I wouldn't bother.

shame cuntface hatfood spoiled the initial part...

Anyways, lots of serious replies please. Thanks. Please.

I'm speaking at the committee tonight in my capacity as newspaper ents editor. I'll talk to them and pm you some contacts.

I would do it myself, but I'm not here next year as I'm on placement. Final year, I could well be your man.

The Union there doesn't like live music at all, so it would be a waste of effort. Its pretty close to London anyway, so no great loss

we're going to be focusing on clubnights because there are already loads of gigs in Manchester. But we'll probably put on one or two gigs over the course of the year, if we can find some distinctive/unusual/entertaining enough acts to put on...

if you want to play here, contact the Live Music Soc.. or go hassel their president at myspace(dot)com/clubpopaganda
... popaganda are pretty ok, they've put on some decent bands considering its their first year, but also some shit bands. The good bands included Brakes, Esiotrot, Askogodo Teliverk, Strange Idols, They Came From The Stars..

if your really good and want to radio play over hear, pm me.

At Sheffield Uni, i'm part of a new altmusic soc that are looking to put on gigs/club nights. Aiming for a quirky, wide range of music that doesnt really get played at any of the other nights at the union, with cakes and other fun stuff. Guess just sending me a note would be best, but we're keeping it small at first so won't be paying much.

I also know a guy that puts on monthly gigs atm, but will have twice-monthly next year at a local venue (the Grapes), doing lots of post-rock/experimental, http://www.myspace.com/unevenblonde to contact.

they like the venga boys and kate nash

but there's a promoter here in Cardiff who put on shows at the Union at the UWIC art college students union (known as Tommy's Bar) on a regular basis. They get good turn-outs, though the crowds are a bit annoying sometimes. The promoter's called The Family. They have a myspace but I can't access that in work so I don't know it off the top of my head.

People you 'know' in Cardiff (Pagan Wanderer Lu/Gindrinker) have all played numerous times so they should have contact details.

The Student Radio run a night called 'New Slang' for unsigned local/touring bands, normally plays to a decent crowd.

MySpace it.

Not sure what the situation is with Goldsmiths Union is at the moment so your best bet for nights down that way are the Amersham Arms and New Cross Inn. Noise and neon are two good watchwords for a lot of the nights which tend toward the more DiS-friendly booking-wise.

The Amersham got taken over by the people who run the Lock Tavern last year and have had a big impact on the area - small shows from big bands, new shiny soundsystem, better booking/promoter policy, etc. Capacity is about 400-odd. Check out www.amersham-arms.co.uk for current line-up but good nights include: Big in Japan (www.big-in-japan.co.uk), No Pain in Pop (myspace.com/nopaininpop) and Walk The Night (Myspace.com/walkthenightclub).

New Cross Inn is smaller (150/200?) and a bit more beaten-up, but great atmosphere when full and the crowd is bouncing around no feet from the stage. Usually provide drums and bass amp as well, which can be useful to out-of-towners. Again, their Myspace (myspace.com/newcrossinn) has a list of the current promoters, amongst whom are Shoot Low They're Riding Shetlands (myspace.com/shootlowtheyreridingshetlands), What Scene? (myspace.com/whatscenepromotions), Modern Love (myspace.com/this_is_modernlove) and South Eats London (myspace.com/southeatslondon), which I help run and you can drop me a note if you're interested in playing.

There are some smaller venues around - Birds Nest, Deptford Arms, Montague Arms - which also have various fun and goodness taking place.