The Jac is Back!

After a two year wait, the much loved and missed Jacaranda Club is up and running again! The venue has had a facelift but still features the basement murals painted by the Art College Dissenters including Rod Murray & Stuart Sutcliffe, with a little help from their friend John Lennon. The murals have been beautifully restored and the addition of a glass gallery means they can be viewed by visitors during the day when the cellar bar is not available. Back in 1960 Allan Williams would offer the basement as free rehearsal space to an up an coming band called The Silver Beetles. They returned the favour by playing The Jac around 10 times, mostly on a Monday evening when the regular Royal Caribbean Steel Band had the night off. With a nod to Allan's management, the club will repeat the ethos of the 60's and the fully equipped rehearsal space will be made available to up and coming bands who will play free gigs in return. Microphone stands will be provided so no raiding the broom cupboards for brushes and mops as the boys did. Guests will get to experience the best of the new music Liverpool has to offer and always for free. Of course the famous Thursday open mic sessions will be resurrected, and the cocktail menu is a thing of beauty which I'm planning on working my way through at leisure! There are still surprises to come, with another floor opening in the future, again featuring a throwback to the early days - watch this space! 

Best of luck to the J team of Jens, Joe & Graham who are taking the bar forward to create a new chapter in the history of one of Liverpool's best loved venues. A perfect blend of old and new.

The Jacaranda will now feature as a stop on all of my tours, and the first big Beatle event will be my George Harrison Day featuring the return of Beatleweek favourites, The Prellies. Saturday 21st February. 

See http://beatleguides.weebly.com/george-harrison-day.html

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