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In our fresh and exciting venue which we have now completed the changes to our stage area including the installation of the crowd barrier just in time for the secret Enemy gig and the Carl Barat weekend, which just goes to show how committed we are in keeping ...escobar, the premiere venue in Wakefield for a long time.

We are open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 4.00 am at present, we offer, not only exciting bands but an unriveled selection of premium drinks. From imported beers like Desperados and Peroni to the good old Red Stripe ( in cans of course ). We have a vast stock of spirits from your regular Jack Daniels, Bombay Sapphire, Finladia etc to rare specialist spirits and of course our renound cocktails.

Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays are our main gig nights, that turn into a club night with our resident DJ's playing the best in up an coming local and national bands, to the very best in Indie, Rock, American Rock / Indie and Alternative. We can also utalise any other day when required for touring bands.

Come to the only place in Wakefield to have had the likes of The Kooks, Reverend and The Makers, Kate Nash, Jack Penate, The Sunshine Underground, Glasvegas, The Enemy, Carl Barat and the now huge Cribs and Arctic Monkeys play.

Looking for a party venue with a difference..... we can accommodate private parties on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays for up to 250 guests, why not have your best friends band or bands play at your birthday, give us a call on 01924 332000 or email us at escobarwakefield@live.co.uk. We can also arrange for a buffet to suit all budgets from our outside caterers.

Below is a small list of the many bands that have played at ...escobar Wakefield :

The Cribs, Arctic Monkeys, The Enemy, Carl Barat, The Kooks, iForward Russia!, Komakino, The Long Blondes, The Pigeon Detectives, Last Gang, Jack Penate, Kate Nash, The Research, Duels, Black Wire, Kalev, Termites, Agent Blue, 10,000 Things, Hot Club De Paris, Bromheads Jacket, Gin Palace, Milburn, Harrisons, This Et Al, The Sunshine Underground, O'Fracas, Lovvers, The Holloways, The Maccabees, Jack Afro, Envelopes, Metro Riots, Mistys Big Adventure, The Cinematics, The Lodger, The Sugars, Piney Gir, The Blueskins, Hey Gravity, Napolean III, SHITDISCO, Whiskycats, Keith, The KBC, The Whip, DARTZ!, Lupen Crook, The Little Flames, Yes Boss, Dead Disco, Reverend and the Makers, The Bishops, Hadouken!, To My Boy, The Envy Corps, Fake Shark Real Zombie, iLikeTrains, Milloy, Pylon, Dead!Dead!Dead!, Fonda500, Four Day Hombre, The Old House, The Wombats, The Oxfam Glamour Models, Noisettes, Cheese On Bread, The Victorian English Gentlemans Club, Blood Red Shoes, Piskie Sits, Monkey Swallows The Universe, Fortune Drive, Friendly Fires, Tiger Force, : (, The Cock n Bull Kid, Anteater, Glasvegas, Tired Irie, Cowtown, Middleman, The Law, Vessels, Devvo, Tigerpicks, The Envy Corps, Situationists, Champion Kickboxer, Fanfarlo, International Trust, Buen Chico, Indica Ritual, Sky Larkin, Mother Vulpine, Trash Fashion, This Town Needs Guns, Winterkids, Jeremy Warmsley, Laura Groves, The Spills, Kubichek!, The Red Light Company, Cheey Cheeky and The Nosebleeds, Golden Silvers, The Old Romantic Killer Band, The Lionheart Brothers, This Is Seb Clarke and The Mouth and many many more......