It’s a bar, an arts venue, a theatre, a live music venue and a nightclub all in one. The Arches, located in the centre of Glasgow beneath Central Station and the West Coast Main Line in the brick ‘arches’ of the viaduct that goes into the station, first opened its doors in 1991 after Andy Arnold obtained the area, which had been previously used to hold the Glasgow’s Glasgow exhibition while Glasgow was the European City of Culture.
His aim was to create a theatre on the premises, to provide money for this venture, various club nights were held and this became more popular than ever thought with the arches being voted the 12th best club in the world at the beginning of 2007 and many DJ’s saying it was their personal favourite club, such as Carol Cox. Jackie Wylie has taken over from Arnold and the venue is still a major success.
The style of the arches means anything from small intimate gigs to huge international ones can take place, also no genre is excluded here. Bands from every genre, country, jazz, metal, indie, they have all played a gig in the arches. So if you want to check out some new talent or view an international hit, head down to the arches.
As well as gigs the venue is well known for its club nights, holding a variety of nights on a regular basis such as Pressure the last Friday of every month which attracts big names such as Boys noize and Carol Cox.
“There is only one place for me to really shine … and that’s the Arches.”- Carol Cox.
Among other nights are Death Disco and a big student night Octopussy, which is a favourite night of mine :).
Some truly memorable nights have taken place at the arches and if you haven’t had one there yet, get yourself there…
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