SHOWTIMES & GENERAL SCHEDULE IN BAR LOOSE:
During the week: 20.00 doors open, 21.00 1st band, 22.00 2nd band (upstairs will be open Mon-Tue 12-02, Wed-Fri 12-04, Sat-Sun 14-04)
During weekends: 21.00 doors open, 22.00 1st band, 23.00 2nd band, 03.30 last call
Note: Showtimes in I'M IN LOVE, WHAT'S THAT SOUND? club are always 20.30, 21.30 and 22.30.
Other exceptional showtimes and schedules will be informed separately.
AGE LIMIT 22
HISTORY
Located in Helsinki, Annankatu 21, the notorious Bar Loose has become THE hangout, hideout and a shelter for the domestic and visiting rock'n'roll crowd. Right from the start - when the bar was much tinier and located in Fredrikinkatu 34 - "Löysä", "Lössy", "the Office" has been just what the founders Timo Koutala and Tipi Rasio wanted it to be: a non-formal, liberal living room for good people, where one can hear the Stooges and the likes, either from record or live.
Bar Loose moved to a bigger space in February 2009, and now it has three different bars inside the same walls: "Cafe Loose", a small cosy room, totally decorated with Stooges-photos and artwork, "Bar Loose", a big party room on a street level, and "Club Loose", downstairs live venue. The new Bar Loose was literally moved piece by piece from it's old address - all photos, gold-framed mirrors, even the good old bar counter and old diner benches are there. We took every sacret bit of dust with us, so that the good karma the old place had would move in and stay. And feels like it sure did!
Tens, maybe hundreds of bands have been formed in Bar Loose, some have also called it quits under the golden cupids, which guard the room from the wall board.
The (mostly signed) photos of rock icons covering the red walls have witnessed countless couples falling in love and breaking up, heard loud and happy laughter, desperate cries, seen comforting recoveries and the most uncomfortable falls.
Practically all gigs worth mentioning around the city start from Bar Loose in a form of a first pint, and end there as well, as the very necessary conversation and speculation over the one last drink. Many bands start their tours from the counter of Bar Loose and return, with their suitcases, to the very same safe spot. And nowadays Bar Loose has a real live venue of it's own, so it happens that some of us are happily stuck in the building for days & nights on a row.
Any day, any time of the year is a perfect day for celebration in Bar Loose. Very surprising bunches of people take over the tables in most unlikely occasions. Bar Loose is always open - for years it has also been an alternative for those avoiding midsummer and christmas parties. Now the opening times have expanded even more - from Wednesday to Saturday rock'n'roll crowd is able to hang out till 03.30 am.
Controversially, many people think the best thing in Bar Loose is a fact that one can be in peace. It's even possible to hide. That's one of the reasons why many celebrities like to hang out at Bar Loose - Michael Monroe or Ville Valo can actually stop by for a coffee and no-one will most likely flip out.
The customers and the interior almost make the bar, but definitely the most important reason to the popularity of Bar Loose is the staff, dedicated to the max. Faces may have changed a bit during the years, but the basic vibe has stayed the same - Bar Loose employers are the same with the ones sitting on the other side of the counter, when it comes to looks or taste of music. It's not very rare that after the shift is over, they take a chair within the crowd and stay till the last call.
One is never in a hurry leaving Bar Loose, and even if there would be some other obligation waiting, it's always difficult to go. An interesting character walks in just when one's supposed to take off, or a long lost acquintance is sitting there in the table all of the sudden. Volume rises, steps get lighter. The evening flows. And just when one really has to run to the last bus or tram, the best song of your favourite band starts booming from the speakers. So, think again, what's the hurry? |
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TULOSSA |
31.07.2010 |
PETTY CRIMES + THE HUNTERS |
6€ |
01.08.2010 |
BAR LOOSEN Yläkerta KLO 19.00: 15 SONGS - ROCKVISA |
€ |
04.08.2010 |
RUMBAN KESÄKLUBI klo 20.00: IIRIS (EST) |
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05.08.2010 |
LEOPARDS + TBA |
6€ |
06.08.2010 |
CHASING GRAVITY (AU) + THE SPYRO + KONGOMANIA |
6€ |
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