For concerts, comedy and clubnights come to the Northwest's most unique venue... 53 Degrees

The £6.5 million building in the heart of Lancashire boasts two separate venues, with a 1200 capacity venue on the ground floor alone with a more intimate 400 capacity club upstairs, the perfect opportunity to catch up and coming bands and artists. Each includes stages complete with state of the art lighting and sound system and generous bar areas to ensure that whatever the event, your experience is the best in the North West.

Downstairs is the main venue which has the best sightlines for any gig you come to with its wide stage and tiered levels. Bands that have graced the stage include Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, The Coral, Buzzcocks, Klaxons, Gossip, The Futureheads, Gomez, The Stranglers, Dirty Pretty Things, Just Jack, Calvin Harris, Starsailor, Reverend & the Makers, The Go-Team, to name a few.

Upstairs in the Club is our intimate venue which has featured the most hotly tipped rising stars including The Twang, Little Man Tate, The View, Jack Penate, Maximo Park and Hard Fi, The Hoosiers, The Rascals, Rumble Strips, Maccabees plus many more.

It's not just gigs that make 53 Degrees the place to be, there are fantastic clubnights from beats & breaks, bounce & hardcore, Old Skool to R&B, drum'n'bass to house, techno to indie & all new music. Promo and DIY @ Promo every Thursday night is Preston's biggest and best student night which has been host to many special guests and up and coming artists.

The venue holds regular clubnights from one of the North West's leading dance promoters Goodgreef, who this year hosted the Radio 1 Big Weekend official after party at 53 Degrees with Judge Jules. Other DJs have included the legendary Lisa Lashes and the 'fired up' Eddie Halliwell.

Decibel hold regular Drum'n'bass nights that feature legendary acts with recent appearances from Andy C & Pendulum! In September we have Nicky Blackmarket and special guests.

Stand and Deliver Comedy Club is Lancashire's largest comedy club and is fortnightly Fridays. Headliners have included comedians such as Dave Spikey, Alan Carr, Ross Noble and Phoenix Nights star, Justin Moorhouse who have all performed their unique stand up routines to audiences of 300 in an ambient candlelit atmosphere.

Complete with cabaret style seating, competitive pricing on quality wines and pitchers of beer and cocktails and snacks available to your table, Stand and Deliver offers you an entirely different night out at 53DEGREES. The perfect place for you and your new friends to enjoy a night unlike any other, shows sell out well in advance and this September promises to be just as popular with a line-up of comedians that will have you splitting your sides laughing! To check out whose on this year go to http://www.53degrees.net/index.php?page=comedy.

So for all your gigs, cracking clubnights and hilarious comedy come to 53 Degrees, Preston - check out www.53degrees.net for full listings.