Swanning it in Stockwell
Those of us night-lovers south of the river have long been aware of a really rocking venue for fun club nights on both Fridays and Saturdays – the Swan at Stockwell. Literally across the road from Stockwell tube station, and with several bus routes heading north, south, west and east, this lively pub with a club on top has been a local favourite for years, but is also easy to get to for clubbers from across the city.
Admission to the club is through a door at the side, on the Stockwell Road entrance. Every weekend, long queues of young people testify to the club’s popularity. Originally an Irish pub playing Irish music in the upstairs club, the Swan soon branched out to offer all types of music, but especially folk and pop.
In recent years the club has also joined the circuit for ‘look-alike'and, perhaps more importantly, ‘sound-alike'bands who dress up and play great hits from groups such as Abba, Queen, the Rolling Stones, and AC/DC.
The Swan begins to fill up from about 7 pm, and, as I indicated, queues for admission begin to form from about 10 pm. The queue is always good natured, with the doormen or bouncers joking and laughing with the crowd.
Once inside, it is quite common for the pub to include one free drink with the admission price. Usually this is a beer that is on promotion, a particular wine, or an alcopop. Since I quite like to drink Johnnie Walker blue label when I am out, I usually give my free drink voucher to whatever clubber catches my eye. I hope that this goodwill engendered will improve my evening in other ways later on!
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