The Night Owl is the oldest independent live music and rock venue in the UK

Cheltenham is a quiet, sleepy, middle England spa town where nothing ever happens - right?

Wrong!…..

Cheltenham Rocks!

The Night Owl caters for all genres of rock, anything from classic rock to punk, goth, trash etc. and anyone from the age of 18 and upwards is welcomed.

Some recent events in the Night Owl include:

• Blaze Bayley playing a live acoustic set
• ADLERS APPETITE
• PSYCHOWRATH + SWEET SEDUCTION
• The most amazing Rocky Horror Halloween Night
• PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES
• STEVE GRIMMETT BAND + VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

But more importantly take a look at what's coming:

Getting Racey over Race Week

 The Night Owl has a history going back to the early 60s when was frequented by mods For a while it was a dance hall under the name SPA Lounge whilst in the late 60's this Cheltenham venue became known as the Blue Moon.

Over the decades the Night Owl (under various different names) has helped Cheltenham welcome such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Mott The Hoople, Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart to name but a few. The Four Tops played their very first UK show at the Blue Moon..

Then in the early 80s the club changed management and turned in to The Night Owl. What started with the scooters and the mods back in the early years was to become dedicated bikers and rock venue.

Another name change to Misty's did not mean it changed genre. Still a rock club up until 1996 when it turned in to The Attic which is when Stu Challoner got involved. Still focusing on rock music with up and coming bands playing live The Attic featured artists such as Stereophonics and Feeder.

After a short break Stu returned to the Attic in 2006 and the Night Owl was reborn.  After undergoing an extensive premises refurbishment a state of the art sound system has been installed and the Night Owl now regularly hosts top name bands putting Cheltenham well and truly on the map for live rock.