| Batley Variety Club | |
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 Iconic sign at Batley Variety Club | |
 Batley Variety Club interior | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 260 Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°42′23″N 1°37′36″W / 53.7065°N 1.6266°W |
| Construction started | January 1967 |
| Completed | March 1967 |
Batley Variety Club was a variety club in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. During its existence, the club staged concerts by performers including Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Eartha Kitt, Morecambe and Wise, Gene Pitney, Neil Sedaka, Ken Dodd and Helen Shapiro.[1] At the peak of its success, the club had 300,000 members. It closed about 1978 and reopened as "Crumpets" night club. It closed again shortly afterwards and its contents were auctioned off. It reopened as the "Frontier" in the early 1980s and this eventually closed in 2016.
On hearing the news that the building was no longer to be used as a venue, singer Shirley Bassey commented, "I have many happy memories of singing at the Batley Variety Club so sorry to hear it is closing." The building was converted to a gym in 2017.[2]
- ^ "STARRY STARRY NIGHTS AT THE VARIETY CLUB". Batley & Birstall News. 13 April 2005. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Famous variety club hosts final night". BBC News. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.