The Thekla

I went to the Thekla on Thursday, for the first time since it was refurbished. It's now a really good club, with the fore-hold extended to provide a good auditorium or dancefloor and an extended bar. For an old hulk of a freighter, it's pretty good. There's atmosphere and good acoustics, which is surprising since the hull is still just painted steel with no absorbent coverings.

And of course, it has its own Banksy artwork on the port side. Typically of Bristol, the port side of the ship is not to port. And so starboard is.

The bands were good, including as usual the support, outdoing the main act by a good margin. Jacob Fletcher: listen to him and his neat team of trumpet and strings.