Welcome to BedfordEsquires.co.uk, the official website of Bedford's premier live music venue. We're here to keep you informed about forthcoming events at Esquires, with the most up-to-date Esquires gig guide on the net, plus reviews, interviews and lots of other gubbins.

We will also give you info about the regular club nights at Esquires, including the tunes that are causing the most havoc on the dancefloor.

Since first opening over twenty years ago, many of the UK's biggest bands have graced the Esquires stage, including (deep breath) Coldplay (twice!), Franz Ferdinand, Muse, The Libertines, Elbow, Lost Prophets, Editors, The View, Supergrass, Bloc Party, Enter Shikari, Biffy Clyro, Feeder, Gallows, Graham Coxon, Super Furry Animals, Athlete, Klaxons and many, many more. But not Oasis.

We are still the place to catch the best new bands first, and in recent months Esquires has hosted gigs by such hotly tipped acts as Glasvegas, Au Revoir Simone, Crystal Castles, Holy F**k, Art Brut, Les Savy Fav, Eliza Dolittle, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Late of the Pier, Wild Beasts, Johnny Foreigner, Iglu and Hartly, F**ked Up and Los Campesinos!.

We hope that you enjoy having a look around the site, but if there is anything you would like to share with us or want to see featured, please contact us and we will see what we can do.

Oh, and we also have facebook group which you can join by clicking the little blue logo just over there. And you can follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bedfordesquires - Go on, you know you want to!