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Noods Radio’s new home is in its former local pub
The site of the original Noods Radio studio was within the former Surrey Vaults pub, with the radio station now returning home to their former local which will have a new name and a new focus.
The St Paul’s venue will be known as Mickey Zoggs, and will be one of the first radio stations in the UK to combine its studio with a cafe and bar space.
Founded in 2015 and most recently broadcasting from Stokes Croft, Noods broadcasts daily shows “from the misfits, dancers, collectors and selectors that make up our community” with no playlists and no adverts.
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Noods co-founder Leon Pattrick said that all of the team are “super excited to finally have a place we can really call home”.
He said: “We’ve been looking for somewhere long-term for the last two years now and it’s kinda romantic how we’ve ended up back at our old local.”
The new Noods Radio studio at Mickey Zoggs, most recently Sophie’s Cafe – photo: Noods Radio
“Things are gonna be a bit different though,” adds Leon. “We’ll still have great music but it won’t be a music venue.
“We’ll be keeping things pretty low key with the station coming first. It’ll be a place for residents to get together and listeners to get that bit closer to the station.”
There are also plans to use the space on Surrey Street – between Portland Square and Brunswick Square – for some industry training and talks.
Open seven days a week, Mickey Zoggs will be cafe by day and a bar by night, as well as hosting pop-ups from its kitchen which so far include Bristol’s Miso Bap and Cardiff-based Pasta a Casa.
Leon Pattrick, Jack Machin and Izzy Cross in the former Noods studio above the Crofters Rights on Stokes Croft – photo: Martin Booth
Noods co-director Jack Machin said: “We were looking for a studio for two years and not having much luck.
“Then one day someone gave us a call about a slip they’d seen in the window at the Vaults and we thought we’d give it a chance.
“The space holds a lot of sentimental value to us and has allowed us to create a hub that we’d been missing for so long.”
Main photo: Martin Booth
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