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Fiesta Nightclub (Sheffield)

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Fiesta Nightclub
IndustryNightclub
FoundedAugust 1970
FounderKeith and Jim Lipthorpe
Defunct1980
Headquarters,

When it was opened by Keith and Jim Lipthorpe in August 1970, the Fiesta nightclub in Sheffield, England was reputed to be the largest in Europe.[1] The Lipthorpes had originally opened a Fiesta nightclub in Stockton five years earlier in Stockton on Tees.[2] The Sheffield Fiesta was situated on Arundel Gate in Sheffield, it cost £500,000 to purchase and had a 1,300 seat amphitheatre.[3] Many celebrities of the 1960s and 1970s performed there, generally for a week at a time, with the opening act being The Shadows. Other major music stars performing there included Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Matt Monro, Sandie Shaw, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Roy Orbison, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Cilla Black, Lynsey de Paul, Olivia Newton-John, Tony Christie, The Stylists and the Jackson Five, but also comedians such as Les Dawson and Tommy Cooper, as well as the entertainer, Bruce Forsyth.[4]

The building now houses the Sheffield Odeon cinema which opened in 1992.[3]

Closure

The club closed in 1976 following a 17-day strike by the workers who attempted to join the Transport & General Workers Union. It reopened under new management shortly afterwards before permanently closing in 1980.[5] It is said the history of the Fiesta mirrored that of Sheffield itself. When it opened in 1970, Sheffield was a city with a booming industrial economy and high employment, but by 1980s, the steel and coal industries were in steep decline.

The story of the venue is told in the No Siesta 'Til Club Fiesta book by Neil Anderson.[6] A full listing of the artists that appeared the Fiesta Nightclub are provided in Anderson's second book entitled ‘Dirty Stop Out’s Guide to 1970s Sheffield – The Fiesta Edition’, by Neil Anderson in 2020.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sheffield: City On the Move... The Reel Monty". BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ^ Drury, Colin (6 October 2012). "The Fiesta's star burned bright". The Star (Sheffield). Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Those Vegas nights". Sheffield Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Memories of Sheffield Fiesta". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Why 'full scale brawl' called time on Sheffield club". Sheffield Telegraph. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ Neil Anderson (9 October 2012). No Siesta 'Til Club Fiesta. ACM Retro. ISBN 978-1908431097.
  7. ^ Neil Anderson, Dirty Stop Out’s Guide to 1970s Sheffield – The Fiesta Edition, 2020, Publisher: ACM Retro, ISBN 978-0956364920

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