{"id":20211,"date":"2021-11-25T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=20211"},"modified":"2021-11-25T14:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:46:11","slug":"a-cracking-night-out-in-bristol-the-monochrome-set-at-the-thunderbolt-and-dancing-at-elmers-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-cracking-night-out-in-bristol-the-monochrome-set-at-the-thunderbolt-and-dancing-at-elmers-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"A cracking night out in Bristol: The Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer&#8217;s Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-01.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed a fabulous time in Bristol over the weekend, starting with a gig with The Monochrome Set at the splendid Thunderbolt venue, and then dancing to 60s garage music at the Elmer&#8217;s Arms in Old Market Street.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-02.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the third time I&#8217;ve played the Thunderbolt with the Monochrome Set.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s one of the more intimate venues we play, there&#8217;s always a great crowd and lively atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-03.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-05.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-04.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-06.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-07.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the gig, we repaired to Elmer&#8217;s Arms on Old Market Street.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tiny bar with a low roof, and the dancefloor was rocking with energy and enthusiasm for the selection of 60s, garage, punk and go-go coming from the DJs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-08.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-11.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DJ decks lurked inside an old piano.\u00a0 All vinyl, natch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-09.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a fabulous mix of people in the venue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-10.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-12.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-13.jpg\" alt=\"A night out in Bristol: Monochrome Set at the Thunderbolt and dancing at Elmer's Arms\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p>The next Monochrome Set show is at Leicester Soundhouse on Sat 4th Dec 2021<\/p>\n<p>Find out more<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0on the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/12010405876\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> and the <\/span><a style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themonochromeset.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official site<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elmer&#8217;s Arms \u00a0comes with a 60s juke box, regular live music and DJs and can be fund at 53 Old Market St, Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>Visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theelmersarms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<em>Most photos by Viola Spanu<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed a fabulous time in Bristol over the weekend, starting with a gig with The Monochrome Set at the splendid Thunderbolt venue, and then dancing to 60s garage music &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[196,456,17,193],"tags":[5,1568,2689,28,112,18,1195,1401],"class_list":["post-20211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nightlife","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-bands","tag-bristol","tag-elmers-arms","tag-gigs","tag-monochrome-set","tag-photography","tag-photos","tag-the-monochrome-set"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bristol-mono-set-elmers-arms-01.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-5fZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211","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=20211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20216,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20211\/revisions\/20216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}