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The venues we've lost
Every venue here poured for Newcastle Cocktail Week and has since closed for good. Thank you to every one of them.
Closures come from Google Maps, which lists each of these venues as permanently closed (checked every month), and from venues we've been told have closed. Has one reopened, moved or changed its name? Email hello@cocktail-week.com and we'll update it.
Still pouring in Newcastle
Venues that have taken part in Newcastle Cocktail Week and are open now. Tap one to see what they poured.
- 3sixty
- 3SIXTY Champagne Bar
- Above
- Above Rooftop
- Bally's Casino
- Be At One
- Blackfriars
- Blackfriars Restaurant
- Chachabuchi
- Chaophraya
- Dobson and Parnell
- Friki Tiki
- Motel Mexicana
- No. 28
- NQ64
- NQ64 Newcastle
- Passing Clouds
- Pilgrim
- Redwood Bar, Vermont Hotel
- Slug & Lettuce
- Stack
- STACK (Cazcabel Bar)
- Vampire Rabbit
- Victors
- Ask Italian
- Aveika
- Banyan
- Barluga
- Bealim House
- Blues Underground
- The Botanist
- The Bridge Tavern
- Castro's
- Cavavin
- Central Oven & Shaker
- Centurion
- Centurion Bar
- Colonel Porter’s
- Colonel Porters Emporium
- Deep North
- El Guapo
- El Guapo - Margarita Bar
- The Exchange
- Fayre Play
- Flight Club
- Gaucho
- Geordie Star
- Golf Fang
- The Green Room
- Grey Owl
- Gusto Italian
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Holy Hobo
- The Hooch
- Hooters
- Horticulture
- The Hudson
- Hula Co
- Jalou
- Jalou Newcastle
- Kabin
- Kiss
- Lane7
- Las Iguanas
- Leila Lily’s
- Liberty House
- Livello
- Louie's Liquor Store
- Malmaison
- Manahatta
- Miso & Ōdio Bar
- Mojo
- Moku
- Mowgli Street Food
- My Delhi
- Offshore 44
- Pho
- Pitcher and Piano
- Pleased To Meet You
- Prohibition Cabaret Bar
- Quayside Garden
- Rebel Yell
- Redhouse
- Revolucion de Cuba
- Revolution
- Rio Brazilian Steakhouse
- Rio Steakhouse
- Sanco
- Sandhill Arms
- Shark Club Gastro Bar
- Shearer’s Sports Bar & Lounge
- Tia's Mexican
- Tickets Bar
- Tickets Bar Newcastle
- Tokyo
- Town Wall
- Turtle Bay
- Twenty Twenty
- Wafi Lounge
- WC Gin Closet
- WC Newcastle
- The WonderBar
- Yolo Townhouse
Signed up for Newcastle Cocktail Week March 2027
What Newcastle Cocktail Week does for hospitality
Newcastle Cocktail Week is about getting people out to local bars and restaurants. The venues host and pour and we bring the customers.
Real footfall
Wristband holders plan their ten days around the line-up, so venues meet people who have never been through the door, often at a quieter time of year.
Money in the till
Every signature cocktail is bought at the bar, so the money goes straight into the venue's own till, along with whatever else people order while they're in.
Awareness
The guide, the website, social ads, emails and local press put every venue taking part in front of people across Newcastle.
109Newcastle venues across 5 editions of Newcastle Cocktail Week, with 196 different signature cocktails
What Newcastle venues said
The Newcastle Cocktail week was a fantastic hit, it was great exposure for restaurants and local businesses and a chance for guests to visit new venues and try some delicious cocktails.
Chaophraya, assistant business manager, after Newcastle Cocktail Week 2024We believe Cocktail Week was a huge success for the bars in Newcastle and we definitely had a positive impact off the back of it
Hard Rock Cafe, finance manager, after Newcastle Cocktail Week 2024Newcastle is a rising star in the UK cocktail scene so its great to have our very first cocktail week begin and be so so popular!
Horticulture, director, after Newcastle Cocktail Week 2024
Why your local needs you
A bar or restaurant is someone's first job, a regular order for local suppliers, the place you go for birthdays and the reason Newcastle still feels alive after six o'clock.
Costs have climbed on every side: wages, energy, food, business rates and VAT. When a venue closes, the staff, the regulars and the nights out go with it. The best thing any of us can do is simple: go out and go local.
How you can help
- Go midweekWeekends are busy. A Tuesday or Wednesday visit goes further.
- Try somewhere newPick the bar you always walk past and finally go in.
- Book, then turn upCan't make it? Cancel, so someone else can have the table.
- Leave a reviewA kind review takes a minute and helps the next person choose them.
- Bring the groupBirthdays, leaving dos and catch ups. Book them local.
- Buy a gift cardChristmas sorted and money through the door when it's needed.
- Back the VAT cutSign the #VATsTheProblem petition for a 10% VAT rate on hospitality. Sign it here.
Why VAT matters
Cut hospitality VAT
In the UK, VAT on eating and drinking out is 20%. The campaign points out that France, Spain and Italy charge 10% on hospitality.
The #VATsTheProblem campaign, led by chef Tom Kerridge and backed by UKHospitality, the British Beer & Pub Association and the British Institute of Innkeeping, is asking for a 10% rate for hospitality. More than 400,000 people signed its petition before it was handed in at Downing Street on 14 October 2026.
The Budget on 28 October 2026 did not cut it, so the campaign carries on. We're behind it.
Sign the petition20%→10%
VAT on UK hospitality now, and what the #VATsTheProblem campaign is asking for.
Plan your night out
Questions
What venues have closed in Newcastle?
Bar+Block took part in Newcastle Cocktail Week and is now listed as permanently closed.
How can I support Newcastle hospitality?
Go out locally, midweek if you can. Try somewhere new, book and turn up, leave a review, bring your group and buy gift cards from local venues. You can also sign the #VATsTheProblem petition for a 10% VAT rate on hospitality.
What does Newcastle Cocktail Week do for local hospitality?
For ten days, wristband holders plan their nights around the venues taking part, so they meet new customers. Every cocktail is bought at the bar, so the money goes into the venue's own till and the guide, website, ads and local press put every venue in front of people across Newcastle.
What is the #VATsTheProblem campaign?
A campaign led by chef Tom Kerridge, with UKHospitality, the British Beer & Pub Association and the British Institute of Innkeeping, asking the UK Government to cut VAT on hospitality from 20% to 10%. More than 400,000 people had signed its petition by October 2026. The Budget on 28 October 2026 did not cut the rate and the campaign is carrying on.
The next Newcastle Cocktail Week
The next Newcastle Cocktail Week runs 19 to 28 March 2027. One wristband unlocks signature cocktails from £5.