The Brudenell Social Club is a social club in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, England. It is best known as a venue for live music.[1]
The Brudenell was formed as a 'gentleman's social and recreational club' in 1913[2] and originally was a social club for cabaret and bingo. The venue is a music venue in Leeds[3] due to its proximity to Hyde Park, one of two areas in the city with extremely high student populations[4] (the other being Headingley). Since the recent resurgence in the popularity of post-rock, the Brudenell has established a reputation for showcasing many of the best and upcoming bands of this genre. Recently this has included gigs by Jeniferever, God Is An Astronaut and iLiKETRAiNS.
As well playing host to many lesser-known bands, the Brudenell has hosted 'secret' gigs by the likes of Franz Ferdinand (in April 2004 under the pseudonym 'The Black Hands'[5]), The Kooks[6] and the Kaiser Chiefs. The Cribs also played many of their early gigs there and continue to play regularly. It was the venue of The Cribs charity fund raising Christmas event, Cribsmas,[7] which also featured Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs and Kate Nash.[8]