Join Leeds Civic Trust for the unveiling of our 197th blue plaque for The Duchess!
Saturday 14 September 2024 11:00-11:30
Join Leeds Civic Trust for a blue plaque unveiling for Iconic Leeds music venue, The Duchess
The Duchess opened in 1985, with a capacity of 250 people, The Duchess of York (The Duchess) became Leeds’s most important grass-roots music venue where emerging bands and artists performed on their way to becoming commercially or culturally successful. The iconic list includes Oasis, The Verve, Radiohead, Blur, Coldplay, PJ Harvey, Muse, Bush, Placebo, Green Day and Pulp.
The energy of legendary music promoter, John Keenan, made this rough and ready pub into a thriving musical scene of the early nineties.
A long-standing campaign for a blue plaque has finally come to fruition, after Leeds Civic Trust, who are the city’s custodians of the blue plaques scheme approved a nomination.
We are crowdfunding to cover the cost of this blue plaque. To contribute to the crowdfunder, click here (NOW CLOSED)
Tickets: free
With thanks to our donors:
- Jenna Strover
- Bryan Longbottom
- Lee Terry
- Paul Cockroft
- Domantas Dilys
- Sarah McMahon
- David Pollard
- Chris Rowan
- Tara Cockroft
- Claire Dovey
- Georgie Hulme
- David Reynolds
- Alan Babington
- Mark Mcgill
- Denis Copeland
- Emma Heslop
- Jill Douglas
- Richard Bywater
- Pete Matthews
- Mark and Alison Smith
- Caroline Auld
- Lizzie Mussett
- Duncan Reed
- Simon Rix
And many anonymous donors.
UPDATE 24/09/2024: The Duchess plaque unveiling was one of our most well attended of all time. As a result, we made sure to print more of our unveiling leaflets to hand out on the day than we thought we’d need – but we still ran out! Here is a link to the handout, so all those who missed out on the day can read a copy online or print at home.
Useful Information
Date and time: Saturday 14 September 11:00
Location: 71 Vicar Lane, Leeds, LS1 6QA
