The Batley Variety Club was a variety club in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. It was financed and co-founded by the late Yorkshire showman and businessman Peter Fleming, and James Corrigan. It had a cparity of around 1600 people, and when it opened offered cabaret and a dinner for 6s6d (six shillings and six pence). At the peak of its success, the club was said to have 300,000 members. It closed in 1974 and the contents were auctioned off. It has since reopened, however, as the "Batley Frontier Club".
The Variety Club of the 1960s was a step up from the traditional Working Mens Clubs, usually carpeted and with a meal included in the price of admission. The Batley club was fitted plush velvet benches installed in a circular "pod" that could seat five coules, with an open end facing the stage, Hundreds of these pods were arranged in tiered rows. Food was also served, typical fare being "chicken-in-a-basket".
During its heyday the club staged concerts by performers including the Bee Gees, Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Eartha Kitt, Louis Armstrong, Morecambe and Wise, Alvin Stardust, Jim Bowen, Dusty Springfield, Guys and Dolls, The Brotherhood of Man and The Grumbleweeds.