Closing Our Venue. Not Our Values.

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For 15 years, we’ve fought to bring Woking a truly community-led grassroots venue. We’ve overcome huge challenges and bounced back many times.
We have been:

  • A training venue helping young people build skills, confidence, and creative careers
  • A place for people of all ages to enjoy, create, and perform
  • A platform for emerging artists of all disciplines
  • A home for excellent UK and international touring acts—right here in Woking
  • A safe, inclusive space for marginalised communities
  • A champion for those without connections or resources
  • A neutral “third space” where people from all backgrounds can share cultures, arts, and experiences
  • We’ve put Woking on the national and international touring circuit, and we help community businesse...

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    Opening Weekend

    Join us on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October for the Opening Weekend in our brand new home in Woking.

    We’ve a great line up of live music, spoken word, poetry, open mic sessions, workshops, talks, stalls and more. Entry is free (donations very welcome) and families welcome during the day. Come down, look around, meet the team and find out more about what we do. The possibilities are endless!

    Saturday 14th October

    12.15pm Global Grooves Foundation African Drumming Demonstrations
    1pm Open Mic
      Sign up on the day if you want to be invovled!
    2.30pm Public Sound Check
      Go behind the scenes and listen to the bands sound check before free gigs start at 4.15pm
    4.15pm Carola Baer and Dave Salisbury
    5pm Linda Moylan
    6pm The Velveteen Orkestra
    7pm Dustbowl Sinners
    8pm Phoen...
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    The Fiery bird is opening it’s doors on 25th May 2018.

    We are lining up a great weekend for you, to introduce the venue, enjoy great music and celebrate with us.

    Opening weekend

    We have partnered with ‘BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend Fringe‘ 

  • Friday 25th – OPENING GIG 8-11pm £5 entry
  • Sat 26th 2-8pm – FREE Open Day, music, bar (you have to pay for that), get involved.
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    We are confirming our line up and more details will follow.
    This has been long awaited, it’s for the benefit of all in the community. Woking has a great history of music and the arts, and together we will make more great history.

    We look forward to meeting you.

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    We have a Venue !

    After (very) lengthy negotiations, we are excited to have secured the use the Quake nightclub in Woking town center. Thank you for your patience and for your great support in making this happen.

    We have plans and dreams for the venue so watch this space for further news as we get ready to open.

    If you have any ideas for what you would like to see at Fiery Bird, or can volunteer to help us prepare for opening, please let us know on the contact page.

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    Fundraising to improve disability access

    Joe from the Fiery Bird is going to be doing a 5 km run on 12th March. Support and donations can be made through Just Giving

    The Phoenix Cultural Centre are taking over an old night club and turning it into the Fiery Bird. A new, all inclusive community live arts and music venue which is on 3 floors, this 1,000 capacity space has not been used regularly for quite a few years,so looking for help towards the repair of the disability lifts to help ensure “Access All Areas for Everyone”.

    This is a social enterprise and all profits will go back into growing employment, social and self development opportunities in the arts.
    So please spare what you can. Let’s help get the lifts working so we can all have a place to go out and have fun.

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