to go there, didn’t you? 

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