The Vinyl Tap, Preston

Recovered from the weekend yet?
Save the strain on yer wallet and come and check out our cheap n cheerful Tuesday offers!
Top drinks, top prices, top tunes…. Ease yourself into the week the Vinyl Tap way!

It’s the final day of PUB FEST!
….and it’s SUNDAY CLUB at Vinyl Tap - Vinyl records and great beer all day, with LIVE MUSIC from the Tap Band (well, Conor) from 6pm.
Come and finish your weekend in style, with us!

This is the best picture we managed to get of FALLEN NORTH ‘cos they’re smashing the living s***e out of the gaff. Preston Pub Fest night 1, you have been well and truly ROCKED!
Let’s do it all again tomorrow, yeah? We’re open from 1pm.
HELL YEAH!!!!!

View from (a bit in front of) the sound desk:
I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how much ANY GIVEN REASON are ripping the roof off the Vinyl Tap right now (yep, one ofthe singers is up on a table and giving it large amounts of thrip)!
If you’re not down here, man, you are missing something VERY special!

LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT with a metal edge, as FALLEN NORTH and ANY GIVEN REASON hit our stage!
Show starts around 9pm, admission is FREE

MUSIC! POETRY! AND PLENTY OF BONHOMIE!
…which can only mean it’s OPEN MIC NIGHT once again tonight!
See you at 8.30, yeah?

Wanna win a damn good Squier Strat or Bass?
This Saturday its our annual party in memory of our great mate Wayne Critchley, and these two instruments will be in the raffle, all to raise money for Cancer Research.
The guitar used to belong to Wayne, and the Bass has been generously donated by the wonderful Kevin Ash.
Wanna enter the draw? Come along on Saturday night from 7pm and help us raise funds for a great cause!
Plus, there’ll be the usual excellent beer, food, live music from Alfie Ibbotson’s Popular Beat Combo, and Pub Fest in full swing - come along and join us!

FANCY A PINT?
There are LOADS of great places to eat and drink in Preston, and PRESTON PUB FEST is the ideal time to discover them!
We’ll be serving up some cracking ales, our legendary Currywurst and Gourmet Hot Dogs, and lashings of great LIVE MUSIC all weekend - come and join us!

It’s QUIZ NIGHT once more!
Expect questions on Current Affair, Lyrics, Poetry, Food and more. Starts around 9pm, and it’s FREE to enter!

THIS FRIDAY!
A weekend of most excellent live music, food and beer awaits you at Vinyl Tap as part of !
And we’re kicking things off in style with night of metal and rock as FALLEN NORTH and ANY GIVEN REASON hit our stage from 9pm!
Admission? FREE, mate!

It’s almost time…
Are YOU ready for Preston Pub Festival this weekend?

We’re open til midnight tonight!
We’ve got live music by The Tap Band from 6pm!
Our kitchen is closed ‘cos The Gaffer’s off to watch The Manics on the park! *
Come and check out some cracking music and drinks at Vinyl Tap!

*this is called “burying the bad news”. Ask your previous government how it works.

Heading for a pint after Radio 2 In The Park?
Come and check us out - Preston’s Vinyl Record based Rock & Roots venue!
Only 10 mins walk from Moor Park into Preston, and we’re open til LATE!

VINYL OF THE DAY:
It’s only NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES.
Cheers, Ian!

TONIGHT!
Once more, it’s the avalanche of music and poetry that we dub OPEN MIC NIGHT.
Wanna perform on our stage? Come on over and sign up at 8.30, or grab a drink and check out the best talent that Preston’s got to offer!

Heading to Preston this weekend for Radio 2 In The Park?
Come see us at Vinyl Tap - Preston’s only vinyl record based rock n roots venue!
With great drinks, food and music, we’re only a 10 minute walk from Moor Park!

It’s QUIZ NIGHT!
Once again hosted by Sean & Owen, tonight’s subjects include questions on Books, Movies, Radio 2 and more, plus the legendary music round, Celebrity Bedtime Stories, and song from beyond the grave.
It’s all here at Vinyl Tap from 9pm, and it’s FREE to enter, although bring a nice shiny £1 if you want to enter the rock n rollover too!

