Democracy and Services officer Lewis Bretts has confirmed that YUSU are currently in talks with Fibbers about establishing an official student night at the club.
The plan is to launch an alternative Dubstep or Drum and Bass type event. It would most likely happen on Monday nights in order to fit in the current YUSU calendar, which sees student nights taking place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Fibbers recently changed hands for the second time in just a few months, having first been bought by HMV and then quickly sold to new owners Tokyo Industries.
Traditionally a venue for live acts, Fibbers has seen the likes of Oasis, Stereophonics and Coldplay perform on its stage.
The operations manager of Tokyo Industries, University of York graduate Nigel Holiday has said that the company aims to preserve what live music fans love about the club, and hopes that Fibbers’ line ups can improve as a result of the company’s connections.
At the same time, Tokyo Industries are expected to invest large sums of money in refurbishing the venue and installing a new sound system in a bid to increase Fibbers’ capabilities as a nightclub, a plan which has most likely prompted the bid for an official student night.
Bretts has said of the possible development, “I’m really excited that we’re going to be able to deliver something different to students.”
Why does the new night have to be on a monday? Yusu actively discourages competition between the clubs in York, this is not to the benefit of the students!
If they are establishing an official student dubstep/dnb night, will they be brokering any involvement with the official student dubstep/dnb society, Breakz?
After all this talk about York needing new music and new nights, especially a D&B/Dubstep night, are people finally going to realise a) what the Breakz society is and what it can offer a night like this and b) that they have been putting on these exact nights for the past few years?