UNISON CLUB
Finding us. We've got some links for you. We're in the cellar (and down the stairs) of a red brick victorian house surrounded by trees in the BIG car park in front of Lincoln City Council offices. So usually you can park relatively easily although we are ashamed to say that you have to pay after 6.00 pm AND on Sundays. The car park entrance is from Beaumont Fee Road just before (or after) and roughly opposite the Police station behind a row of victorian houses.
There is no big sign saying UNISON CLUB, as you might expect, so we are putting out our banner, which is bright green and a steward to help direct you.
Access. Because of 'and down the stairs' access isn't as easy as we would like, BUT there are actually two sets of stairs. The second set, which form the fire escape, are much shallower steps. If you need to use this entrance, please let us know.
Comfort. The cellar has its own pleasant and separate bar. The beer is good and reasonably priced. Seating in the concert room is on padded bench seating around the room or on bar stools. There are also chairs. Again if you would like us to reserve chairs or bench seating we will be pleased to do so.
Performing. John Renbourne says that playing for us is like the old days! The acoustics are fantastic because of course the concert room is a cellar. Damian has provided us with proper stage lighting now, as well as his usual excellent sound, and the ambiance, which truth to tell did lack a little subtlety, has been improved with fairy lights so that we can turn off the stark overhead strip lighting.
We have a small stage, which the artist uses if he wishes. The artist is very close to his audience and this makes for an intimate experience, which peformers like. All our performers are contracted to play for an hour and a half. This allows him, and you, to really 'get into' the music and we feel is a different experience from say a festival performance of perhaps twenty minutes or half an hour. We really have had some fantastic evenings!
