Name	Town	Capacity	Pros	Cons
The Attik	Leicester	75	City centre location, Good sound, nice staff, big name gigs, pretty good promotion.	Small, not everyone knows where it is.
The Charlotte	Leicester	390	City centre location, lots of outside promotion, big name gigs.	Hit and miss sound.  Wont let out of town bands support.
The Shed	Leicester	300	City centre location, good deals for paying bands, easy to get a gig here.	Hit and miss sound, bad venue layout, poor promotion.
Sumo	Leicester	200	Student area location, great sound, nice place.	Not everyone knows where it is, poor promotion, no website.
Firefly	Leicester	120	City centre location, all gigs are free entry, good sound, nice place.	Over 18s only, including band members, payment in beer only.
The Vic Inn	Derby	150	City Centre location, great sound, nice staff, easy to get a gig, good promotion, big name gigs. friendly crowd.	none.
The Blue Note	Derby	200+	City centre location, good sound, friendly staff, guaranteed crowd.	Little promotion, no website.
The Old Angel	Nottingham	110	City centre location, nice layout, friendly staff, popular with punks.	Echoey sound unless big crowd.