Night and Day

Our Night and Day Review

Dry's scruffier, less sophisticated little brother residing in the next door bedroom. Usually full of dredheads, smoke and wasted looking individuals. This poky, atmospheric little dive is also unofficial arts centre for the city's misfits, playing host to a range of different events from live theatre, poetry slams and jazz sessions. One to look out for is the occasional 'Boom Boom', a vibrant cornucopia of live techno outfits, and video monitors showing weird and wonderful TV footage. Hey, you even get crayons to colour in the paper table-cloths.

User Reviews

19/09/2008 by kolumkilli
Yeah, dear drinks, yeah, no draught, yeah depressive, arty staff. Just how I like it. At least the place has character!
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by kirst
Don't believe what you read (above). i've never noticed a predominence of dread locks on any visit.
Rated 5 out of 5

01/01/1970 by dc
Nowhere near as pretentious as Dry, but live acts can be a bit overpowering due to the size.
Rated 4 out of 5

01/01/1970 by diz
Good place to catch a band without the hassle of a larger venue.
Rated 4 out of 5

01/01/1970 by paul
erm, last posting was an information gathering process. i didnt realise that i rated the night & day 1/5. oops. it's not a bad place at all, although the price of booze is very high, do they have big overheads to take care of? i'll give 3/5. might of got of 4 if you could bring a bottle :)
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by tore
Night & Day is one of the few places here that gives a little hope that Manchester might not after all be a city only containing the things you can find in any other semi-big city in Europe. Night & day has a little bit Berlin, a little bit Copenhagen, a little bit Prague. And lets face it: most other bars in Manchester are what appears to be Ibiza in a suit, so even though Night & Day not exactly underground, it?s the closest thing available.
Rated 4 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Yes Please
It's a sh*thole with very highly priced drinks and unfriendly, money hungry staff. So what if some big bands have played there, they aint played there since have they, probably cos they realised it was crap.
Rated 2 out of 5

01/01/1970 by haz
Loved it and wish we had a place like that here (Isle of Mann), caught a brilliant coupla bands (Grand Drive/Vessels) and loved the atmos. People seemed friendish for a biggish city type place too.
Rated 5 out of 5

01/01/1970 by CAroline
The staff are the best thing about this place even if they all seem to have PMT.
Rated 5 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Karl
Retains the intimacy you want from a small venue without the bands being half-baked attempts at noise. It's my favourite venue in Manchester for it's size, ease of access, and quality of bands. You can literally reach your hand out and touch the bands if you're that way inclined. This is the unofficial hideout for Manchester bands, but i myself have not seen it occupied by dredheads.
Rated 5 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Gazzer
As avenue for live music it has a good feel, compared to a lot of venues in and around Manchester. The place has a rep for being one of the better places to play and be seen to be playing so you can imagine the massive dissappointment of everyone who saw 4 live bands be murdered by what is probably the worst sound engineer ever. The bands worked hard but may as well not bothered, they were unrecognisable from how they normally sound. Come on guys get it sorted or do you simply not care!!
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Ryan
was once a good old fashioned manchester, smokey bar to chill out before/after a gig. now it constantly smells of w**d as you walk past and the bouncers have doubled in size(too much baby bio?). yep i agree with the dredheads comments too, probably explains the smells.
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Gret
brilliantly decorated. ace pictures and lay out. food is pretty damn good. However, beers are only bottled, drinks are generally very expensive and it is one of the hottest and sweatiest venues in manchester when its busy.Some good nights put on though.
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Rob
no draught beer. Enough said
Rated 3 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Ferg
It's a live music venue and does what it says on the tin. I like it.
Rated 4 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Giddy Jonny
If your still undecided as to wheather you should pop down then wednesday the 17th of march is the perfect opportunity with Band requiem last years winners of manchester battle of the bands will be playing along others. Promises to be a good wednesday all round. Giddy Jonny
Rated 1 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Mikey D
This has to be the worst place on earth, sweaty, hot, expensive, unfriendly staff, poor quality bands and filthy toilets. Avoid
Rated 1 out of 5

01/01/1970 by bob
If you like paying 3 quid for a warm can of red stripe, this is the place for you. they do often have good bands on in there and many well known acts, but the sound engineer is awful! my band has 2 gigs coming up in there and i'm not looking forwards to any. a new sound guy, and a fully funtional fridge could make this the perfect venue, despite being so small and cramped.
Rated 2 out of 5

01/01/1970 by joshc
it has good bands, easy to sit when u need to and you dont have to wate long for a drink, when its 5 quid to get in who can complain
Rated 5 out of 5

01/01/1970 by Spanj
No draught! Argh! agree with warm can of red stripe comment. tables need a wipe. However clientele are a bit rock'n'roll which beats permatanned deansgate anyday!
Rated 3 out of 5

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Where

Oldham Street, M1 1JN

Contact

(0161) 223597