{"id":17551,"date":"2017-01-30T14:47:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2017-01-30T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:51:16","slug":"a-night-of-reggae-at-the-star-garter-st-pauls-bristol-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-night-of-reggae-at-the-star-garter-st-pauls-bristol-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"A night of reggae at the Star &#038; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol &#8211; in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-01.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reminiscent of the some of the best old pubs in Brixton before gentrification struck, the Star &amp; Garter is a wonderful community pub in the\u00a0multi-cultural area of St Pauls in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-02.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Famous for its late night reggae\/ska parties, dub raves, friendly\u00a0atmosphere and charismatic Jamaican landlord\/Resident DJ \u201cDutty Ken,\u201d the Star &amp; Garter is rightly regarded as one of the best underground venues in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-03.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pub was where <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Derek\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Derek<\/a> started his\u00a0DJ career &#8220;by accident&#8221; when in his mid-30s, and\u00a0was recently saved from closure after a <a href=\"https:\/\/thebristolcable.org\/2015\/05\/iconic-bristol-venue-under-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> paid off outstanding debts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQ-uI4_aHDY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-04.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We visited on a lively Saturday night and had a fantastic time. Inside things are a bit chaotic, but the ska and reggae sounds were fantastic and the vibes friendly and laid back. It really is a lovely place to spend a Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-05.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-06.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-07.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-08.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a pool table in the front room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-09.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-10.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-11.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-12.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-13.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-14.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-15.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo of Concorde on the wall!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-16.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-17.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-18.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-19.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-20.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-21.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-22.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-23.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-24.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-star-and-garter-25.jpg\" alt=\"A night of reggae at the Star &amp; Garter, St Pauls, Bristol - photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQ1yjx2MxXA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/the-star-garter-bristol.169416\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chat about the Star &amp; Garter on the forums<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Star &amp; Garter<br \/>\n33 Brook Road<br \/>\nSt Pauls<br \/>\nBristol<br \/>\nBS6 5LR<br \/>\nView on <a title=\"View on Map\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?z=16&amp;q=51.467131%2C+-2.582645&amp;ll=51.467131%2C-2.582645\" target=\"_blank\">Map<\/a><br \/>\nTel: (0117) 940 5552<br \/>\nOpening Times<br \/>\n8-1am Mon-Thu; 8-3am Fri &amp; Sat; 8-1am Sun (ish!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminiscent of the some of the best old pubs in Brixton before gentrification struck, the Star &amp; Garter is a wonderful community pub in the\u00a0multi-cultural area of St Pauls in &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[456,17,193],"tags":[1568,1571,1570,272,415,1569],"class_list":["post-17551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-bristol","tag-dutty-ken","tag-montpelier","tag-reggae","tag-st-pauls","tag-star-and-garter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bristol-star-and-garter-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4z5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17555,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551\/revisions\/17555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}