Gatecrasher Seven

All aboard the super club bus. Gatecrasher Seven is on a one way destination for all your needs. Oh yes, we do love some dance fuelled antics in Melissa’s world and Gatecrasher Seven is somewhere I seem to go back to quite regularly.
Crasher is a huge global brand these days. I remember when it was less known, especially throughout the country and Ibiza, with it’s special one night events at the Leadmill in Sheffield and how it has come on from there.
It’s a stonking venue and has plenty of money thrown at it. Do feel free to get frocked up and bring out some of the finery. Then the sound system is impressive to say the least. We like it loud and that’s just what you get. Then stick in some great line-​ups, alas some less so Kate Lawler anyone (?), and it’s a perfect place to seriously whip up those disco shoes. Whether you want sexy house or electro beats, there is bound to be a night waiting for you. It may not be the purist dance music lover’s first destination of choice but it certainly brings dance music to the masses at large.
Less underground, more over ground but sometimes good things come in big commercial packages too. Sorry boys.

I went here for my 21^st Birthday and was that upset by it that I spent the most of the night on the verge of having a tantrum.
I had arranged both guestlist and VIP for myself and my guests but upon arrival the door staff had no idea who I was and had no idea about any of the plans I had made with their ‘events co-​ordinator’.
Second of all, it cost me £19 for two double vodka red bulls… on a student night. Which was obviously devastating.
The music was alright and I did eventually get access to the VIP area which wasn’t really anything special.
I didn’t think the crowd of people were particularly interesting, nobody looked really dressed up or as if they were on a real night out.
I was also disappointed as the bar claimed they had ‘ran out’ of red/​white/​rose wine right at the start of the night.
Needless to say, I haven’t been back since and don’t intend to…

Gatecrasher Seven (no idea why it’s got a numerical value) only opened in Leeds a few years ago, but has quickly established itself as one of Leeds’ premier nightclubs. Strangely for such a national institution, it is located next to all the independent bars such as Mojo and North Bar, and provides an excellent place to go once you’ve had enough of expensive continental ‘biere’ in these places.
Be careful which night you choose to go, however, or you could find yourself spending twice what you expected to. On weekends, the entrance fee can be anywhere between £5 and £15, although they do run huge nights such as Hed Kandi and attract massive DJs such as Armin van Buuren. On Thursdays, however, they run the sort of binge-​drinking night that you hear members of parliament moaning about all the time: £8 or £10 in (depending on your gender), all you can drink. This sort of opportunity to get drunk on a shoestring obviously draws the students, but locals are seemingly allowed in too, and the place is usually rammed as the patrons get down to house, funky house and mainstream dance.
Monday nights here were a student staple in Leeds last year, and the upcoming academic year promises to be no different, meaning that Gatecrasher has, over the course of the week, something for most people.