We have a selection of board games, dominos, cards, dart board, cribbage tables, a piano, a double bass and a small drum kit!
Music
THE WEEKLY LINE UP - (All our events are free)
MONDAY QUIZ NIGHT - Starts at 9.30pm. Free to enter, free snacks, cash prize. Not an easy quiz but very popular!
TUESDAY - LIVE JAZZ - Starts at about 9.30pm. A brilliant and relaxed music session open to anyone who wants to join in.
WEDNESDAY - Live Irish folk music- Starts around 8.30pm, a well established session of traditional irish tunes.
THURSDAY - On the first thursday of the Month - Starts at 8.30pm, Live French Breton Music.
SUNDAY - Alternate Sundays- Starts at 8.30pm. An accoustic folk session/ sing along - open to all and great fun.
If you fancy organising any music sessions or open mic evenings please get in touch!
Heroes
All of the Chemic Staff are passionate about booze but equally passionate about the music we play. We play a wide range of artists from timeless Blues to contemporary Rock.
About me: Monday hosts the ever popular Chemic General Knowledge Quiz. Not for the faint hearted, it's a tough quiz in which students and locals alike battle it out for the prize money and the esteem of being the Chemic Quiz champion! There are many regular teams but we welcome everyone who would like to come along. It starts at 9.30pm and finishes at 11, although the bar is open until 12 every night and 1am on Friday & Saturday. (Sundays 11.30pm)
Tuesday has a writers group on alternate weeks, its just finding its feet at the moment as its quite new but there are lots of people interested and it has hosted writers workshops and discussion groups that have been a big success. the best way to keep up with news from the group is to join the 'Leeds Writers' facebook group. Or call us for info.
Wednesday is the Irish folk music session, its been running for years and is very popular. Incredibly talented musicians get together for a folk music session that is a delight to hear. They start around 8.30pm if you'd like to come along.
The main attraction at the moment in the Chemic (besides the attractive staff) is Thursday night's CLOTH CAT Open Mic night. This has been running for nearly a year and has been going great guns. All levels of ability & experience are welcome. You can just turn up and get yourself on the running list on arrival. It's an intimate venue room with a great friendly vibe. Check out the facebook group for more details and photos. 'Cloth Cat Open Mic Night'
To book bands in for weekend events/fundraisers/parties, please call us on 01132457670
If anyone would like to organize an evening of entertainment themselves. Give us a call on 0113 2457670 to enquire about and arrange events.
We are now a member of Amnesty International. The Chemic makes a regular donation to the cause and any charity change collected over the bar is an additional contribution.
Feel free to send your comments to chemictavern@hotmail.co.uk if you have any feelings to share.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures by email.
NEVER VISITED THE CHEMIC BEFORE??? Well..
We're a traditional real ale pub tucked away just off Woodhouse Street in Leeds 6. We're popular with both locals and students. The pub is home to a grand piano and hosts several live music nights on a weekly basis.
The Chemic Tavern boasts a fine selection or REAL ALES.
Our resident ales are Timothy Taylor's - Landlord (cited to be Madonna's favorite beer) and Black Sheep Best Bitter. In addition, we regularly rotate our range of guest ales. It's usually one or two lesser known ales from varying parts of the country.
We are a member of Cask Marque scheme which regularly monitors the quality of an establishment's ales.
Our other Pub is the Wrens Hotel in Leeds city centre. Look out for it amongst the Chemic's friends. To view the accommodation at the hotel go to www.thewrenshotel.co.uk.
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The Chemic tavern is around 200 years old, it gets it's name from Johnston's Chemical works; a company that manufactured Vitriol (sulphuric acid) and other industrial chemicals.
Now the pub is a thriving part of the community.
We're open from midday every day our closing times are;
Monday to Thursday - Midnight
Friday & Saturday - 1am
Sunday - 11.30pm
Who I'd like to meet: Anybody who wants to go for a pint!
Contact us on 01132457670
chemictavern@hotmail.co.uk
We are proud to announce that we are HEADLINING the Cream
Insturment Cable Stage at the Lesser Muni as part of the 2009 Great British
R&B Festival in Colne, Lancashire, UK on Monday August 31st. The
Charlie White Project and Sheffield’s blues
poet Mr Billy Martin Jnr are also appearing. Expect great music and utterly
immaculate sound quality using cutting edge PA cables and power amps. Ticket
details are available at www.bluesfestival.co.uk.
Doors open at 7.30pm and we will be onstage at 10.15pm.
Our new album “A Time and Place” is available directly from www.robinhoare.com via Pay Pal and from
good record stores.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHEMIC TAVERN! * * You are #226 pub / tavern / saloon / on The Indulgers "International Internet Virtual Pub Tour. * * We are here to play for you! Just hit the fun button on your screen and The Indulgers will perform our new song "Whiskey Tonight". * * NEXT: Come and visit our myspace site or our web site at www.shamrocker.com to see your establishment's name and place on our "International Internet Virtual Pub Tour" list made up of pubs/taverns/ale houses/saloons/and bars from all over the world. We will be contacting your friends and letting them know they can stop by your myspace site to see The Indulgers perform. Thanks for participating in the world's 1st "International Internet Virtual Pub Tour"! ** Cheers!
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Hello Thanks for being our Friend! We are a 3-piece from Nottingham called Satnam's Tash who play Punk/Theatrical/Rock recently finishing a tour of Germany, ending in Berlin. We've also been played on FatCat Radio Recently. Here is a music video we made ourselves of one of our songs!
And here is a video of us playing Live from our last tour of England!
Please feel free to drop by anytime and leave a comment or just say hello! Hope you enjoy them and we'll speak again soon. x
Hi all at The Chemic Tavern... Thanks for the add. Hope the freezing weather isn't putting a damper on things for you guys... It was lovely and toasty at The Lamb Session last Tuesday, with a good turn-out! Stay warm and keep playing!
Thanks for adding us - we'll try to make you proud. Hoping to swing by and rock your back room sometime in the New Year. Keep it gangsta, "y'all" CrackTown
Hi, thanks for being my friend. The Tavern sounds fantastic, whereabouts is it? I love the fact you've got a double bass! I'll pop in for a pint soon. Thanks again.
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