Batley Variety Club

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. 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.

Batley Variety Club
Iconic sign at Batley Variety Club
Batley Variety Club interior
General information
Address260 Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates53.7065°N 1.6266°W / 53.7065; -1.6266
Construction startedJanuary 1967
CompletedMarch 1967

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.

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