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  •  NA presents The Blueprints + Silents + Lost On The Under Side + Hollie Cooper

    Another great night from NA Music:The BlueprintsSilentsLost On The Under SideHollie Cooper

  • Hyena Lounge Comedy Club presents Robin Ince MATINEE

    Robin continues his comic exploration of the human condition, and asks can you be happy and rational at the same time. Join him in a world of Schrodinger cats, multiverses and evolutionary conundrums. Spend an entertaining evening in Robin’s company as he orienteers through the craggy landscape of evolution...... (read more)

  • Hyena Lounge Comedy Club presents Robin Ince

    Robin continues his comic exploration of the human condition, and asks can you be happy and rational at the same time. Join him in a world of Schrodinger cats, multiverses and evolutionary conundrums. Spend an entertaining evening in Robin’s company as he orienteers through the craggy landscape of evolution...... (read more)

  • ATOM Presents - A Showcase of New Music Talent

    ACCESS TO MUSIC SHOWCASE PRESENTS:ASIOS EYESMR TOADTHEATRE DUKESPONY & TRAPFree to ATM students. £3 for non ATM students

  • YPS Cafe Scientifique

    The YPS (Yorkshire Philosophical Society) is pleased to support the ongoing activities of Cafe Scientifique in YorkCafé Scientifique is a place where, a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in your hand, you can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. Meetings take place in cafes,...... (read more)

  • Luke Jermay's  Psychic Cabaret

    Luke Jermay’sPSYCHIC CABARETAn evening of psychic entertainment, telepathy and intuitive readings. Direct from a two year run in Las Vegas the mind reader TV's DERREN BROWN say's "...puts the rest of us to shame" brings his unique gifts to The Basement, York.THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS exclaim...... (read more)

  • Coquette

    Gaze in wonder at the beautiful people as the artful prettiness of Coquette turns The Basement into a saloon of decadence, excess and eccentricity.Enter our candle lit speakeasy for an evening of thrilling burlesque sirens, live music, vintage tunes and amazing magic!After a dazzling array of performances,...... (read more)

basement presents ODi + Dan Wilde

Saturday 12 May: basement presents ODi + Dan Wilde

ODi is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician who manages to blend elements of Joan Armatrading’s pathos, Beth Orton’s eye for the quirky and deep with a touch of Dido’s bed-sit romance to produce her...... (read more)