Jester's Night Club

Jester’s is a lot like Marmite not just because students either love it or hate it but because it is covered in thick brown stench and smells funny! That said, it still has an alluring appeal, like Marmite a night at Jesters leaves your taste buds scintillating with strong and unique sensations. It is difficult to explain the attraction to friends at other University’s “Well.. it’s an underground nightclub with a poxy dance floor that smells of sick and sweat, the beer is scrapings off the bottom of a barrel, you have to queue at 9 to get in and you have to wear old clothes because somebody is bound to spill snakebite all over you!” So why do you go they inquire “Well it’s 50p a pint!” and for students that’s all that qualifies for a good night!

Jester’s is rumoured to be officially the worse nightclub in Britain. It was 3rd worst, then the worst was shut down and the second worst was burnt down! Southampton students seem to take pride in its pitifullness. To call it a nightclub is a gross overstatement, it’s a dingy underground pub with a small dancefloor and outdoor seating. In Jester’s smashing glasses, urinating in sinks and being naked are all acceptable behaviours which would make you barred for life in any self-respecting nightclub. In fact, to be thrown out of Jester’s is an accolade of such extraordinary achievement only comparable to the Great Escape, the Dambuster’s and Southampton’s 1976 Cup Final Win! It is a badge of honour to be so low and reaching such a feat elevates you to lofty heights amongst peers.

With the general foulness of the decor aside, it can be a great place to catch up with friends, not take yourself too seriously and have an eventful evening However, I would still class Jester’s as an ‘experience’ rather than a night out, yet a necessary one for anybody at Southampton University. It is commonly held that any Fresher has to go there at least 3 times before they pass judgement. To summise, Jester’s is like a horror movie, most of the time you are uncomfortable and want to leave yet the experience is so thrilling that you want to go back for more. . Jester’s, love it or hate it, is a memorable place even if your night out there isn’t!