barhouse is the first music venue in Chelmsford dedicated to both live and cutting edge music, and is the only local venue to offer 2 rooms of different music on the same night.

The downstairs 'Live Room' is kitted out with a full live music set-up complete with stage, inhouse PA system, sound engineer and booth plus lighting system. The upstairs 'Lounge' is heavily influenced by the underground dance music scene with industry standard DJ set-up, laser and smoke machine. While outside in the garden there are couches, graffiti, pool table and outdoor bar.

barhouse is also a meeting place for like minded people that enjoy the less commercial side of the Essex dancefloor and is also a place to pick up the local and national music mags & zines

Music you can expect to hear at barhouse includes indie, electro, rock, house, techno, hip hop, disco, breaks, electronica, dubstep and more. There is also the weekly 'Writers Bench' night which is the first Chelmsford occasion to witness LIVE GRAFFITI from some of the leading local writers.

TUESDAYS- Indie student night with live bands & DJs. Plus drink promo's all night... 3 bottles for £5, and £1.50 shots - FREE ENTRY

WEDNESDAYS- Writers Bench with LIVE GRAFFITI & Art from some of the leading local artists, plus scratching and LIVE hip hop and funk music from MC's and DJs. There are also drink promo's all night... 3 bottles for £5, and £1.50 shots (graf artists are invited to bring along examples of their work to be featured on future nights). FREE ENTRY

THURSDAYS- Indie night featuring local bands, acts and DJs. Music is a mix of indie, rock, electronica and acoustic. FREE ENTRY

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS- Leading local promoters come in for LIVE bands, acts & DJs covering indie/ electronica crossover sounds downstairs, and house & techno upstairs. Plus FREE ENTRY before 9pm.

barhouse is always on the look out for promoters, bands, DJs, graf artists and bar staff to get involved. For further info please contact us using the form on the contact page.

past barhouse guests: Leeroy Thornhill (Prodigy), Shadow Dancer (Boysnoize), Christian Martin (Dirtybird), Ezra Bang & Hot Machine, MC Zani (uk beatbox champion), Drums of Death, Foamo, Dead Kids, Wrong Tom (Hard Fi), Matt Herbert & The Heavy Hitters, Megatron, Kool Kids Klub, The Pepys, Shir Khan (Berlin), Cat House + more