The Pad Nightclub 4.76

In a back-street in Bedford called Lurke Street there is an old terrace house that many moons ago was converted into a nightclub (in days gone by it was called ‘Winkles’ and also the ‘Limehaus’) and now answers to – The Pad. For years it hosted midweek indie nights starting wayback in 1982, while entertaining the masses at weekends. Now the tables have turned and since it opened in June 2002 The Pad hosts the best ‘n’ busiest ‘Indie’ based nights every Saturday and a range of more eclectic dance based nights on Fridays from the likes of Dubzilla, Pirate Sessions, 1 Night Whip, Silent Disco and more.

Run by and for music lovers firstly the club set out to bring something different to Bedford’s night-life representing most forms of underground music. Now entering our ninth year the Pad has settled into a nice routine with a diet of indie based music bringing some packed weekend nights and a heaving dancefloor to Bedford’s music scene. If it sounds like your cup of tea then knocking three times on the door should get you let in.

We pride ourselves at always bringing the best guests to Bedford, both through The Pad and our sister enterprise The Pad presents... which runs gigs at various venues throughout the town. You only have to look at the list of artists that have passed through our doors to know that you always need to keep an eye out on what we have going on.

Past guests (since 2002) include... Friendly Fires, Jack Beats, Example, Nero, Flux Pavilion, Hatcha, Crystal Castles, Metronomy, Late Of The Pier, Wild Beasts, Killa Kela, Freestylers, Hot Chip, Foals, Aphrodite, Bukem, Goldie, Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Example, A1 Bassline, Boy George, Dj Swamp, Andy Smith, Yoda, Treva Whatever, Emalkay, Funtcase, The Beat, Neville Staples (The Specials), Mary Anne Hobbs, Dj Format, Aphrodite, Skinnyman, Carl Barat, Mani, Bez, Shaun Ryder, Silent Disco, Goldie, Micky Finn, Benga, Coki, Blackwire, EZ Rollers, Grooverider, Fabio, Does it offend you yeah?, Glasvegas, Hadouken!, Les Savy Fav, These New Puritans, I Was A Cub Scout, Kosheen, Post War Years, Doc Scott, Utah Saints, Mathew Horne, Vikki Blows, Scissor Sisters djs, Naboo aka Mike Fielding, Phi Life Cypher, Klashnekoff, Shy FX, Mark Rae, Patrick Forge, Eddie Pillar, Organic Audio, Peshay, Dynamo Productions, Storm (metalheadz), Jumping Jack Frost, Bailey, Dan Greenpeace….