It’s SUNDAY CLUB*!
Great beer on the bar, food served all day, games, N64, live music from the Tap Band from around 6pm, Texas Hold ‘Em poker from 8pm…. Come and join us and spend your Sunday properly!



*not actually a club. We went over this last week.

TONIGHT! LIVE MUSIC as genius six stringer OIL CAN STEVE hits our stage, plus a spot from our pet cowpunks THE HOSTAGES.
Show starts around 9pm, admission is FREE!

THIS SATURDAY 31st August, in a change to our scheduled programme, we’ve got the frankly genius sound of OIL CAN STEVE hitting our stage!
Take a look at this photograph. Think you can tell what kind of music this man plays? I bet you do.
But you’re wrong, my friend. Using a self built rig, Steve uses beats, loops, and one oil can guitar to create something that’s totally unique. And BRILLIANT.
Come and check him out for yourself!

PLUS - our resident cowpunks THE HOSTAGES will be ripping through their usual brand of high octane mania from around 10.15pm!

Show starts at 9pm, admission is FREE!

LIVE MUSIC tonight with a 60’s & 70’s flavour, as REMIX make their debut on our stage!
Show starts around 9pm, admission is FREE!

Tonight! It’s the cavalcade of music and poetry that we call OPEN MIC NIGHT!
These nights are always great fun, just sign up around 8.30pm and see the best of what Preston’s got to offer.
Check out some brilliant acts from last week!

TONIGHT!
It’s Sean & Owen’s turn to host the quiz once more!
Starts around 9pm, and it’s FREE ENTRY!

LOADS on this week at Vinyl Tap, including…

Wednesday 28th August - Sean & Owen are back for the Quiz from 9pm

Thursday 29th - our ever - popular OPEN MIC - come and check out the seriously talented individuals that the local area has to offer, from 8.30pm

Friday 30th - LIVE MUSIC, as REMIX bring 60’s and 70’s covers to Vinyl Tap

Saturday 31st - LIVE MUSIC, as local supergroup NO CALLER ID bring a mix of blues, rock and soul to our stage

Sunday 1st September - SUNDAY CLUB, play your (and our) vinyls, play games, enjoy LIVE MUSIC from the Vinyl Tap House Band from 5pm, and try a couple of hands of hold ‘em Poker from 8pm.

…and EVERY event is FREE ADMISSION!

Feeling a bit brassic after the bank holiday?
Fear not my friend, for cheap n cheerful Tuesday is here!

We’re OPEN!
What better way to spend a rainy bank holiday Sunday than at our SUNDAY CLUB? *
Bring your vinyl records and play them! Check out Live Music from our house band! Play some Nintendo, of join in a couple of hands of poker this evening!
All this, plus great beer and food too!

*it’s not actually a club with members, like a golf club, you know? We just call it that to be cute. Mind you, a golf club is long thin bit o’ metal, so that’s different, innit? So how come my mate Bob goes to a golf club every week? Is it not easier just to carry it?

TONIGHT! It’s OPEN MIC once more!
…and here’s some shots of some our cracking performers from last week, courtesy of Arthur.
Wanna join us?
Just head over here for 8.30, pop your name on the sheet, and we’ll see you onstage!

(Sorry, we don’t “do” backing tracks. It’s ain’t karaoke, mate).

It’s QUIZ NIGHT!
…and tonight, after doing such a good job of the quiz on Election Night, we’ve asked our mate Nick Duffy host the quiz this evening!
Even we don’t know what to expect tonight, so, uh…
Answer questions. Win prizes.
Quiz starts at 9pm!

Here’s a really neat review of last Sunday’s show from those fine people at Rockflesh.com!

Live Review : The Mercury Riots + Heartbreak Remedy @ Vinyl Tap, Preston, August 18th 2024 — ROCKFLESH Vinyl Tap continues their fine run of bringing the best rock n roll, both international and home-grown to their small but perfectly formed venue in the heart of Preston. And tonight’s bill illustrates that perfectly, with the exquisite grooves of L.A’s The Mercury Riots sharing a stage with Cumb...

Got the Monday blues?
We’re starting the week the right way - with some cracking casks, craft cans… and a bit of Bob!
Shake off the weekend…. and come on up the Vinyl Tap!