Private hire · The Wheel and the taproom

BookThe Wheel.Or the taproom.

Put on your own gig, throw a party or bring the whole office down. The Wheel is our live music room on West Walls, with a proper stage, a big LED wall and a sound system built for gigs. The taproom next door is up for hire Monday to Wednesday. We're taking bookings for 2027 now.

Make an enquirySee the tech spec
Design model of The Wheel: the stage and LED wall at the far end, benches on the floor and the brewery deck to the left
Design model. The finished room will differ in places.
220
Standing in The Wheel
320
Both rooms together
CODA
Sound system, installed by Adlib
3.84 m
LED wall behind the stage

What people hire it for.

Standing, seated, or a mix of both. Whatever the night, our team runs the bar and the beer is brewed on site.

Bands and promoters

Your own gig

House PA, lights with preset scenes, and sound engineers available on request. Tell us what you've got planned.

Private

Parties and celebrations

Birthdays, private parties and leaving drinks, with our beer on tap all night.

Corporate

Work events

Presentations on the LED wall, launches, team socials and away days.

On stage

Comedy and screenings

A raised stage, a wireless mic and a big LED wall for films and talks.

Tell us about your event

Every event's different, so get in touch and tell us what you're planning. We'll talk it through and put a price together that works for you. We're taking bookings for 2027 now, subject to availability.

The Wheel

Any day of the week, with Fridays and Saturdays by arrangement. 220 standing or about 120 seated.

The taproom

Monday to Wednesday. Up to about 120 guests.

Both rooms

Monday to Wednesday. Up to 320 guests.

Included

Our bar staff, the house PA and mics, lighting presets and the LED wall.

Extras

A sound engineer and desk for live bands, and door staff when your event needs them.

Good to know

Events finish by 1am. Under-18s are welcome with an adult until 8pm. Food is our pizza only, so no outside caterers, and no confetti or glitter, please.

Tech spec.

Sound

Designed and installed by Adlib

Main PA
3 × CODA Audio HOPS10i-Pro, flown
Subs
2 × CODA Audio U4, dual 18"
Fills
2 × CODA Audio HOPS8i
Amps and processing
2 × CODA LINUS 6.4i-D, NST VMX88 Dante matrix
Stage patch
Dante to XLR, 4-way XLR plate, 2 × Cat6a tie lines stage to mix

Desk, mics and monitors

Desk
Digital desk hired in for each show
Engineer
Sound engineers available on request
Mics
2 × Electro-Voice dynamic vocal mics, 1 × Electro-Voice wireless handheld
DI
2 × Radial DI
Monitor
1 × RCF NX 12-SMA wedge
Backline
None. Bring your drums, amps and keys.

Lights, screen, room

Lights
10 × Chauvet EVE P-160, 6 × Chauvet COREpar Q60 on two bars over the stage. Preset scenes, so no operator needed. A visiting LD can plug in their own desk.
LED wall
Samsung, 2.5 mm pitch, 3.84 × 2.16 m (16:9). HDBaseT input for a laptop, media player or VJ.
Room
About 9 × 16.8 m. Removable stage up to 5 × 3 m, 600 mm high, black curtain front.
Brewery deck
Raised platform beside the stage. DJ position from mid-January 2027.
Bar
10 to 12 draught lines from eight 500 L serving tanks, brewed on site.

Bands, read this bit.

There's no house backline, so bring your instruments, drums and amps. For live bands we can hire in a digital desk and a sound engineer. The house mic package is small, so send your tech rider early and we'll tell you honestly what we can cover.