Barnsley Council (Music Services) Review

Lovely place, looks modern and clean. Great atmosphere and pleasant staff.

Fantastic evening, everyone up dancing to the fabulous music. Great show!

Recently did a show here. Great place and lovely shows

A fantastic venue with ample space and nestled very nicely in the centre of Barnsley, all in all this makes for a great area for most functions.

Lovely venue, wish there was more on there that we would go see as it is always a pleasant evening for us. The place is nice a clean, spacious and modern. Staff are well presented and friendly and drinks are reasonably priced too.

The Civic is a building that demonstrates just how far Barnsley has come in recent years.

Despite living only 15 minutes from the centre of Barnsley I have not had, or made, cause to visit for what now feels like much too long. The centre of town has been transformed and The Civic is one wonderful example of the modernisation of the area as a whole.

The Civic contains a spacious and peaceful exhibition area that, like most gallery's, is minimalist is design allowing the changing exhibitions to take centre stage.

At my time of visit the exhibition room housed the BEST ART VINYL 2017, which is also simultaneously been shown in Bologna and Budapest. Now in it's 12th year the unique award is a celebration of the best vinyl artwork to have been produced in 2017 and displays a shortlist of the 50 nominees vying for the title. The exhibition also displays past winners of the award from the likes of The Last Shadow Puppets, Thom Yorke and The Klaxons.

An interesting part of the exhibition is where members of the public are given the opportunity to bring in their favourite vinyl artwork for it to be displayed, as part of the exhibition, complete with a brief description from the owner of what they like about it and why it means so much to them.

Truth be told, I almost walked straight past The Civic initially mistaking it for some modern office space. My curiosity was rewarded ten fold in the most delightful way upon entering and I encourage you to take the same approach and visit this local gem.

A really nice place, after a couple of hours though the seats become a little bit uncomfortable. I would definitely go again though.

The cafe is an ok but the art museum is an outdated format of showing art.

Love this theatre. Been going since it opened and always been quality.

Saw twist and shout brilliant show more of this type of show please

Very clean and open building. Concert hall lovely. Just needs more signage to find it.

Nice little performance venue. Disappointed that the bar was not open after the performance finished though.

An excellent small auditorium for an up close comedy evening, Mark Watson was on good form on 23rd Nov 2019...

Went to see Chris Ramsey fan venue and excellent night

Pantomime "jack frost" was thoroughly enjoyed by all of us, civics a lovely venue

Always a pleasure watching great shows here. Nice cosy venue.

A lovely venue would definitely have an event here again

Nice and clean inside but access to building is badly lit and quite grubby.

Barnsley is lucky to have such a wonderful arts space such as this. All the staff were keen and knowledgeable and everything ran smoothly. Good to see such a diverse program of events.

A welcoming venue with a great variety of acts and displays

Brilliant art centre, exhibitions, theatre and events

Watching daughter sing with some amazing friends great night and venue

Modern building nothing special but serve the purpose of entertainment.

Excellent and the stage is all on one level which I thought was rather strange to see a show.

I came here for my partners graduation. From entering the building all the way to our seats we had been pleasantly greeted by multiple staff. The building itself was quite surprising, from the outside I didn't expect much however it's seems to be a great Venue which is under utilised.

Had a great night here for alun Cochrane gig. Clean and spacious with a great atmosphere. Staff were professional even when dealing with rowdy audience members who had to be removed from the venue. Great price tickets compared to other places too

Clean, modern and spacious. Staff extremely friendly and welcoming.

Nice building with lots of different artistic styles inside!

Enjoyed a really good evening with family and friends watching Rich Hill. A wonderful venue.

Great venue for all different events from bands to comedy and plays etc...

First time that food was really good we'll go again

Nice venue for events, good catering and pleasant location.

Excellent staff, friendly, helpful.Sound & lighting staff excellent. Small intimate venue, well worth a visit.

very bad parking but nice place. very clean. staff lovely. very small gallery.

This programme at this place never fails to delight and suprise and the drinks offer isn't bad either.

Lacks a bit of the 'special element . Miss the old hall. Times move on and buildings must become more user friendly but not really anything to call a hall in town any longer. Staff pleasant and helpful. Access is ok.

Excellent venue and good family events! Only problem no parking, need to find something nearby.

Great variety of contemporary art exhibitions that often have real resonance with me, friends and students who visit. Some great comedy, dance and theatre a real Mecca!

Had a great trip there on the 30th Nov to see The Lock-In." Comfy seats, friendly staff and you can pre-order interval drinks. A few more seats in the foyer would be nice.

Excellent evening llan mckellen was fabulous darlings

This is a lovely venue with a varied programme. Phoenix Dance Theatre performance last night up to their usual superb standard.

We went here for training. Very confusing layout. Reception staff seemed like they wanted to be elsewhere. No aircon in the room which was very hot. Tea and coffee breaks were hit and miss. Cups were dirty and spoons were short in supply. Not great unfortunately and no one trusted the lift.

Amazing shows are performed here. Great quality for incredible ticket prices.

Check out the Bowie exhibition and the fashion collection currently there.

Great environment for the play. Good helpful staff. Very clean and warm. Event excellent organisation. Child friendly but lots of steps!

Great theatre. Modern and spacious. Excellent facilities. Will definitely book for another show

My friend Jim Dobbs and i did a recce of the place last week as he is doing a disco for a wedding on 3rd of November, the lady that showed us round was really friendly and helpful, what a marvellous place, Jim is a sound man for a band called Reakt, they might like to play there but that would be up to you and them, John Gratton, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Very clean and modern space for concerts, meetings, interviews and lessons of all sorts.

We have been to loads of family shows here and I can t recommend this place enough to our friends who also have children. All the shows we have attended have been incredible. When we have attended the interactive performances as part of a small audience, I have been blown away by the messages acted out in such a simplistic but imaginative way. I love the free exhibitions in the civic too. It s such a little gem in Barnsley. I have been coming for years and I hope that me and my family will still be turning up for years to come